The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-23
POWDER EXPLODES.
Over Thirty Lives Lost at Havana,
Cuba.
Awful Death of . Man In Qn,ctssnd-Grest
FIRE ~ T~oiedo-saiioss Drowned
on Ireland
Etc,

saturday night n nrc broke out In
Ysasi's hardware store. In q short time
the flames reached q barrel Of powder in
the building and q terrific explosion fol.
lowed. by which the whole structure
was blown 20 pieces and many persons
were killed.
Among the dead are four fire chiefs.
Seniors Mussct. Sensovicch. Oscar Conill
and Francesca Ordcnez and the Vcne.
xuclan Consul, Senior Francisco Silva.
who happened tn be in front Of the
building at the time 81 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 fiockcd To the scene OF the disaster.
The Govcrnor-t;cncral. the civil GOV.
crnor 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 gricf-stricken
relatives. Several houses adjacent TO
the wrecked building were damaged BY
the explosion.
Gangs ~ 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 aro gathered on the spot and a.
the bodies are brought out the scenes
are most distressing.
The conduc. Of the authorities Is the
subscct Of universal praise. The high
est officials have incurred personal risk
In conducting the search for the dead.
aud la,. .V,..I a.. - ,h.I, ....
carriages TO convey the injured to the
hospitals.
isasi, the proprietor % the wrecked
hardware store. has been arrested.
Up to the present time the number Of
the dead is thirty-four.
SHAFT on Fiia:.
SHAMokIN, Pa. May la-Thc NELL
son shaft IN IN fire, having caught from
h burning timbcrS OF the breaker.
which was destroyed last Friday night.
Tha 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- suifocatcd.
At ten =. III. the fire in the Nelson
shaft had assumed n serious aspect. The
fire Is known to be in No. IL vein n. u
depth Of 200 feet, but its extent can
not DO determined. as no one can visit
that level and return alive. Smoke and
foul air were noticed issuing from the
air source Of No. I? level ut four p. M.
The nineteen mules were In the $50 loot
level. The breaker fire destroyed the
boilers and one fan.
Yesterday steam facilities were oh
tanned. and a fan started to vcntilatc
the mine. but failed tn drive out the gas
In the upper level. The mine is making
gas fast. and serious explosion will &C.
eur IL 1t reaches the fire.
rEIusnEn IN Q,IcKsASp.
New ioRK. May la-Jamcs II. Par
cells, night di,patr her In the New York
p~ost-oficc, was killed by the caying in
OF u we'll on his place NJ Woodsidc, Long
Island. Mr.. PARCELS was repairing the
we'll, when it partially cavcd in, bury.
ing him nearly to tho neck. The quick.
sand continued to run down and the rf-
forts Of neighbors To extricatc the
unfortunate nan only increased
his danger. A rubber tune
was procured and placed In Mr..
Parcclls' mouth. 81 that he could breathe
after the sand had covered his head.
After several hours labor, the sand Was
cleared away again. but II was found
that MIR. PARCELS had been unable TO re-
tain the tube in his mouth. and had been
choked Ia death. lie Vas one Of the
leading citiscnsot Woodsidc. lie leaves
= widow and six children In comfortable
circumstances
TOLEDO FIRMS BuWNf OFT.
Toi.EIo. o., May i9.-Early in the
morning fire broke out on the third
floor OF the Crescent Candy Company's
establishment in the Hirtt hock. SUI
pcrior street, which speedily spread TO
the Wholesale grUrry q: Wood &
Mauscy. next door. There we're six
hundred boxes OF frccrackers and
roman candles in the stock Of the
Crescent Candy Company and the ex.
plosion caused the flames to spread with
great rapidity. All four stors.s 81 the
candy store were destroyed and the
Wholesale grocery stock Is nearly .
total loss. The losses are; C~resccn.
Candy Company, $50, 500; Mauscy. S,t,-
80.
An EXTENSIVE wRECk.
JOLIET. Ill. May @.-An extensive
! wreck was caused on the Alton about
two miles this side Of WILMINGTON. al
Prairie creek. Twenty Dat cars loaded
with cindcrs Are piled in confusion At
the place named. The engine jumped
the track. tearing up the rails for . long
distance. No n Was reported injured.
HOTEL. RNEp
ATLANTIC CRY, n. j.. May N-Thc
Osborne Hotel. this city, caught fire and
WAY partly consumed yesterday morn.
ing. The hotel MAS but recently opened
for the summer season and Is n Of the
largest in the town. There were thirty
guests. but all escaped unframed. The
house will be Immediately rebuilt
ak DROWNED.
I.o>DoN. May ia.-The sseamcr Hsr'
old. hound from Bilbao Ia Glasgow, has
fouudercd on the Irish coast Six PER
sons we're drowned.
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