St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-05
DEATHS DIRCE
Sung by the Storm Over the
Ruins Of the Recent
Great Fire.
Climax Of Horror Reached in
a Frightful Scene Of
Death.
Fifteen Men Crushed Beneath
a Fearful Avalanche Of
Brick.
Eight Killed Outright, Three
Fatally Hurt and Four
Seriously.
Eeartrending Scenes at the
Morgue and in the City
Hospital.
Details Of a Catastrophe With
out Parallel in st. Paul'S
Annals.
List Of Killed.

ALBERT YOUNG, forty years, laborer
wife and family, AS Fulton street.
HAN 5 HANSON, thirty-five years. laborer
wife and three children. SOB East Fifth street
PETER LALSON, thirty eight years, Ia
borer, wife and three children, 900 East
Third street.
CHARLES KATRIGLE, foreman of gang
age and residence not known.
FRANK SEWELL, twenty-six years Ia
borer, single, boards at Mrs. Dufy's, Mime
sofa and Fifth streets.
JOSEPH MARKS forty-two years, laborer.
wife and four children in Germany; TWO
sons, fourteen and sixteen, in st. Paul, West
ern and Thomas street
EDWARD WILCOX, thirty-two years, con-
tractor, wife and child. s. Valley street
JOHN ADAMSKI. thiTty-one years, laborer,
wife, 2lS SunSon street.
Fatally Injured.
FRANK ST. PIERRE, thirty-six years, laborer,
wife and four children, 1l27 Payne avenue,
double fracture of skull at base and front.
FRANK TEscHLER, thirty-four years. la
borer, wife and family, 952 Harrington ave
nue. compound fracture of skull.
GEORGE MORRISON. thirty-two, Iaborer
married, COS Commercial street, compound
fracture of skull.
Injured.
JOHN MAUER, laborer, married. 1000 James
street, lacerated scalp wounds, condition
good.
THOMAS SEEMUTTER, laborer, married. 535
Edmund street. fracture of index finger of
left hand. face wounds, severe Commissions on
body. will recover.
WILLILM FOSTER EOS Minnehaha street
Feverely bruised and cut sent home.
Man, name unknown, severely bruised and
cut, sent home to A. Sycamore street by q
citizen.
Reported Missing.
JOHN WOLFINGER, laborer fifty-one years
married, resides on Livingstone avenue.
Following close in the wake of the
fire tiend the storm king yesterday
sWOOped down upon the ruins Of the
recent big fire on Third street, and,
without moments warning, the Grim
Reaper had claimed for his own ten
hOnest-hearted men who were tOiling
for wives and children.
In all the history of st. Paul there
has never occurred such terrible acct
dent as the one which yesterday spread
death and suffering around among the
toilers engaged in clearing the debris
from the ruins Of the FarWell, OZmun
& Kirk building which, with the ad-
Joining Griggs building, was devastated
Ky fire two weeks ago. For some days
past gangs of laOOrers have been en-
gagged in clearing the debris from the
Farwell building, the work having
been placed in the hands of Contractor
Wilkin, who subiet part of the con
tract to Foreman Lauer.
No one seems to have suspected tha
there was any danger in the men work
ing yesterday beneath the shadow G.
the bare walls, though the wind wa.
blowing three-quarter gale and whist
ling through the telegraph wires in
OminOuS manner. Though the work Of
the labOrers was most arduous, and rem
dered dOubly SO by the cold, cutting
wind, not man shirked his work. anC
the thought of the wife and children il
the humble home impelled every man
TO renewed eXertion.
The gongs and whistles in the facto
ries had notified the men that it was
o'clock, and tin dinner pals and cup
were laid aside and the pick and shove
Rgain taken up.
Again the wind shrieked and the blast
CT Boreas beat with full force againS
the eighty-foOt walls which lowered
heavenwards above the small band o
laborers. One minute they were vigor
GUS and strong; the next but
semblance Of humanity. Without
warning or sign of any kind, tn,
massive fire wall which divided the TIVE
buildings was swept down by an excep
tiOnally heavy blast, burying in thu
ruins the men who were at work on it
east side. For a second there was