The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-03
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
DISASTROUS RESULTS OF THE COL
LAPSE OF BOILER.

One Man Killed, Several Injured and n
Half Million Dollars Worth of Proper
tv Destroyed.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 26.-Bya boil.
cr explosion here this afternoon one
man was killed, several persons injured
and nearly half u million dollars worth
OF property destroyed. AT o'clock
William II. Adams, fireman at the
electric light plant of the Louisville
Gas Company, was throwing coal in
the furnace when one of nest of seven
boilers burst. The shock in the vicin.
ltY was like an earthquake. Adams
was thrown to the ground with terrific
force, and received such internal injur-
les that he will die.
The shed in which the boilers were
located was completely demolished and
pieces OF iron and of timber and show
erS OF red-hot Goals were thrown I'm
every direction. A great mass of iron
ana deluge of burning Goals were
thrown across the narrow alley into the
rear OF Kaufman ~ Straits big retail
dry goods store, and the wall of the
store was carried away. Half q dozen
clerks were gathered about the book
keeper, Sol Dreyfus, at the back Of the
store. All were caught in the wreck
age, but 1t is believed all escaped alive.
DreyfuS was seriously injured but not
dangerously, Carrie Dinkelspeit, Hattie
Ennis and Lena Sickles were Slightly
injured.
La moment apparently the whole
building was in flames. The weather
mas been very dry for two weeks and
tinder
IN alarm was turned in from the a,l-
tomatic iiro alarm box in the Courier
journal building and the department
was quickly at work. The fire in the
wrecked building was at once beyond
control and attention was turned to
saving The Courier-J ournal building,
tWo doors north, ard the Polytechnic
Library building, two numbers south.
water tower was manned and the
nose III the Courier Journal building
were attached and turned through the
side and rear OF the building, and four
teen lire engines were put in position
ana set TO PLAYING upon the flames.
Nith III! this force it was half an hour
neIoEr 1he flames gave way and an hour
bclOre they were under control. at
one time 1t seemed that the Courier
Journal would certainly be burned.
me lew printers who were in the COM
posing room left and the reporters and
CulCorS who were on duty gathered
lhoir valuableS and prepared to escape.
most OF them actually leaving. But
the wind was from the north and car
iicd the heat in the opposite direction.
~ strenuous efforts the Polytechnic
Dnlidlng, on the south, was saved with
liCaVN damage by water to the books,
pictures and other art collections. The
fire caught and burned out the two up.
per ltoorS OF j. V. Escott 81 Sons, deal
era III pictures, linc mirrors, wall paper
and photographers supplies, and the
TWO lower floors were flooded with wa
ter I'LL hardly anything was saved On
the south Crerones confectionery and
IorlerS millinery store were slightly
damaged.
me principal losses are nearly as can
noT be learned is about as follows:
hauilman " Strauss, retail dry goods,
stock S3O,QOO, nearly covered by insur-
ancc; BNmbcrger Bloom & Co, owners
'oi building, $4,000 insurcd j. V. Es-
cotI x Sons, fine wood work and sup
pics, $4,000, insured; Polytechnic Ii
hraly, building, books, etc, 81 900, part
ly. Insured; Louisville Gas Company,
1890, covered by insurance.
This evening the miners decided to
cca!! out all the men in the district.
This will include one thousand men
working at the advance.
John Mattel. with his wife and in
rant Guild, applied to the authorities to.
night for food. Hes said he was strik-
ing miner and they had walked from
come.laVille here, having tasted moth
ing for nearly forty-eight hours. The
moth2r was too weak to suckle her babe,
ard, TO save the little ones life Mattel
said he cut his finger and allowed the
enid TO drink his blood. The couple
were terribly emaciated and the child
WAS almost dead. Food and lodgings
were furnished them. Mattel tells an
aWtdi story OF privation and suffering
among the miners.