A Catastrophe in Hester Street
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.
Details
| Status: | Released |
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| Release Date: | 1904-01-12 |
| Production: | American Mutoscope & Biograph |
