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A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1903)

Audience Score
60
A Catastrophe in Hester Street
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 11th, 1903
Original Language:English
Production Companies:American Mutoscope & Biograph