The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29

loudly for help. But most OF them were
evidently dead. Jacob Scleisinger, EN-
ployed in a building on the opposite side
of Park place, said that there must have
been at least 100 persons in the building
when the explosion occurred. He saw
u or 16 girls at the windows of Liebler
e. Mass Office, on the third floor, Just as
the building fell. His impression was
that the explosion occurred in Rosen-
fields store.
Frank Burns of a photograph en-
craving company said he was in the
upper window, just opposite the scene of
the disaster. and that he heard a rum
bling sound. He saw through the dust
a colOred man escape from the
building. H also saw a number of peo-
pie fall from the upper windows, and he
describes it as if they had peer blown
from the windows. Following them al
most Immediately were the falling walls,
which fell upon and buried the people.
He saw two other men beside the colored
man escape. n of whom staggered and
fell. H.. {. Stall, who formerly was en-
ployed by Licbler d Macs, saw the crash.
He said: II knew most OF the men EN-
them as he fell into the street with the
front wall. He is Lewis Bernard. I saw
him drop with a shower of
He Pts'AS fell i''"' on the the '0"'t ruins S''' IN
the street, scrambled to his feet and got
away. He was badly hurt and his head
was cut. They took him to the hospital.
Bernard was a stone grinder. | saw
some other persons go down in the ruins
when the front fell. but | did not recogn-
nize their faces. They are dead beyond
question"
AS soon as the flames we're under con
troll the work of recovering the dead
bodies of the unfortunate persons who
were buried beneath the ruins was be
gun. About 40 firemen climbed up on
the great heap of bricks that filled the
street and began to search for bodies.
They seemed to realize perfectly that
on their efforts depended the lives
of many poor wretches. who were
buried beneath the heap of bricks. One
minutes delay might decide the fate of
some poor fellow. After twenty min
utes' work the men saw the dead body
of a man down in the heap of bricks.
Then every man worked for all he was
worth. Firemen loosened their clothing
and cleared away the mass in an aston
ishingly short space of time. At 2:2O
the body of a man was found buried and
charred SO that the features were un-
recognizable. Chambers Street hospital
sent a corps Of physicians and surgeons,
| who assisted the tiremcn in the search
for bodies. About fifteen minutes after
the first body was taken out
the tiremen came across another
body. The man was lying under Il piece
of roofing. near the side entrance. he
was apparently 30 years old. His
legs. face and hands were badly
burned. The tiremcn were working
bravely. when suddenly they heard a low
moan coming from beneath their feet.
1t was feeble and sounded like that of Il
child. They redoublcd their efforts in
clearing away the mass of bricks and
timbers from the spot whence the sound
came. After working heroically for
! nearly thirty minutes Edward $. Multi
gan raised a little girl in his arms. That
she was alive and conscious after being
buried under a mass of bricks
more than seven feet deep was
almost IA miracle. The little girls
face and arms were bleeding from cuts
and burns. but she was able to talk. As
soon as Mulligan raised her up she lifted
her ewes to the window. on the upper
floor of the building across the street,
and called in piteOus ones: There $ my
mamma" The mother. upon seeing her
child became so frantic with JOY, that
had it not been for the combined efforts
of four men standing near by. she would
have jumped from the window. When
the little girl was rescued the crowd
yelled and clapped their hands with
JOY.
New YORK. August 22.-At 8 o'clock
D. M. the ruins having been cooled and
the flames deadened. two tiremen man
aged to effect an entrance through a
small opening into the cellar. Working
along with difficulty and in five feet OF
water they made as thorough an exam
nation of the cellar and vaults under
the sidewalk as the debris would
permit. Nine bodies were discovered
There are many theories as to the cause
of the disaster. Chief Rely Of the fire
department was of the opinion that the
boiler had exploded. Another believed
that the boiler in the restaurant had eX'
ploded and caused the disaster. Then il
was said that some chemicals had eX
pluled in the drug store. The most
plausible theory Of all. however. is that
the wreck was caused by the shaky con.
dition of the building and the vibration
Of heavy presses running in the ltho
graphing and printing establishments on
the upper floor. 1t is generally admitted
that there was an explosion Of some kind
But the collapse is to be accounted fol
in no other way than the one mentioned
The loss is estimated at 100000; insur
ance, $4,000.
ALGER DECLARES FOR BLAINE.