, 1869-05-27
THE CINCINNATI CATASTROPHE
Explosion at tho Eaa-WorkkOnc
Mnn KlIled-A Pn0ics and Afs Kc-
Fror. Ax Caetnnati Co1snt,eta, Nay Is j.,

course Of stone, brick mad moEtar. Tats holds
Of Ms t5e eoer M
Through pipes, the mouths Of which Hsa above
the xs,er within the holder. the gus enters it,
tenPorar! prison. Iower.ng np gracefully fr2m
twelve columns Of !ron, MY or s1xt, feet high,
md two or three feet in diameter. They stand
\: Intervals Of shout thirty feet, and are urnly
Of Iron. On the tops Of these COL
umns ire duted surmou0ts and immense globes
srread es-all IN iron On Tue inside
oI these columns f1ss the iruu rods, or Hullea.
along which, up and doSn- Is the movement may
lmp prisons the gaa, but must yield 10
!;s y ,ao ssssnssa aas sae aeerease. IA roIame, %
passing 90 ont Mo tse .sTsss pess: ts ? help saprS
the city. the 1oo taQk sinks down SLOWLY, inch by
pond of water: As the gas recently made s
forced IN, to keep up the supply. tha iron szok
rs<s very slowly. lew inches to tne hour mil.
is reached, he fpof oi i, 90 to spea1, IS AVA! up
among the spread eagles. This point EBd been
almost reached yesterdAy, Whsn the sudden and
feef = ,Sa sodpsS Sa;deP insn In omens kss im
mensc volume Of gas had rent the Iron plaEea ltke
30 much RlasA and disappeared In snote and
dame, leaving q lying man on one OF the cut"u1nx-
An The forenoon, yesterday. si1;eca n!:. nad
BEEN WORKING up there, On the top Of the holder
and tn The coiuuus, sarzt=g and painting the vast
within about twent5 iees Of tic nolder, a bsx are
WAS burning. and ID caaldron- oyeE that, the Tar
was boiling At II n. the big bell rauE. and tlf-
teen men started and descended 70 50 70 dinner
Stuca eA51y morning the holder had risen 4 canshf-
cradle distance, md Il had become SO dtiltcut 70
reach the top Of the 1asider that one Of the men,
ek Mekni an;ns s ef s5fe SaSa s1a Afa' fans
c,nded 70 send for h!s dinner, md Ftnzn
on the holder until It should s.nk 70 the top Of
tho is.taes: Thai decis!oa cost hun /, hs aie Re
pillars on The south, waiting to phil his dinner up,
when suddenly he was dealcned, bftpsed Aod o7er-
whelued- a. the immense holder rushed up ser.
eral feet Above his headL He had tes1td himself
clothed, and thnIln4 only Of hts dinner. In an
,nssant in the mtlst Of M, and snake, and 1hun
der, he rec!lns<l sterr, = naked man, stripped OF
every patch Of clothing saws kons 1a,s that ciunX
to hia ankics. From BIS chla to his soea he Was
nothing but painting mass Of burncd and tlecd-
back down INTO tht deep Nater OF the tank.
We md II impossible to stale the cause el tho
appearance OF Il. 1t appeared - Though the root
Of tho ht'EdeH was rent u tEain from north to
SOUTH thxt II ami fell back the osrrwh c1-
dane snt smoke azosc, in awluI splenaor
Of mighty hea1 plateh The wood. WORT Of ,to.rs
n hundred fext away found their faccg. aims and
hands scorched to The iteth. and for Eany k4uans
around the close, sslGiug heat Ma felt, aud than
The crowd that rnu, ~ before stated, +con
closed IN s1vand the Wreck, = density PACKED
Baas, full Of curiosity 10 see and hear, anu ap;a
aicn ~ere shcle, tq ~ enty minutes iroaa every
Nart1 in The city. What they saw may be inag-
tned. Those who could get upon the Wall IRON
pra1ed torn and twisted, she top Of the holder
and quite = lot OF debris Tha tank was unin-
jured, ard 30 were the splendid columns, nalv
fallen down urou the ruin Of tie holder, The
upright Iron rods or guides were soneWhAt
The most terrible feature OF tho anair MAS the
spectacle toward which t%n thousand blAnched
faces were uf.tuznet-thns Of large, powerful,
naked man, black and htno and ree IN hiotches,
and nov here white. The man hAd been ruasteA
AItre, mud Jet he ltyct, and Moscd a little an,
retained hla consciousness, a. he cowefe<l thefa.
In 4 corner, on the s.ase OF tho capital Of ono Of
tetec tAit and stately Danumepta. He wax watt
ipF fur 1rhef not from his burning agon}, Although
ho dled tn every breath he drew, bet fruru tbs
dlxz1neaa Of The altitude Hc icl; thai he was
to bold himself there, Acd he called piteoaElJ to
thote rho were bringing the ladders 10 hurry
& ~s "a tsee . est ne e5a anS
gutsh he Ith and knew. And he wnntest to
hare she hand Of I prlcst on hts forehead, anI
feel The touch af holy ratrr--nor that The .ln,4a
locked beyond tho dag and hts death. And 70 this
Notwithstanding mnu, WHOSE tnutllA,ed tznnk
and limbs were thrnN n out IN bold relief against
The shining backness OF the tasred AMI painted
angle Ct Ornamental Iron woTk. wait. there 1fty
feet OF ahOTe the KEnunl while l0as ladder
y. M wv +. ,,. srs ..nnhr1 ~ sb ~ As. ~
thete and SAN This naked, dung MAJ slnFlJ RAISE
sT,Inst ,he ro,nmn r1it, oYcr Ire In,,t.r~, hf1,cs
INV ths !. Sr w. IN th n, h.r i'd, ~ fh.n ~
hS h,s preat s,rrnsth and eusiuranee ac,,,sii1 lie.
ssxnt az would nreiaan. only quite s1oHly and
v ith 4 Inan pfecedin2 him to t;cadt HIS slcpA
They shudsie1t At iat2 sight, and TIT At that
nlauc, for 1t stcue's as ten1gh sht% rte,irl nust
fsrf r'~~~'' - 'N> ~''A> ~
While p>or Mskluz1e vas tnun rcn..b,nc tha
E.onni, and While he Vns wtthl1 twenty itnt Of it
Vhe.s. Therc mpst have been ,tn thoa.1n,i psr-
Ann aTcrnt the wnrtH. And hnif nf thts.. rs,s
ssanosd wst7 H. nc l3 nsssow T., sons Of froI
~, thc norh a. thrTx.nrtt ~, ionta ~ ~ ~ ~ ,
siekentns sneciae1s. iheY sner the, t.d M b,.,.
IH.rasnts, ,ast tsrre MI NJ uar rl ~ .oax
mnrr "e,s.,r,nh. s S~s1iv III ~ ~. u ~ ~
Esrtng raaor hat he n,en ~ about tns sa VIZ X
IND tet thrI x.,TeG rser- .nd .r.th1' ", n
t,on, ~ a,i .+tn. 80. r.,n.. Is. ~. - ;.
of ;hs scene and trsmSIinx ii y me ."e whii,. ID
1rn- .ira.Sr r.an.tnn, ~ -. a.sIt sat - ~
cunt.nft Mne,n nsa,oaea. VIZ r., eomaane! M 90 rae
o. sn9ke @ shns 81 np and hit TIC two men % tse IA
of r,, rsfs snr1 n1.9 The min. ~ ts
me tncuss,, - cTnwtr1 to-r,:,er m r.on. sIss;
What rsnr fcr ~, 1nI,o IL. .' .9 10. M
roaT aLI s,nate and firr Trcg -, 1.-sr i.tnt ~
with a crrat trrrnr Thes xaw .his ti.sI-,r,t ~.
leann. ryer tnwart, thrm IN = s:rIT1 VIM f-',I.
The e1nth and rtre. r.as nIn,s,,v not @ =, ~, y
hundred Of them hist did not feef that thr ea1,S
was atnrr to oten mi .T.,nss ,htr ". - ~.
sin,t - 1n oas aaa ~ aao~ tnem tna. n.e
ehoui to be huErd IN t6e r7s n! nnth.r ,'a,
h,rs YnHr, tst-.h, - errie .i. - ~ M rt.
ntsS ~, e., na.. ~ ~ VITA ote
md sonar vest nnr sotns ~ etn,,st sot 80 ~
thr nnr1h ~ -. .4r,,.t -, ~ ~ - ~ s sns 49, "
crnsT terT;,ie ~ tee;r "etT e - |!
rasue1 for ar m fre r,,,t o1s sa e ~. sts,, u,
10 lie ground ve1e frTn:eH Ie,o ~ hsse - - IS
epme Ftuuhleh oTfr In hnsr and Esra ~ .h;, -
rfse arain mil ttey hal fett nsns ..a, h.1 +
gezersf wo1nen hal he ssfnr fscsntrees 49, r.ss-t
cree, II Eax stcrvie to cscane f.ra ~ concn.
eton MI Thought mi! 10 they ed' utfhont rnsss5
4 vuuu1 man faunr11 Aitrri Wa5ren Ia, his 1s1,
am brukcp: q tai named John Haiton haf. ,f,s tne
wcmnn Mr. Eri1rr iirtn.1 near Ey c1s,s ~,-tr4st
ont of nface th<rr urjexz ~ y. "a az s.sfa1 xhS
sought one OF her Children vas 80 yiejrnu1 n,.te.I
and t1atnpei upon taa: 3 utscaTrare yerT scny
resulted to her: James Uarpef Z large. Strong
nau, hsd tao o. the tuceTa Of hls left han3
broken and various other acc.dents occrrr1l h,t
cur reno.tsr who had leaoet dorm frntn fhr wall
Overlooking he ru1ns corid nos lean Mi of ,he
names or iTc4tlents - ~"
Tnypnr}1 she s1nnfr Of the fn,,y,, "a, The noor
fellow Nrkin-.r w.. fttsett daxn ot- f5e Indier
hour~ 10 I've BAT be- wss strnn1 for he mor1rnr
and .sheu 1nthoIc pr1esf came aaJ nerf.,Irne<[
s,Fp 70 Snsy tbs; ~ 9'ss'as y: . ana IL, hf ., rss %
neIftn or sEa ,ne:''senes .t e va tat.n % NJ.
sr.efs her Id rt!e and Children sn,1 s-n.m,s