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A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1904)

A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1904)

Action Comedy Horror
Release Date: 1904, January 12
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

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.

Keywords:

new york city explosion manhattan, new york city severed leg drunk severed arm dynamite industrial accident practical special effects lower east side downtown maimed