Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-05-08
Gasoline In Fast Becoming a Rival "a
Dynamite as Il Fatal EX.
plosiVe.
ClkCINHATI WAS THE SCENE
Fiye.>tory Nni ding Was Blown Up
and Many Persons Killed and
Injured,


Walnut street. between Fourth and 1iftt
streets. aa- blown &c the ground 10y an
eEp,osjoooe gasoline. The shock was SC
terrific lgal ir was felt al. over the city
aua not one ar.c6 upon another is left in
the front and rear wallis OF the building,
Whine ..e o.. aeeat buildings are badly
damaged a.3 glass in the windows ID
the Gibson hous. aud the large johnson
building, ao:9ss the stree&, were all
broken A.-ss Eas broken i'd the street
cars that we're passing at the time and
one Of the ears was badly wrecked, but
none Of the passe2gara was seriously
hurt All the horses 10 the immediate
vicinity broke from their fastenings and
ran away, ana there was no, only intense
excitement, but lsJ the greatest con
fusion.
The explosion took place in the bust
est and most crowded part of the city
and the streets were soon packed with
people.
The grouul floor OF 49, Walnut street
was occupied by AdoIph G. Drach as a
saloon, He owned that part of the
building and the other part was owned
by NJ, Goldsmith, and the first floor Of
the bui ling at 43O Walnut street was
also oc ,upied by d saloon run by Louis
Fey Iha upper floors of the five story
bui.D.1g we're occupied as flats. 1t is
not 6Iow1 at IL o'clock how many peo-
pie were ia the iats or how many were
il the saloons None escaped as the
building Immediately collapsed. There
was no fire to consume the debris and
make certain the death of all in the
building, but the dust and debris con
tinued flying for long time so densely
that the work OF rescuing the victims
proceeded with great difficulty, although
the police and fire departments rallied
heroically TO the work. The saloons are
said to have been full of people. One of
the barkeepers. who was not on duty at
the time and escaped, lived in one of the
NPP0i "a'o aho "o7 VIII Will SIAel pe-
cause he knew bis wife and four children
were 10 the ruins. One OF his children
was recovered dead soon after the explo-
sion There are wild reports about the
extent OF the loss OF life. Six bodies
were recovered up to 9;,}O p. m, and it is
known there are many more F'iremen
are working IN the rear and on both
sides OF tins wreck, while policemen are
@eepln2 The place clear and protecting
tLe work Of rescue.
-'.'ty # Mrs, Drara was found
7ala Alter ,D" explosion, bat it could
.at '."ElH-s-"t from. the timber and
.'- +. 'a. debris ut l1 O'Clock. Be
..se ".. '-.~lc 1t was l.aown that SIX
n.7. -.aa al i .a. rnuI, but thn
"."f .. ~..HrlGI the ."oI.- proceeded
s' 5.,".. .-.. the genera. estimate Of
--.- al ,..-.a-l greatly exceeded
t1.- L...,.".
A"oa- '4. lt.Hrnl We're HlI johnson,
oar..e"Inr ttc Lpui- FAY, arm broken;
a-- Cook. watnr"orl.5 c~pIoye, arm
-uH"r. .4r0ara iIutt."+Dn, leg broken;
.-e'- N-unle,, not segiou-; Harry
.iar"i-f. "atar"ork, emp,oye, cut on
leaI; red IL-a.ey, back and shoulder.
Noryrn1n StC.fel, Joseph Sprague,
FDrtar Conductor FyIiiard, Fisher,
Hutton William Leulb, William Loheide,
81. T.. Hon wick, booakeepar; S. S. Wells.
clark " -. d, Crosby, paper hanger;
WjiiCrd f, Cook clerk; j, d. Ward, race
horse man oi Iotedo. ONO, Among the
missing who are believed to be in the
runs are; r. y, Ericke, Norwood; Jos.
Werthner, barkeepei, Louis Foy, wife
and baby; also two servant girls in the
families Of t'oy and Dachs.
A most touching scene occurred when
Fireman John Mccarthy found his
brother pinioned under heavy beam,
begging the men above him to kill him.
MCCARTHY said there were three other
men near him and they were alive.