, 1880-10-17
1oWEI,L'S DlSTlLLERY.
The Appearance Presented by the
Wreck Yesterday.
.n.erv of Three More Bodies
n'~ from the Ruins.
,n o,,ouer to Make q Thorough 1nYest-
1h' w. gahon Of the Explosion ,

H.. foropsr to Make Thorough 1n7esa-
4n' CATION Of the Explosion
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The rsa ,,.a Garden City Distillcry Friday
CURED ~ int too painfully visible yesterday.
eTena's .ha friends and relatives Of the per-
Aan5 49, =" etoo4 around all night In the cold and
sons hl's~ .-nd snd some Of them did not leave
ptefc'u,s ,s,m af1er the neon hour. One can hardly
ppm .. .v r. ANYTHING more terrible In Its power
eoace, ..,e erp1osIon. Had 1t occurred In thlckiy
tnan district in the city the destruction OF
pop4d a-d nroperty would have been immense.
nle a,,a,, rs it is, it seems miracle toat any
Ana. w, vas in the immediate vicinity should
one WV escaped alive. 1t u certainly
na'. .,,,,osion OF class that mas hao no pro-
- .D.sssor in this country. AZ Is "cA KNOWN Tue
,st;,,sry IL located in the southwest poraon OF
u1,' ..s s,rv where CanaipoTt avenue. I"enty-sec-
tne ~ ~ Morgan streets form triangle. Upon
ona 49, ],r ~ ground lies the scene Of the acci-
tnle 'A n,a ,arce distil}ery building stands upon
aen| ~ broadest end Of the lot In closa
1as .t+r are the fermcnt1ng. wine room, and
P.s.,,,se Pne IN the order named. Back Of thsso
.~,dvar Of the buildings are the mill and
a1. s.ov and little to the northwest tho COOK
.o,, e'e'N from which emanated tha great de-
mk k.so, and loss Of life. The shaving bin itself
strously-butlt, flre-proof structure, which
@nad and kept stocked from T. W. Harvcy's
wa ~,.us.,1c-ni1l by means of large "chute" and
(ene can form no conception OF the PRESS
'sa ...t must hare been placed upon the iron
.aso-a II vaye way. IT was said TINT the steam
es.ssn,e WIS anywhere from slIty to eighty
fp..ads p.d but the iron would show to one who
ps,d 4nauo Of It's tensile strength that not less
.e. .e.. nressure OF ESQ pounds was the cause OF
-. .ndaen destruction. The financial loas will
- r. amount that cannot be less than SID
W NJ. room wherein the cooker stood went
~ c,eces-so utterly demolished that even
~ of he bricks were crumbled to dust
r1.os would express the scene. A gang
- anne forty men were at work In tho debris.
rm,nd STOOD crowd Of men. women. and chill
5rsn Numbering ut times five or SIX hundred
she yard Was strewn with mass OF rubbish
9.om lie ruined building. The northwest COR
aer of The elevator. which Is constructed OF
planting, was forced
SEVERAL. FEET OFT or 1Ts PLACE
in the centre, and the whole structure seems
fhnoEu out OF plumb. Near itlay the iron cover
of the cooker. and close to 1t Tan which forced
he cooked grain into the fermenting room
through the pine which, It is sald. was the cause
Nth The starch extracted from the grain: Just
north arc the ruins OF the shaving. bin. and
10 the south stand, the. old boil
e. tsste Tea beag ta1ce m Of them. The sheet Fou
covering Is crushed 10 and the bEtck-Work
sruuud Is raggcdly broken. Tho portion OF
Tie xn1l stnndtue looking as II It bud been swept
south. Over all dangerously stand the wafer
and heating tanks, and above them, fercely
shaken By the wind Yesterday. IS Is structure @ & OF
gust that waved it. The wallis Of the wine-roon
aad warehouse were pushed several inches out
Of plumb by the force Of the concuss1on. The
q glass left il any of It's windows, On Morgan
j. .t 9t theE 4. 5olerpats psies ca1aea staedhi
can be better imagined when 1t Is stated that the
boiler cut through fourteen 2-inch plank. carry
ing the pieces under it, and tho bottom OF the
machine lies inside, the sides being bent nearly
ing after the explosion said that It went more
than double the h.ght. Of the tallest chimney Il
the neighborhood, and that TOT second or tWe
with fearful crash. The a!r was tit!ed with =
cloud Of dust and debris. The .sloI
tubs, Of which there were four very largs
car, which had been slde-tracked. and wa!
flled with grain. Its body Is crushed ane
broken. and tue whole top Is Eoue: The truckf
are torn from the body. and It Ia lying On 1t.
Working in the ruins was done under difficulty
The wind, which almost blew a hurricane, car
ned with il great clouds OF dust and shavings m = :
OF the siessrs. Powell was to save their mash
they could and to get In shape to commenc
running again by Friday next, but. more In 2,
portant than all. to endeavor to recover tn
bodies still remaining in the ruins. But tire
Of the bodies were recovered the night befort
and there were four Of them still remaining !
the debris. For them au active search va
first instituted. The engineer, Jacob kaku sk
WAS TIE FIRST FOUND.
He wns discovered lying in the pit OF the ~
wheel. He was tightly wedged in between tn
machinery and the bricks. and the clothes Wer
at once taken into the Office aud laid upon tn
Hoor. The features looked as though he ha
died in great agony. Later on. near the ceutr
found what remained of the body Of Fran
TraIuor, the fireman. They were nothing but
bunch Of legs and arms, and were slckentn
and horrible sight, burned and blackened 70
entirely consumed. At 1:25 O'Clock, among th
shavIngs at the west side OF tho shaving bin. We
found the body OF Mrs Joseph Horaka- sht
evidently having been smothered to death In tn
ruins. She had brought her husband his suppe!
End through her wifely care hud met her unttme
lydeath. These remains were also oeponIed upo
sentcd sight that Was appalling, the SINE
which emunated from the charTed re1ua1ns DC
Ing slckenug in the extreme. The oody Q
Frank Podratz, the coal-wheoler. was still in th
ruins, and was not found during the day, Bu
thesearch was still Kept up, and about o'caoc
the body OF q man, supposed 70 oe tnaI G
Pedratz was found neassy IN the sane 1ps 1n
Ess inrecogntzable, being a charEed mass {
bones, arms, and legs. This IL supposed to cor
stitute all who were killed; Il was rumore
With Mrs. Horaka when she brought her hnf
band his supper, was also killed. But th