The daily gazette., 1879-11-08
FIRST EDITION.
Caught in the Flames,
A Terrible Accident at Kan
sas City, Mo.

sas City, MO.
BUILDINGS FALL AND TAKE FIRE
ONE HUNDRED GIRLS AND BOYS SHUT
IN THE HUNS EIGHT PERSONS
KILLED.
- KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. About
one o'clock this afternoon one OF the
most terrible accidents, resulting in a
disastrous fire and loss Of life, occurred
at the corner VI Main and Second streets,
III this city. The premises were occu-
pied by J. +. Corle * Son AS a whole
sale maniitactofy Of crackers and candy,
who employed about two hundred hands,
mostly boys and girls. At the hour above
mentioned, AS employees were returning
To Their work from dinner, he wall be-
W, en Nos. 204 and 20G fell with ter
riblc crash carrying with IL Nos. 202, 2O4
Zuo, aud buAng III the wreck nearly
one hundred persons. A pauic ensued
among all who were in the establishment.
A rush tor the doors was made. sud
denly the brick walls between Nos. 202
and .OI gave way. The second floor
was inst tu fall, and il fell with Il crash,
burying several persons III the RI, MS.
Then the third floor and the roof of the
second ana part OF the floor and roof of
the third building fell upon the iirst
| floor. The rear part Of the first floor
next gave way. Part Of the front walls
of Nos. 202 and 204 fell back OH the
ruins. No. 20u, the old Watkins Bank
bui ding, on the corner OF Second and
Main streets stood firm.
| Tuu KILLED AND INJURED.
The killed, so TAR as known at this
| hour, are. Asbie Becker, John Shultice,
Emma k-mper, Mary Cooper, Edd y
Mcdonnell, Louise Hunmeli, two un-
known boys.
| The wounded are: Nellie Curtin terri.
bly, cut In chest aud head, Geo. Sander,
arm broke and chest crushed; Frank
sheppard, ley broken.
PANIC STRICKEN EMPLOYEES RU HING
! OUT.
From within the huge .tumbling wreck
iss aed the terror-strIckeu occupants
who mingled thuir screams and ShrIeks
with the crash of falling tInbcrs and
ma-ees of brick. Hardly had the house
| fallen before the ruins TOOK lire. The
furnaces were IN f. II blast at the time VI
the accident, aLd the dry building ma
rerlal was like tIuder. A dense smoke
through which The luIid flames shot up
cauuped the scene. A IL miNutes aftel
one O'Clock a general alarm from The
Scco'd fire district was souu'iei, and
the entire force OF the Fire Department
was quickly on the ground. In thu
mcan,iine the scene wiLhlu the building
and about II was terrible. In the second
story about thirty girls were cut oil from
the stars by tim bers blocking the door
way. They ran 10 the windows, ant
before any one could stop Them severa
had Jumped 10 the ground, receiving
ertiUle wounds. AT last The door 10 th,
stairway was battered down and I'll,
girls were Released.
CAUGHT IN THE TERRIBLE FURNACE.
The flames followed the fall OF th'
building almost instantly, and IN les'
han live, minutes HE whole WAS mas
of crack ling timbers and hiss NJ ffaincs
Tn. ii. eluen worked like Trojans, a
within could be heard the calls an'
prayers OF the impris oned boys and g,rls
The II imes were 50 ii rce, however, tila
nothing could be done for near ly halt al
hour, and only one person, Rltl, wa
released alive. OF those caught whei
tue. building tumbled at ii 81 1t wa
Thought that from ten to twenty person
we've killed, but n later hour all ha
been accounted for except eight, au
: four of these have al eddy been take
l
4 | where j. gat thered an immense crowd I
. persons- mothers looking tor daughters
fathers, suns, and sisters, brothers.
> THE BUILDING ovERwKiGHTED.
, The cause of the accident can hardl
4, be arrived at, but 1t Is supposed I'll
reat.amount OF stock on hand cause
The wall, TO cruiuble. he buiiiing WI
three stories III height, built OF brick al
was erected in lo62. III was considert
= perfectly safe, and had been IN use !
+ The Messrs Gorl.. for tue manufacture I
/ crackers two years.
= Losses AND INSURANCE.
', The total loss is placed at about $40
e OOO-S 900 on the buildings, 23,Ooo {
>, machinery, S2l 600 on stock, so,ooo
!, furniture aud fixtures and Is insure
for $40 900.