Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-24
Disastrous Explosion Of the Boiler at
Banholxer's Brewery.
PERSONS BADLY INJURED.
A Terrible Scene Of Confusion and De-
StructiOn.
THE MONETARY LOSS ABOUTS7 ,OO(
Where the Responsibility for the Dis.
aster Rests.

A serious accident happened about Il
o'clock yesterday morning, at William
Banholzer's North Mississippi brewery OF
Stewart avenue, in the Fourth ward, By
which eleven persons were injured, some
of them pretty seriously.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
For very long time, probably evel
since the brewery was built, the
people, for considerable distance
all around the brewery have been in the
habit of going there in the morning to gel
supply of malt for their COWS and chick.
ems. Men, women and children are in the
habit of going there for that purpse. Yes
terday morning they came as usual, and
were unfortunate enough to receive injuri-
es from which some of them may die.
for. Mr.. Banholzer objected to these peo
pie coming there. Not because he does not
wish to be accommodating to them, but be-
cause they are in the habit of entering the
engine house, especially during the cold
winter months, and thus interfering with
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drove them out of the engine house, they
would swarm back into it again, and so
the annoyance was continued day after
day. Yesterday they we're there as usual,
but fortunately for them all, they happen
ed to be outside of the building just at the
time of the accident. Had they been in
side where they usually are, the result
would have been frightfal.
About 10 o'clock when the accident hap
psned there was no one in the engine room
and this is undoubtedly the reason that
no one was killed. At the time mentioned
al explosion was heard, not loud one but
low rumbling sound that shook every
thing around. The boiler went up into the
air hundred feet or more. Thej stone
wall of the engine room was blown over
and thrown over to one side, and the whole
ruins constituted very bad looking
wreck. The part of the building where the
family resided was well shaken up, and
every window on the south side of the
building was shattered and broken.
1t was not known, at first, what
tie extent of the injuries to person
and property was. OF course every body
supposed some one was hurt, as those there
after malt were standing on the south side
of the engine house waiting. This was
right where the wall of the engine house
fell. Of course, as soon as they heard the
sound of the explosion all scattered, but
several of them did not move quick enough
to escape the stone, brick and steam that
came showering down upon them, and so
were caught. Some were hit by brick,
others by portions of the stone wall, and
others were struck by the escaping
steam that poured out and enveloped
everything around the ruins. rendering it
for few moments to see any
thing, or to do much toward Investigating
the extent of the loss.
VOICE UNDER GROUND.
When the heavy cloud of steam disap-
peared from the ruins, anxious men began
to examine to ascertain whether or not
any one was caught by the falling wall.
They had all about concluded that no one
was covered up by the ruins, when Mr.. L.
Fl. Thornton, of the firm of Thornton
Bros. sewer contractors, thought he
heard a voice under the ruins. He listen
ed and found that he was not mistaken.
All hands went to work with will, and re-
moved the dirt stones and brick as fast as
possible, and at last found boy about |
eighteen or nineteen years of age, named |
Frank Badham, driver of one of Mr.. |
Johnson's milk wagons, who had been |
crushed beneath the falling wall. They |
succeeded in extricating him and carefully |
took him into the house and laid him on |
lounge.
TELEPHONE MESSAGES WERE SENT
all over the city to the |
doctors as fast as possible, and |
within a reasonable time number of them |
we're on the ground and did all they could
to relieve the sufferers from the accident.
The man who was discovered under the
ruins was found to have been injured about
the head and back, and generally all over
the body. Cold applications were placed
ON his face and head, and he rested tolera-
bly, easy, though his breathing was very
loud. and much of the time was acconpa-
MED with kind of groaning. No one was
admitted to see him.
THE OTHERS INJURED.
It is impossible to give very accurate
list of the names of those injured, as
many of them are Swedes and Bohemians,
and all of them hurried off to their homes
as fast as possible. The following is as
correct list as could be obtained:
Mrs. Joseph Eischler, compound frac-
ture of the thigh, and scalded some. She
resides near the short line on Fort street
Conrad Schmidt, serious cut on the right
side of the head. Lives near Funk's brew
Dry.
Mrs. Schmall, bruised and scalded a
title. Not serious. Resides on Fort
street.
Mrs. Heinl (or Heindle), bruised on both
egs and head.
Mrs. NJ. Spohrer, right hand badly
smashed.
Mrs. Heis1nger, scalded. Not serious.
John Horoff, scalded and injured by the
alling walls.
John Schmidley, hurt about the head.
Mrs. Schneider, bruised about the head.
Mike Belly, lives at No. 525 Ray street,
calded In face lightly.