The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-07
THIRTY WERE KILLED
And Many Others Wounded by the Explosion
0fa Boiler in the Journal Building.
BODIES BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
The Firemen Had TO Suspend Their
Work of Extricating the Dead nnd
Dying TO Extinguish the FLAMES
Which Suddenly EnveIoped the
Surrounding Debris.

Detriot, Mich, Nov. Cat o'clock
this morning one of the steam boilers
fconnectcd with the Journal plant ex-
plodcd with terrific force and terrible
| results. The boiler was located In the
southeast corner of the building No 40
est Larncd street. The first floor was
occupied by the Journal mailing depart
| mcnt, IN which force of fifteen men
ana boys are usually employed. The
| second floor was occupied by the Rog-
ers Typograph Supply Company, en-
ploying seven or eight men, the third
floor by Hiller's book bindery, which en-
ployedtfu twenty-five girls and men;
lhe fourth was occupied by w Kohl
brand, an engrarer, and on the Nth
moor was the stereotyping department
Of the Journal.
Only three men were at work III this
department. when the explosion ,oc-
Cured. The building No. Al. occupied
by John e. Davis &. Co., groccrs sup
plies, WAS also completely wrecked
only five or six persons were ut work
there, however, when the disaster oc-
Cured, and the loss of life In that build
ing Will be small In an instant the
buildings were Il mass. of ruins, under
which was buried many human beings.
The explosion shook the surrounding
buildings and glass in the radius of n
block WAS shattered in all directions
| many employees Of adjoining establish
mentS being severely cut by the flying
glass.
Half an hour after the explosion oc-
CURED fire broke out in the debris and
the fircmen had 10 suspend the work
of rescue and devote their attention to
putting out the flames. Just before the
flames started one poor fellow wJls
found with the lower part Of his body
pintoncd tightly. fIa was conscious
and begged the reScuerS to get him out
They worked like tiends to release the
unfortunate victim, but all TO no avail
The flames suddenly shot up around him
! and he had to be left to his fate.
Up To noon eight bodies had been
taken from the ruins and two more were
in sight. Most of the bodies had been
burned beyond rccognitiun The deaths
Will probably reach thirty.
The Rogers Typograph Supply plant
! which had just been leased by the Mer-
i eenthnler Company to William Dunlap.
| and which was located on the second
floor OF the wrecked building. was en-
tirely destroyed, and the loss cannot be
| estimated. The destruction of the plant
cuts Off all supplies TO o,papers using the
Rogers TypoEraph machines.
The list of casualties continues to
grow and it Is now supposed that at
least forty persons were killed and
| twenty wounded. The money loss will
reach 100000.
The list of identified dead is as fol-
| lows:
Lizzie Dapplcy. aged 20, employed by
Davis Co; Henry Walsh. boy en-
ploycd by kohlbrand Engraving Com
pany: John j. Reuter-, aged nth. an
apprentice In the employ of Dunlap &
Co;
George II. Soule, cngraver
| Gcncorge Shaw. 1G years old, mail
cr, Detroit journal.
Willie Hawes, lG years old, mailer, De-
troit Journal.
James Ross, stercotypcr, Detroit
journal.
William NJ. Dunlap, of Dunlap Rog-
ers Typograph Supply Company.
Henry Larivcre, mailing clerk, De
troit Journal.
Walter r. Saxby, machinist employ
| cd by Dunlap & Co.
E l.. Reiger, machinist. employed by
Dunlap IL Co.
The body of the twelfth victim recov-
cred is that of boy unidentified as
yet.
The missing are:
George l. Hitler.
Hattie Hitler. forcwoman
Kate Hitler.
Minnie Lees
Annie tlika.
Rose Morgan
Bertha Wiedbusn
John Brcitcnbcrchcr.
'Adolph Schrieber.
Jennie NcuEauer
NNdTieS Lima, DOV.
Carrie Bauer bookkeepcr.
Rosa Bretz.
Emma I.ichtenberg
John Koerher. all employees of Hi.
ler's book bindcry
John Bowman, bG5 Chestnut street
employed by Kohlbrand Eneravinr
Company.
Michael Ward, sterotyper, Detroit
Journal.
Kittle Leonard, employed by Davis
& Co.
Nelson LaCroix. employed in Journal
engine room
Miss Lue Fretz, aged 20, apprentice
Dunlap & Co.
James Thomas. 3a4 Junction avenue
machinist, Dunlap & Co.
John S. Derby, 440 Sixteenth street
carpenter, working at Dunlap &. Co
Joseph Bradley, carpenter, married:
two children.
Ernest Parkins, As Reech street. mail
ing clerk. Detroit Journal.
John Gordon.
Lizzie Taylor.
Eugene Wilson.
John Campbell.
William Reynolds
The list of injured are:
Cornelius George, foreman Journal
mailing room seriously scalded about
head and breast and injured in hips
Charles Herget, employed at John
Davis & CO., bruised around head anu
body and scaldcd by acid
Annie ODonoghue. legs and face