Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-09-11
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VGoA HASD
BELLE PLANE, a., Aug. 30.-Last week an
cslan well was completed on th> fiat near
the depot. Sunday morning, the well. cot be-
ing pipcd, commenced spouting great vol
uines of sand, mud and rock with water. Al
this hour @ a. m the hole is nearly rs large
around as a hogsiicad, The vel Is situated
in the middle of a street and the food of sand
ana mud has covered the sidewalk, and T. rap
idly Sling the doOryarls and sweeping over
thc lawns and flower beds. a crater has been
formed around the place from which The water
lows several feet high. Great alarm prevails
among the residents, who fear that the entire
lower part Of tie city will be undermined.
FoRr DopGF, la, Aug. 30.-Thc hotel and
restaurant of ". VI. Laird was partially &C.
stroyed by tire this morning, Insured.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29-At 9:l5 O'Clock thi.
morning, in the midst OF a heavy thunder
storm, the powder magazine belonging TO The
Latin Rand powder company was struck by
lightning. An cxi losion followed which de
stroved property running up in the ueighbor-
hood of 5000, besides killing two persons
almost instantly, and fatally injuring three,
and contributing 10 the painful injuries OF
nearly twenty-five others.
The magazine, two miles from the north
western edge Of thc'city, was one in which
the bulk Of The powder supply for Chicago
ana adjoining territory Was stored. and was
one Of the largest of "A dozen In the ncighbor-
hood. 1t was a brick structure, ,0X3O feet in
dimensions, with a slate roof and solitary
iron door Of great strength. Just preceding
the explosion a long, vicious electric fame
appeared in the Sky. Not a building within Il
mile of the explosion escaped damage. The
little cottage Of John Gull with 1t, sur
rounding %outhouses, was laid low With
out warning, and in a moment par's
Of the exploded warehouse began falling on
The debris Of the cottage. Guhls'
fauily consisted of himself, his wife and
Carrie Ahrenwerth, fourteen years OF age. The
latter was instantly Killed, while Guhl andhi.
wife were dragged from the ruins fri@htfuliy
mutilated. The horses, COW and swine were
all Killed by the conclusion and their bodies
blown fun of dirt, sand and powder. The
ruins Of the Guhl house Immediately took fire.
This warehouse was the only one of the com
PAWS which exploded. Where it stood is
now an immense excavation, nearly fifty feet
in depth.
The dead and fatally injured are:
Miss Carrie Ahrcuwrrth, killed instantly.
Peter Keen, a farmer, ribs broken and fcsr-
fully burned.
John Gull, tcam,'cr for the Oriental Pow
der company, ribs fractured. right lc~ broken
in two places, internal wounds.
Mrs. Guhl, skull crushed.
Mrs. Eliza Dtyinc, right leg crushed to .
Jelly, breast traustiXed with a strip Of glass.
The shock cavcd il two magazines Of the
Oriental Powder company, and also those re-
longing TO the Warren Powder company, liaz-
zard Dupont companies and the farcitc dyna-
mite house Of La0in e. Rand. The exploded
magazine contained, it is estimated, 1000
pounds of powder and Aalf as much dynamite.
In the ncighboring ten storchouscs were 800.
i, go pounds Of dynamite and twice rs much
powder. Not one Of the eleven buildings bad
a lightning rod or conductor.
The first shock of the explosion reached the
Jesuit Church Of tie Holy Family, where mass
was going on. There were a thousand people
at the service, who ma ic an indiscriminate
nlunge for the staircase and windows. Men
fen in heaps ever falnting women and chill
dren, and a general panic ensued. A great
many women and children were seriously IN.
iured.
At the Church ofthc Nativity, Thirty-scy'
.nth and Dashiel streets, another panic took
place and several were more o" less injured
The board OF trade building, seven miles from
,be scenc. was greatly affected by the disturbed
condition of the atmosphere. Plate glass
twelve feet square, was shattered In fragments
the largest piece being no larger than that OF
a so cent piece. An electric light man, who
was in Tie tower at the time of the explosion
states that the tower sWayed 30 that h'
thought 1t would toppic over. Electric iight'
in the Palmer house were eXtingulsheh an'
the building shaken from roof to foundation
II A similar scene occurred at the Grand1 Racine
motel. In the Western Union building, where
is located the general Office OF the Associated
press, several windows were broken
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 3l.-Cardinal Glib
bons was the recipient of a unique present las
evening. 1t was a scrapbook containing owe
800 feet of clippings from upwards OF sevent.
OF the leading dailics and weeklies OF IN
United States OF the reports Of the recipients
elevation to the cardinalate. The scrappooi
"a bound in full red morocco, embossed IRON
and back in gilt. The work was gotten up D.
Nr. George w. Paini, Of this city.