Evening journal., 1890-01-25
ONE GENT.
NATURAL GAS And DEATH
Frightful Havoc Caused by Col
umbus Explosions.
SIX PEOPLE BLOWN TO DEATH.

And Over Twenty More Received Serious
Injuries ~ Details of the Holocaust.
frightened Horses Dash Through
Crowd and Trample n babe to Death.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan % "A few moments
after O'Clock last evening an alarm OF frs
sounded, calling out tho entire department.
The streets were thronged with the thouaanda
Of toilers who were returning to their homes
from workshops and factories, and quickly
the news spread that frightful calamity
had happened in the southern part OF the
city, II proved 70 be an explosion at tha
double residence Of Michael Bowers and
John Marriott, at the corner Of Wall and
Noble streets
IT Exploded with Terrible Force.
The cause Of the calamity was an accumsa-
lntion Of natural gas in the cellar. The city
has recently been supplied with natural gaa.
and leading past the house occupied by Mar
riot and Bowers ia one OF the mains ehromxh
which the commodity is furnished to the
public.
The pipes had leaked and the gas hnlF
70 the cellar. II became iguited IN some
unknown manner and exploded with terrific
force, wrecking the building and Hlling the
air with debris
A Second Explosion.
Mrs Marriott was blown out Of the hosse.
and man named Goulding, who was atmnd-
ing near the structure, was blown across the
street The injured lady was carried 20 q
residence across the street and a phyaician
was called to attend her injuries The hoaas
was soon crowded with people attracted by
| the accident, and it was necessary TO closn'
| the doors. The crowd outside had Ia the
meantime grown tolarge proportions when,
suddenly and without warning, second and
more terrible explosion occurred, which
made the earth quake and filled the air with.
/ dying timbers, bricks and debris Of all kinds.
shrieks and Death Groans.
| Darkness ensued, and then doathliks
stiffness reigned for few moments IL
was broken by shrieks and death groana.
The house In which lay tho helpless form og
Mrs. Marriott had been blown to atoms, and
| its occupants buried In the debris Hun
| dreds Of spectators who lined the sidewalks
we're thrown violently down BY the shock.
Then. TO cap the climax, team Of spirited
horses attached to one Of the fire depart
mont ladder trucks became frenzied BY tho
| explosion and dashed away into the crowd,
carrying death in their wake. They ran
over aud injured scores Of people. "A beau
| ufnl little babe was knocked from its moth
er's arms and falling beneath the mercilesa
wheels Of the vehicle, was crushed to death.
Resculng the Bodies.
As soon as the maddened steeds had dis
appeared In the darkness many of the spec
iators and iiremen vino had been uniniured
/ by either OF the horrors turned their atten-
iion to digging out The persons buried be-
meath the ruins. Guided by the cries and
means Of the mangled and dying, men
groped IN the darkness, pnlling out the dead
and injured. Groups Of men, women and
children gathered around tho prostrate
/ forms and wept and moaned as they recog-
nized friends or kindred. II required sew
eral hours TO remove all the dead and in
| jured from the ruins, and the number Of
victims is not yet known
Crazcd by His wounds.
| The scenes at tho morgue were appalling.
/ Ono OF the saddest cnses among the injured
was that Of Edward Pfeifer. He was struck
| by the falling timbers and was terribly Gus
about the head The shock OF the blows
rendered the man O raving maniac for the
| time being. II required the united efforts
Of several men 60 hold him in the scat Of tho
patrol wagon as it dashed up the street. Al
| midnight a half dozen persons were unac-
counted for, among whom were the Widow
| Tull and son, who occupied part Of the fzse
house that was wrecked.
SIX Wore killed.
| Following is the list Of killed 80 far as
| ascertained:
| Becht, Charles
Marriott, Mrs John.
Berry, infant son Of Charles
Seymour, James, colored boy.
An unknown white man.
An unknown babe.
Twenty-three Ininred.
The injured are the following named:
Wissinger, Dr. T. X, badly and probably
fatally burned and bruised.
Baker, Herman, badly burned
Cherry, Daniel, burned painfully.
Woodruff, Charles, cut and bruised seri-
ously.
Fully, Mrs, burned and injured internally;
probably fatally.
Sniskie, Patrick, struck on the head.
Beenes, Aaron, cut on the face and head.
Morgan, Benjamin, gashes on the hoad
and internal injuries
Lowry, Charles, burned and bruised
Ticklider, Albert, bruised and cut.
Brady, -, burned and cut
Wiener, Edward, cut and burned
Wolf, 49,, cut and burned.
Smith, Miss Belle, badly hurt.
Corn, Mrs, badly burned.
Marriott, Peter, terribly burned about tho
shoulders and neck
Doyle, Tom, hands burned partially OF.
Bowers, Emma, probably fatally burned
Kilbourne, Marshal, horrible injuries on
the neck and head.
Brady, William, probably fatally suTo-
Gated.
James, William, hands and face roasted;
will die
James, Mrs. William, badly cut and bruised.
Rlankinger, horribly burned and cut
Must Heat Their Cars by Steam.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 25.-The general term OF