Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-17
SWEPT BY DEATH.
More Details of the Terrible Disaster At
Butte City.

Butte City.
BUTTE. Mont, Jan I..-It is now esti-
mated that the number of persons killed
by the terrible explosion of giant powder
Is sixty. Nearly fifty are already known to
have been killed. The city is in mourn
ing and all the flags are at halfmasr. a
relief meeting called by the mayor was
largely attended, and committees were az
pointed for the collection of money for the
relief of the afflicted families. The people
are responding literally and sufficient
amount to relieve distress is already guar
anteed a number of the bodies are
mangled beyond all recognition, and never
will be identified
List of the Identified Dead.
The following is the list of the dead
Identified: Charles Alison, George Nc
Donald, Charles Guttenburg, Conscague
Barns, George Galbraith, J. j. McHalc,
Professor Robinson, John J. Enright, G.
Z. Tracey, Matt Grosser Officer Fred
Cranbeck, James O'Leary, Albert God
lard, William Pierce, Foster, Mike
Mead, George Wilton, William Smith
tcolored), J. B. Miller, Fred Bowman,
Mike beagle. George Holloway, - Bal
ley, Alexander Williams, w. H. Nolan,
Charles Hansen. Elmer Green, Ed Sloan,
Alexander Cady, John Morgan, S. d. De.
iongery, A. D. Cameron, John Sloane,
Samuel Ash, Dave Moses, George Fifer,
Peter Norlin, William MCGEE, John
Fudge, Ole Discern
Anxious Friends and Relatives.
Professor Robbins, Of Robinson, who
| L. al len
hunter, and friend of Thodore Roose-
Welt, of New York, he had spent all his
life in the mountains, and was making
preparations to guide party through a
practically unknown portion of the
Yellowstone Park. Several visitors in
the city are among the dead, among them
being j. Is. Miller, an Idaho lawyer.
The ruins are still smouldering and it is
believed that more bodies will be found
among the acres of debris. Requires are
coming from all parts of the country
| about friends and relatives who reside in
the city and who Were supposed to have
been here mt the time of the explosion.
Was Most Frighsful Disaster.
The cause of the death of these men has
been brieAy but fully told in these dis
spatches and little could be added to tho
fact that several carloads of dynamite
| stored in two warehouses exploded sue
ccssively while the firemcn were fighting
the fire. But columns could be written
of the CHASTITY effects OF those explosions.
Scores We're killed in the second explO-
sion for many citizens had rushed to the
fire to ascertain what was the cause of
| the shock they had fe,t. Parts of
bodies We're hurled scores of feet away. A
| man near the Northern Pacific water
tank was almost struck by the leg and
thigh O. IA human being driven by the
force of dynamite from the fearful scene.
There were still heroes left to help pull
dying To II distance.
A Horrible Fifteen Minutes.
1t had all occurred in fifteen minutes
| the most horrible quarter of an hour in
Butte's history. The fearful horror of the
| scene after the explosion was beyond de-
scrip;ion. Words could give no idea of
| it. Between the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern stations a space of 800
| feet, the ground was literally covered with
parts of human beings and with the dead
| and injured. Shapeless trunks quivered
and died in the arms of the living. The
work of rescue was prosecuted in earn
est. Every vehicle in the city was brought
| into service to carry away the scores of
dead and the hundreds of injured. The
hospitals were filled. The spare rooms in
the hotels were taken and private houses
were thrown open where it was neses-
sary.