The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
BAD AS DYNAMITE.
NATURAL GAS CREATES GREA-
HAVOC IN THE IRON CITY.
A Succession Of Explosions Works Death
and Wounds and IIuin-intcnse Feel
ing Against The New filoInin-
ator-Other Disasters.

ator--Other Disasters.
PfTrsBURa. Feh . Natural gas was re-
sponsible for another terrible explosion SAT
uriay, which seems to involve, not only the
wreck of houses. but sorioas loss Of life and
maimings which will follow the victims TO
their graves Shortly before u o'clock,
there was an alarm ON the big bell
in Municipal BAH tower In
moment word wes transmitted by telephone
that a disastrous explosion Of natural gas
had occurred at the forks OF the road, other
wise known n, Tnrty-tourth AMI Butler
streets, and that there had Teen serious less
of life as well IS great destruction
pf property The explosion occurred
in August Ruhs slloon, S,35l PsnH avenue,
and the adjoiHing building was wrecked.
The conclusion created the widest excite
ment in the Immediate vicinity, and hun
ireds of people gathered about, as thu ruins
had taken fire, and rumors were current
that q number of per on were buried in the
debris
Just few moments after toe occurrence
s Citizens Line car u7s2ci in front Of the
wrecked buildings filled with passengers. A
second explosion occurred. and The car was
thrown from the track by the force Of
The upheayaL The CONSERVATION among
the passengers was more than a
panic, and scarcely one Ct the whole mum
Der escaped without mere or less injury.
The driver was blown from his position Gnl
50 severely injured that he may not recover.
At the same time, TIE pieces Of timber and
dying debris Of al kinds hurled in the air
by the second explosion caused havoc
among those who hal gathered in the vicin-
ity, aud the list Of the injured was swelled
until it had reached between twenty and
thirty Several other erupuons followed
and the number Of houses embraced was in
creased to ten or fifto5n
About twenty minutes past y. the signal
tnat the fire had been cytinguishei was sent
in, but scarcely ten minutes had elapsed
| until another alarm was soul9d from the
same box, and additions. steamers were
hurried to the spot, not MY to ali
in extiasuishin5 the flames, but to
assist in caring Tor tire injured ana
in bunting for those FAo were sup
po5cd TO be buried under the building
which had been involved in the general de-
sCruction
The list OF injured SO far as can be ascer-
| tanned at this writing IS rs follows: Mr..
| Bannotte, head and face burned; Dr. Stein
ert, standing in saloon blown to the ceiling
anu then fell through 10 the cellar; he then
| fought his way ought through the
| flames, is badly burned; Mary Smultcr,
| terribly burned aaogs tha body;
/ 4 sister Of Mrs. HeTaeasiocfer. badly
/ burned about the face AMI hands, a daaEA
| ter Of she butcher, Lizze burned eboat the
| face the baTkeeQer Of the saloon wa=
standing in the doorway at the tina O. thu
accident, and was blown across the street,
and was badly injured; Little Annie Miller
| was burned and bruised about the head and
BODY; Lizzie Futzwaiser, dome5-
lie, was terribly burned; Mr.. Fred
! Zuisser, who was passing along the street
was struck b. flying debris, had ong
eye blown out ana his skull fractured. viii
die. Ar. Gus Horn who was also on Ii.
street was badly bIrHai ana also hurt b
flying missiles, Jake Stone was s5cucl; by
| flying wood; hal nose broken Amaii,
Oschenhurst burned about head and arms
one leg badly fractured will probably die
William Paytol. an S-veGr-0II by va
badly cut on th9 head by flying glass.
butcher nanei Gxanhar, Eeas driving past
and was blown from his va oa AMI hadh
hurt
The inj sred were quickly removed t.
thei" houses where they received FrOmp
Medical attention.
i MIXERS saloon and hutchar-Sloa are ;15a
wrecks aAil, tie windows in houses FOR hal
c square from the place # the explosions CT