The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-07-15
issued: 1903-04-01
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note: THE DAILY NEWS VOL. 1. NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,1903. NO. 280 LIKE BATS INA TBAP Workmen Burned to Death in a Pit Awful Disaster at Carnegie Steel Works Pittsburg, Mnrch SI.—The accident nt furnace 1 of the Edgar Thompson plant, of the Carn-egie Steel Company, at Brad- dock today, Is expected to prove one of the worst In the history of the plant in the number of deaths resulting. Twenty men were injured, six of whom are dead, and ten ure Jn the hospital and nro not exp< cted to recover. The other Injured men went lo their homes and aro suffering from painful burns. Tho aoldent was caused by n "hand" In tho furnace dropping and forcing large (lunntiUes of white hut dust down a large pipe into n pit where tho men were at work. Tho victims wero caught like rats In a trap, and were without means of escape nnd all were burned and blistered over their entire bodies. The cries of agony of the victims could he heard for nearly a block away. Hundreds of workmen from other portions of the plant rushed to the rescue of tholr fellows and as quickly as possible pulled them from the pit nnd carried them to the emergency hospital. Seven of the men wero completely \tiudc when their bodies reached the hospital and the others Iiad but a few shreds of clothing on them. Tho bodies of the fatally burned could scarcely bo recognized as such. They were blackened or shredded in strips hy the white hot metal lhat burned Into their flesh. Mnny of them hnd large blotches burned through the flesh caused by th* large splashes of molten Iron that had struck them and burned through to the bones. THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT CHRIS FOLEY ANTICIPATES NO FURTHER TROUBLE. MEN HAVE MADE MATERIAL GAINS lii THE AOKElilM^Ni. Messrs. Keen, Foley, Seaman, and M0- Andrews, members of the conciliation commltteo returned from Fernie last night. Messrs, Keen and McAudrews went on board the Kaslo boat Immediately upon arrival and left by her this morning for i -home. Messrs. Foley nnd Seaman go over to Rossland…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0381330
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : F.J. Deane
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text