Part 1, Chapters 11-15 Summary

As George and Joe are walking to work, Joe tells George that his family is moving to Cherry Alley. It is a little more expensive but Joe says it is worth the money to get away from the cinder dump. While at work, George feels the earth shake and hears a deep boom. He and his co-workers see a cloud of smoke over H furnace, where Dubik works. George runs over to the area. Many men, including Joe Dubik, are injured by the explosion. He finds Dubik and takes him outside and carries him on his back to his home. George goes to find a doctor for him.

They take Joe to the station in a wagon and put him and the other injured men on a train to Pittsburgh where they will be tended to at the hospital...