St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-23

Eleventh street, lacerated wound of elbow
ana scalp.
Morris Gottlieb. seventeen. of 27o West
Fourth street, fracture of clavicle.
John Link. foreman of engine company e.
iacerated wound of hand
Bernard Addlebrook, thirty-three years. of
IL Eldridge street. lacerated nasal wound
John Sheehan, twentysix. of Fall River,
Mass. lacerated wound Of eyebrow.
May Heagney, nine years, Of 81 PARK place
lacerated wounds of face and head.
Frank Morrow, eighteen, photographer.
Thirty fourth street, near Second avenue,
fractured rib.
All of the bodies recovered tonight
were dug out of the debris which COW
cred the sidewalk in front of the ruins.
Among the Missing.
The following is list of the persons
reported missing by their famiiles and
friends. All these persons were EN-
plOyed in the burned buildings and had
not returned TO their homes: Miss ODOn-
nell, is years; John Heinke. As years;
| Terrence Emery, "A years; W. NJ. Nc
Pherson. Buffalo, n. Y; Conrad Smith.
Gus Heimer, Jennie Flowers, 10 years;
John Dixon. II years; Adams DOhran,
"A years; George Sullivan, II years;
Herman Friedman. %; Louis Rosen-
field, Maggie Quinn, Annie Tulley, II
years; o. A. ClOugh. 80 years; Mary
Deimlin, l6; John Hills; Otto Walser,
"a; Peter Miller, so; Richard Dobbs, 20;
William Berry, 80; Lizzie Dowd; Will
lam Mcdonald: Frank Haeh, 50;
Charles Britner; Philip Eberle;
Peter Miller Jr., 10; John FOuth, 49,
Robert II. Mari. So; Thomas KeOgh, 20;
= DeYine, 81: Louis Miller, %: George
McMann, II; Lottie Helms, 20: Newman
Goldsmith, %; Sam Blitz. 80; A. l..
Lindsay, 40: William Ellis, 35; John
Auschuly, D; William Schell, 80;
Charles Mccarthy. Is: Leonard Cole,
so; Albert z. Middleton, II; William A.
Dury, a. of Patterson, n. j., and
Thomas Williams, So.
Cause of the Explosion.
The building was originally erected
by a man named Taylor, and it was
known as the Taylor building. 1t had a
| frontage of about 80 feet on Park Place
avenue and 81 feet on Greenwich street.
/ 1t was condemned thirteen years
! ago by the building depart
ment. There are many theories
as to the cause of the disas-
4 ter. Chief Reilly, of the fire depart
ment was of the opinion that boiler
/ had exploded. Another believed that
/ the boiler in the restaurant had eX-
/ DlOded and caused the disaster Then
( it was said that some chemicals had eX-
plOded 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 the heavy presses
running in the Iithoqaphing and
/ printing establishments on the
upper floor. 1t is generally admitted
/ that there was an explosion OF some
/ kind. But the collapse is accounted for
( in no other way than the one mentioned
/ when il is taken into consideration that
/ the building was condemned thirteen
/ years ago. There was practically no
mortar between the bricks, and, when
they were looked at after the smoke
and fire had subsidized, they were as
| bare as board.
/ Until the ruins are thoroughly soaked
and certain dangerous portions of the
wreck removed. il will be impossible to
remove any bodies. There are wild
rumors about the possible horrible reve-
latiOns when the SmOuldering flames
| have been put out, and no official will
venture an opinion, only shaking their
/ heads sadly at the thought of what the
week before them will bring forth.