Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-18
STORIES OF DISASTER
Many Lives Lost in a West Virginia
Explosion.
DISASTROUS FIRES IN MANY PLACES.
The Baltimore to Sail South on
Wednesday.
WORKING ON THE MONITORS.
DISASTER AND RUIN.
Explosions and Flames Cause Great pam.ru
In Nariou. Sitte.

explosions and Flames Cause Great Damage
In Various Cities-
LANCASTER, ONO. Jan. ls.-At $50 this morn
ing occurred the most disastrous explosion u
natural gas in the history of natural gas
here. The residence Of Judge John |. Brazee.
a two-story brick on North Columbus street.
was leveled TO the ground. Mrs. Brazoe's
four grown children and the servant were in
bed at the time, Judge BrRzee being the only
occupant stirring. de was blown siAty feet
across the street. where he was found uncon-
sclous and bleeding from severe wounds about
the head. IL seems almost a miracle tia. none
of the sleeping occupants OF the house were
this probably saved their lives.
windows were broken Tor several squares
around and the organ IN an adjoining church
was ruined. The shock was Ielt tor milOs
around leak IN pipe, II is supposed. filed
the cellar and library with gas which was
ignitod from the CRATE. The house and all It's
contents are ruined Loss, $4,000.
hANsAs CRY, Mo-. Jan. ls.-Two women
rocming in the Deardorf building on the cor
ner OF nth and Main streets, last night heard
an explosion and going into the hall found it
full OF smoke. They hurried out and gave tho
alarm. They were the oaly occupants Of the
building. he fre soon had such headway that
the hromen could do nothing with 1t. ana tho
entire building 100 by l25 feet and four stories
high, was totally destroyed after burning three
hours. The total loss will exceed a quarter Of
a million dollars.
ORLEANS. NEE, Jan. Is.-Nearly the entire
business portion of the city was wiped out by
IRE yesterday morning he blaze started in
Prank Bristois jewelry store ana soon spread TO
the Commercial Hotel aud the post offce. de-
stroylng them both, together with general
merchandise store, meat market stationery
store, harness factory, grain elevator ami sew
eral minor stores. The intense cold made the
work of the firemen difficult and many OF them
Nk0rg haAlR 0a.. laag l.l1.
but nominal insurance.
PALATISE, III. Jan. lS.-Batterman, Ost a
Co grlst, planning and flax mill was destroyed
by fire yesterday. The firemen saved the house
OF one of the proprietors, Charles Ost. whose
loss, with that of has partners, will be $4,000
20 Sls.0O0, there being no insurance. For q
time the whole town was an danger of being de-
stroyed. Several Of the buildings near caught
hre, but the blaze was extinguished.
CHAMPION, NEB. Jan. lS.--Tbe large roller
mills at this place were DESTROYED by fire
yesterday. Ii Is not known how the flames
were started Loss will be about s25, 90; in
surence, $1,000.
BIRMISGEA11, ALA, Jan. Is.-Near oxmoor,
seven miles south Of birmingham, a terrible
explosion occurred yesterday morning at 10
o clock. which cost two men their lives. An
engine OF the Debardeleben Coal and Iron Com
pany, leased by the Mcnamara Brothers,
when running between Eureka mines and Ok
moor ran ort OF water and the engineer
haue an SuOrt 10 reacn a tank Ialf
a mile away as soon possible. When at full
speed the boiler exploded with a tremendous
noise. wrecking the locomotive and blowing
Engineer Joseph Hunt and Fireman Bradford
into a thousand pieces. Tse track was torn up
and great hole dug in tho ground. The head
of the dead engineer was found quarter OF q
mile away. People in that vicinity thought an
earthquake had occurred Both men leave
families.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 1.-THE most seri-
ous conf1aSration known here for several years
occurred about noon today. The Palmetto
brewery, probably the largest and most COM
plete plant in the south. was destroyed. The
origin Of the fire Is unknown. In less than five
minutes after the fire was discovered the tall
structure was u mass of flames. and within
thirty minutes the walls fell. There were q
number Of explosions OF ammonia, but only Q
few persons were slightly injured
The plant cost upward Of 100000 and ID .
total loss. The insurance, as far rs known, is
sio, $50, about halt Of which is in foreign COM
panies. The Carolina Mutual. q local company,
loses $4,000. One hundred hands are thrown
out OF employment The company paid 10 per
cent dividends from its earnings.