The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-06
rHE C1EcINNAT1 TRAGEDY.
The Work Of Rs,suiiE Bodies from the
RuIned nnIldIng.

The Work Of RsssuiIiE Bodies from the
Ruined Building.
CINCINNATI. o.. May 6.-ThS gaso-
line explosion Of the five-story building
at 4SO.Ia3 Walnut street last night has
REQUIRED the attention Of al the city
departments to-day. In order to rescuI
the victims from the pile OF debris last
night, holes were cut through the walls
and foundations OF the adjoining build
ing. Al 10 O'Clock It was found that
the adjacent walls showed the Effects
OF either these OeningB or Of the eX-
pIoslon, and all OF the occupants OF the
building at I2G Walnut street and AS4
Walnut street were ordered out. Mean
time exaggerated reports were clrcu-
lated about the additional losseH OF lie
and enormous crowds gathered. !he
police kept the Walnut street clear be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets while
the rescuers continued their work.
Felicia Drach and C. L. Wells. who
were in the list OF those injured last
night, died to-day. The workmen re-
port two other bodies in sight that are
not exected 70 be rescued alive, The list
OF injured includes twenty persons. but
the only one who ls reported to-day In
n dangerous condition Is John McCarty,
who suffered confusion OF the abdomen,
as well as o arms. legs and head.
MamieKennedy II missing and 10 no
doubt dead. Among the other missing
are Ruth and Mile, domesdcs OF Louis
Fey, also William Meyer, employe OK
Fey; Barbara steinknmp, Samuel Ep-
stein, Mortlmer o'Kans, Louis F1solek:
7naFReeper for Drach; Harry banBmead
c. ? t1hfFnnN
AmonE the Others who are most seri-
ouBly hurt are:
JoSeph spriEEs, colored, burned.
II, u. HunwIck. shoulder dlHlocated.
Mary HuttzelmAn, head cut.
T Emil Drach, three years old, arm and
leg broken; cut over the eye.
Peter Burns. confusion on arm, leg
Charles spIIle. contusIonof arm. bad
injury OF the head.
There have been eight dead recovered
up to 10 o'clock tonight. and seven are
stIll missing,
There were many more included in
the IIEt OF those missing during the day,
but thoSS who are stlll missing tonight
arc generally believed to be In the ruins.
The names OF all missing persons have.
been 40 generally published that those
not belonging In that list promptly re-
nbrted 10 police headquarters. In.
ouirieR have been mnde In the residences
Of those who are still missing tonight,
and there has been nothing seen or
known Of them for over twenty-fou'
hourS All Of the injured persons, eS-
cept John Mccarthy, arV doing well at
the hospital. Mccarthy died tonight
from internal injuries. He begged his
brother and the firemCn TO XIII him last
njrht when nc wnE flrst found In the de.
bris. and he suffered intensely until his
death.
one OF the most prominent victims Of
the dIRaster Is c. r. Address, president
Of the Andress- -NIenra Wall Paper Coul~
pany He was seen to enter DrAch's
saloon on his wav nome last night Just
before the explosion. and Il was thought
he had escaped. When he did not az
pear aE usual at his place OF business
to-day, inquiry was made at his resi-.
dence and II was learned that he had
not been home last night
The workers had reached his body
when they were called out but they as
ccrtaIned that he was dead and that II
wna Impossible 10 cxtrlcate the body
without ondangerlng thelr own lives.
Address was sitting In chair at n
table drinking glass Of beer and read
ing a paper when the explosion oc-
CURED. This Is clearly indicated by the
present position OF his body, which le
held fast in the timber, He was one OF
the prominent business men OF the city.
The body OF Matte Kennedy was also
found by the workmen In the debris,
but II could not be brought out, and
none OF the bodies remaining In the
wreck can be recovered until the danger
from the surrounding walls Is first re-
moved