The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-06
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED
Accident Happenedin theJour-
nal Newspaper Building.
FOUR DEAD BODIES FOUND.
Many Persons Under the Ruins Of
the Collapsed Part.

DITRoIT, Mich, Nov 6.-At 8 o'clock
this morning the boiler in III, Journal
build ing, corner of Larned and Shelby
streets, exploded with terrific force. A
portion of the building, about 40 feet
wide. Immediately collapsed, burying
scores OF people -Four dead and several i'm
jured have already been taken out. A
great many girls and women were em-
ployed IN the building. The editorial de-
partment force OF The Journal Is report
ed to be saved. There we're probably a
hundred or more persons in the wrecked
port ion. Shortly after Q o'clock the rutng
broke out in flames and the great clouds
of sitting smoke seriously iinpeded the
firemen in their work OF rescue.
Ii Is positively know that at the time
OF the collapse the stereotpyers engaged ON
the fifth floor were Michael Ward,
Arthus Lynch, James Ross. All three
went down in the wreck.
In the third story was the Habbin
Electrotype Foundry, in which there
were some half dozen men. in tho top
story was the Journals steTeUtypiug de-
partment, where four or five men were
busy.
The large building is cut cleanly In two
from front 10 rear by gap 4 feet
wide, at the bottom OF which Is an almost
solid pile OF timbers, bricks and debris
into which the first hour or two of work,
searching for bodies, made but little
progress. The John, DAVIS Company, gro-
GERS sundrjes, occupied ground floor and
basement II one end OF the building.
The firms list OF employees Is not large,
but ii IS doubtful whether all escaped.
The gap in the building extends through
about half of the Davis Establishment.
The Journals mailing department on the
first floor was demolished and the few
employees who were there az the time are
not yet accounted for.
AT least dozen persons are believed to
have been at work in Hiller's book bind
cry on the second floor. Some of those
who escaped from the wreck report thar
they heard screams of some OF the bind
cry girls as they fell and were pinioned
down in the wreck. The Habbin Ipye
Foundry, on the third floor, and the
Journals stercotyping department on
the fifth floor, each contributed human
victims. The members of the editorial
staff on the fourth floor, have, however,
all escaped, many scrambling in the
brick and debris, but the fire, which is
burning, makes il probable that some OF
the bodies at least will be incinerated.
About 10 minutes after the explosion
these standing at the east side OF the
wrecked building saw a movement in
the rubbish. nand appeared followed
by au ann aud helpers ran TO the, rescue.
A moment later John NJ. Winter, an cm-
ploye of John Davis spice and mustard
mills, was dragged out Albert Lynch,
one of The Journals stereotypers, was rer
moved unconscious, but not seriously
hurt. Several others were later rescued
with but slight injuries. II. G. Kohl
brand, owner of the Kohlbrand engineer
ing company. whose rooms were on the
third floor, said at IL O'Clock thats two
boys, each about 10 years old, worked for
him and were in the wreck. They were
John Bowmen and Henry WEIGH. They
were the only persons at work for him
today. -
AT II 80 the dead body Of young girl
was taken out She is unknown as yet
A body supposed to be that OF William
Dunlop wes dragged out about the same
time. He ran small machine shop in
the building, the business being repair
ing OF typesetting machines.
AS yet the .csuse of the explosion IL 3
mystery. Thomas Thompson, the eDginecr,
came out OF the wreck painfully Injured.
His clothes were all torn of and blood
was running from score OF cuts. He
said he knew no reason for the explosion
and was too excited TO talk coherently.
he work of rescue ls progressing slowly.
Mr.. Jacobs, paper dealer who bad just
left Hiler's bindery when the explosion
occurred, says there was fully twenty EN-.
ployes in the bindery.
The following is revised list OF the
dead and injured as far as can 10 ascer-
tanned az this hour:
Dead:
Unknown man, crushed beyond recos
milton.
Unknown girl, taken from ruins.
Unknown girl, about 10 years of age.
JOHN >. DERBY. carpenter.
JOSEPH .----, painter.
LIZZIE TAPLEY.
Injured:
CORNELIUS GEORGE, foreman journal
mail room.
Pressman WEBER OF The Journal,
both legs and arm broken, supposed to
be fatally injured.
Tom WILLIAMS, assistant foreman jour
nal, struck on head by steampipe not Sc
seriously injured.
FRANK q. MELNER, seriously cut
about head With glass.
Miss ANNIE O'DoNoUoH, arms broken,
taken out unconscious.
CHARLES HERBERT, employed by lohn
Davis x company, bruised around head
and body and scalded by acids.
MARTIN MEYER, advertising solicitor
of The Evening News, badly cat in neck
and head.
A conservative estimate places the num-
ber OF those In the ruins at ~. II IL re-
ported that cries can be heard from uns
der the debris on the sidewalk.
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