Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-07
MANY LIVES LOST.
Terrible Result Of an Explosion 10
Detroit
PEOPLE CRUSHED AND BURNED.
Esrht DoAp~s Taken from the Ruins.
Two More I'm Sight-Whole Num-
her of Deaths Thought TO BE
Forty.

ho,Iers connected with the Journal plant
exploded with terrific force and terrible
results.
The boiler was located in the southeast
corner OF the building. No. ~ west Lar
ned street The first floor was occu-
pied by the Journal mailing depart
ment, In which "A force OF fifteen men
and boys are usually employed. The Sc
cond floor was occupied by the Rogers
Typograph Supply Company, employing
seven or eight men. The third floor was
occupied by Killers book-binding es'ao-
lishment. which employed fully twenty
girls and men; the fourth floor was occu-
pied by w. Kohlbrand. an engineer ana
on the fifth floor was the stereoyp'hs
.department of the Journal only three
men were at work in this department.
when the explosion occurred.
The building. No. 49, occupied by Johh
u Davies. erocers' supplies, was also
COMPLETELY wrecked. Only nVe OF slA
,ersons were at work there, however
,yben the disaster occurred. and the loss
p 81 life in that building will be small.
In an instant the buildings were mass
of ruins, under which were buried many
human beings. ....,,..,.
THE explosion shook the surrounding
buIIdinrs and glass in the radius or
hlock was shattered In all directions,
MANY EMPLOYEES of adjoining buildings
being severely cut by the flying glass.
Half an hour after the explosion oc-
Cured Ore broke out in the debris, ana
the frerhen had to suspend the WORK OF
rescue and devote their attention to put
ting out the flames. Just before the
a ~, hot ar
found with the lower part OF his oody
p,n,oned tightly He was conscious. and
begged the rescuers to get him out. They
worked like fiends to release the unfortu-
nate victim but al TO no avail. The
flames suddenly shut up around him, ana
he had 10 be left to his fate
Up to noon eight bodies had been taken
from the ruins. and two more were III
sight. Most of the bodies had been burned
beyond recognition. The deaths VIII pro-
baby reach thirty.
The Rogers topographic supply plant,
which had lust been leased by the Mer-
gantbalef company to William Dunlap,
and which was located on the second noor
OF the wrecked building, was entirely
destroyed. and the loss cannot be estl-
mattel The destruction OF the plant cuts
of all SUI plies TO papers using the Ro-
gers topographic machines.
FORTY KILLED.
The list of casualties seems to grow,
and II is now supposed that at least forty
persons were killed and twenty wounded.
The money loss will reach 10000 The list
OF identified dead is as follows:
LIZZIE TAPELEY, aged 20 employed,
by Davis a. Co.
HENRY WALSH, boy employed by
he Kohlbrand Engraving Company.
JOHN J. REUTER-. aged II, an appren-
lice in the employ of Dunlap & Co.
GEORGE H. SOULE. engraver
GEORGE SHAW. 16 years old, mailer.
Detroit Journal
WILLIE HALVES, 16 years olo, mailer.
Detroit Journal.
JAMES ROSS. stereotyper, Detroit
. Journal
WILLIAM NJ. DUNLAP. OF Dunlap
Rogers Typograph Supply Company.
HENRY LARIVERE. mailing clerk,
Detroit Journal.
WALTER L. SANDY. machinst, en-
ployed by Dunlap q Co.
f. l.. REIGER, machinist, employed by
Dunlap a. Co.
The body of the twelfth victim is that
of boy unidentified as yet.
MISSING.
The missing are Hattie Hitler dorewo-
mani. Kate Hitler Minnie Liese. Anna
Uhlk, Rose Morgan, Bertha Weidebusch
Anna Weidebusch. John Breiten-
beecher. Adolph Schrieber. Jennie
Neuear. Charles Lind (boy). Car
RE Bauer tbook-keeper) Reha BretZ, En-
ma Lichtenberg. John Koerber-all en-
ployees of Killers book-bindery; John
BONNER. l65 Chestnut street. employed
by Kohbrand Engraving Company; Mich
ael Ward. 627 Seventh street. stereotyper,
Detroit Journal; kittie Leonard. Plummer
avenue. employed by Davis & Co: Nelson
La Croix. employed in the journal engine
room; Miss Lue Fretz, aged 20. No. ?39
Eighteenth street. apprentice. Dunlap &
Co; James Thomas. 1914 Junction avenue,
nachinist. Dunlap & Co.: John S. Derby.
Ho Sixteenth street, carpenter. working
IT Dunlap a Co.'S: Joseph Bradley, car
penter, 29s Abbott street. married. two
children: Ernest Parkins, As Beech street.
mall clerk, Detroit Journal: John Gordon.
Lizzie Taylor. Eugene Wilson, John
Campbell. and William Reynolds.
INJURED.
The list OF injured is as follows:
Cornelius George, foreman Jour
nal mailing-room; seriously scalded about
he head and breast. and injured In hips.
Charles Hergert employed az
John Davis & Co.'S. bruised around head
and body. and scalded by acid.
Annie ODonnoaghue, legs and
lace crushed, badly injured on body; con-
aition serious.
III. G. Foye. cut about head and face.
-. Albert Weber. pressman on Jour
nal; badly burned on head. arm, and
.eet, scalp lacerated. and unconscious:
Injuries probably fatal.
A. ID. Lynch, stereotyper on Journal,
hand. arm, and face burned, confusion OF
scalp; injuries not serious.
James Holt. l6 years old, In the en-
ploy of Speaker Printing Company, deep
cash across face; ether injuries, but not
serious
Martin Meyers. cut in the neck;
DOT seriously.
Miss Carrie A. Speck. face cut by
flying glass.
Andrew Hiderscheid, lacerated by
splntered glass.
Thomas Williams. assistant fore
man Journal composing-room: struck In
head by steam-pipe: injuries not serious
Frank Greiner. artist, Calvert Litho-
graphing Company. seriously cut about
head with glass.
Joseph A. Beresford. book-keeper. =.
+. Collier 4 Co.. slightly injured.
Lucy A. Holden, stenographer, p. II.
Collier & Co., slightly injured.
Margaret l.. Robinson. stenographer p.
Il. Collier & Co.. slightly injured.
Joseph Winter. book-keeper, Davis e. Co,
painfully injured. but not seriously
Walter OFT. artist Calvert I.ithographing
Company. hands and wrists cut
Herman Miller, office boy. Calvert Litho-
graphing Company. knocked down and
severely cut by falling glass
L. Thompson, engineer. Journal, badly
cut and bruised.
SCENE OF EXPLOSION.
The Detroit Journal was located at
oneioy ana larned streets, occupying for