The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-05-09
NOT ONE ESCAPED
FIvE-STORN BUILDING IN CINCIN.
NATI DESTROYED.
An Explosion of Gasoline Almost
Completely Wrecks the Building,
and Of the Many People In the
Structure All Are Either Killed
or Injured-lt 10 Not Known a.
Yet How Many Lives Are Lost.

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Fifth streets, was blown to the ground
by an explosion of gasoline. The
shock was SO terrific that 1t was felt
al, non oyer sro,e, the set sns ar,sk
rear ri%n wallis SHs"ea Of Ii 81 NJ =
and the glass itsy : NJ
Gibson house at0
building, across tk6l s6gfeSs. q
broken. The glass was broken out 6f
street cars that were passing at the
time, and one of the cars was badly
wrecked. but none Of the passengers
were seriously hurt. All the horses
in the immediate neighborhood broke
from their fastenings and ran away.
and there was not only intense excite.
ment. but, also, the greatest confusion.
Several people We're slightly hurt in
stampedes Of crowds.
The ground floor of 432 Walnut
street was occupied by Adolph G.
Dmch as a saloon. He owned that
part of the building. and the other part
was owned by NJ. Goldsmith. and the
first floor OF this building. 4:.O Walnut
street. was also occupied by Il saloon
run by Louis Fey. The upper stories
of the live-stOry building were orcu.
pied as flats. 1t is not known how
many people We're in the flats. or how
many were in the saloons. hut none
escaped. as the building
Immediately COlln pxrsl
There was no fire to consume debris
and make certain death of all in the
building. but the dust and dirt con-
tinucd flying for Il long time so denscly
that the work of reSruing tho victims
proceeded with great difficulty, al
though the police and fire departments 8
rallied hcrocally to the work. The sa-
looms were said to be quite full Of
people. One of tho hMrkrepcrs who
was not on duty at the time. escaped.
He lived in one of the upper flats. and
was wild with grief because he knew
that his Wife and four children were
in the ruins. One of his children was
recovered. dead. soon after the cx-
plOSlOn. There arc wild reports about
the extent of the loss of life. Six
bodies We're recovered an hour and a,
children of Mr.. DElcll was recovered
dead. The body Of Mrs. Drach was
found soon after tho explosion. hut it
could not he cXtra,Itcd from the TIM
Der. During the evening there was
much excitement among .llr guests in
the Gibson house AMI all places in
the vicinity of Walnut street. The .x-
element was tho mast intense hrr:l,,Sr
it could not be definitely learned tia,
the saloons had put in their own clcc-
tric light plants and had just secured
a gasoline engine with which to run
the dynamos. The plant got out of
fix and there was Il flash which com
municatrl to the gasoline ana caused
the explosion. The sudden collapse
of the large building Smoll,crrd every
thing in the cellar so that there was
no fire. The iremcn were soon as
sisted by some expert engineers who
made openings through the basement
walls Of adjacent buildings and were
recovering some of the victims in that
manned. The debris seemed to al
fall into one heap and not scatter
about the street SO that there was the
greatest difficulty in recovering th".
dead bodies and rrsruing the injured.
Six bodies and eighteen injured have.
been removed from the debris. but
many others still remain under the
mass of wreckage.
Cincinnati. May 7.-'rhc burial alive
of we'll known people has caused gen
eral distress here to-day. After the
explosion that demolished the five.
story building occupied by Adolpl
Dmcl and Louis Fey. on the first
floors. and with fats on the four up.
per floors RELAYS of wurkincn continued
i,,.r l.Ni al,
when everylmdy was ordered from The
premises and Walnut street between
Fourth and Fifth streets was Kept
clear. Holes had been made in the
wallis of adjoining buildings through
which to eXtritnir victims. The great
mass of debris supported these wallis
and it's removal caused the adjacpnt
wallis to bulge out 50 that 81 still great
or calamity has been mollrmtHriIy en-
prcted from both sides Df the wreck.
age. When the street cleaning force.
and fiwnen Were ordered away. il
was believed that there We're several
persons still in the debris ana some of
them alive: but the engineers agreed
with the building inspector that the
loss of life 10 the wOrkllItn was inevi-
table il they proceeded. Braces were
put up against the walls and scaffoids
quickly constructed. The work of tear.
ing down adjacent wallis is l,rogrp>sln.
with all possible speed today. Mean
time those still in the debris had to be
left to their fate. and no more arr.
likely to be taken out alive. There
have been eight dead recovered, and
seven are still missing
Those known to be- dead are: IIollin
A. Davis. Hamilton. Ohio: Ella Single
ton. GAINESVILLE. Ohio. domestic; A.lolph
Drlch. proprietor of the cafe in which
tell explosion occurred: Felicia Drncii.
aged > years: G. :. Wells. recently
from Texas; Mary Kennedy. domestic
for Dmch; John Mccarthy. clerk: G..
+. Address. president Address -AIeara
Wall Paper company.
Those missing are: William Meyer.
barbara Steinkamp. Louis I'iSdick,
James Grant. William Roberts. Doe
Seaman. William Lauth. John Mc(;ar-
vcy. John Soutllgate. Newport. ily.;
John LigInfoot. Newport; II. ii. Will
son. Toledo; John Beers. Lafayette,
Ind; William Carr. Newport, Ky.