San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28

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At the Gates wire mill 2lst street
and Gratiot, scene indescribable
was met with. An immense por-
ton OF the roof of the building was
piled up high on the south end Of
the bridge.
Mr.. Lippie, who was employed
at the Gates mill, said that four
persons were badly hurt, two ia
tally.
Mr.. Lippie could not say how
many were hurt, but thought that
Of the 400 men and boys that were
in the building only four were hurt.
Two little ramshackle tenement
houses at 5l5 and Sl7 South Jeffer-
SON avenue were completely do
molished. Three people were
crushed to death in the former and
one in the latter, and the bodies OF
the four inmates are supposed to
be buried in the debris.
At Sl4 old Mrs. Clay, her daugh.
ter and granddaughter Katie, aged
IL, are reported tJ be dead. The
bodies of the latter were recovered.
Across the street, Wallace Brad
shaw, colored, was caught beneath
fallen roof and horribly mangled.
He was dead before assistance
reached him. There are supposed
to be three bodies under the ruins.
A little further out OF Jefferson
. avenue at the north end OF the foot
, bridge, q small tenement was
j, wrecked and man, wife and child
buried In the debris. A force Of
r men from Browns oil refinery
, nearby which was also torn to
Q pieces went to the rescue and
saved the lives Of the man and his
!. wife. The latter was found under
J the ruins OF the bed with her dead
!, baby clasped In her arms. The
: woman was in q semi-conscious
J. condition, but was not badly ipjur-
0 ed. Her husband was cut and
b bruised about the head and face.
2 The body of his mother, who was
in the house when 1t collapsed, is
4 supposed to be under the wreckage
@ in the cellar, The dead baby and
8 fatally injured father were taken
% to the Refinery company's office.
|. The cigar stand near the Eads
{ bridge was blown away and Gill
{ bert Chapman, the owner, escsped
: without injury.
s The ratings on both sides of the
I. Twelfth street bridge are down,
8 and the police will not allow any
l. one to go over il. A car on the
v Southern Electric line was blown
a off the track. The motorman's
S right leg was broken. An unknown
= man on the car was killed.
dI At the st. Louis wire mills,
/. Twenty.first and Gratiot streets,
g Henry Abner, aged 26, was seri-
!. ously injured by falling timbers.
!. George Banuett, 40 years old,
q was crushed about the head. He
J. will die.
IS George Pepper, SO years Of age,
10 was internally injured.
n The copper Doof OF Schield's
O school on Seventh between Carr
II and Biddell, was blown of.
The roof of the three-story brick
at S04 Washington avenue, was
II blown of. Mrs. Stain, who lives
n in the house, was struck by flying
a. debris, but was not seriously hurt.
!. DR.. Max Starkloff, city health
% officer, while standing in the yard
n OF the old city hall, had his left
d arm dislocated by falling flag
"a staff.
a Robt. Wilson, colored, 80 years
OF age, was badly bruised at
Schliek, Harrison & Towards
foundry, at Twelfth and Gratiot
~ streets, by flying bricks from M.
> M. Bucks warehouse.
9 Pat Moran, switchman whose
L. home is in Ironton, Pa, had his
10 right leg broken.
John Tylor, aged A, was badly
l. injured about the head.
Will am Flint had his right leg
S broken. He is engineer for the AL
den Vinegar company.
n Superintendent Fred Mack, of
d the morgue, and Adolph Urer, of
d Sprinkling department, were drlv-
ing at 18th and Olive streets, when
q their buggy was blown over. They
escaped with bruises.
u Gertie Mckinney, IL years OF age,
II was buried under a falling house,
IS the back OF her head and body 2u-
o jured.
d Bridget Gum, 80 years OF age,
was buried by debris, her skull
d fractured and legs broken. 1t is
is not thought sho can survive. She
d was taken to the city hospital.
Frank Fisher, of 1914 Pappin,
70 was killed by the falling OF part
of his home.