The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-11-14
prRsTING BOILERS.
.s,, Explosion in the Detroit
Journal Office.
,,udin- Wrecked and over Fifty
~" ruried Beneath the Ruins
,,,rty-thrcs Dead Taken Out
Many Others Injured.

nrrpoIr, Mich, Nov. 6.-About 0
,1,,, Yesterday morning the city was
o.sr,Isd by fearful explosion, which
."I, place in the basement Of the
T1mrrol building, a tive-story structure
,h, corner of Larned and Shelby
'.rsets, occupied by number OF busi-
as firms in addition to the Journal
naysnapcr company. Plate glass
.Ia,ys across the street and some of
,,',s, farther away were shattered by
W, conclusion and several persons
ware cut by falling glass At the
,omo instant the five floors and the
roof of that section of the building
aoI,,psed and fell to the basement car
.rinr with it at least ifty persons, who
had not the slightest warning of their
dancer. The cloud of dust which
minded the eyes of the amazed specta-
TOR, of the horror was quickly followed
hy smoke from the fires which started
n the ruins. The work of rescue was
npshed to the utmost all day and to-
nirht but progress is necessarily slow.
Inc a.
which Is owned oy 'ne Ne"o"ry
estate. was separated from the rest OF
the structure by fire wall. The first
floor of that section was occupied by
the DAVIS company uo".. ~ uru
mailing department The second,
third and fourth floors were occupied
by the Jaws company '" NV, w. D"n'"p
Io'' "n" ,',, 49, ~
hndery' Inc eul'oF'"' fo'Nns Vi 'ne
journal are on 'i'e iour''' NOR ou' s,r
uateo oeSonu inc nie wan az" 'N'
stan escape" INJURY
Inc Jourhai s'ereo'yP'h. foo"'' on
the NTH moor was u'ree'iy III .ne PAIN
OF the eA p'o>ioi an" "e"' "o"" /" ING
wreck y IL" ""'' i'i''ae"io"I eSo"pos
and came staggering from tue ruins
after the awtuI ShocN' scarce knowing
themselves what had happened.
From the lists of tenants and en-
pOyes secured it seems certain that
fifty persons in all were in the coll
lapsed section, most or whom are UNI
doubtedly lost.
CareIessneSS Is undoubtedly the
cause OF the disaster nut whcre the
responsibility rests Is as YET proolem-
atlcal' 1honas lho"haNoh' the ehgi-
neer, was paihluliy injured. lie SAID
ne could assign no reason Tor the en-
ploslon' lily boher inspector NC
Fregor says ne inspected the boilers
last August anu hao 1ouhd them up 70
the requirements
As dead bodies are oeinG taken from
tue ruins and ldentihed the scene Is
most heart rendlng' In ADDITION 10
tue large number known 10 be dead
nlneteen persons nave oeen rescued
some OF them badly injured over a
dozen dead bodies nave ALREADY been
'aHen from the RUNS ana at least twen-
y more are unoouoteo'y sun buried
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orri i! J"' lit" '"@' IL co"'' no" oe rec-
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cbas.I;a., a.S ee . j .'ooN .ne
Il nas ,bo D.,0 u ''e "'y was ihn T,
haI., s"0 - VI" "a woman
Inas. I"1 '4o ,r, 'no arms anu ice.
soms i; cn, nc 'e"u was iounu Nv
o,,a.,i '.'S'1 Ui''"nco from .Ho 'run"'
h. '','i'u ~ ia'i'hS lin
w.. 0u' c'ocN 'hree "ou,es
6oLS,. ''unU Cosc'her unoer tne
go III Inc aiiey In the
were TWO men and girl in the group.
Inc woman laid weiged between the
other cOrpseS. She was Line Fretz an.