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CoicNRr's. O.. Jan. .s.-A few mia.
utes after Ave o'clock yesterday aner~
noon an alarm of Are from the corner VI
Main and High streets called the fire de-
pastnent ou, snd the news spread that
there had been y natural gas explosion.
The sharpness Of the day had brought
- the streets thousands OF shoppsr. and
peomenAderS and the crowd shoughtc~s-
j. rushed 10 the rene.
The explosion had occurred In the
. story dwelling at the southwest cor
ser u Wall and Noble alleys in the
middle ~ the square bounded by High,
Front Main and Mound streets. IAsrol
Nc. I Nas on the ssene but NJ rope WAS
stretched and the people crowded by
hundreds into the narrow al.
ley and pushed up close " tho
house. a. the cries at injured people
within could b. plainly heard.
The city had recently been supplied
with natural gss and leading past the
house occupied by Marriott and Ho~crs
was ~ VI The nAiHA This had leaked
and the gss had found It's way through
fssur~ In the ground ~ tho cellar aud
tscominR ignitcd In somc unknown
manner exploded. wr~cking the building
and nlling the air with debris.
The house where the injured woman
lay VAS sson crowded with people. At
tssctrd BY the sccident, snd II WAS soon
necessary "a Close the doors. hat no
more might enter. Sualdcnly the cir
~ns rent by . tremendous explosion.
which made the earth quake and nllcd
the air with flying timtrr~, bricks
and debris of ell kinda. Dark.
ness cnsned and then . death.
like stiffness reianed for few
moments. broken by shricks and death
RrOsnA The house In which lay Mrs.
Marriott had hs~n blown u atoms and
tts occupants buried beneath the wreck.
aud hundreds Of spectators Who lined
the sidewalks were knocked violently
down by the shock.
The people fed. s%hricking, In all dir~.
tons while the alley was instantly coy.
crcd with . mass of debris from which
tho means VI the buried cane. A mo-
mont later trembling womea to,,crcd
and ran ACROSS the alleys and streets
xhrickinc. aud men with forchcads and
shoulders drabbl~d with hloud staggered
from among the debris.
Then to cap the climax, . team Of spir-
ltAd hOrScs attached "a one Of the iirr
department trucks bscame frcnsied by
the explosion aud dashed through the
crowd In the street cSrryin. death Ia
their wake. They ran yer and injured
sc0rca Of people. A little babe VA,
knocked out VI It's mothers arms and
fAlAAg beneath the wheels Of the vehicle
was crushed 10 death.
A. opon q the mAddened horsrs had
d~iSapVearsA In the dsrkassa many 81 the
SPECTATORS and frcmcn who hsd beef
uninjurd turned their attention " dig
gtng out tho persons buried beneath tbs
ruins. Of the house. Guided by tho crict
and moans Of tho manRlsd and dying
ncn gropd In the darkness pulling on
. dead body here and . manglcd ye
living form there and conveying thea
% resting PLACES.
II required several hours y r~movc al
the dead from the ruins and IL u not yc
known Who or how many arr tho victims
Following IL the list ~ killed ~ far y
ssccrtained: Charles ltcht Mn. job,
Marriott, an infant son Of Charles berry
James seymour. colorcA boy; whit
man. name unknown: = hahc, parent
unknown.
The injured were: Dr. r. X. Wish
niger. badly and probably fatally bur~'<
aud bruised; Herman Maker. badl!
burned: NAntci Cherry, burned pals
fully: Charlcs Woodruff. cut and brul~s
seriously: Mn. Fuller. barssA Asd In
jurcd internally. probably fatally; ~,
rick Suiskic. cut on head; Aaron lteers
cut on head aud fse"; ItrajAmi,
Morgan. gashes on hcsA and intsi
aAl injuries: Charlcs lAswry. barnc'
and bruised Albert Ttrkitdcf. bruiss.
and cut: 49, brady, buwrd ssA cut
Edward Wiener. cut and burned: - Wolf
cut and burned: Miss lhelic smith. bsdl
hurt; Mira Corn. badly burned. Pets
Marriott. tsrsihly burned about IN
shoulders and neck; Tom Doyle. hand
burwsA Vasttsliy %: EaaA HOVER
peohably fatally burned; Masshali NJ
bourne. horrible injuries on ssck On
bad: william brady, veoSshly fatal
oouurSH0. WuiteW SoAoes. oSoos an
lace roasted. ~ill die; Mr willisr
james. badly. cut and bruised
The explosaoa - hear % . b. sscsi
talncd reAis~d from ~ scamsIstiou q
sasural gSa In the cellar 1t the hcqs
ocupicd BY Michael tU~ers and NJ
Marriott No natural gxa p4Is-s ~er
ever pat 10 che HOUSE, hat the cause ia
natural. ga main In Noble alley whic
leaked. The ground sss frozen snd th
sas seeking It's way cat went sy N
casics, way, ssd of course snt"rca ih
oslls.. II has no SCENT and its pr~scsc
could act b. detected u saturated ID
buildings
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