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

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force Of the explosions, two of which were dis
tlnctly heard all over the city. Millers uni
formly attribute the explosion to the -four
dust which was distributed through the atmos-
I phere Of the closed rooms, and the milling ap-
| paratus caught from contact with the fame, OF
! from friction. The principal force of the ex-
plosion appears to have been from the Wash
bum mill towards the Diamond and Zenith
mills. The second explosion probably occurred
in one Of these.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul round house in
front Of these was half demolished by the
| conclusion, while the RAILROAD shops look as if
| they had been bonbarded. The Centennial
! block, on Washington avenue, had all its heavy
plate windows broken except one store, which
was open. The glass was broken into fine
pieces, as if run through stamp mill
Personal EXPERIENCES.
miller standing near the window of the
old Washburn MILL was startled by the first
explosion, and had one glance, in when he saw
the walls of the big mill spreading outward,
roofs falling, and flames flashing up. The
next moment he was on the floor blown half
| way across the mill by the conclusion.
I Fred George, of the Zenith
! mill. was NOT killed, but
escaped by jumping from the window into the
canal. 1t was rumored that he went through
the Aume into the river, but the ru,nor was in
correct. He escaped with severe but not fatal
injuries.
WILD EXCITEMENT
For hours the excitement here was naturally
great .and the widest rumors prevailed. Evea
at this hour it is difficult to learn the truth re-
garding any detail. Among the wild rumo-s
was one accounting for the great force of the
explosion, by attributing it to nitro-glycerine
of which it was said carload had been trans
ferred during the day in the immediate neigh
borhood of the mills. Railroad men, however,
assert that no kind of explosive material what
ever was in any car in the vicinity,
and that no nitro-glycerine OF other explosive
is brought into the city.
In oil the mills notices were pasted prohibit
ing the uss of open lights.
CAUSE OF TIE EXPLOSION.
Millers say that -four dust in the quantities
in which it existed in the big
mill would explode with force enough
to account for all the destruction worked
Besides the explosion was Immediately follow
shuttingin the air. This millers regard ss
proof positive that the explosion was Of -four
dust
Eye witnesses of the explosion, state that the
great roof Of the big mill was
lifted hundreds Of feet in the
air, when fragments few out in every
| direction, and one roof seemed to melt in TIE
air surrounded by flames.
4 SHOCKING SCENE.
!, One body was seen in the blazing ruins pf
! the Diamond mill, apparently on the roof It
lay on the back, arms extended, hands burned
off, skull barred and trunk incandescent When
/ the flames were Hnbdned, the body had die
J appeared, perhaps entirely consumed.
INSURANCE.
+ The losses Of the insurance companies repre-
sented by Gale Il Co. are as follows:
c.. G. Washburn. Washburn "A'' mill; Hart
fcrd-,nill $500: machinery, S1,600. Atlantic,
n. Y mills, $3.50; machinery, S1,70o. Home,
Ohio-mill, $500; machinery, $1,000.
J. A. Christian 4 Co.. stock in warehouse
"a mill, North American, $4,000,
Petit, Robinson & Co.'S. mill--North BIRTHS J,
h Mercantile, mill, 90, 900; machinery, $4,000
| Hartford, stock, 5000, mill, $1,000; rhnnis
Of New York, stock, $4,000, machinery, $4,000
Lancashire, Eng, machinery, $4,000; Atlantic,
New York, machinery, $4,000.
/ A. P. Ankeny, GALAXY -four 1nill:-Phenis
| n Y, mill $1,000, machinery, $1,000. Nort}
American mill sl,ooO, machinery $1,000. Ian
cashire, Eng. machinery $4,000 Atlantic. !.
! Y. machinery $4,000.
Oahill, Ankeny s. Co., stock in GALAXY Aou,
mill:-North British g. Mercantile, 50 500
Hartford $2,5oo.
Bull, Newton & Co., Humboldt Mill, Hort,
British 1; Mercantile, machinery. $1,000; stock
500. Phoenix, mill $500; stock 50, see
Hartford, mill $500; machinery, 81, 500 Al
antic, mac hinery, $1,000.
/ Minneapolis Mill Co., elevator building =
North British and mercantile, $1,000, Lanca
shire, $4,000, ON wheat in Minneapolis ele
yator.
Crocker Fiske & Co:-North British an,
Mercantile, 5000; Hartford, $4,000
c. A. Pillsbury & Co.:--Hartford, 90, 500
North American, $2,500
I D. r. Barber e. Son North American
$500.
Petit, Robinson q Co., on lumber-Har4
ford, $4,000; North American, $4,000.
Losses IN companies represented by E. I
Ames:
Humboldt mill-shawmut, sl,5OO; Traders
$4,000 Total, $500.
Elevator-German American, $4,000; FL,
Assurance, 1880; American, 1850; Firemen
Fund, $500; Royal, $4,000; Liverpool, Londo
and Globe, $1,000. Total, $4,000.
) Washburn ''A' mill-Manhattan, $2,0O
Commercial Union, $4,000 Royal, $4,000
) Scottish Commercial, $4,000. Total, $40, 800
Diamond mill--German American, $1,000
Royal $1,000; British American, $4,000; Sec
tish Commercial, $4,000. Total, $4,000.
Petit, Robinson & Co.'s mill-Frankl
$4,000. German American, $4,000. Mania
tan, $1,000. Traders, $1,000. Commerci
Union, $4,000. Royal, $4,000. Iiverpoe
London & Globe, $4,000. Scottish Commerce,
o $4,000. notal, S2l, 900.