A Catastrophe in Hester Street

1904

Action
Comedy
Horror

2m
January 12, 1904

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
Release date: January 12, 1904
Original language: English
Production: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
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