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Show BLOWN TO ATOMS. Thirl) -Three Men KUlel and Klihtren Wounded la an Diploilon ' ou a Iraln. QnCAT CXCITrMtNT IN THC CITY or ACAPUICO. Iloilnrti TroniiclrJ liy (lie Circiillre I'ommlllie of. the Amtricon Trolling Urglitrr. Wj Tetlsrieh to ths Naws.1 a rrimirio r.xri.iaioN. A Week rralll ttekleele.! bjr Hyaa. alls, TAItiiVTOWiip N. Y.i May 10. Just Ufora nc-in to-lay a work train on the Hudson river road waa blown to atoms near here by an explosion uf dynamite MngtratiMwrted to use In track construction. con-struction. There were probably thirty-three thirty-three men on tho train, eighteen or whom were killed and the remainder txrlculy,eome fatally wounded. Many of tho Umd weru blown In tho river and five Indira atltl reunln there. The Iraln was torn to atom', the track rlpid from the road bed and a gnat hole torn In the earth Thero were twenty-four cases oflynamltoln the firs', car ou tho train, each cuutnlnlng fifty )und. A spark from the engine, en-gine, It Is said, set fire to the greasy rope colled In front of tho packsges, and tho explosion followed. I U force waa terrific The walls of houses In Tarrytowti were shaken and some cracked, and window glais fell In showers tu tho sidewalks. Hrorea of clocks were itopied at 11:9). Tho car In which tbo dynamite was store I and those following It were completely demolished. The bodies of tho unfortunates on the train were hurled lu every direction. A terrible sight was wlliiesseil by those who hurried hur-ried to the stot. The track was torn up foraspsceufttioreet, the rails bent In all sorts of shatwa, while dead hodlta and the terribly mantled still living could l ku about. 'The locomotlvo waa blown out uf all reiemblauce to one and the tender bad Iwen thrown half way Into the river. Kome of thu men wcrofoundabundredynrdiaway from thu track: others were taken from Iho hole made by the axploilon. Tim wouuded in most cases were horribly mutilated. In avvrral Initancva their arms and legs being torn oil. As rapidly rap-idly aa iiowlble tho wuuuded weru cared forbyaurgeouaaud removed hi hospitals. Ten of those killed weru picked up along tho track, white five were taken from the Jlver. Three of the Injured died shortly after they were picked up. It Is believed there are atltl sumo dead bodies In the river, and tho total number of killed will be twenty or more. The killed are John McCarthy, time keeper; Frank Mor-rlNx-y, lewder tender; brakemeu John Hmllh, and fifteen IUIIaua, names unknown. un-known. All the train hands were serlouily Injurod, aawell aa a doxvu or more Italians. A panlo occurred In the high school ofTarrylown among the pupils, when the building wai violently shaken hy thaexploslou, all thinking au earth-qu-ike had occurred. Thechlldrenrau wlllly Into the street, but fortunately no ouo was!iJured. |
