The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-06
CINCIyNATTS HORROR
1t Is Now Believed That About
Twenty Perished.
TIE WORK OF RESCUE RETARDED.

W NA'-- CA ANAil9OO " II III n MILL
The Men who Were Digging in the Ruin
Forced 60 Quit Work for Fear of a Fun
ther Collapse Bracing Up the Tottei
ing Walls.
CINcINNATG, May 6.-The burial alive G
well known people has caused general di.
tress here. After the explosion of Monde
night that demolished the five story build
lngs occupied by Adolph Draoh and Loui
| Fey on the first floors, and with flats OF
the four upper floors, relays of workmer
continued removing the debris till almost
! noon yesterday, when everybody was OF
dered from the premises and Walnu
street between Fourth and Fifth street,
] was kept clear Holes had been made II
the walls of adjoining buildings through
which to extricate victims. The great
mass OF debris supported these walls. anC
lts removal caused the adjacent walls &c
bulge out so that a still greater calamity
mas been momentarily expected from both
sides of the wreckage.
When the street cleaning force and fire
men were ordered away it was believed
that there were several persons still in the
debris, and some Of them alive but the
engineers agreed with the building in
spector that loss of life to the workmen
was inevitable if they proceeded. Braces
We're put up against the walls and scat
Iolds quickly constructed. The work of
tearing down adjacent walls is progress
ing with all possible speed. Meantime
those still in the debris had to be left to
ther tate, and no more are likely TO be
taken out alive. There have been eight
uead bodies recovered two are in sight
and ten are still missing.
Ihere were many more included in the
Ist Oh those missing yesterday, but those
VINO are still missing are generally be-
HeVed to be in the ruins The names of
all missing persons have been so generally
published that those not belonging in that
llsJ promptly reported to police headquar-
ters Inquiries have been made at the
residences of those who are still missing
today and there has been nothing seen or
known of them. All of the injured per-
sons are doing we'll lat the hospital. John
MCCARTHY died at the hospital last night
from internal injuries. He begged his
brother and the flremen to kill him Mon
day night, when he was first found in the
debris, and he suffered intensely until his
death.
One of the most prominent victims of
the disaster is c. +. Address, president of
the Address -Meara Wall Paper company.
He was seen to enter Drach's saloon on his
way home just before the explosion, and
1t was at first thought he had escaped The
workmen had reached his body when they
were called out but they ascertained that
he was dead and that it was impossible to
extricate the body without endangering
their own lives. Address was sitting in n
chair at table drinking a glass of beer
and reading paper when the explosion
occurred. This is clearly proven by the
present position of his body which is held
fast in the timber. The body of Mamie
Kennedy was also found by the workmen
in the debris but it could not be brought
out and none Of the bodies remaining in
the wreckuge can be recovered until the
danger from the surrounding walls is first
removed.
1t was at first supposed that Mrs. Drach
was among the dead, but when she was
reached by rescuers yesterday she was still
alive, but suffering terribly. She was pin
Toned for hours with baby in her arms.
She had been in sight for over two hours.
and stimulants and water were passed
down at intervals The baby was living
on her breast apparently uninjured While
across her body lay the corpse of Ella Sin.
gleton The falling timbers had crushed
out Miss Singleton's life, but her body
protected Mrs. Drach from death.
The list of the dead so far as known is |
as follows; Rollin A. Davis Hamilton,
o.. Ella Singleton, GAINESVILLE, o., domes- |
tici Adolph Drach, proprietor of the cafe |
in which the explosion occurred Felicia |
Drach, aged . years; G.. s. Wells, recently |
from Texas; Mary Kennedy, domestic for
Drach; John Mccarthy, clerk; C. Fred |
Andress, president Andres Meara Wall |
Paper company.
Missing and probably buried in the
ruins; William Meyer, Barbara Stein |
hamp, Louis Fisdick, James Grant Will |
lam Roberts, doc" Seaman, William
Lauth, John McGarvey, b. f. Southgate.
Newport, Ky; A. L. Lightfoot, Newport:
H. H, Wilson, Toledo, o.; John Beers,
Lafayette, Ind; William Carr Newport
KY.
There are still ten victims at the hosni-
jal, All are doing we'll except Mrs. OLGA
Drach. Even Willard r. Cook and sid
ley johnson, who were considered danger.
'usly injured, are now improving. 1t is
cared that Mrs, Drach, whose head body
md feet are badly hurt, will not recover.
Ter little boy, with his broken arm and
,ruigp6 bodv Is in tho bn.nital ,,.i+b -.