Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-06
DIRE DISASTER In DETROIT
Boiler, in the Daily Journal Building
Explode this Morning with Terrific
Force and Dreadful Results.
LONG LIST OF The DEAD AND MANNED
Twelve Dead Bodies Recovered from
the Ruins-Several of the Injured
Will Die-Twenty Persons I'm
Notwithstanding
Cries of Those Who
Are Still Living.

Detroit, Nov. 6.-At about 8 o'clocl
this morning the boilers in the Journa
building, corner of Larned and Shelb,
streets, exploded with terrific force.
A portion of the building, about fort,
feet wide, Immediately collapsed, buryina
scores of people. Four of the dead ani
injured have already been taken ont
Many girls and women we're EN- ployed II
the building.
The editorial department of the Journa
was all saved.
Shortly after O'Clock the ruins broke
out in flames and the great clouds of sti
fling smoke seriously impeded the FIRE
men.
1t is positively known that at the time
of the collapse the stereotypers engaged
on the fifth foor we're: Michael Ward
Arthur Lynch and James Ross. All three
went down in the wreck.
In the third story was the Habbin eIec.
trotype foundry, in which were half a
dozen men.
In the top story was the Journals ster-
eotyping department where four or five
men were busy.
There were from twenty-five to thirty
people working in the building and some
may have been injured while passing on
the street.
Three men and one woman we're car
ried into the News Office in a helpless
condition within three minutes after the
explosion. The cries of others could be
heard in the ruins.
SOME OF THE MANNED.
The people brought into the News
Office we're: Martin Meyer, advertising
solicitor of the Evening News badly cut
in the neck and head.
r. H. Foye, advertising solicitor of the
News, cut about the head.
Frank G. Manner, artist of the Calvert
Lithographing company, terrible cash on
the forehead.
The portion Of the building directly
above the boilers, on the first floor, was
occupied by the Journals mailing de-
partment. About five men and boys
we're at work there. In the second story
was Geo. Killers book bindery, in which
couple of men and score of girls were
employed.
All these people we're precipitated into
the horrible chaos of ruin and esca ping
steam.
The fire department, with the aid of
many volunteers, at once began the work
of rescuing the victims
The large building is cut cleanly in
two from the front to the rear by a gap
fo~ e,nA Lek - - :.
an almost solid pile of lumber, brick and
debris into which two hours work search
ing for bodies has made little progress.
Many men are delving in the bricks and
debris, but the fire buring underneath
makes IL probable that some of the
bodies will be incinerated.
JOURNAL MANAGER EXPLAINS.
Wm. Livingstone, manager of the
Journal, said: "The boilers, although
used as part OF the Journal plant, were
not part of it. In the Journals lease of
the building from the Newbury estate,
the power vas to be furnished and this
power under the contract was taken from
the Newbury boilers"
About fifteen minutes after the explo-
sioh, those standing at the east side of
the wrecked building saw movement in
the rubbish. hand appeared, followed
by an arm, and helpers ran to the rescue.
A moment later John NJ. Winter, an en-
ploye Of the John Davis spice and mus
tard mills, was dragged out
Arthur D. Lynch, one of the Journal
stereotypers, was taken from the ruins
conscious and not seriously hurt.
At 1Oi3O the dead body of young girl
was taken out.
A body, supposed to be that of William
Dunlap, machinist, was dragged out
about the same time.
Thomas Thompson, the engineer, came
out of the wreck painfully injured. His
clothes we're all torn off and blood was
running from score of cuts. He said he
knew Of no reason for the explosion and
was too much excited to talk coherently.
LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED.
The following is list of the dead as
far as ascertained at noon: Unknown
man, crushed beyond recognition.
Unknown girl, taken from ruins.
Unknown girl, about IS years old.
John 8. Debuy, carpenter.
Joseph Smith, carpenter.
Lizzie Tapley.
Henry Larveri, of the Journal mailing
room.
Two mems bodies, unidentified.
VIM. House, mailer, Journal Office.
Injured: Cornelius George, foreman
of the Journal mail room.
Pressman Webber, of the Journal, both
legs and arms broken, supposed to be
fatally injured.
YTom Williams, assistant foreman of the
Journal, struck on the head by steam
pipe, not seriously injured.
Frank g. Miner, seriously cut about the
head with glass.
Annie O'Donohue, arms broken, taken
out unconscious.
Charles Hergert, employe of John
Davis & Co., bruised around the head and
body, scalded by steam.
Conservative estimates place the mum
ber of those still in the ruins at twenty,
a a. .k.I Al L. r~J