Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-03
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The fire has now, $50 r. 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
ufactures.
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 Hail. 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, Z. 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 pal! Of water, and
escaped unhurt.
Galaxy Mill--Joe Mant, in the third
story, after the wall was blown out, jumped
down into the canal and escar3a unhurt
Zenith Mill-Two men, Wiastrum
and Fred George.
In Petit, Robinson & Co.'S 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 $4,000 on the building. Petit
Robinson Il Co.'s mill was insured fol-
$45,OO0.
Up to nine o'clock, tbs number of mills
burned aggregated one hundred and three
runs of stone
The Washburn "a" mill to-day GROUND
1905 barrels of flour, and was preparing fol
the night run when the explosion took place
In the IA" mills at the time Ct the explo
sion there were fifty thousand bushels o
wheat, all of which was burned.
The opinion of ]. A. Christian, head o
the firm of Christian & Co., who run the bi!
mill, does not agree with the theory tina
the explosion was occasioned by gas gener
ated by the middlings purifiers. His theory
is borrowed from q similar incident in elias
gov, Scotland, that the mills took fire or
the lower floors, by the friction Of tbs
stones; that the elevators, of which Their
were large number, served as SO man
ohimneys, and gas was generated by th
combustion, and finally exploded, thrown
: the roof hundred feet in the air.
This theory is not credited by such scier
tific men as are at hand, but on the contrar,
the opinion is very general that the fir
] theory is the correct one, that the gas gene
i ated by the patent process took fire and Q,
ploded like powder magazine.
FT,l,~ oek l,o oe% a. r.,
Q city shows sixteen Touring mills and II
run of stones. The following mills ha'
;, burned, or are badly damaged:
L Washburn GAP Mill.
q Washburn "B'' mill.
20 Petit, Robinson & Co.'s mill
Zenith mill.
. Galaxy mill.
q Humbolt and Diamond mill.
r. On latest reports, there seems to ha
been only 81 run of stones destroyed,
it seems that only just onehalf Of the flo
I'd milling interests Of the city is rubbed OF
"a When, however, tits considered that the
terest is the most important in the city,
~ full force of the disaster will be understoe
re The full amount of insurance cannot
a. ascertained at this writing, but those b
informed among insurance men state Il
- the probable amount of insurance is not /
than 50 par oept..of the loss, and genera
an in the best Of companies.
9 Resume of the Disaster.
=, Visiting the scene Of the fire at II 40. Fol
ni' the firemen working at the debris, yet too
OIL to undertake to recover the dead remaining
the ruias, numbering, according to the best
III, formation. thirteen.
A:r One body recovered was near the front of
Diamond mill wreck. When first seen by
men who had arrived at the scene, he was
NM, alive, and able to move, but wedged in by
'<' flames, where he persisted in the sight Of II
the unable to help him.
Tor Unfortunately at this point the hydrant
clogged, so that several minutes elapsed be
nd, water came through freely, otherwise it is
~ possible that this man could have been
cued alive, but it was not possible that he G
AZ have survived his injuries apparent when
!, of seen.
THE FEARFUL EXPLOSIONS.