The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-08-05

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Three mrffri reports similar TO dis
tant ~eannonadin-- and . shock as II an
earthquake had o -arred. startled this
portion Q: 'h- city at the hour named.
Immediately tn earth opened in a
ehasm - feet WIDE and extending over
tne grcA'er Portion OF four blocks
rtartinS AZ iVii South Fourth street.
the mrs. noor OF the wholesale liquor
nous OF sari FUCHS was blown clear /.
o. - supports and 2 number OF men
were thrown IN the air only to fall into
p eyarxning sewer which flowed under
the nou>e M was the nrst OF three
explosions In in~tantnneous success
sion there followed q second and third
exPicsionan M atrain Of ears n 9 feet
~ raiiroad track Were lifted in like
manncr anu then sank INTO the earth.
ne force 81 the explosion was ter
r1nc- NIL ereel sewer : constructed
Win aren stones averaging eighteen
Inches square They apparently Of
Tered no resistance - the more than
dynamite force. For twenty feet on
both sides q the sewer the earth was
scanned with apertures from one to
snree Inchts WIDE The worst effects
Were feif from Fourth street to the
river out a. Tar up As Twelfth street
houses were severely shaken all along
the passage o. the sewer and the earth
was cracked
Standing At the bar AZ 1914 South
Fourth street just before the explo-
sion. were three or four men besides
bartender. Charles Miller. and the
proprietor. Carl Fuchs When the ex.
plosion occurred they were all hurled
upward and fell under a mass Of debris
into the immense sewer beneath
50 far a IS known only one
escaped alive X j. IunstalL- lie
was carried away BY the rush
ing water. disappeared underground
Z instance 81 40 feet and was res
cued on ms reappearanee NJ one Of the
large noies caused ~ the explosion BE-
Io". lie was nadiy injured ana will
nkeiy die rom these = the Inhalation
OF gas tpstairs lived . family named
tempe n TWO children 81 Z m 10
years o. age Mt Tempe was seated
on the lack porch She was hurled
through the air . distance Of fifty feet
into the alley. and received in
Jnrle$ from which she died = few
hours later She was removed &c
rnnalder Motel, . lew doors south.
physicians neffectively vored
70 save ner- but the shock and her age
~ ahdit'ont to Internal IN juries endered
All unavaiiirg- The two chill
dren- = boy and = girl escaped with
s'ight injuries MT Tempe was asleep
IN the rear Of the third story and suf-
Tered no injury The only other occu-
pan Oh tne nouse- Dr. Bowler was
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the demolition ~ the first floor was
complete The front was blown into
the middle 81 Fourth street sixty feet
distant n rear was blown far out
mt the Iron yar'is and scat
tered over two blocks Of territory In
the cellar were stored . hundred or
more barrels q liquor They. with
the floor q the first story. the bar and