The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-12

Nine Persons Carried Down in Failing
building and All of Them Rescued Alive
Only One Seriously Injured--Three Brave
Children.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April Z.
Mr.. Russell, the night Waterman at No.
l5engine house, while going east on Spruce
street, about six o'clock yesterday
morning, was suddenly startled by ter
rifle crash and a succession of noises that
sounded like the muflled shrieks of women
and frantic cries of children. Looking
up quickly he saw cloud of dust rising
from Poplar street, near Second. Sup
posing the house which the dust obscured
from view was in flames he hurried
to the nearest nre alarm box, on Third
and Spruce streets, and called out the
fire department As soon as the dust
attracting Mr.. Russell's attention had
cleared away he discovered there was no
fire as he had supposed, but that a three
story brick building had literally
crumbled into pieces, and had fallen
to the ground in ruins. The build
ing proved to be that portion of the
Kimpel carriage mandatory designated
by the number POS Spruce street.
There were nine people in the building
when it fell, and they all happened to be
in bed at the time in the second and third
stories. The first floor of the structure
was occupied by the blacksmith-shop of
the carriage factory, but there were no
fires in the FORCES as it was Sunday MORN
/ ing. Those sleeping in the second and
third story rooms were Mr.. John Cinati,
his wife and four children, Mrs.
| Dudenweiler, Peter Brennan, Henry
Landaher and Gus Winters. They
| were all completely covered with
broken timbers and debris, but none of
them sustained fatal injuries. When the
firemen undertook to extricate them they
found it..somewhat difficult at first to To-
| cate them. They soon cut their way
through the roof and into the ruins
among broken furniture of the upper
rooms They extricated Mr. Brennan
and the three children who were sleeping
In the room he occupied. Mr.. Brennan
shouted for help at the top of his lungs,
and having u good voice succeeded in
getting rescued among the first.
AS soon as he worked his way through a
hole in the roof, made for 6im by the fire.
men, he said there were three children in
| pressing neeu Oh uSSlSudnCe. w HcH MINI
Herter shouted to the children they an.
swered him family. He then told them to
keep their mouths closed and preyent the
dust from entering their lungs. They
obeyed like little soldiers and waited pa
tiently in their disagreeable prison fol
assistance. Finally they were taken GU
in good condition. They were prevented
from being crushed by the bedding OIL
which they were sleeping when the acct
dent occurred.
ALI the other occupants of the house ex
cepting Mrs. Dudenweller escaped with
out sustaining the slightest injury. Mrs
Dudenweller had her right arm broker
and sustained several bruises about thu
head and shoulders. She was removed
to the residence of Mr.. Kimpel, and givel
the surgical treatment she required
Owing to her age, she being nearly sew
, enty years old, 1t is not probable that sh
will ever recover from her injuries. Sh
is a widow, and occupied one of tn
third-story rooms of the building.
Mr.. Kimpel was in Kansas City yester
day, but he will undoubtedly arrive in thi
city to-day. He owned the building, AM
9 used it as a carriage repairing shop, val
uing it at $4,000. The stock it containe
he valued at about $4,000 AS the build
ing was destroyed and stock totally ruined
the loss sustained by Mr.. Kimpel, it
estimated, will amount to nearly SIG,
y 900.