Show A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION TARRYTOWN N Y may 19 just wore noon today a work train on the hudson river road was blown to atoms near here by an explosion of dynamite to use in track construction st there were probably thirty three men on the train eighteen of whom were killed and the remainder seriously some fatally wounded many of the dead were blown in the river and five bodies still remain there the train was torn to atoms the track ripped from the road bed and a great hole torn in the earth there were twenty four cases of dynamite in the first car on the train each containing fifty pounds A work spark from the engine it to s said set n fire e to the greasy rope coiled in front of the packages and the explosion followed its force was terrific the walls of houses in tarrytown were shaken and some cracked and window glass fell in showers to the sidewalks side walka scores of clocks were stopped at 1120 the car in which the dynamite was stored store and those following it were completely demolished the bodies of the unfortunates on the train were ware hurled in every direction A terrible eight bight was witnessed by those who hurried to the spot the track was torn up for a space of feet the rails bent in all sorts of shapes while dead bodies and the terribly mangled still living could be seen about the locomotive was blown out of all resemblance to one and the tender had been thrown half way into the river some of the men were found a hundred yards away from the track others were taken from the hole bole made by the explosion the wounded in most cum cases were hori hon ably mutilated in several instances their arms arm and legs being torn off As rapidly as possible the wounded were cared for by surgeons slid and removed to hospitals ten of those killed were e picked up along the track while five were taken from the river three of the injured died shortly after they were picked up it is believed there are still some dead bodies in the river and the total number of killed will be twenty or more the killed are ape john mccarthy time keeper frank morrissey powder tender brakeman john smith and fifteen italians names unknown all the train hands were seriously injured as well as a dozen or more italians A panic occurred in the high school of tarrytown tarry town among the pupils when the building was violently shaken by the ex explosion P I 1 ision all thinking an earthquake had occurred the children ran wilily wildly into the street but fortunately no one was injured |