The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-23
POWDER ExpLODEs.
Over Thirty Lives Lost at Havana,
Cuba.
Awful Death OF q Man In QuIcksand-Great
Fire ut Toledo-saIlors Drowned
or Ireland

HAVANA, May 19.-At eleven o'clock
Saturday night q fire broke out in
Ssasi's hardware store. In a short time
the flames reached barrel of powder in
the building and terrific explosion fol-
lowed. by which the whole structure
was blown to pieces, and many persons
were killed, ~ ~
Among the dead are four fire chiefs,
Seniors Musset, Sensoviech, Oscar Conill
| and Francesca Ordenez and the Vene-
zuelan Consul, Senior Francisco Silva,
who happened to be in front of the
building at the time of the explosion.
In addition to the killed over 100 per-
sons were injured.
The explosion caused the widest ex-
citement throughout the city and thou
sands flocked to the scene of the disaster.
The Governor-General, the civil Gov
ernor and principal authorities of the
city were promptly on the ground and
did every thing in their power to aid
the injured and calm the grief-stricken
relatives. Several houses adjacent to
the wrecked building were damaged by
the explosion.
Gangs of men are at work on the
debris. Many human limbs have been
taken from the ruins. The relatives of
missing persons supposed to be in the
ruins are gathered on the spot and as
the bodies are brought out the scenes
are most distressing.
The conduct of the authorities is the
subject of universal praise. The high
est officials have incurred personal risk
in conducting the search for the dead,
and have offered the use of their own
carriages to convey the injured to the
hospitals. .rH..l fTprT
Ysasi, the proprietor of the wrecked
hardware store, has been arrested.
Up to the present time the number of
the dead is thirty-four.
SHAFT ON FIRE.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, May 19.-The Neil
son shaft is on fire, having caught from
the burning timbers of the breaker,
which was destroyed last Friday night.
The lower levels are filled with gas.
Twenty-Five mules at the bottom of the
shaft are dead, and nineteen on the top
levels will probably be suffocated.
At ten p m. the fire in the Nelson
shaft had assumed a serious aspect. The
fire is known to be in No. IL vein at a
depth of 1,200 feet, but its extent can
not be determined, as no one can visit
that level and return alive. Smoke and
foul air were noticed issuing from the
air source of No. 10 level at four p. m.
The nineteen mules were in the $50 foot
level. The breaker fire destroyed the
boilers and one fan.
Yesterday steam facilities were OBJ
tanned, and fan started to ventilate
the mine. but failed todrive out the gas
in the upper level. The mine is making
gas fast, and serious explosions will &C.
cur if it reaches the fire.
. persisted IN QUICKsAND.
New YORK, May 19.-James III. Par
cells, night dispatcher in the New York
post-ofice, was killed by the caving in
of well on his place at Woodside, Long
Island. Mr.. PARCELS was Repairing the
we'll, when it partially caved in, bury
ing him nearly to the neck. The quick |
sand continued to run down and the eff |
forts of neighbors, to Sextricate the
unfortunate man only increased |
his danger A rubber TUBE
was procured and placed in Mr..
Parcells' mouth, so that he could breathe |
after the sand had covered his head.
After several hours labor, the sand was |
cleared away again, but it was found |
that Mr.. PARCELS had been unable to re- |
tain the tube in his mouth, and had been |
choked to death. He was one of the |
leading citizens of Woodside. He leaves |
a widow and six children in comfortable |
TOLEDO FIRMS BURNED OUT.
TOLEDO, o., May I0.-Early in the
morning fire broke out on the third
floor of the Crescent Candy Company's
establishment in the Hiett block. Su-
perior street, which speedily spread to
the wholesale grocery tot Wood &
Mausey, next door. There were six
boxes of firecrackers and
roman candles in the stock of the
Crescent Candy Company and the ex-
plosion caused the flames to spread with
great rapidity.--Al- four stories of the
candy store were destroyed and the
wholesale grocery stock is nearly
total loss. The losses are: Crescent
Candy Company, s59,5OO Mausey, sS4,-
$50. 4 ff-Eh
q AN INTENSIVE WRECK.
JOLIET, H., May 19.-An extensive
wreck was caused on the Alton about
two miles this side of Wilmington, at
Prairie creek. Twenty fat cars loaded
with cinders are piled in confusion at
the place named. The engine jumped
the track, tearing up herails for long
distance. No one was reported injured.
80 HOTEL BURNED.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. May 19-The
Osborne Hotel, this city, caught fire and
was partly consumed yesterday morn
ing. The hotel was but recently opened
for the summer season and is one of the
largest in the town. There were thirty
guests, but all escaped unframed The
house will be Immediately rebuilt
SIX DROWNED.
LONDON, May 19.-The steamer Har-
I'D, bound from Bilbao to Glasgow, has
'oundered off the Irish coast. Six per-
sons were drowned.