The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-18
LIVES OF THREE MEN LOST.
WE'RE BURIED UNDER THE WALLS
or A BURNING b GLIDING.

Nine other People Were Injured and it is
Believed That One of Them Win Not
Live-TwO MangIed Bodies Were Taken
From the Ruins.
Toledo, O., March 1.-THE round
house here of the Wabash road was
burned this forenoon. Three men lost
their lives by the falling of walls and
nine others were injured, one of them, it
is thought fatally.
The list of dead is as follows: r. H.
Bohlman, printer, skull crushed; j. j.
Preston, car Inspector back broken and
skull crushed John Bowen, specta-
tor skull crushed.
The injured are: H. f. Howard, gem
eral foreman, eastern division, back
bruised, face cut, slightly burned; John
O'Leary, machinist, leg broken, arm
crushed, skull fractured, may die; Pat
rick McDonough, fireman, skull fractur-
ed, shoulder broken; Martin Green
burgh, car repairer, head cut; Harry
Zimmerman, painter, body bruised;
Louis Decker painter, head bruised,
repairer, head bruised and cut; Casper
Becker, painter, head and shoulders
cut; T. G. Lauer, truck foreman, neck
sprained, head cut.
All of the dead and injured men, ex-
cept John Bowen, were employees Of the
Wabash railway. They constituted the
company's fire brigade.
The round-house was substantial
brick structure, with a capacity of
twenty engines, and contained six loco
motives when the fire broke out. The
flames were first seen in the cupola that
surmounted the roof shortly after 10
o'clock. An alarm was telephoned to
the city fire department and in the
meantime the yard company got one
stream playing on the blaze, which soon
made its way to the roof The walls
of the building were believed to be Sc
cure and the fire fighters pressed close
ly in towards the building, the more eff
fectively to combat the flames. 1t was
seen that the roof would soon fall In,
but no danger was apprehended from
that source until the southwest wall
weakened by the destruction Of the
frame supporting that connection with
the roof was observed to tremble and
suddenly fall out on the volunteer fire
men. Before the majority of the men
could realize their peril the heavy wall
was down on top of them, burying Them
under heap of smoking debris. All
but Bowen, Preston and Bohlman were
quickly taken out.
The two first were completely COW
cred by the ruins of the walls; Bohl-
man was a trifie more fortunate.
When the mangled bodies of Bowen
and Preston were taken out they were
beyond need of human care. Bohl-
man was still alive, though unconscious,
but he succumbed to his injuries short
ly after being taken home.
A dozen surgeons were quickly sum-
moned and prompt assistance was rem
dered the injured Leary, the machin-
ist, was still unconscious and at one
time appeared to be sinking. 1t is not
thought that he can recover.
When the first men answered the
alarm they saw there was imminent
danger of the fire spreading to the
Wabash Elevator and Repair shops,
which stood close by The oil house
was also menaced, but luckily the flames
were held in check at this point. A
general alarm was sentin and by dint of
numbers the iremen finally succeeded
in saving the surrounding property.
The round house was completely
wrecked and six engines were practi-
caIly rendered useless,
The loss is estimated from $4,000 to
100000 Fully covered by insurance.