Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

nearly half Of The Wainwright
brewery were blown down. The
Summer high school, Eleventh
and spruce; McDermott's saloon,
Eleventh and Chestnut; the Central
Emigrant, on the opposite corner; Jere
Shehan's livery stable, Eleventh and
Walnut, were unroofed. The engineer
Of the Etna iron works, Twenty-First
and Papan streets, WINS almost instantly
killed. The walls blew In and he was
scalded TO death by steam. The Con-
solidsted wire works, Twenty.First
and Papan streets, was almost totally
wrecked. Seven people are known to
have been injured seriously by this
wreck and many more kre said TO have
been hurt by the falling walls. The
twn-stprv building Of the 9. II. Sawyer
Manufacturing Co., 1917 Ch0uLeau
avenue, was demolished John Saw.
yer, . member Of the firm, and Emma
Cheney and Isabella Hamden, type
writer's, were crushed TO death under
the walls II. Il. Sawyer, . member Of
the firm, was injured fatally. The st.
Louis Refrigerator and Woodenware
Co. 3 factory WAS completely destroyed
by fire caused BY lightning. The loss
IL estimated at $500, 1000 A rumor was
widely circulated that the Vas tank
near the consolidated wire works at
the south end Of Twcnty.First street
had been blown over md fell 10 on The
wire works building, killing four men
10 certainty and possibly moro
A dispatch from Csrondslsk Mo-,
stated that 90 dead bodies have boon
taken from the 81 Louis city hospital,
which was completely wrecked and
every patient has probably been
killed. The buildings Of the Refriger.
ator and Wood Cutter companies were
demolished and caught FIRE and were
burned. The loss Of life In these
building Is believed To be very heavy.
The United elevator was blown down.
Liggett a Myers big mandatory,
the largest In the west, was totally
wrecked and the loss Of life was great.
Twonty dead bodies and many
wounded have been recovered from
this building. The scene In the river
was appalling. Steamboats, moored at
their landings were torn away, turned
over and sunk, drowning oil on board.
Many people were seen clinging TO
floating wreckage and piteously up.
pealing for help.
The city morgue Is overcrowded
with dead bodies Among them are
the following: Sophie Demartina,
killed by falling building at Twelfth
and Spruce; Robert Wilson, killed by
falling Of Liggett & Myers tobacco
factory; Katie Claypool; Charles Nee;
William Winkelar Bush, killed by
street car rolling on him; Max Wriss,
driver Eberle & Reyes Livery Co;
Josephine MARITIME; Wallace Bradshaw,
killed at Ewing and Scott avenues;
- Jones' engineer, Aetna Iron works;
FRANK Fisher; julius GAIT; Booker
Epstein; - Bernstein; Fred thinner,
chief engineer Union depot power
house, ). Lempke, manager St Louis
BARRIERS supply, Robert Wilson, " en-
ployes OF Liggett n Myers cigarette
factory; rs employees OF St. Louis
Wooden Gutter Co; Malachi Mcdonald,
80, single, 2745 Clark avenue; unknown
baby, two years old, picked up Twen-
ty-Second and Market streets; John
Pandy; child at 1874 Papin street, two
ut Twenty-Seventh and st. Vincent;
woman at Thirteenth and Soulard
streets; unknown man at Dolman
street and Park avenue; janitor In
ruins OF 81. Paul's church; two chill
dren at 172s South Ninth street;
William 0ttewad; John Burgess;
Wallace I. c Butler; unknown
man found at midnight at
foot OF Chouteau avenue; butcher liv.
ing at 2654 Hickory street, at Kennar.
ark's sausage factory; Robert Miller,
Blair and Benton avenues; unknown
picked up at Third and Rutger;
John Rafferty,; Harry Hess; two un-