The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-11-14
EyPIOSION AT A FIRE.
RpiIdinc Wrecked by Dynamite

Bnrhin at Hayward.
,,,.pp Wis. Nov. lG.-Three men
bov lie manned and bleeding and
,...a..t three men are seriously injured
any others are suffering from
sa.nlr,l wounds, all the result OF ter
.ssaxpIosion Of dynamite which oc-
aI # 1880 this morning. They
r..rn Nrt.soS. - years of age. an en-
M the North Wisconsin Lumber
,..ny. part of scalp blown off, skull
t..l and brains running out; uncon-
and diving lie has wife and two
0aI4drrn.
f.4< ltyAL. hotel proprietor, badly
s...a apd manned about the body; in
.Hr5r, probably fatal.
IrtN DAVIS. a boy, badly hurt: Will
probably die.
= ~ WILLIAMS. hotel proprietor, pain
...Is injured. though not seriously.
.nIE BEAL. seriously hurt.
I'm WADE. a travelling man, badly in
rr.4 III being bIt by lying timbers.
p,r11S JOHNSON, OF Stinnett, leg
broken.
Ial,N PATRIC kSoN, SlghtlS hurL
/. oNIrH, badly bruised.
B9ET NELSON. slightly hurt.
III. ARMI ND>oN, painful bruises.
~. larson. of Hayward, not danger
#I-.t
3tl22a0 this morning Mr.. McWiliiams,
.Herr5prietor of the Namakagon Hotel,
.,i-.arerrd flames bursting from the
r.. pp-t end Of the North Wisconsin
taa.Het Company's warehouse. He at
a,.e. sounded an alarm, and with others
rl-i.el over to the building with
.Ia intention Of bursting in the
.laarWav. They had just reached the
f-ua- VI the structure when ter
~ explosion within completely shat
tarasi the building. The flying tlmbers
we're hurled in every direction. Fred.
\4~an VAS hit in the head by a huge
s,am end half of the seal p completely
removed. When taken TO the hotel
Fs moments later it was discovered
maj hi- skull was crushed and the
rt;Hs were protruding. Although he
breathing at this writing, he cannot
t more than an hour or two. All of
l4a ntters in the vicinity were hurled
Z
ge., ana half dozen were picked up
.pn minutes later and carried into the
Ha,eG. where ready hands were soon
aa-v caring for their immediate needs
rrt.I fhy-Icians arrived from the hos
fts
4lr tire caught from a stove in the
..1#c located in the northwest end Of
fst h.a warehouses The long building
.a,auel ot Of flour, feed and lum-
s.r and large lot Of dynamite was also
stored near tue office end. After the
-ytll9-iou not single light Of glass in a
f. Ting within the radius of two blocks
tr.u tie passenger depot was found TO
l uuaroken The window sash and
,E.tr- and window frames of the depot
pafr III shattered to splinters and the
sa.t8.HGNa- more or less damaged. In
t.a Samaka-1n Hotel, guests asleep IN
tt.=r raalH- we're awakened by crashing
Las riasfrrug and timbers, and one
el.st H4kt ln With his face bleeding from
-tra al made by huge splinter
I'll atI been hurled through the win
i freight train standing on the side
,r8ee Ra- blown oil the rails, and the ca
aa-e Standing near the shattered ware
Vas almost completely demol-
SIT
n na<is vas struck by huge tim
ANA trightfully injured. John La
proprietor Of the LAVAL House,
I 10Th his legs broken and chest
r.,Ici III by tie flying debris He is
H~eious, but recovery seems impos-
esEIe
Tts loss to the building is about
mo, while other buildings are dam
.ad -, GOO. The explosion knocked
down telegraph poles in tie immediate
vicinity and interrupted communica-
st .ut.. th5~ morning.
Etls no" thought that the fire was Of
l.pnllary origin