Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-11-08
AWFUL.
Explosion at Detroit Wrecks
aBuilding and Destroys
a Score of Lives.
Flames Add to the Horrors Of the
Scene, and Burn Helpless Vic
Tins Pinned Under Debris.
Eight Bodies Already Rescued by
Heroic Efforts of Firemen-Long
List Of Missing.
The Terrible Disaster the Result of a
Bursting Boiler in the Five
Story "Journsl" Building.

SSSFf Journa 6utlolnE.
Detroit, Mich. Nov. 6. - AT nine
o'clock "Wednesday morning one of the
steam boilers connected with the Jour.
IA! plant exploded with terrific force
and terrible results. The boiler was
located in the southeast corner Of the
building. No. 40 West Larned street,
The first floor was occupied by the
Journal mailing department., in which
force of is men and boys ore usually
employed. The second floor was oc-
eapied by the Rogers Typograph
Supply company. employing seven or
eight men; the third floor by Killers
bookbinders, which employed fully 25
girls aud men; the fourth was occupied
by W. kohlbrand, an engraver, and on
the fifth floor was the stereotyping de-
partment Of the Journal. Only three
men We're at work in this department.
when the explosion occurred. The
building No. As, occupied by John
i. Davis & Co., grocers' supplies, was
Qlso completely wrecked. Only five or
six persons were at work there, howev-
er, when the disaster occurred, and the
loss Of life in that building will be
small.
Buried Under Burning Ruins.
In an instant the buildings were n
mass of ruins under which were buried
many human beings.
AT II o'clock three dead bodies had
been taken out of the ruins, those of a
girl and two men, and half a dozen
others had been rescued alive, but are
probably fatally injured.
Just how many lives are lost is n
matter of conjecture, but it will I'M
doubtedly reach 25.
The firemen were quickly at work
rescuing those who were unfortunate
enough to have been caught in the
wrecked building. Cornelius George,
foreman of the Journal mailing de-
partment, was one of the first to be
rescued. He is badly scalded and in
jured and can hardly live.
Miss Annie O'Donoghue was found
near the top of the debris. She is said
to be fatally injured, her skull having
been crushed in.
Arthur ID. Lynch, james Ross and
Michael Ward, of the journal stereo-
tipping force, went down in the crash
hut all three have been rescued. Lynch
and Ross were conscious when taken
out and it is thought they are not seri-
ously injured. Ward was in an uncon-
scious condition when rescued and he
is badly hurt.
Force of tho Explosion.
The explosion shook the surround
ing buildings, and glass in radius of
o block was shattered in all directions.
Many employees OF adjoining establish
ments were badly cut by flying glass.
Half an hour after the explosion &C.
CURED fire broke out in the debris and
the firemen had to suspend the work of
rescue and devote their attention to
putting out the flames. just before
the flames started one poor fellow was
found with the lower part OF his body
pinioncd tightly.
He was conscious and begged the
rescucrs to get him out. They worked
like flends to release the unfortunate
victim. but all to no avail. The flames
suddenly shot up around him and he
had to be left to his fate
Up to noon eight bodies had beer
taken from the ruins and two more
were i'll sight. Most of the bodies had
been burned beyond recognition. Oi
the bodies recovered only those of Joh,
S. Derby and Lizzie Tnplcy have beer
identified. The firemen are working
desperately but progress is slow
List of Injured.
Martin Meyer, cut in neck and head: r
| II. Foye, cut about head; Frank Gmeiner
bad cash on head: Con George, head o.
| mailing department, Journal, badly GU
and bruised: J. Thompson, engineer, jour
| nal building, badly injured: Miss Ami.
| l.. O'Donoghue, badly cut and injured
| Joseph Beresford. Lucy Holder, Maggie
Robinson all slightly injured: j. Weber
presslnan. Journal. both legs and arm
irokcn. probably fatally injured: John NJ
| Winter. an esnploye of Davis & Co, not bad
~ hurt: Charles Hargatt, not seriously IN
| jured; NJ. Jacobs. cut In head: Tom Will
lianis. assistant foreman, Journal, no
seriously injured.
The Missing.
Michael Ward, James Ross. both Journa
stercotypcrs: NJ. Lavier, employed in Jour.
nal maiIlng-room: John Campbell, kittie
Kennedy. John Bowman, Henry Welsl:
William Dunlap. VIII Reynolds. William
Hauss Knte Hitler, forewoman Killers
bindrry; Hattie Hitler, Minnie Liese, Annie
Uhlik, Rose Morgan. Vena Schroeder
Berth. Wheatbush. Anna Wheatbush
John Brydcnberger. Adolph schribcr.
George Shaw, Ernest Parkin
The death list will undoubtedly reach
90
The Rogers typograph supply plant,
which had just been leased by the Mer.
ganthaler company to William Dunlap
and which was located on the second
floor of the wrecked building, was en-
tirely destroyed, and the loss is meal
culable. The destruction of the plant
cuts off all supplies to papers using the
Rogers typograph machines.
Elected Senator.
Akron, o., Nov. 6.--Jamcs Il. Gar.
field, second son of the late president.
was elected to the state senate il
this district by $4,000 plurality.
King Charles in England.
London, Nov. &. = King Charles OF
Portugal arrived at the Charing Cross
station at ten o'clock Wednesday morn.
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