The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-05-08

Cincinnati. May = At : o'clock last
night the nNe-~torY builolia-. i;,D ana
H. Walnut Strrct. between Fourth aud
Fifth streets VAS blown To thn gruund
by an CNpinSion OF gasoline. The
shock NaS :, trri.lir that II was :rlt
all oyer the city. ai.d not otn' brick
upon anothe" i~ lrft in the front and
rear walls 81 h,. hlld.ng while the
adjacent buildings are badly damaged
and he glass ia thr windows III the
Gibson house ana the large JDh.S,n
huiliing, across the street. WaS All
brokeu The glass was broken out of
street ears thai were passing 1T the
time, and ONE of the cars wnS badly
wrecked, but none Of tn" passengers
wrr" seriously hurt. All the horses
in the immrdiatn urigAborhoud broke
from their faStrningS and ram away,
and there was not only intense excite
ment. but. also the greatest confusion.
Several people W"r" slightly hurt III
StamprtlrS el crowds
III" ground floor of A32 Valiant
street was occupied by Ad5lp!l C.
Drarh az a saloon He owned that
part of the building and the other part
WAS owned by NJ Goldsmith and the
first ionl of this building. 40 Walnut
street. was also occupied hY :, saloon
run ~ Louis Fey. The upper stories
Of the nyn-Story building wore Qccu-
pied RS fats. /, is not llnown how
many people We're in the flats. or how
many We're in the saloons, but none
escaped, as the building
Imn,rtlia,ri, Collapsed
There was no ht.r to consume debris
and make cpitala death OF all in tGA
huil.ia4. hnt ihr dust and dirt con-
tihred dying fol 4 long time SO deE>eiY
hat the work Of rpSruill9 The victims
proceeded with great difficulty, al
thpmgi the polio" ANA fire departments
rallied heroirallN to thr work The aa-
looms We're said 10 hc quite full Of
}eoplr. OIp 0f Che barlleeprrS who
wa. pot On duty II the time, escaped.
lie lived Ill ole Of Ii, upper flats, ard
was Wild WITH 4riri because Aa know
THAT his wife Anl four children wore
IN lac ruins. 'tGr Of his children was
recovered dead soon after thn rx-
plo>ion Thefr are Wild reports about
rhe rNicnt of sic loss Of life >X
bodies werr recovered an hour ana Il
half a4tea. I've eN itlo>ion One of the
children of Nj nrat.l4 WAS recarerei
dead. The bod If Mrs Dfarh WAS
found saan afies lie explosion. hat i
.ailtI eat hp e&tf%s tctl from Ill tin
her i'uling ~ evening tAeva WIS
much eNeiteMFr among 1he guests i'll
ffr t5h>@a house and all pla0os Ill
tn" NierHty of What street the cx-
eitca'ent= NaSt he mos if1ef.>e s-sallse
i could nat 80 deih.teiy = Sod that
lhe s.tioons liaa psi III their eva e!et'-
trI,=lisht plants ard hli iESt secured
Il gasoline engine with which ~ inn
the dynalao@. IAa plant got out Of
liz a4a ihe1,t W i ila~3 Vhirh eonl-
munieatet! IL tie - .toli2e ard tlnSed
thc explosion. | Ile >l:adeu "allansa
81 tire large building snothnt"i nvrry
thing in the cellar 50 that There was
nn tire. The tilemen wnre soon rs
sisted ~ sofnC=rNnelt engineers who
made openings Trough 1iie basement
wallis Of nd jatcnl hrldnes apd Mare
recovering some of the victims HI tllat
manned illr debris seemed 10 all
fall into oue hran and aa1 scatter
about - street - fllit ths''e ~ he
gfeate,t ditlirfltf +, :. ...,isg BE-
dead bodies and rrSruins Tile Injured.
Six bodies AMI eighteen injured have
been removed from the debris. hut
many others sill remain tinler the
mass Of wreeka2e.