Morris tribune., 1881-12-08

slant ueath Inc Dody, acuve ana vigil
liant moment before, was picked
upon the broken and splintered track, hnt all :.
trace Of life had disappeared He was carried
into the Pillsbury offce, and the search began
for his late associates. whose bodies were
covered by the debris or driven partially, under
the platform and the splintered mills. Their
names so far as known have been given sbo We
The flames were gradually brought under con-
troll, but the search continued The number of
people outside Of the fire departmentw who had
congregated on the spot up to o'clockNwas
surprisingly small. 1t was known that two or
more bodies were lying under the timbers,
which had been driven through the platform
planking AT S:15 the body of an unknown
man, not fireman, was Nre-
moved from underneath the timbers.
q mass of broken bones but slightly lascarated
flesh and clothing nearly intact, and tenderly
conveyed the imprisoned Mergue in G. A.
Pillsbury & Co.'s Office. <s. ri
Il THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
A force of stalwart choppers Ia
bored with tremendous and unfagging
zeal in cutting through the
massive timbers which formed both prison
and charnel house for the unfortunate dead
remaining unreleased or pinioned by the
terrific explosion. which had borne them
down to death, literally in the
twinkling of an eye. At $50 the fremen
still retained their sorrowful posts under the
direction of Chief Engineer Bracket, who gave
his orders with rare Judgment noswithstand-
ing grief for his lovsd associates which
he could not conceal even IN the midst
of his direct and great responsibility. At that
hour three dead bodies were lying in the
Pillsbury 4 Co. Office and another injured
fireman taken to the Ames hospital,
had died of his injuries. He is believed
to be member Of Hose Company. No. l. Mr..
Fredericks, the dead assistant engineer, was
one Of the Oldest members of
the department, and man generally
snd deserytdly esteemed, being known through
ont the city He was about thirty-fve years
of age, German by birth, but long resi-
dent here, aud there is not citizen Of
Minneapolis who will not mourn the loss of
kindly and efficient officer. The Off
Ger, at the time of his DEATH
was known to have held an accident insurance
policy for $50. 600, and is understood to have
owned considerable property 1t is yet too
early to speak definitely of the remaining
dead, but the loss of life by the
unexpected casualty it is feared will reach one
third of the less attending the great explo-
sion in the Washburn (A), which at
tracted the attention of the civilized world
The man at the Washburn 4 mill who sounded
the alam states that the fire was first discov-
cred in the basement of the Pillsbury MILL
and number OF spectators affirm
positively that the explosion occurred in the
Excelsior mill of Messrs. Pillsbury Il Co.,
but the exact location will soon be
positively settled. The Croker, Fisk & Co.
mill had been shut down for some time
and if the explosion occurred here
it must have been caused by
gas and not by -four dust, but the latter would
furnish the explanation had the tremendous
upheavalere occurred in the Excelsior. The
force of the explosion did not
SKATER THE WALLS
as much as might be expected, and
| through the front, playing indescribable
| havoc with the front of the building, and the
| portions of the elevated railway track lying
| within range. At $50 o'clock great
| masses of citizens were hurrying
to the scene Of second disaster forming
most painful and sickening chapter in the his
| tory of milling enterprises in Minneapolis.
THE LOSS
| NAV be summed: The Pillsbury mill. owned
| by c. A Pillsbury & Co.. was valued on the
books OF the firm at $4,000, which
included the site. The Empire, owned by l.
s. Watson of Massachusetts, was worth 1925
| 900. and the Excelsior. owned by D.
Morrison, 300, 900 and the Minneapolis mill
of Crocker, Fisk & Co. was worth $685.
| 600. All the mills contained more or
less stock. Pillsbury L Co. were
De fnlly covered by insurance on this part of
the loss Their total net loss
is proabbly $4,000 on the
Pilsbury B mill. The cotton mill was valued
at $4,000 was owned by D. Morrison and
leased by Henry HonkompL
| THE KILLED
CORNELIUS FREDR1CKs. the assist
ant chief engineer of the de-
partment, WAS crushed under the
falling wall Of the Minneapolis mill and in
stantly killed
John Luhy, member of Hook l. Ladder COM
pany No. 8. VIII.
Alex Burk, sweeper in the Pillsbury B mill
was standing on the steps OF the
Office of c. A. Pillsbury l. Co. when the
explosion occurred. He was struck on the head
with stone and died from his injuries at 500
a. m.
An unknown citizen was found killed out
RIGHT. OF the wreck and property cared for
THE WOUNDED.
Daniel Horbach, q fireman, who lives at No
14O6 North Second street. was badly bruised
and cut about the head and face by glass and
flying debris. -. 4., .-
F. L Coulter, also fireman, had his lef
arm broken, his right ear severed, and sus,
tanned other severe injuries ...-H
Fred Relke, fireman who resides at the CO..
ner af Fifth street and Sixteenth avenue north
was struck on the leg by q flying rock and bad.
ly injured, though not fatally hurt t.
l. Schneider, miller in the Pillsbury mill
was cut and bruised about the head and face
by flying timber, --:y
History Of New England Family.
These were the three sons of hard.
working old farmer, for whom the old man
worked hard to give them an aeddicashun,
which they thought they secured ct college
After which, by their lives, they answered
the following conundrums:
Why did the first young man become a
doctor? Because he coveted "genteel oc-
cupation" more than from any genuine love
of the healing art. SO he became ma
chine doctor, and poor doctor.
Why did the second brother become a
lawyer? Because he, too, coveted some
genteel occupation. So he became ma
chine lawyer and very ordinary lawyer.
Why did the third brother become min
lister? Principally because he also craved
some genteef Occupation. So he became