Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
POWDER ExPLODES.
Over Thirty Lives Lost at Havana
Cuba.
Awful Death Of . Man In Ouicksand-Greas
Fire ut Toledo-Sailors Drowned
On Ireland

| HAVANA, May 19.-At eleven o'clock
| Saturday night q fire broke out in
Ysasi's hardware store. In 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 Coniu
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-
element 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
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hospitals.
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. 10 vein at a
depth of ], 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. IL 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 a fan started to ventilate
the mine, but failed to drive 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 II. Par
cells, night dispato her in the New York
post-office, was killed by the caving in
of we'll 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 extricate the
unfortunate man only increased
| his danger. A rubber TUBE
was procured and placed in Mr..
| PARCELS 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
| widow and six children in comforta BILE
| circumstances.
TOLEDO FIRMS BURNED OUT.
TOLEDO, O.. May I9.-Early in the
morning fire broke out on the third
floor of the Crescent Candy Companys
establishment in the Hiett block, Su-
| perior street, which speedily spread to
hn yho1o 10
Mausey, next door. There were six
hundred 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. ALI four stories of the
candy store were destroyed and the
wholesale grocery stock is nearly
total loss. The losses are: Crescent
Candy Company, $50, 500; Mausey, S34,-
$50.
AN EXTENSIVE WRECK.
JOLIET, Ill, 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 the rails for long
distance. No one was reported injured.
HOTEL BURNED.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. May I9-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-
old, bound from Bilbao to Glasgow, has
foundered off the Irish coast Six per-
sons were drowned.
Clippings.
William Galloway, who ran the first