New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
KILLED AT THEIR WORK.
NINETEEN OR MORE LIVES LOST IN ST
LOUIS
DIsAsTRCrs RESULT or \ SERIES or EXPLOSIONS
COLLAPSE OF \ BUILDING FILLED WITH
WORKING PEOPLE SCORES INJURED
AND DAMAGE TO THE EXTENT
OF 100000 DONE.

OF 100000 DONE
St Louis Jan. Just at O'Clock this after
noon series of terrific explosions laid in waste
the vicinity Of Second and Vine SITS. where PRINT
ing houses and allied trades are numerous. Just
after the clock struck a boiler In George +.
Merritz's printing office. in the basement of NO
3Os North Thrd-st.. just across the alley from the
storage and commission house Of II. B. Grubh,
exploded In the rear Of the Grubb establish
ment a large quantity OF fireworks was stored
and n second explosion occurred. followed inn
mediately by a third that lifted the Grubb build
ing and dropped II ir a mass Of wreckage The
explosion caused general CONSERVATION. and
every window for three blocks was broken.
large plate glass window l.. the Merchants Ex-
change four blocks away. was shattered and the
traders were stampeded. Up to 8 O'Clock tonight
five bodies had been recovered. nineteen persons
are missing far as reported to the police ana
the list of injured is Of great length. In addition
to the list Of injured given. several others were
hurt. Following is the roll Of victims
DEAD
KOvARICK Joseph A.. boy employed by l"vison x
XIEr,Us Frank boy. employed BY levison Blythe
CAYBRoOK Charles. colored. porter for Anchor Peanut
t1nnany
MEilER Aiber'. cmpo,e Excelsior company.
Two corpses taken from basement Of the Excelsior
wire COMPANY
MISSING
ERICKSON charles ,mploye Excelsior COMPANY.
NNRGEH Chri~. shipping clerk Excelsior company
LEY Thomas shipping clerk Excelsior ''mpan}.
Albert steinmeyer was probably fatally IN
Jurcd Others injured included VIII Brondy-
wcder. Christ Kraft. Horace Dort. l.. Diort
John COrcoran Edgar Vance Benjamin Taylor.
Joseph Brandcwede. William Hcrner. william
Coucshaw. Hugh Allen. Joseph Corcoran Al
t,.t,u f'.,tfI.Y Hf.N
John Carter. Joe Barker and Charles Amos.
The full list of all employees Of the four firms
is not obtainable. and probably IN" list "f
dead will be increased when tn" ruins are over
hauled. f. i. Lass. proprietor f the Excelsior
Wire Company says h. is quite sure hv" of MS
employees did not escape from the building IN"
work ~ examining the ruins wa7 continued to-
night
The police have made complete canvass
as POSSIBLE tonight To ascertain the number
of the missing and the result IL disheartcnng
The list has grown t. nineteen. though it l.
hoped some Of these are temporarily housed
with friends
Al : o'clock the body II Albert Moilier. AZ d
eighteen wac taken from the cellar Of the FIX
cesior Works building 1t was partly burned
As late az o'clock groans were heard in the
wreck and the police had difficulty I'm restrain
city dispensary turned into a hospital and
fully thirty slightly injured persons. besides the
llsr given werc treated there. There are four
bodies a. the morgue. one not yet Identified.
The scene OF the wreck is tn" centre of anx-
ious inquiry from the Kindred ~ the missing
ones They stand M the biting cold and watch
with fearful Eyes the work ~ the wrcCkers
lIftl. work can be done tonight. but /; will be
continued until the ruins thoroughly
searched. II H. believed that many buildings
In the vicinity have been rendered unsafe. and
cegsation OF business about the wreck VIII
Doe had until thorough inspection II made
Some ~ the escapes from death We're miracu-
lDus James Kennedy. printer perched for
twenty minutes the frame of a third-story
window which fell just as the ladder mon
reached him John Marlowe was or IN" street
in front - the iruhh building. and was hurled
across the street again"i horse that had h"tn
killed agains; the opporltc wall James '"ula-
shaw. one Of the injured. was found under the
wreck with a heavy beam supporting the
wrcctaRe above him \ heavy telegraph pole
fell across an express wagon and killed the
hors- John Carney. the driver. escaped unin-
iurod Tho stories ~ escape from death axe
almos' innumerab".
Th. total loss VIII exceed 000oo. all insured.
The H. H. Grubb Commission Company oc' M
pied the ground floor If ~. 3'9 North second
st. and tn. Anch nor Company thu second and
,hrd floors Adjoining the wrecked building "n
th. SOUTH j. the Lovson Il Blyth" Printing
Company. whcr" most Of the injured w"r- ON
rlpved The north walls and two noors went
down ON the north il the Excelsior Wire COM
pany's building also partly wrecked. Within
a ha.f-mlnute the three buildings Were wrapped
lamfs