The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-08
MLNY LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
Houses Blown up by Explosion of Ss"ani
and Powder.

and Powder.
ST LOUIS, Jan. 2.--Just d: 100 clock
this affernoou. a series o. terriE: eX-
plosions lai.i waste in the vicinity "f
Second aud Viue streets, where p:':n.-
ina houses aud allied trades aTe MI
nerous. Just after the clock strock
boiler in George +. Merritzes print
ing Office, basement Of No sos North
Third street, Just across the alley from
the storage an dcommission house Of
H. B. Irubb. exploded. In th2 rear
of the Grub establishment large
quantity of fireworks was stored aud; :;
second explosion occurred, followed
Immediately by third that lifted the
Grubb establishment and dropped 1t IN
a mass of wreckage. The explosion
caused general CONSERVATION and ev
ery window for three blocks away
was broken. 4 large plate glass WIN
dow in the Merchants exchange four
blocks; away was shattered and the
traders stampeded. Up to 6 o'clock
tonight five bodies have been recover
ed: four persons are missing as lar as
reported to the police and the list OF
injured numbers 19. In addition to
the list of injured given several others
were hurt. Following is the roll:
The Dead-Joseph koyarick, boy,
employed by Levison & Blythe; Frank
Niehsus, boy, employed by Levison Y
Blythe; Charles Claybrook, colofed,
porter for Anchor Peanut company.
Two corpse taken from the basement
of the Excelsior Wire company.
The missing-Chris Carger, shipp-
ing clerk Excelsior Wire company;
Thos Ley, shipping CLERK Excelsior
Wire company; Al Mellier, employee
Excelsior company; Chas. Ericsson,
employee Excelsior company.
The injured-Al5ert Steinmeyer,
probably fatally; Will Brondiweder,
Christ, Christ. Kraft, Horace Diort
and John Corcoran, Edgar Vance,
Ben Taylor, JOS Brandewide, Will
lam Cougleshaw, Hugh Alien, Joe
Corcoran, Albert Schneitz, Henry
STACK, Richard Cougleshaw, John
Carter, Joe Barker and Chas. Amos.
The full list of all employees Of the
four firms is not obtainable, and prob
ably the list of dead will be increased
when the ruins are overhauled. E. ?.
Lass, proprietor of the Excelsior Wire
com pany says he is quite sure FIVE OF
his employees did not escape from the
building.
The H. B. Grubb company occupied
the ground floor Of 309 North Second
street and the Anchor company the
second and third floors. Adjoining
the wrecked building on the south is
the Levison & Blythe printing COM
pany, where most Of the injured were
employed. The north walls and two
floors went down. On the north is
the Excelsior Wire company's build
ing, also partly wrecked. Within a
half minute, three buildings were
wrapped in flames.
The police have made as complete a
canvass as possible tonight OF the city
to ascertain the number of the miss
ing, and the result is disheartenlng.
The list has grown to 10, though it IS
hooed some of these are temporarily
housed with friends. At o'clock the
body of Albert Mellier, aged is, was
taken from the cellar of the Excelsior
works building. It was partly burn
ed. As late as s o'clock, groans were
heard in the wreck and the police had
difficulty in restraining the anxious
relatives OF the missing. The city
dispensary was turned into a hospital
and fully 80 slightly injured people,
besides the list given, were treated
there. There are four bodies at the
| morgue, one not yet identified. The
scene Of the wreck is the centre OF
anxious inquiry from the kindred OF
the missing ones. They stand in the
Geld and watch with fearful eyes, the
| work of the wreckers. Little work
can he done to night, but it will be
continued until the debris is thorough
ly searched. 1t is believed that many
Buildings in the vicinity have been
| rendered unsafe and cessation OF
business about the wreck will be had
until thorough inspection is made.
Some of the scapes from death were
! miraculous. James Kennedy, q print
er. perched for 20 minutes ol the
| frame of third story window, which
fell just as the ladder men reached
him. John Marlowe was on the street
in front OF the Gruob building and
was hurled across the street against g.
horse that had been killed against the
opposite wall. James Coulashaw, one
of the injured, was found under the
debris with heavy beam supporting
the wreckage above him. a heavy
telegraph pole fell across an express
wagon and killed the horse. John
Casey, the drive, escaped uninjured.
These stories of escape from death are
almost innUmerable.