New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-15
probably by the carelessness Of some hand, Of

probably by the carelessness of some hand of
the dust and gases which are the necessary con-
5comitants of the Touring business. Mills had
exploded before from these causes. There
were only two men in the Zenith mill at the
time of the explosion, John E. Rosienius kill
ed, and Fred George, badly burned about the
face and hands, but will recover. Rosienius
leaves widow and one child, the latter about
eight or ten months old.
STORY OF SURVIVOR.
Then one survivor was met, Joseph Monti
Jr.,Nthe 9watchman of the Galaxy mill, who
was discovered by the reporter in all the pleni-
tude of full health. He said he was in the
basement Of the mill, one story below the
canal, engaged in putting in an alarm bell
upon the .shafting. The conclusion lifted him
fully six feet, when he fell and was stunned
for five minutes. He was in a dazed condi-
ton when he recovered from the shock, and
only heard one explosion. If there were other
explosions they must have occurred while he
was stunned. When he realized his position,
he found the water from the canal pouring in,
and naturally thought the thud Of the
ploslon was merely the result of
window up stairs, and looked for a place to
jump. When there he saw John G.. Rosienius,
of the Zenith mill, looking out Of the window.
Month called out to him, ssAre you going to
jump" but Rosienius either did not understand
or did not hear, and that was the last seen of
the elevator IN one tremendous sheet Of fame,
and was momentarily paralyzed Looking be-
low the window, Monti observed an ash heap,
fifteen feet SO below him. He straddled the
sill, swung himself over, hung by his hands for
second or two on the sill as the roar of the
flames doomed hisslngly around him, and then
dropped and rolled thence into the seething wa
tiers. Once in the water he swan out despair
ingly and exhausted, until he struck protrud
ing rock, upon which he climbed and rested to
recover his presence of mind and courage. His
senses being gathered, he waded to the paper
mill. Reaching the under portion of it, he
rose before some of the employees engaged in
putting out a blaze. As a voice from the dead,
he asked. Which way can get out?" He
was then directed to place Of safety.
THIRST SAVED HIM.
There were other narrow escapes, though not
so thrilling as Months. Among these that of
Peter Hum boldt, of the Humboldt mill, whom
the reporter of the GLOBE interviewed. He es-
capped by reason of his thirst, having gone for
pail Of water just before the explosion. He
had only a very short distance to go for the wa
ter. and when in the act of returning he saw
the roof lifted from the big mill. T& Dia-
mond and the Humboldt mills We're hattened
at the same instant, before the fire struck them,
and the elevator Immediately caught fire and
was mass of flames.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE OF RAILROAD MEN.
Bradley, locomotive engineer, and Kinds,
a fireman, both of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad, were proceeding homeward to-
gether. Mr.. Bradley said the two were walk
ing up the track together, when he said to his
companion, ''I'hey are burning bread" 81
think it is wheat, said Hinds At that moment,
Bradley saw, as he described it, puff puff, "
from the big mill, and it instantly exploded
He was thrown down by the conclusion, but
recovered. Some of the falling debris caught
him and imprisoned him, but he was rescued
with some injury, but not seriously. Kinds
escaped without the slightest injury.