Show 0 GS OUT A SCORE OF 0 LIVES accident occurred in a fifty foo deep excavation workmen being burled under tons of earth now york twenty five persons persona lost their lives in tin an explosion of ras gas which tore up tip a great section of gold street brooklyn on friday it Is definitely known that fifteen persons were burled under tinder the hundreds of tons tona of earth and timber thrown into the air and ten more are reported as aa Ill missing issing tile the explosion occurred tit in a fifty toot tool deep excavation that had been nado in gold street between york and front streets where it water main was being laid the rhe gas main recently sprang a leak and in a manner unknown a spark came in contact with the be escaping gasi gas immediately there was waa a terrific explosion which lifted the lie surface for foi halt a block in both directions and shot dirt paving stones end debris into the air when the smoke and dust cleared r way it was seen the street had been opened from doorstep to doorstep over on area of nearly a block the 1008 ened earth and debris had fallen into ilie the excavation burying the score of laborers who were at work when the accident happened great tongues of at flames shot from crevices and beside geysers of water leaped into the air train irom the water main that had been shattered by the explosion TWO bodies were sticking out of tile the wreckage gold street was crowded with school children when the explosion occurred and that scores were not killed hilled or injured was remarkable A woman and three children were almost over the excavation when the earth crumbled under their feet and they were swept down into the hole under tinder tons of wreckage 7 two other children were on the opposite side ol of the street when the sidewalk caved in and they lost their lives |