The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-26
DEATHS In THE FLAMES.
A SCORE PERISH IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF TIL II COUNTRY.

Eleven OF the Dead Succumb to Explo-
sions and Fire In a Factory in Penn
sylvania-Six Survivors of a Family
OF Eight Out in the Gold In Iowa
WILKEsBARRE, PA, Feb. 25.-Back OF
tie Gaylord shaft, at Plymouth, mining
town few miles from here, is the factory
of John Powell, for the manufacture OF
"squibs, used by miners in loosening coal.
The factory employed eighty-four girls
aged from 12 to 20 years, and several male
workmen.
CAUGHT BY AN EXPLOSION.
While majority of the employees were
absent at dinner at noon to-day, and ab ut
twenty remained Ia the building eating
their lunch, a terrific explosion startled the
neighborhood. People rushed to the squib
factory and found IL half demolished, in
flames, and the bodies Of several of the girls
visible in some Of the rooms
A SECOND EXPLOSION.
A number of miners rushed to aid the
girls, but second explosion at that moment
caused the building to collapse. The miners
were staggered for moment, but they soon
had everybody, living and dead, out of the
wreck
ELEVEN DEAD.
Ten girls are dead SO far, and one man
killed and one badly injured. The latter
was Mr.. Powell, proprietor Of the factory.
Several kegS of powder exploded, but there
is no expl nation as to what set them of.
ONLY ONE ESCAPED ALIVE.
WILKEsBARRE, PA, Feb. IS 1OP. NJ
The number of people in the building was
overstated, but not the number of victims.
Everybody in tue building was killed except
Foreman Reese, who was In the lower
part and fell into the cellar, whence
he was taken out so badly burned
that he will probably die. He cannot explain
the disaster, and as everybody else Is dead
its cause will never be known. Only two
of the bodies of the girls and that OF the
are disigured teyond recognition. Mr.,
Powell, the owner of the place, was outside
OF the building and just about to enter it.
He was not burned but was injured by the
explosion. The scene in the town is heart
rending.
A WOMAN AND A CHILD PERISH
BURLINGTON, Iowa. Feb 25--AU Win
field, Henry county in this state yesterday
morning the dwelling of Thomas lnnis was
destroyed by fire, and his mother-in-law
Mrs. Torbitt, 60 years old, and Mr.. Innis'
ll-year-old daughter were burned to death.
Mr. and Mrs. Innis and SIX other children
compelled in their naked state TO make
their way some distance to a neighbor's
house. Mr.. Innis was severly bur cd and
the whole family suffered severely from
exposure.
A MILL IN RUINS.
ST LOUIS, Feb. 25.--A special from
Leavenworth, Kan, under date Of Feb. 25.
says: "Kelly a. Lyale's mill, the largest
concern of the kind in the city, and prob
| ably in Kansas, caught fire at o'clock this
| morning, and was burned to the ground
The elevator, containing 100000 bushels Of
wheat, also burned. The loss is over $780,
| 600. Spontaneous combustion was probably
| the cause
CHARRED CoRPsEs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 The following
| fatalities by fire were reported to-day:
Two children near Belmont, Mont, were
| burned to death yesterday and third will
| probably not survive. The mother had
| gone out to secure household supple when
| the oldest boy held cat against the stove
AMI its hair took fire. It ran under a sofa
| and the building was ignited.
| Near Battle Creek, Mich, the farm house
| Of Ernest Young was burned to-day. A
boy and girl, and years of age, re-
| spec lively, persisted in the flames.
| Near Carbondale, Penn, last night a
| mp exploded in a miners boarding house
while the occupants we're asleep. One
boarder and a servant girl we're burned TO
| death, and tho wife OF the proprietor was
badly burned. The other occupants mar
rowIy escaped in their sleeping attire.