The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-16


hospitals filled up in an incredibly short
space of time. The regular staff of hos
pital surgeons was largely increased by
doctors from all over the ctr, but even
the augmented forces were unable to at
tend to the victims with anything like the
rapidity with which they were brought in.
INDEscRIBABLE AGONY.
Some OF the late patients received
waited with quiet and pitiful resignation
for their turn at the DOCTORS hands to
come, while the groans and means of the
others made the scene one of indescrib-
able agony.
BUTTE's NOBLE WOMEN.
The ladies of Butte were prompt with
their assistance and there was quickly
large corps of lady assistants at all of the
hospitals. Their only thoughts were to
minister to the wants of the mangled
forms lying all around them and their
attentions were gratefully received
SOME OF THE INJURED.
Murray & Freund's hospital was
quickly filed with torn and suffering
| humanity.
McHale, a Montana Central brakeman,
died just after reaching tho hospital
Joe Lave had his abdomen torn out and
cannot live.
Officer John Steinborn had hrs left leg
and arm broken and a bad hole under his
ear. lie will probably recover.
| Henry Tiggerman had bone sticking
through his chest and internal injuries
which will probably be fatal.
The names of seven or eight other men,
all badly hurt. could not be learned.
There were IS men in the Sisters hos
pital at midnight. One died just after
reaching the hospital.
Otto Floto, while assisting in carrying
off the dead and wounded, saw flying
object passing by and upon investigation
found il to be a human head.
KILLED BY THE Conclusion.
Many of the killed contained no marks
or bruises, having been killed by the ter
rife conclusion. Many were seriously
injured by flying bricks, stones and
other debris, at a distance of several
blocks from the explosion.
THE AWFUL FORCE.
The conclusion was felt for miles, and
many of the largest buildings, like tho
Owsley block, the Lewisohn building and
others, rocked like cradles.
WOULD MAKE THE HEART BLEED.
A woman, whose name was not ascer-
tanned. was SO affected by tho shock that
she gavo premature birth to child in
the street,
IMPOSSIBLE!
1t was reported by some of the rescuing
corps that several human ghouls, while
pretending TO assist in the work, went
through the clothing of the dead and in
jured and robbed them.
AS TO TIE CAUSE.
Major j. L. Dawson denies tho state
ment that there was powder In any car on
the Great Northern tracks. A person who
witnessed the entire fire says the first ex'
plosion was from the Kenyon-Connell
Mercantile company's building, tho sec
ond was a car of powder and the third was
from the Butte Hardware company's
warehouse. Major Dawson says no pow
, der was on the tracks and has not been
for a long time.
WRECKED.
All the warehouses in that vicinity were
burned together with six wood racks. The
Great Northern freight depot is com
plete wreck. The passenger depot es
capped with its windows being shattered
Every window in the coaches and sleep
ers of No. % was smashed.
Conductor Sankey was in the freight
Office and was slightly injured.
THE WORK OF THE FIRE.
At 2:30 o'clock tho fire had abou
burned itself out. Tho buildings de
stroyed are tho Butte Hardware com
pany's warehouse, the old abandoned
Schlitz Brewery building, the Kenyon
Connell company's warehouse, the old
electric light plant. the old Miller & Chap
man warehouse. now occupied as q houi
and feed warehouse, and the warehouse o
the Parchen-D' Acheul Drug company
They were all burned to the ground anC
the financial loss is tremendous, but a
this time it cannot be estimated.
MARROW ESCAPES.
Alderman Charles Scnatzlein ant
George Lapp had remarkably marrow
: escape After the first explosion the
: heroically started to see wheihe
: | there we're any nrenen al ihe nC2
zle, as il could not at once b
: told that tho catastrophe was SO fright
ful. They had nearly reached the poin
for which they aimed when the sccon,
= explosion came. \ hack saved thei
. lives. The horses were killed and tn
hack shattered, but Mr.. SchatZlein es
= capped with some bad cuts on the hea,
: and Mr.. Lapp escaped with few bruises
Every button on Lapp's overcoat wa
blown of and his clothes were torn. Nj
Schatzlein was taken home and hi
wounds sewed up. Tie is not danger
ously hurt.
! sLOASE'5 GREAT sOREoW.
i. The sloane family suffers perhaps ia
worst OF all. John Sloane has both hi