Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-04-05
THE srAnDpIPE COLLAPSED.

pipes Collapses, Letting Loose Million
and Half Gallons of Water.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March 31.-A few min
ates after 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing the Peoria Water Co.'S tower, 10.
Gated at the corner of South Bourland
and College streets, fell with deafen-
ing crash, carrying death and destruc-
ton in its wake. One boy was in.
stantly killed and fifteen persons in
jured, of whom several with die. The
property destroyed will entail loss
at the lowest calculation of 10000,
and is distributed among a dozen diff
ferent persons.
The casualties were as follows:
Frank Hogan, IA years old, body cut
in twain.
Frank Caldwell, leg broken in four
places and injured internally; will die.
Rallo King, cut about the head and
face.
Charles Littlefeld, cut about the
head.
Howard Anderson, shoulder broken
and cut and bruised.
Clyde Powell, leg broken and injured
internally.
Charles Needham, badly cut and
bruised.
Frank Caddon. hurled from a bicycle
and through barb-wire fence.
w. D. Norris, fearfully cut in the
right temple; can not survive.
John Huber, badly injured internally.
So, ;,ta
William Kennedy, believed to be IA
tally injured.
Mrs. j. B. Trapp, severly bruised.
Hazel Isom. slightly injured.
Bertha Norman, injured about the
head.
Mrs. William McGrath, bruised.
The company had sent a force of
men to the tower to repair a leak
which was noticed halfway to the top
of the 120-foot structure. The tower
had diameter of 20 feet and capacity
of 1, 100000 gallons. It was supposed
to be one of the strongest standpipes
in the entire country. It was built
some four years ago of solid steel. The
plates at the base were seven-eighths
of an inch in thickness and tapered to
ii quarter at the top. At the time of
the accident there was only a pressure
of 81 pounds to the square inch at the
base, though the standpipe was
built to withstand fully six times this
amount. There was no warning, a
succession of reports sounding like
rapid discharges of a revolver being
quickly followed by the falling of the
towSr.
None of the worlxmen could escape,
and neither could number of boys
who were playing base ball at the base
of the immense pipe. 1t was among
them that the greatest amount of in
jury occurred. Frank Hogan was
caught by big plate of steel and pin
toned to the ground. His death was
instantaneous, the body being cut
nearly in two. It was necessary to dig
out the remains. They were taken to
his home a block away, where they
were taken in charge by the coroner.
1t is almost a certainty that Frank
Caldwell will die. Frank Caddon was
blown from a bicycle. He was hurled
through a barb-wire fence and was Sc
verely cut and bruised.
w. D. Norris, John Huber, Alfred
Gross and William Kennedy were ter
ribly injured, and it seems impossible
for Kennedy to get we'll He was badly
squeezed about the chest, and has more
than twenty wounds. Mrs ]. Is. Trapp
was in the yard at the time. Her home
was totally destroyed. She was thrown
into the next yard and under a house.
Hen child was asleep in a cradle, and
was not even awakened.
Hazel Isom. whose parents reside
next door, was thrown many feet and
badly hurt. The house was also de-
molished in part.
Jesse Norman's barn was totally de-
stroyed and his house moved from it's
foundation. His daughter Bertha, 8
years of age, was severely injured about
the head.
VIM. McGrath's house was moved
fully 10 feet from its foundation and
every door, window and blind removed.
Mrs. McGrath was struck by a falling
door and severely injured.
VIM. Stewards house, next door, was
torn from its moorings and badly dam
aged.
Other houses in the ighborhood
were partially wrecked, trees were up
rooted and great destruction of every
kind followed.
So quickly was it all done that even
the witnesses of the affair are able to
tell but little concerning it. The water
works people can assign no reason for
the accident other than it must have
been the result of the ice of last win
ter. They have been opposed to the
stand pipes from the first, and only put
them in at demand of the city coun-
Gil. It is not expected that the pipe
will ever be rebuilt, and it is thought
the other of similar capacity on the
east bluff will be removed Immediate
". There is really no necessity of a,
stand pipe owing to the large reservoir
of the company.
During the progress of the flood con-
sequent upon the letting loose of so
much water many cellars and base
ments were flooded, and in some cases
the water encroached upon the first
floors of residences, damaging carpets
and furniture.
Creek, Oregon.
FSRTLANn> Ore, March 30-Union
Pacific officials have received advIces
from the Idaho division to- the effect
that six snow slides occurred yester-
day between Burke and Black Bear