The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1895-01-24

During the progress Of q fire at the
kcnyon-t"rn"ll l!arIWar. Company;
warehouse III Butte. Mont, Tuesday
right Il terrific explosion occurred. Us a
f suit Of which il IS estimated that sey
cn'I persons HAY. lost their lives.
y lien the smoke had cleared away the
terrified survivors were sirh"ncI n the
sight Of til" ground for Il block around The
scene Of the explosion str"Hn with the
G'iIy-r!ng and Iism"ltllcrcd flesh IF H!c.l
and horses. pinned down by fragments
Of the fire engines and burning brands
from the demolished Warchousr Upon
the site Of tn" warehouse there was Il
g'laStly hole filled with debris. hlazine IN
huh!rctts of pieces. with here and there
TIE fragments al Hn unfortunate fireman.
III" npisr Of the explosion hrpll. all the
glass in the city and c:,}scd the houses to
r"rll SO violently that the residents were
stricken with fear. They did not know
from what quarter the disaster had come,
and as TIL" explosion had almost destroyed
the burning War..hntlS" there WAS little
L. mark til" scene of terrible. destruction
The news spread like Wiltitire. however,
and hundreds were soon around the spot
Second aud Third Explosions.
After the first explosion hundreds II
people fastened to the scene and this :r-
counts for the great loss of life. While
they were underwriting t. render assist
Hncc to the injured the second EXPLOSION
occurred. moving down the crowds II
n"n. women and children as with a
sickle of death. The survivors were has
tcnlng from the scene when q third ex-
plosion occurred. aduin. to the list Of
victims. as many Of the trrrur-st;'ickrn
people. fleeing from the scene of .estruc-
ton, were moved down by the ilyin. l..-
briS
1t WAS speedily learned that the entire
fire department. Including the chief, mon,
horses and all the inachincs, had been
utterly swept out of existence OWN.
to the nature of the fire and its dangerous
locality the entire force was called ont 10
prevent Il spread of the flames TO nd
joining Warehouses and all of the men
We're n; work. Three policemen were
detailed to keep the spectators back and
they Nrr" also killed Many Of tn. spec
tatorS wcr" instantly Killed and s,vcra,
We" hur!. i back rods fro,n the scene IF
Tie fire and rr:.l"rrI u,lroil~,iuu< hy the
fore" of til" >hnck. Dozens of men were
found rods away from the Warehouse
bruised. bleeding and unconscious, and
Il number Of item will not recover.
III" fir" started in the Royal Nilln.
Company warehouse and spread to the
krny"n-t o"n"il warehouse iii which was
stored Il carload of giant powder The
first explosion was tho most terrific and
Killed every fireman i'll he Immediate
vicinity save. two hrlun:ziH:: ut the Central
station. onr nt these was stanIir:. be-
hind the hos" cart Enr>,> ana the other
WAS ut Il water hydrant some distance
away.
1t il, estimated that about 100 addi-
tl"nHl prTSnnS were III UrcI. several OF
whom died after being taken to fht hos
pltlls. The lis, of deed will 1,nS>ihi
reach &nvtntE-tiyr. and til" damage done
/, property VIII be- more than 81 .UM. Nn,.
III all tire" car loads Of powder exploited.
ONE OF (which was stored in the Butte
liHtiWar" tonlnany'S warehouse. which
adJolnrt the ktnIun-t ornell warehouse.
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