The Portland daily press., 1895-11-07
Forty People Are Supposed to Have
Been Killed.
THE SUFFERINGs OF THE IMPRIS-
ONED VICTIMS HEARTRENDING.

The Building Was the Office of the De
troit Journal-Book Binderies ant
Lithograph Establishments also Had
Quarters in the Building-The Crue
Flames Add to the Horrors-Tht
Graphic Narrative of Rescued Man.
Detroit, Mich, November 6.-The bat
terry of toilers in the building OF the
Evening Journal exploded at nine this
morning, wrecking buildings Do and Al
West Larned street, killing at least forty
persons and injurjng twenty others more
or less seriously. The money loss is
$50, 200. Tho list of the identified dead
are Lizzie Dappley, aged 20, employed
by the Davis Co.; Henry Walsh, a boy,
employed by the Kohl Brand Engraving
Co John j. Reuth, aged II, an apprent-
ice in the employ of Dunlap & Co.
George Shaw, 16 years OF age, rlailel
on the Detroit Journal Willie Hawes, II
years. mailer, Detroit Journal James
Ross sterotyper, Detroit Journal William
W. Dunlap-Rogers Typograph Supply
company Henry Larivere, mailing clerk,
Detroit journal Walter P. Saxby; ma
chinist, employed by Dunlap & Co; e.
L. Reiger, machinist, employed by Dun
lap & Co.
The body of the twelfth victim recover
ed, is that of boy, unidentified.
The missing are: George j. Miller,
Kate Hitler, forewoman; Hattie Hitler
Minnie Liese, Anna Uhlik, Rose Morgan
Bertha Weibush, Anna Weihush, join
Breitenbecher, Adolph Schrieber, Jennie
Neugaur Carrie Bauer, Rose Bretz,
Emma Lichtenberg and John Koerber.
These are all employees of Killers book
bindery; also John Bowman, employed
by Kohl Brand Engraving company
and Michael Ward, stereotyrer on the
journal, Kittie Leonard, employed by
Davis & Co. Nelson La Crolx, employed
in the Journal engine room; Miss Lue
Fretz, apprentice for Dunlap & Go.
James Thomas, machinist in Dunlap
& Co. John S. Derby. carpenter, work
ing at Dunlap and Co. Joseph Bradley
carpenter; Ernest Perkins, mail clerk
Detroit journal John Gordon Lizzie Tay
lor; Eugene Wilson; John Campbell
and William Reynolds.
The list of the injured is:
Cornelius George, foreman in th'
journal mailing room, seriously scaldet
about the head and breast and injured
in the hips.
Charles Hergert, employed at Johi
Davis and Co., bruised around the heat
and body, scalded by acid.
Annie O'Donoghue, legs and fac
crushed and badly injured on the body
condition serious.
Fl, 6. Foye, cut about the heal ant
face.
Albert Weber, pressman on the Journal
badly burned on the hand, arm and foo
and scalp lacerated, is unconscious, in
juries probably fatal
A. D. Lynch, stereotyper on the Jour
nal, hand and arm and face burned; con
fusion of the scalp; injuries not serious
James Holt, is years old, employed by
the Speaker Printon com pany, deeI
cash across the face and other injuries
but not serious.
Martin Meyers, cut in the neck, moi
serious.
Miss Carrie A. Speck, face cut by fly
ing glass.
Andrew HildeIschild, lacerated by
spilntered glass.
Thomas Williams, assistant foreman OF
the journal CO m essing room, struck il
the head by steam pipe, injuries no
serio u.s.
Frank G. Meiner. artist at Calver
Lithographing company, seriously GU
about the head with glass.
Joseph A. Boxford, book keeper for P
f. Collier & Co., slightly injured.
Lucy A. Holden. stenographer fol
Collier & Co., slightly injured
Margaret L. Robinson, stenographel
for Collier & Co, slightly injured.
Joseph Winter, book-keeper for Davis
g. Co., painfully injured, not seriously.
Walter OFT. artist, Calvert Lithograph
ing company, hands and wrists cut.
Herman Miller. office boy for Calver
Lithographing company, knocked down
and severely cut by falling glass
TIE. Thompson, engineer at the Journa
Office, badly cut and bruised.
The Detroit Journal was located q
Shelby aud Larned streets, ocoupyin;
for the main Office seventy foot iron
on Larned street.
Next east of it's building in part of tn
same block were two twenty foot fronts
ter.
One of these, No. 40 was wholly ooou
pied by John Davis & Co, sale ratu