St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

Iue eAplOSlOn Iue engineer started up steam
by throwing a large amount of sawdust on
the fire under the boiler from the sawdus
bin, which was located a short distance off
and then started to the Randolph street
front of the building He states he hat
been there but few minutes when he was
startled by
A LOUD NOISE,
| which was followed by the upper portion
of the rear wall falling out, and the
screams OF the women in the upper story.
| Bricks were flying in all directions, and in
less than minute the whole rear pO OrtiOn
OF the building appeared to be III flames. The
| grea test excitement existed among the
han Some OF them ran for the stairway
leading to the street, while others ran tO
the windows. and few started to climb out,
but they were prevented from jumping TO the
ground by their companions. During all OF
| this time the flames were spreading from
one floor to another and crowds. attracted
by the smoke and the screams of the
women, blocked the street, but the excite
ment among them WAS so great that they
appeared pOwerlesS to assist them. Finally
several men ran into the building and sue
ceeded in getting them all out. The eX-
citement among the people was increased
in the street. some bleeding and Others
badly burned. The fire burned stubbornly
despite the efforts of the firemen to check
the flames, and in a remarkably short time,
owing to the infiammaDle character of the
contents, the two upper stories of the fac
tory and the shedding in the rear were
ablaze. One girl. Carrie Bruner, aged Is.
is missing Following is
LIST OF THE INJURED:
ELLA 5TOCKER. aged 21, badly burned
about face and hands.
CARRIE MILLER, aged Is, burned about
boiy.
EMMA MULDER, aged 16, burned about
the face.
MARY E. KRECHT, aged 10, face and body
burned.
AMANDA COOK, aged 10, burned about
the face back and hands.
JOHN POLLOCK. aged II, injured about
head by falling bricks.
JOSEPH REHMER, aged II, hands badly
burned.
JOHN KLENGELHAFER, aged 21, head cut
aud hands injured.
GEORGE KIMBALL, aged 10 years, head
and face cut.
DAN FRIES, an old man. boLn head and
face burnd and arm cut.
The lire was gotten under control after
having destroyed almost the entire building.
The livery stables of j. NJ. Tretly and A.
G. CreSSWell in the rear of the cigar box
factory
WE'RE BLOWN UP
| by the force of the explosion. Some fifty
| sleighs and carriages were crushed to atoms.
About two hours after the fire had been ex-
| tinguished the body of Carrie Bruner, aged
| 80. an employe. was found in the third
story of the factory. buried under steam
pipes and heavy timbers. Her body and
| clothing were but slightly burned, and hel
death was, III all probability, caused by the
heavy timberS falling upon her. Fifteen per-
| ms were more or less seriously njured but
it is thought that none of the injuries
will prove fatal, with the probable eXcep-
ton of Annie WOlfnger aged % years,
who received severe burns about the face
and body. and also sustained injuries from
| flying timber The injuries of the Others
were burns and bruises caused by jumping
or falling from the upper stores. The
| girls were all taken to their homes and the
men and boys to hOSp tails. A few of the
latter were able to go TO their homes after
their injuries had been dressed. The ac-
cepted theory of the origin of the ex-
plosion is that after the engineer had
banked up the fire, back draft had blown
the flames out, so that they had connected
with the sawdust in the bin, and. the flames
shooting upward through large dust tiue
which was air-tight. had caused the ex-
plosiOn. The loss is estimated at Sl7, 200;
| insured.