The Dickinson press., 1892-07-30
STORM AND DEATH
Three Employees at Bruggeman's
brewery Buried in the
Ruins.
Gnc OF the Men Instantly Killed
and Two Terribly
Crushed.

ST. PAUL Minn., Special, July o.
At 2o'clock , this morning tho two-story
ramc cooler of the Bruggerman brewery
on the West side, collapsed with an awful
crash and three men WHO were sleeping i'll
the baild,n, were barred beneath the ruins.
One it is believed was killed outright, for
not so;::a was heard from him alter the
building gave way. The other two ut this
ho"r a:e - securely pinioncd by the heavy
mass o: timhcrs that it will take hours to
relieve them. The crash was heard at the
central police station, and an instant later
word came over the telephone that three
men bad been buried alive under the cooler
which had been undermined by the great
amount OF water that came over the bluff
and had given way.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Lieut.. Schw.iz.r at once ordered the
Ducas and central station patrol wagons to
the scene ana the fire department OF the
West side WAS also called out. At this
hour the scene there is most sensa-
tionnl, and the place is surrounded by
large crowd of people. Tho members OF the
fire department are cutting way the tim
bers as last as they can in order to extricate
the un ortunate men. but they are SO far be-
meath the debris that it will take some time
before they can be removed. They are
constantly crying and moaning and begging
,llc men to hurry up, for their suffering is
intense.
PirECl's APPEALS FOR HELP.
"Oh. !or Gods sake hurry, friends" is
heard every instant almost in smotkcred
cry time the appeal is heard the tiremen re-
doub e their efforts to remove the heavy
timbcrS
"My arm is caught or l could help ycu,"
was the cry ofanothcr, and an instant later
he said 'Oh, my arm is ell For the sake o!
all that is goo get me out Of here.
These appc".. were made in the most
|asonizing torres and many strong heart
fultcrcd. The ii: emcn used their axes with
d ~iN but the ,imbcrs were SO heavy that
they made apparently little progress
aud the anxiety of ;he crowd increased.
Dozens OF workmcn, gathered about
With lanterns ard used their st ength to
il The weight that held th.,r fellow men
!,l, !, was useless and the axes had to he
70 sd upon as the only means OF re ict.
The thrcu men pinioned in this building
ate Frank Druggeman, AL Lobbs and Fritz
Sha CT.
FEARED ALL THEE ARE DEAD.
They all roomcd in this building, two in
the front part, and Shaier in the corner
nearest the brewery. This part of tho
building fell to the ground and
closed up like All egg shell.
Not IL sound was heard from
that point ai,,. the the acci .ent occurred,
and the men are firmly OF the opinion that
Schuicr WAS killed outright. The other two
men are distct;y heard every little
While, but their voices are owing fainter
and i, is feared that they have sustained
.ucl, injuries that they cannot live until a
pathway is cut to their Location. Their
moans and cries are hcartr""dng, aud yet
little progress can be made ir hegreat mass
OF tilnbers that crowds he way. The fire.
men arc working like tFojans and their
,hurpcst axes re brought into play. AT
tive o'clock the lc.mprisoncd III were almost
silent and only a faint moa", at intervals
:o!d that they were still alive.
Al 3 o'clock Frank Bru4yeman aud AL
I.obbs were rescued from tier prison, aud
oryun;l .cvcrc scratches onI bruises neither
was seriously hrrt. Fritz Schafers body
was l.ar secured at o'clock this morning.