The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-20
PROBfBLY TUENTy-IITE PERsONS
PIRTSHED ~ 4 DENTER BOTIL.
The Boiler Exploded, Wrecking PORTION
of the Building Helpless victims
Crcmated- d-uorrible Scenes.

" ANAA a A'.AttlA tAAAtA anu ANt A+ttN
force, the entire rear portion Of the build
ing was demolished. Tie rear and side
walls orulnnied ike a toy house Soon
afterward the mass OF timber. brick. and
furniture caught fire., cremating many OF
the victims, Who lay piniontd auG ncip-
less amid the blazing pile. Their pi,tous
appeals for help could not De responded
20 because OF the names. The known
killed, whose bodies have been recovered,
are.
Il. 9. Greins. assistant superintendent
OF construction al the State Capitol. and
his wife, who acted as clerk at the hotel.
George Burt, Of Denver conductor;
Fred. HubbOld. of Lisbon. Iowa. guest.
h. J. McCloskey. Of Lcngmont. Col.
guest, VIII Richards, Of Denver, cicya-
tor-boy unknown woman, and child three
years Old.
The only means of Identifying the body
OF The woman h. by a gold band ring
with The initials III. b." engraved there
on.
Among those who are missing and sup
posed TO be sull In the ruins are:
Peter Gumery. owner Of the hotel and
superintendent Of construction AT the
state capitol, Charles Il. Adams. OF Den
1sI' James Murphy a prominent politi-
clan OF Omaha; u. W. Edwards. butcher
Oi Denver ~. j. Blake, y. j. Corson:
r. frcnch county treasurer of Giplu
county, COL, Mrs. o. r. Wolfe. Grace
Vote 1--WE years Of age, of Lincoln NeD.;
Is. l. Lurich, OF Blackhawk. unknown
"DiioH thire unknown cnamhermalds.
Inc injured are VI. H. LetsOu. Joseph
Munai Alexander f. Irwin. Fred. cole
m3.' Nathan burgess, Bud Hopkins
lhe latest Information regarding the
catastrophe Is that q seventaen-4,-rr r-oli
boy, Elmer Pierce who was temporarily
placed in charge OF the boiler. was Ic-
sponsiblc for The explosion.
iow Ir OCCURRED.
With the boiler at white heat. De let
cold water into 10. causing an Immediate
explosion. He escaped uniniurel. ana
tonight was being hunted by am unery
people.
Few people other than nromcn, The
hastily summoned rescue corps. ana
policemen remained near he scene 10
witness the recovery OF the horribly
burned and distorted bodies.
VI. b. Letson. who was the first 1--we
man taken from the ruins. slept on the
third floor and when found was encase4
IN conlcal mass oi mortar and bricks,
that barely allowed freedom OF move
ment chief Roberts. of the fire depart
mont first discovered him. ami rapidly
began the removal of the tons Of material
that seemed TO rest directly upon his
body. I'm hcart-rondiIg appeals De- begged
Tor something 20 end his life. The res
cuers worked with Will, ana in two
lU4Ir ItA ruNfftlNA IIl removing enough
plaster and bricks from the apparently
liieless body 10 allow his removal. Ills
lower limbs We're crushed. but le VIII
survive his terrible ordeal.
About 10 O'Clock a Wcman's hand was
seen rrOtrudiug from among "a pile Of
building material. A space was cloared
aratii ". and when the form was roe
-gsV !e IL vas discovered she was dead.
Living beside the body was the corpse
Of "a child The hremen kept bravcly at
WORK. .snperintendoi hy Mayor Murphy
and Police comre. sioners Hogsie. Churea,
and Wilson. In the afternoon women vui-
untcfrs came with refreshments i0r the
workers.
HEcovERING BoDrrs.
At A. NJ. the body Of an unknown
man was recovered and taken 10 the
mOrgue. II was thought 10 be hat Of j.
McClcskcy. Half am hour later the re-
0ains of Con3uctoc Burt We're discovered
Earlier in tho morning we're found the
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. X. @. ire'ner
clasped in am embrace of death amid
tons of debris
They had undoubtedly died from sufo-
cation. as Their features were clear ana
their limbs in rcposc The left arm or
Mr. Greiner was thrown across bis wiie's
face, his forehuger raised Ike danger
signal.
Excitement i'm the city tonight is al
high pitch. Thrones OF people crowd poe
search for missing friends.
Ropes were str ttchcl around the rcene
of The disaster but they and extra ponce
failed to keep back the excited friends
Of missing people ana thousands Of by
ISLANDERS. There is much conjecture To-
night cOucc.uiug the cause Of me dc-
cident. but Coroner Martin is trmly
convinced that it was caused as stated.
The hastily orsanized surgeon coIps'
rnlcr Police Surgeon JarcckL liI noble
work. With fifty feet Of brick wall
tottering over their heads, they wentet
their way along corridors. down stair
ways. boy shaky partitions 70 all the IN
jurcd.
Medicine was passed from one 10 an
ether along line. and while Lotson was
being rescued his head was swathed IN
damp banlaees and stimulants admin
istered
HtZtnDOus WORK
About 6 O'clock this evening severe
wind-sfOrm came upon the city, ana Moik
N,as extremely hazardous with the weak
cned walls. To add 10 the dismal fcent,
rain BEGAN falling I'm torrents. ana what
few workers were not drenched by .ne
streams of the engines We're wet by the
cold rain. e.,,,,...
but clouds of sitting smoke continued to
arise from the mass Of wreckate' anu
more engines were called. Their services
were not needed, however as the VIM
died away - ,ha
boner at the time Of the aCcident hdq
attended q picnic during the Gay ",u
was under the influence OF LIQUOR Nheh le
was under the influence OF h9aoi VIZ
he went on duty, as seFei"i i''''"''
sons have testified. 49, 49,. g.,
How ne ever managed 20 turn me IN
fector cock and escape without injury ls
q ,o,,sterv. The boilers are said 10 have
been in excellent condition.
TERRIBLE DISTINCTION.
The terrible destruction wrought by ne
o.-rioeion IL I'm evidence everywhere WITH
,r Pfbree blocks Of the scene. stores IN
the neiehborhood nave .li.',l, tnsli lronls uo-
Along I.atimer street, In the rear or IN.
h,,ndine there is not whole plate or
class for a block, and Lawrence street
i'm front Of the hotel shows the same
eject Of the EXPLOSION. -, q,
aidicult. rs the insurance papers We,e
Inet I'm the fire hut the loss VIII haiilY
rDc.ed $1,000. The hotel was worm auout
So co. and furnishings $1,000. ENerytnlls
il DESTROYED. The building was nNc-
stery one. erected in 1888 by Mr.. GnineIy,
The McMann block. which adJoins 'ne
hotel. was also heavily damaged. II was
occunled as a furniture store py the a.
I.ulvblade Furniture Company, ana was
damaged t2j.oJo. The Clayton biock'
directly across Lawrence street, was also
damaged about $500.
The boiler-head which wrought so much
terrible destruction 10 life and property.
after crashing through the rear wall,
crossed ten-foot alley. and struck
brick barn with sufficient force to destroy
it.
Late tonight many kilograms came 20
nolice headquarters from New York, San
Francisco. Chicago. and other points. IN
..t..t.. - ,,.onle Registered nj hotels In