The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-03
Terrible Results Of An Explosion
In st. Louis.
FIRE ADDS HORROR TO THE SCENE
Three KILLED. Four Missin. and n Num-
Dor BADLY Injured-Awtui scenss
Of Suffering.

and Wire works.
Missing: Norman Arthur. fireman. Ex-
celsior Iron and Wire works; L. A. Lay.
shipping clerk. Excelsior Iron works; Chas
Axson, teamster. Excelsior Iron works;
Joseph Caverock.
Fatally injured: Alnys schnitz, aged 15,
burned internally; Charles Il. Moss. letter
carrier, internally injured. also thirty-one
others. who received less serioS injuries.
caused mostly by falling glass and bricks.
AZ near as can be ascertained their names
are as follows: Albert Stctnmayer, boy
in Levison 4 Blythes. leg crushed and
arms broken; VIII Brandeweis. cuts on
head, face and body. Chris Laft, deep cut
over right cye Horace Diort, cut IN upper
lip; l.. Diort. numerous cuts on head and
face; John C. Corcoran. employed by the
Freye Stationery company, hurt severely
about the head. besides sustaining severe
bruises about the body: Edgar Vance, an
employe OF the George Merltz Blank Book
company, badly cut about the head and
badly injured; s. W. Goldshaw. 10 years
old, cut about neck, back and head seri-
Gus; Hugh p. Allen. typesetter, employed
at Byron G. Clark Printing company, sef-
ously cut about the head II. l.. Green,
badly bruised Joe Corcoran. severely cut
and bruised; Joseph Deverak, cut and
bruised, Al Schcitz. badly burned, will
die; w. r. Colshard. employee of Levison
g. Blythe. badly cut in face by flying
gipss; Michael Slack. driver for Lammert
Furniture company. leg and hand cut:
W. i. Clark, slight cut on right wrist;
Fireman Thomas Fitzgerald of No. G
walls; Richard C. Coeshaw. aged 49, n
printer employed by the Freye tSationery
company head badly cut and piece Of
glass blown in right eye, serious; Fred
Williams. aged %, hands and head cut.
not serious; Annie Monnigan, hands cut +;
Frank Sand. cut about neck and head by
glass; Bob Boles prcssman, cut In several
places by glass; Charles Weir. employed
by Little & Beckcrs, cut about face and
head with glass; Warren Clark. of Clark
& Seymour, received piece of glass in
right hand, causing slight wound: u. c.
Wbitlock. foreman of Excelsior company,
Frank Hager. II. S. Green, Fred Ravcne.
George Werner. ]. barrett and Robert T..
Brrk, cut less seriously by flying glass.
st. Louis. January 2.-Three persons
were killed, two men fatally, four mora
are missing and thirty-one received In
jurles more or less serious as the result
of an explosion that occurred this inter-
noon at 300 North Second street
Everybody for blocks around Second.
Third. Locust and Olive streets was
startled shortly before ] o'clock today by
a series of three explosions that de-
mollsbed the building at 300 Second street,
in which IL occurred badly damaged adj
joining structures and shattered thousands
of panes of glass in the vicinity.
The building. which is occupied by the
Anchor Peanut company and II. u.
Grubb, agent OF Ditwiior & Street. of
Greenfield N. j.. was set on fire In some
mann er. The flames, which started on the
III st floor. communicated to a quantity OF
fire works on the second floor owned by
Grubb.
These exploded with terrific force,
TIN owing burning brands, bricks and debris
in every direction. The conclusion had
rent the partition wall to the south into
the Levison & Blythe Muclage and Ink
Manufacturing company and Excelsior
Wire and Iron Manufacturing company
adjoining on the north and the flames
communicated to these two buildings in
which a considerable number of men and
boys were at work.
Three alarms We're sent In. The whole
dowh town fire department responded and
SIX ambulances were kept busy conveying
the dead and wounded to the morgue ana
city dspcnsary.
Emmett Kennedy. a boy, was taken
! from a tn I'd story front window OF Levi
Yon 4 Biythes establishment. Kennedy
said there were two other men near the
middle OF the second floor. the flrench
hurried to the spot ana could near thr
cries of the men who were aiowiy puFh-
BY this time stream Of water was
turned on the fire surrounding the men,
who were screaming pitcously for hcp.
As soon as the flames were suIdned
dozen hrcmen BEGAN to tear away In, ne
wreckage around the Imprisoned men win
picks axes and saws. Albert Stenneyer
was taken out and soon after the crushed
aud dead body Of Frank Nehaus was re-
The most horrifying incident OF the fire
was the suffering OF Stelnmeyer while the
/ fircmen were removing the debris which
J held him pinned down in the wreck
| Both Of his legs were fastened by tim
| hcrs and neavY iron ring enclr sled his
neck, while the IRE was eating into his
flesh. He suffered the most horrible agony
as the rescurers pulled away at the splin-
tered timbers and twisted iron work
! DIR. A. l.. Boyce. who happened 10 be
passing was called In and he crnwled Into
! the wreckage and administered a hypoder-
mic Injection of morphine to the sufferer
When he was finally rescued Steinmeyer
was bleeding from hundred wounds. was
burned In many places and badly cr,tshed
Manager Moore OF the Lcvison & Blythe
company stated that Joe Kavarick was
missing and that his body must be In the
wrecked building
| The firemen again returned TO the expIo-
ration Of the wreckage and cleared away
| o great portion OF II without findnc the
body. Flames soon broke out afresh and
| II was decided 10 abandon the search un-
til the wreckage was soaked with water
| The hook and ladder were then trans
| ferrod TO the rear of the Excelsior Wire
| and Iron works. where fifteen men were
| AZ work. How many escaped could not
| be learned.
The bodies of Albert Meuier and Paul
49,