The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-05-07
CANE DOWN WITH A CRASH
THE AWFUL EFFECTS OF a Case
LINE EXPLOSION IN GIN
CINNATI, OHIO.
F|VE-STORY BUILDING DEMOLISHED.
Six Known to Be Dead-Many More
Missing-Large List of Injured.
Scenes of Grief and Suffering
Around the Wreck.

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Scenes of Grief and Suffering
Around the Wreck.
Cincinnati. May This city and
vicinity has been greatly excited tonight
over the explosion of large tank of gaso-
line, which completely demolished the
fvc-story building at 422 and 424 Walnut
street tonight.
After the explosion reports were cur
rent as to loss of life. BY midnight il
was known that six were killed and six
| injured, but the work of removing the
debris had proceeded so slowly that the
general estimate of the killed and wound
ed does not exceed this number. The
explosion did not carry the debris any
distance from the building or even OBJ
struct the street. The building seemed
to collapse within the space it occupied.
| 1t was found the only way to rescue
| the victims was to remove the mass of
brick and timber. Men were put 10
debris was being showed by one force out
into the streets and into rear alleys; all
available teams were secured for another
force of men to load it up and get it out
of the way of the rescuing party. This
is found to be the only practicable means
of reaching those who were on the lower
floors. All those who have been rescued
were on the upper floors except some who
were thrown out into the street.
While this work was going on, holes
were cut through the foundations of ad-
jacent buildings and debris was taken
out and three lives were saved by persons
being rescued in that manner. 1t is
thought others will be saved by these
holes through the basement walls of adj
joining buildings.
The family of Adolph Drach suffered
most severely. Drach and his wife are
numbered among the dead, as is also his
| 5-year-Old daughter, and his 3-year-Old
boy is believed to be dying.
Noel Davis, a travelling man for the
| Columbus Carriage company of Hamil-
| ton, Ohio, and two others, unidentified,
complete the list of those known to be
| dead.
Among the injured are:
Sid Johnson, barkeeper for Louis Fey,
| arm broken.
Billy Cook, water works, arm broken.
Barbara Huttleson, leg broken.
Joseph Nj. Memmel, not serious.
Harry Herrick. cut on the head.
Fred Healy, arm and shoulder hurt.
Joseph Sprague, porter.
Conductor Pollard.
- Fisher.
- Huron.
William Lauth.
William Louis. .r
S. S. Wells.
w. ID. Crowby, paper hanger.
w. Il. Cook, clerk.
| j. ID. Ward, race horse man, of Toledo
Among the missing who are believed
| to be in the ruins are:
X. A. Prick.
Joseph Worthner, barkeeper.
Louis Fey, wife and baby.
Also two servant girls in the families
of Fey and Roach.
4 most touching scene occurred when
| Fireman John Mccarthy found his
brother pinioned under Il heavy beam
and begged the men to kill him. Me
Carthy said there were other men neal
him and they were alive. An effort to
rescue them was made. but proved in
vain. up to midnight. There were many
who suffered slight injuries whose names
can not he learned.
Some of those who were in the sa-
lnnns NVnrn thrown ont IN tbp SiUpWa liz
and suffered sl;ght Injuries Among
than wos Mr. Unalv Of thn Aimes no.
tnI IIn rcnnrtnd about twenty in that
roSort whom Tho huildinS went down.
H. Drocb hnin~ amonr the victims.
Il i, nrahnhIn II viii never Lo known how
tbo nvnIosinn came ohout He had been
dawn into The basement and had noured
a basin Of Gasoline into thn tank He
bod inst secured n new engine, and in
tondod IN start if tonight for motive
nnwer for furnishing incondescent lights.
Cincinnati; Nav AT = o'clock the
fvol Story hni,JinS ot 40 and 12I Wal
nnt Strnet wos hiown to tbn ground Inv
m eynlosion of gasoline, The shock
wos sn tnrriftic that II was felt all over
thn citv and NOT one bricE unon anotber
is loft in Tho front and renr walls of the
huildinn while the ndiocnnt buildings are
h"dIv don,o"ed and tTe GLASS in The win
dows of tbn Wilson bousn and tha large
iohnSon Ln;I5;n~ across Tho Strent we're
ali hroEon Tbe GLASS was hroken ont
nf stront cars that wore nossing nj the
timo and one of the cars was badly
wrncled but M nossengers were burt
An tbo borsos in Tho immediate nn;gh.
horhond hroto Ionse from their "a sten-
mos and ram away and tbere was NOT
nniv intcnsn cycitement. but also the
yreotast confusion
Tho exniosinn fool, nl,ce four doors
fran, tbe ;ntnrsaction If Fifth and Wal
nnt streots whore Tho nostof;cn ;S In.
cated on one side and fountain snuore