A Catastrophe in Hester Street

A Catastrophe in Hester Street

1903
2min

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 vendors arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendors arm with a severed leg.

Storyline

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 vendors arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendors arm with a severed leg.

    Released
    11 December 1903
    Runtime
    2min
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    American Mutoscope & Biograph
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