Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

Five Men Fatally Burned at the Edgar Thomson -Steel-Works. [Pittsburgh dispatch.] A terrible accident occurred at the Edgar Thomson Steel-Works, at Braddock, which will probably cost five lives. Furnace E was blown out a few days ago, and Tuesday a gang of men was put to work clearing it out. An arch[ had formed, composed of coke, limestone, and other materials, which was still at a red heat, and part of the men were working beneath this mass. Shortly ifter 10 o’clock at night, without warning, .ne arch gave way. The red-hot matter Was thrown in all directions, knocking men down and in some instances almost burying them. Few of the men in thevicinity escaped uninjured. In a short time the debris was removed, and five men were taken out in a horrible condition —the clothing burned from their bodies and the flesh literally cooked. The names of the victims are: John Zawloskey. John Geaiciit, John Gedard, John Lawatte, Charles Ledonofki. The physicians who are attending them entertain no hope of their recovery.