A Catastrophe in Hester Street
1904-01-12
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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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Status
ReleasedCountries
- United States of America
Companies
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
