St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-05
FIVE BURIED ALIVE.
The Walls Of a Burned Build
ing Cola oss With Fright
full Effect.
Five Persons Killed Outright
and a Score More or Less
Injured.
III. H. alala oP
Thirty Thousand Bushels Of
Grain Roasted in a Burn
ing Elevator.
School Teachers and Scholars
Fall Victims to the
Gales Fury.
Special TO the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
OMAHA. Neb., Feb. Max Meyers
three-story building on Farnum and
Eleventh streets, occupied by Darrow
d Logan, Max Meyer q Co.'S branch
store, and s. Seligman, was burned out
about a fortnight ago. The roofess
walls remained standing, and it was in
tended to repair them and ada fourth
story. To-day the wind has been blow
ing gale, land at 2 O'Clock this afternoon
it caught the east wall and blew down a
portion of it on the buildings adjoining
with a tremendous crash. The structure
which caught the brunt of the wreck
was Max Meyer 'stwO-story brick, ,NO.1018
Farnum street. 1t was occupied in the
floor by 2. Boyer's safe store, ana in the
second story by b. &. Dunbar's engrav-
ing and printing house. Adjoining Oh the
east was all old One-story frame, occu
pied as clothing store by E. Olsen.
There was a warning, a white puff OF
crumbling mortar; the rattling of few
bits of plaster and the crash of the
" hen the clio Id of dust blew away it
The roof, walls and stock of Olsen'S
store were crushed to the ground. A
shanty in the rear, occupied by Mrs.
Hengen, was also wrecked. A fire
alarm was sent in and the force was
called to the scene. he tiremen, with
ropes, sought to pull down the walls on
the other side and give access to those
who were imprisoned. The street filled
with curious people who did not realize
that any one was hurt until they saw
MEN AND WOMEN CRAWLING OUT
Of the debris anu others cut and limp
ing brought out by the firemen. The
scenes were heartrending, and those
VINO had friends in the wreck could
hardly be kept back. Means and
shriekS were heard as the bodies of the
dead and wounded were brought out.
Tie ruins Were crowded with business
men and men in all conditions of life,
who worked earnestly when they found
an opening to save the lives OF the un-
fortlnatrs. When the rescuers first az
rived at the scene, the cries of Olsen
were heard in the northwest corner of
the ruins. The rescuerS went to work
to save the un niOrtunaie man. Every
cry from the dying man brought new
hands to the work of rescue. 1t re-
quired too much time, and gradually
the cries subsidized. When they reached
him Olesen was dead. The body of
Mike Martin, Dunbar's fireman, was
taken out from the ruins in the vicinity
of the boiler. The body was roasted and
mutilated and presented shocking ap-
pearance. Miss Emma Oliver. the
Stenographer for Dunbar, was found
about 2:30, half an hour after the wreck,
lying between the safe and the walls.
One leg was broken and she waa Sc
verely bruised and sustained serious
conclusion of the brain. She will die.
Tom Houston. of Dunbar's stereotyping
department, was found lying up near
the boiler. His
BODY WAS HORRIBLY BURNED
from head to foot. and his screams could
be heard for blocks. He will probably
die. John Jackson, aged seventeen
years, was rescued with a broken leg
and other injuries. Daniels, the driver
badly bruised and injured internally,
by Dunbar fell from the second floor
and were severely bruised. Mrs.
Hengen. who lived in the cot
tage in the rear of Osen's
store, was buried under her own
roof. but was eXtricated after sustaining
a broken rib. Charles Caesar, engraver,
sustained broken leg just below the
right knee. The names of the dead are:
Mike Martin, Edward Oleson, Peter
Boyer, Rudolph Mitchell and Samuel
Lombard. Maxwell Houston, a pho
tographer. is horribly scalded and
crushed and cannot live. Mrs. Hengen
has all the ribs on side of her body
crushed in and both legs broken, and
is dying. The injured are: E. H.
Solver, engraver, shoulder crushed and
finger broken; E. A. Philles, engraver,
bruised; John Jackson, bruised; Miss
Emma Oliver, stenographer, bruised
about face and body; Charles Blake,
draughtsman. injured about face. and
will lose left eye; Charles Cesar, fore
man engraving department, badly
partment, slightly bruised.
The Meyer building was erected ten
years ago at a cost of $4,000. Until six
months ago il had been occupied by the
firms of Max Meyer & Bro. and Max
Meyer Il Co., dealers in music, tobacco
and general merchandise. The build
ing was completely Quilted by fire three
weeks ago. 1t was remarked on the
night OF the fire that the walls had been
so burned as to be unsafe. Since then
nothing has been done with them,
and to-day they fell easy victims to the
fury of the blasts. The damage is esti-
mated at $4,000, and it is probable that
the rest of the building will be con-
demned. The two-story brick also be
lOnged to the Meyers. The loss ON it
will be about $4,000. The frame store
was of little value. Dunbar'S loss will
be about $4,000, making total loss of