The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-03
SEVERAL PEOPLE MISSING
ONE OF THE VICTIMS FOUND RLEED.
ING FROM A HUNDRED WOUNDS.
Six People Perish I'm n Burning House
mt Columbus, O.-Four Boys and "a
Servant Escape by Jumping.

ST. LOUIS Jan. 3.-Three persons were
killed, two fatally injured, four more are
missing and thirty-one received injuries
more or less serious as the result of an
explosion this afternoon at No. SO North
Second street. A loss of at least $4,000
resulted to the buildings and their contents.
which were destroyed by the explosion CT
damaged by fire or water. This is fully
covered by insurance. The dead are:
JOSEPH CHEMLIR, laborer. Excelsior
iron and wire works.
FRANK NIEHAUs. porter for Levson
PAUL HAUPTER, Iaborer Excelsior
iron and wire works.
Missing-Norman Arthur. foreman Ex-
celsior iron and wire works; l. a. Lay,
shipping clerk Excelsior works; Charles
Axon. teamster Excelsior works; Joseph
Fatally Injured-Alays schneid. aged ff-
teen. burned internally: Charles K. Amos.
letter carrier. internally injured.
Less Seriously Injare0-AlbeTt Stein
meyer, boy i'm Levison Blythe's less
crushed and arm broken; VIII Brondiweder,
bad cuts an head, face and body; Christ.
Craft, deep cut over right eye; Horace
Dieort, cut in upper lip; l. Dieort. num-
coran. employed by the Frey Stationery
Company, severely injured about the head,
besides sustaining severe bruises about the
body; Edgar Vance, employe OF the George
Moritz Blank Book Company, badly cut ,
about the head and badly injured; Joseph
Brondiweder, twenty years old, hurt about
teen years old. severely cut about back and
head: Hugh p. Hen, typesetter employed
at Brown & Clark Printing Company,
seriously cut about head; II. L. Green.
badly bruised; Joseph Corcoran, severely
cut and bruised: Joseph Deverak, cut ana
bruised: w. II. Colshard, employe CT Levi
son Blythe, badly cut in face by nying
glass; Michael Stoch, driver for Lammert
Furniture Company, leg and nand cut:
fireman Thomas Fitzgerald, OF No. truck
badly cut about the head by falling walls;
Richard c. Couleshaw. aged forty, printer
emnioved by the Frey Stationery Company.
head badly cut and piece or giass DioMh
i'm right eye: Fred Williams. aged twenty
hands and face cut; Frank sand, cut about
the neck and head by glass; Robert .3oles.
a pressman, cut in seVeral places py siasS'
Charles Weir employe Little a. Becker $
cut about face and head with glass; War
rem Clark Of Clark * Seymour, received
piece of glass In right hana, eaas,g f siise tH
celsIor Wire and Iron Company; FRANK
Hager. II. S. Green. Fred Ravon. w. }:
Werner, ]. Darner and Robert Eoert' cut
less severely by flying glass
CAUSED BY FIREWORKS.
Everybody for blocks around Second,
Third. Locust and Olive streets were start
led shortly before 1 o'clock to-day by
series of three explosions that demolished
the building at No. 800 Second street IN
which it occurred. badly damaging adjoin-
ing structures and shattered thousands or
names of glass in the vicinity. The build
ing which was occupied by the Anchor
Peanut Company and II. b. Grubb. agent
of Ditwiller & Street, Of Greenfield, y. j.,
was set on fire in some manner The
flames, which started on the first nooT'
communicated to a quantity OF fireworks
on the second floor, owned by Gruoo Ineso
exploded with terrific force, throwing burn
a., Iii
rection. The concussion had rent the parti-
ton wall to the south into the Levison *
Blythe Mucilage and Ink Manufacturing
Company and the Excelsior Wire and Iron
Manufacturing Company, adjoining on the
north. and the flames soon communicated
10 these two buildings i'm which a con-
siierable rumber OF men and boys were az
work Three alarms were sent in The
whole downtown fire department responded
and the work OF rescuing the injured was
performed in a courageous manner BY the
police and fremen.
For some time six ambulances were kept
busy conveying the dead and injured 20
the morgue and city dispensary. Emmett
Kennedy, a boy, was taken from a Third
street front window OF Levison 4 Blythes
establishment Kennedy said there were
two other men near the middle OF the Sec
ond fiocr. The fremen hurried TO the spot
and could hear the cries Of the men. who
were slowly burning to death. BY this
time a stream OF water was turned on the
fire surrounding the burning men. who
were screaming piteously for help. As
soon as the flames were subdued dozen
fremen began to tear away the wreckage
around the imprisoned men with picks.
axes and saws. Albert Steinnayer was
q
dead body OF Frank Neihaus was secured
STEINMEYER'S SUFFERINGS.
The most horrifying incident OF the Ere
was the sufferings OF Steinmeyer while the
firemen were removing the debris which
held him pinned down in the wreck. Both
of his legs were fastened by timbers and
a heavy iron ring encircled his neck. while
the fire was eating into his flesh. He suf-
fered the most horrible agony as the
rescuers pulled away at the splintered tim
bers and twisted iron work. DIR. A. l.
Boyce who was passing, was called in and
he crawled into the wreckage and admin
istered hypodermic injection OF morphine
TO the sufferer. When he was finally
rescued. Steinmeyer was bleeding from a
hundred wounds, was burned IN many
places and badly crushed Manager Moore.
of the Levison & Blythe Company. stated
that Joseph Kavarick was missing and that
his body must be in the wrecked building.
The fremen again returned TO the explora-
ton OF the wreckage and cleared away .
great portion OF II without finding the
bodies. Flames soon broke oct afresh and
| II was decided TO abandon the search until
the wreckage was soaked with water.
The hook and ladder were then trans
| ferred to the rear Of the Excelsior wire ana
iron works. where fifteen men were at
work. How many escaped could not be
| learned. but the following were reported
missing: Albert Miller, Paul Hauptner. T.
| Lay. Charlie Axon, and Norman Macarthur.
J the foreman The nremen soon cleared