Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-22
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NKw NouS. Aar tE-Af eight O'Clock
last evening sn explosion as ass-au..F srss
occurred Ia the erprkerv stsrs. % Them a
J. Neca1e. ~. ~ Grand street, hv which
one man wss instantly xilis.f AMI : si,r..
men. women sna ehil ir=n xers badiw i.
iHrrL Tue shoc< was teif ssr qults ,
distance aroansL aad caused great ex.
element IN tho tAirk ly -crux,ls.t neigh
5orhaod- Flames quickly followed tho
explosion. and ti1s store Nas soan shlNx..
When the explosion occurred the heavy
plate glass wszsfnxs we're burst vsal~at-
" into fragments and hurled tats ina
street. Broken pieces % crock.rv w.r.
also thrown in all directions. Norris
Jacobs. aged seventeen years. wha vas
passing thu store AZ tho figus. was st-7trt
IN the back and NECK by several pieces %
plata glass. and was so terribly Ias.erar.,l
that he bfrss ~ death after Staggering a
few yards away.
Among the injured. some * whom haI
been in the store and some as them pass
ing IN the street. are
Jacob seigel. aged twenty-saur. head
snd neck cut; may die
Lena Abrahams. aged nine. cut on
head
Betsy Gruber. fifteen, right arm cut
Jennie Friedman. sixteen. shoulder
laeerasesl
Gussis Friedman. thirteen. head and
knee cut
Harris Becker. thirtY- -ave. left haall
cut
David Dlnias. ten. both legs badly cut.
Teresa Maxim. forty. head anil neck
badly cut, also injured By being knocked
taxn.
Rosa Maxim. daughter OF Teresa. six
teen. forehead lacerafesl.
Mary Parr. cut about head.
Gus Hiatl-rman. twenty. arms cut
Albert Klein, twenty-five. badly cut
about heat
Roses Rosenberg. aged twenty: cut on
arm
Bernard Goldman. aged twenfy-tour;
cui On head ansi arms
Anthony Pollock. aged eighteen: head
and arms cut.
Abraham Kaniz, aged twenty-five:
head and arms cut
Aaron ryroier. aged seventeen; cut
a0nAt tktsa kfsa aft-
Bernard Barnett. aged twelve; head.
legs and arm cut
Leon Bessin. aged ten; both legs and
feet cut.
Aaron Yesks. aged twensy-scveu: head
and legs cut
Louis speiseI. aged fourteen: hip cat.
Leah Z.ehrS. aged eight; ear cut.
Fairiek JacKnan. aged thirty three. So
verslv cut On wrist.
Phillip Rosenberg. aged ten: hand cut.
Philip Sheridan. aged fourteen, fore
head cur
solomon Rs-enthaL a mute. aged eish-
teen. hands cut
Jacobs was returning home from work
He had Just gotten employment after be-
ing idle for some time, and had been tell
ing his friends how glad he was sor his
tamily's sake. seigeI was craze,I by his
wounds and the shock. and ran uaadTv
through the street scattering blood as be
went. He fought desperately with a pa-
heeman who stopped him. but was finally
overpowered aud taken to the police sta
ton aud thence tn n hos pital IL i feared
that his skull Is fractured. Mrs Maxim
and her dIlghter Iiva near by. and we're
walking up aaI down the block Tor exer-
else. The Friedman sisters had been vis-
iting friends across the way from Mac
Cabe's. and had Just crossed the street
The explosion damaged the upper
floors Of the building and two or three
Of the occupants were slightly injured by
broken glass and plaster.