Heroic Rescue Efforts After Lowell Te law Explosion
Lowell July 29 heroic rescue efforts marked the days explosion. Minutes after the shock smoke and dust filled the air as survivors dragged to safety while others screamed for the lost. Firemen and ambulances rushed to the scene as authorities cordoned off the area and searched for victims. The blast tore a 60 foot wide path through a grove and four boys were killed, a fifth survived only to die later. Militia was called to aid the overwhelmed police and hundreds of volunteers aided in care and removal of the wounded and dead.
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Lowell Explosion Narrows In On Perruse Family Tragedy
Frantic scenes as a dynamite blast devastates Lowell buildings near the Perruse family home. Father Jerry Perruse drives a grocery team past the scene as priests administer last rites. Wounded are rushed to St John’s and Lowell Emergency Hospital. dead to undertakers. Fire, rain and militia aid follow, with reports of more bodies in ruins. Authorities guard the area overnight and probe the storage site of the American Powder Company for the cause of the explosion.
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Sixth Infantry
Injured survivor recounts deadly explosion near Lowell
Eddie McDermott, the sole survivor of four brothers, describes swimming before the blast and waking to chaos as walls and roof collapsed. He recalls his brothers Georgie Gilbert and Willie missing, helping himself from rubble, and being carried to safety by police after enduring bloodied injuries.
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Paul Butler Comments on Dynamite Handling at Lowell
Paul Butler the largest stockholder of United States Cartridge Company spoke with a Post reporter in Lowell this afternoon. He said that in handling dynamite the same precautions as before were exercised and expected to continue.
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Paul Butler
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Post
Dove Survives River Street Explosion Despite Wreckage
In Lowell on July 29 four hours after a blast firemen uncovered a bundle of boards from which a dove emerged alive and unharmed. The disaster killed scores of doves and about a hundred hens lay dead while a sow and her litter wandered the ruins uninjured minutes after the explosion.
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River Street
Boston Agent Recalls Lowell Disaster Details
Co W Dimick, Boston agent of United States Cartridge Co, returns from Lowell with unclear views on the disaster. He notes the cartridge factory was unharmed, the magazine a one story brick building two miles away, and that houses now sit within 300 feet. Two magazines existed in the building, one for powder, guarded by trained men. accident rather than carelessness seems likely, though the exact cause is not speculated.
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View from a passing train after explosions near Lowell
A Brookline woman aboard a Boston and Maine train through Lowell reported two terrible explosions that frightened passengers. Dense smoke over United States Cartridge Co prompted fears of a factory blast, and nearby houses appeared shattered with people lying on the ground as the train halted briefly seeking help.
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United States Cartridge Company
Child Rob Griggs Recalls Disaster in hospital ward
In a hospital ward near the McDermott boy, 12-year-old Robert Griggs spoke calmly of the shocking disaster. Despite burns and bruises on his head, doctors expect his full recovery with time. Brand, 38, from Ysstrington street, was late for work at United States Cartridge Company and escaped the blast two hours early.
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