The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-06
MANY WERE BURIED ALIVE.
Prominent Citizens of Cincinnati
Caught In the Explosion.
GENERAL DISTRESS IN THE CITY.
Surrounding Walls May Fall orkmcn
Ordered Bnck-IpJured Arc Doing
Weil-Scvcu Missing.

Cincinnati, Ohio. May 5.--The burial
alive of well known people has caused
general distress here today. After tho ex-
plosion of last night, which demolished
the avc-stofy building occupied by Adolph
Diaeh and Louis Fey on the frs, iloor,
and with flats on the four upper stories,
relays OF workmen continued removing the
debris til almost noon when everybody
was ordered from the Premises and Wall
nu, street between Fourth and Fifth
streets was kept clear.
Holes hud been made in the walls of ad-
joining buildings through which to ex-
tricate the victims The great mass OF
debris was supported by these walls and
lis removal caused the adjacent walls to
bulge out so that great calamity has
been expected from both sides of tho
wr,,knrr. W When The street c,,aning body
~ men was ordered away II was believed
lhat there were several persons stiil In
% debris aud some of Them alive, but
the eAtilc,rs agreed with the building in
srector i!dt the loss OF life to workmen
Wus Inevitable II they proceeded Braces
W-ie put up against the walls and scat
fields quickly constructed, Inc work of
tearing down adjacent walls is progress
INK with all possible speed tonight. Mean
tim those sun IN the debris huil TO be left
ia thnir fnte uuE no more are likely to he
lHA.t tWl ANNts l iNIt nave fftn tlEnt
dend recovered up 10 10 O'Clock tonight
an.i seven are still missing.
There were many moro included in the
A-; of those missing during the day. but
those VINO nre stan missing tonight nre
generally believed Ia he ia the ruins. The
names Of all missing persons have been so
extensively published that those not he
longing In the list reported to the police
hratquarters
Injuries have been made at the homes
OF those who are sun missing. All in
jured PERSONS except John Mccarthy are
doing well at the hospital. Mccarthy died
Tonight from Internal injuries He begged
his brother and the iiremcn to kin him
las, hight when he was first found in the
debris and he suffered intensely until
his death.
one OF the mist prominent victims of
NE disaster is +. Amdress; president
pany He was seen to enter Drach's sa-
loon on his way home last night before
the explosion and 1t is thought he has
escaped When he Did moi appear Mt his
plnce OF business today inquiry was made
at lis residence and u was learned that
he had NOT been home last night. The
Norkmon had reached his body when they
he was dead and II was Impossible to eX-
iricatc thc body without endangerins
their own lives. Address was sitting IN
hair at table drinking glass of beer
and reading "a paper when the explosion
occurred. This Is clearly indicated by
the present position OF his body. lie was
Of the city
Tho body of Mamie Kennedy was also
found by he workmen in the debris hut
l. could not bo brought out and none of
the hodies remaining in the wreckage
can be recovered until the danger from
the Surround,ns wallis IS first removed.
ROLLS \. Davis.
w. a. singleton.
Adolph ptach, proprietor Of the cafe in
whiah tho explosion occurred.
Feleia Drach. ageVd 8 years.
G.; W. Wells, recently from Texas.
Mary Kennedy, domestic Tor Drach.
JoM Mccarthy. clert
a. r. Address. president Andress- Meara
Wall Paper company.
Missing " iam Meyer, Barbara S.ron-
kamp, Louis l'osdick. James Grant Viii
liam Roberts. Doc Seaman. william
Lalih. John McGaryey. -. southdale of
MeYpo wi NS Of dldS5a h'f9 oh, Of Newp9ri
liam Carr Of Newport. Ky.