The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-27
GREAT HOLOCAUST.
Further Particulars of the Terrible
Disaster.
A New Version of How tbs Expio-
sion was Caused.
Hesrtrending Scenes at the Hos
pitfalls.

New Yo-K, Dec.mb.- 2I.-The number of
lives lost by tne BIrclay street explosion and
nre Is still Undetermined, bot IL II beueved
fully .orty bodies now lie Ou.ied beneath tue
ruins The removal Of the debris, which was
begun at two O'Clock, has proceeded - Tar
that the street Is clear 10 tue outside of the
sidewalk In front of the ruins ON tue oppo-
site sidewalk, lying
UNDER A BLOOD STAINED
tafpauIin Oh. The bodi,s oil a man aud BOY
winch were taken from the ruins on the side
walk this morning. When found tie bodies
We're lying III front of the doorway, botl hstu
been evidently struck with the heavy stone
Gaping which i'll lay across the boss lace,
ana which II was Necessary 20 LIT before the
BODY could be Removed. One body was rec
osnized a. that 81 William IL. BIa'iIey, 10
Eckiord street BgoOklny. The other Is prun-
ably that Of William BeDLeit- news1oH.
ne mother OF Tie boy keeps news siapu al
barclay street ferry, and SENT him yesterday
afternoon, AS usual, for the last edition Oh tue
evening pap"rs.
HE DID nor REIURS
and was, its now evident, passing the facio'
at The time of the explosion. Two huudltd
workman, besides tue foremen, are now dig
sing IN the nuns, a1d ST Ong police fol &c Is
needed TO keep back the great crowds Pies
ing down upon fnen. The ruins could not
be more complete Than they ale for scarcely
fragment of the wall is standing, and ill.,
deed, none whatever, on the z -Ound occupied
by the main building, a space OF about oae
hundred feet square. Early to-day
MOTHERS, FATHERS, SISTERS
ana friends OF the Wounded and missing be-
sieSr-d the New 'ork hospitals, making in
quirieS for those whom they sought, and
Pleading Tor admission. The resident phys
lciaiis, on duty since seven O'Clock last ev
ehing. deeming II quite necessity for newly
arrived inmates, gave Orders 10 only admit "A
lew OF the applicants, directing others 10 call |
curing the afternoon, when the wounded
would be In "A proper condition TO converse. !
.iret of the number have been developed |
almost from head 10 foot in bandages, and /
Two had their hair burned |
sOCLOsE To THE SCALP
that win their swollen and blackened fa-
iur,s they Resemble negroes. Three mUthers \
have been sts,ading at the do n since four
TINS morning making vain inquiries Tor Their /
missing children, ut last whe'i one Of the I,
stricken creatures was on the point Of leaving 4
in despair She encountered her daughter at .
he door, the meeting was touching. After "a
long embrace they separated and the young .
girl was :.flerward permitted to 90 up To the .
male ward when she imported line news OF !
the safety OF her brother to one Of the mann, q .
patients who had worked with her in the /
shop.
The "Evening Post says in addition there
Is about eighteen
MISSING PERSONS
whose names Were reported to the poiic, last
night. Three were Reported this morning
Josephine shepard, aged p years Augusta
i.ihuer anu John u. Anham, aged about 10
years. Phillip H-TIzbush, engineer of the
lactory, has not been sen since the explosion.
His wifi. says that her husband, on his return
nom work Monday night. told her one of the
uDt-> OF the boiler or some PIPE connecting
with IL, she WAS not sure which, had burst !
Thai he had spoken 10 Greenfield, saying the
break was dangerous and might cause ex
io>ion II 1t were not repaired, and tina
hey must try to
GET ALONG WITH 1T
Intil sun day owing 10 the pressure of bust
'ess. Mrs Hertzback said her husband was
greatly disturb q in mind on account of tins
after referring To IL during the week and say
nS he was a rstid every morning to 90 To his |
work. Yesterday morning when he left home
Ak.F rf.I Tn h..r
gain. BAREBACK was thirty-fiye years old
md lived in sind street.
Two Men who rescued two girls say they
lad been told by workmen in the stafcn
Ooin on the second floor that the fire was
siused by the up>ctting OF "a Kerosene lamp in |
he room. They asserted that the finely
'owdered starch used in the manufacture of
um drops. was explosive and that the ex-
'iosion was caused in this way. They did not
'eiieve the boiler exploded, assuring Ii would
AVE blown up the sidewalk beneath which
was situated.
AMAN NAMED sTURS
avs he went down To the boiler room about
i've minutes before he II re occurred to OBJ am
can oi water. H-IlZDJSh engineer WAS !
hen AT his post, anu rtking out the fire. ,
The iolIowIn ING sum mary includes the names | ,
the pIincipa! losers and i'Isuy ance: Green :
lid Sous, Slso,tOO, insurance, sIz1 900; ID. D.
ompitns, Sio,1J, Insurance, Sl2,UJJ: estate !
{ =. W. WeIcI, Sl2OJi, insurance, $500;
.retn 4 Scherrr, si,UJJ, insurance, $500; %. 4 :
" Little, lO,tJj, Insurance, s21UJ; L. =. Dis
cating Company, s5,UJ0, insurance, SI,.1; =
ascnmb Mills, 5000, insurance unknown;
!. IL. Montaine - Co., loss. si,GDJ, insurance
\. Rich. $500, Insurance, ss2O.
he buildings, 81, g. ~ and o.. are entirely
emolshed ana total loss. The bodies of I
40 girls and "a bOy We're taken from the ruins I
lis forenoon.
BOILER INSPECTOR HORTON, I
the sanitary squad, made IA report TO SUI =
erintendent Waliing late this afternoon, the =
urport Of which was, that lie went TO the -
uilding, No. 81 Barclay street, and succeeded =
finding the steam boilers. and found that =
ley were intact, and also everything con- !,
tcted with the steam apparatus in good or
.r. The inspector stated that one of the cop =,
er tanks filled with material for making ~
indy, must have exploded, breaking the q
erosene lamps with which the building was "
GIFTED, and scattering burning fluid in every n
rection. ~
The total loss is si2S,OoO Insurance ssa5, 600,
ell distributed among thIity-sevCn eastern 81
nd foreign companies. A legal point has
zen made by representatives of some of the >;
surance companies, which have risks in n
uch As by the terms OF the policies, the ID
are responsible only for damages
casioned by fire, and AN explosion occurred v
lore any nre was discovered.
THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY
stroyed must be based upon its condition | =,
the moment between the explosion and "
e fire which it accustomed. Q.
| hs coroner empanneled a jury this after "
ION, but u is not decided when the inquest
i'll be held. =,
The scene of the fire was Illuminated to- u
ght by two huge bond fires. y
About twenty-five men were engaged in 81
lnovIns the debris by baskets full from the u
ms. The firemen We're busy all the evening :,
It'll after eleven o'clock endeavoring TO eX- ~
lguish two large streams Of fire, which -.
me from gas main under the first floor of -,
eenficlds building and 1t SO heated every II,
ing within dozen feet of them that IL is -
possible TO conrinue work. The firemen a..
ally reached the main pipes and sue i''
.ded in stopping the burning gas.
A wONANs DRESS
d chflds apron were found early in the
rning. bnt no traces of the bodies were
md near them. Three streams of water 10
: playing upon the ruins. 4 large force OF | IN
licemen are Keeping back the crowd who Oil
We gathered To watch the ss.archers.
several ..of the wounded will probably die.
e follow ing is a list of the missing persons ID
10 undoubtedly persisted in the ruins: ~
,guSt DrauXl-r, L. j. Grisach, Fred kOeber, |
bert krummery, Mrs. Mary Rodman, Jo- tn
,hipe Sheppard and Vim. stark. ia
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