A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1904)

01/12/1904 (US) • Comedy, Action, Horror • 2m

Overview

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro powder, causing an explosion that wrecks the block and blows off the vendor’s arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendor’s arm with a severed leg.

A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1904)

01/12/1904 (US) • 2m

Comedy, Action, Horror

Overview

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro powder, causing an explosion that wrecks the block and blows off the vendor’s arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendor’s arm with a severed leg.

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Keywords

new york city

dynamite

explosion

drunk

severed leg

industrial accident

downtown

severed arm

lower east side

practical special effects

lower manhattan

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