Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-03

The only names attainable at this hour are
NJ. P. Shier and his younger brother, and
Fred. Merrill.
All accounts agree that tho first explo.
sion took place at the Washburn A mill
or the big mill, as it is called. Following 50
close as to be almost simultaneous was the
explosion of the Diamond and Humboldt.
The Waterman of the Galaxy mill, which
is among the destroyed, escaped unhurt, and
gives the most connected account of the
explosion. He says the first explosion was
from the big mill, followed in quick succes-
sion by those from the Diamond and Hum
boldt. The explosion from the "a" mill
was so tremendous that it raised the entire
roof of the gigantic structure into the air as
q zephyr would watt an autumn leaf.
The fire has now, $50 P. NJ, extended from
Sixth ave. south down the bank of the river,
taking almost everything in its path, to
near the Minneapolis and st. Louis railway
shops mills, lumber yards, blacksmith
and machine shops, and miscellaneous man.
fractures
Mr.. Case, assistant superintendent of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, thinks it
probable teat the freight depot and machine
thops Of their road will be saved:
The glass in the Cataract House, eastward,
and the City Hall, northward, were broken
by the explosion.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
W to nine o'clock the list of killed and
injured so far as ascertained, are as follows
Big Mill Grinders, Chas. Henning-Fred
Merrill, Clark Wilbur.
Oiler-Wm. Leslie, Cyrus Ewing.
Machinists SHE, Walter Savage,
Patrick Judd, Ed. Merrill,
Watchmen Harry Hicks, E. w. Burbank
one unknown.
Aug. Smith was blown out of the window.
hurt, but not killed,
Diamond mill-John Boyer killed. David
Ward; gone out after pail Of water, and
escaped unhurt.
Galaxy Mill-Joe Manti; in the third
story, after the wall was blown out, jumped
down into the canal and escarsa unhurt.
Zenith Mill men, Widstrum
and Fred George.
In Petit, Robinson & CO. 8 mill-Dean
Day was thrown out of the window and in
jured but not fatally.
Mr.. Day was the only man il the Petit
mill at the time.
THE INSURANCE
on the Washburn "A'' mill is $4,000 on
stock, and $17O 900 on the building. Petit
Robinson & Co.'S mill was insured for
$4,000.
Up to nine o'clock, ths number of mills
burned aggregated one hundred and three
runs of stone.
The Washburn IA" mill to-day ground
1905 barrels Of flour, and was preparing TO,
the night run when the explosion took place
In the ia" mills at the time Ct the explo.
sion there were fifty thousand bushels Of
wheat, all of which was burned.
The opinion of ]. A. Christian, head o1
the firm of Christian & Co., who run the big
mill, does not agree with the theory that
the explosion was occasioned by gas gener-
ated by the middlings purifiers. His theory
is borrowed from similar incident in elias
gov, Scotland, that the mills took fire on
the lower floors, by the friction of the
stones; that the elevators, of Which there
were large number, served as SO man,
chimneys, and gas was generated by tn
combustion, and finally exploded, THROWN.
the roof a hundred feet in the air.
This theory is not credited by such scien
tifc men as are at hand, but on the contrary
the opinion is very general that the frs
theory is the correct one, that the gas gener
ated by the patent process took fire and 81
ploded like powder magazine.
The last report of the board of trade in thi
city shows sixteen Touring mills and le
run of stones. The following mills ha,
burned, or are badly damaged:
| Washburn "A'' Mill.
Washburn "B" mill.
| Petit, Robinson & Co.'s mill.
Zenith mill.
Galaxy mill.
Humboldt and Diamond mill.
On latest reports, there seems to ha,
been only 81 run Of stones destroyed,
it seems that only just one.half of the flo,
milling interests of the city is rubbed OF
When, however, tits considered that the i
terest is the most important in the city, Il
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