Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-07

Cincinnati, O., May IA five-story
brick structure. occupied as a lodging
house, collapsed last evening in conse-
quence of the explosion of a gasoline
tank. Following is list Of those
killed and injured
Killed - Nolan A. Davit, Adolph
Drach and Mamie Kennedy.
lnjured-Mrs. Drach, feet crushed I;
babe of Mrs. Drach, limbs crushed
Emil Drach. right arm broken, cut
over eyes; Barbara Huttzelmann. do
nestle, hurt over the eyes; j. u. Ward,
Toledo, race horsman, cut with glass Z:
Sydney W. johnson, barkeeper, cut on
the back Of head and over eye; Willard
Il. Cook, right arm mashed, cut over
eye; Joseph Sprague, colored porter,
face and hands badly burned; W. E.
Hunnwick, shoulder dislocated; G. s.
Wells, clerk, body badly crushed; Pei
ler Burns horse dealer contusions on
right arm and leg, bad scalp wound I;
Charles Filley, teamster, COMMISSIONS on
head and arms; John Mccarthy, clerk,
contusions on leg and head, internally
injured, will die.
r. A. Fricke Of Norwood; William
Iauth and William Loheide are still in
the ruins and are not lilkley to be re.
covered alive.
The workmen liberated Mrs. Drach
after l o'clock this morning, also her
little child. and they were taken TO a
hospital. Her feet arc badly crushed.
She and her child will recover The
dead body of Mamie Kennedy, do
nestle, was recovered at the same time
and taken to the morgue.
| The process of operation through the
h.,1. Il t.xf., L..
| dations proved quite etfectual b 1t even
| through these channels Fricke, IIauth
and Lohei6e could not be reached.
There are only l3 of the injured at
the City Hospital. Their names ap-
pear in the list given above. Others
were injured and taken to their homes
] and their names and the extent of their
| injuries could not be learned. II is
thought that none of the injured will
die except Mccarthy. There are only
three bodies at the morgue but it is
believed that the list of dead is double
| that number.
Crowds of people are constantly try
ing TO get near the scene Of the ex-
plosion, but the police have the square
blocked and the crowd cannot get near
the locality. At 0 o'clock this morn
ing no further recoveries of bodies had
been made, but two more victims were
in sight. Mortimer O'Kane, an en-
ploye of the American Book Co., is
reported missing. He left home shortly
before the explosion, did not return ana
is not at his place of business to-day.
1t is feared that he is victim of the
catastrophe.
Cincinnati, o., May s. = Felicia
Drach and g. L. Wells, who were in
the list of those injured in last nights
explosion, died to-day The bodies re-
covered include Rollin A. Davis,
Adolph Drach, Felicia Drach, G. O.
Wells and Mamie Kennedy. Workmen
report in sight two other bodies that
are not expected to be rescued alive.
The list of injured includes 20 per-
sons, but the only one now reported in
dangerous condition is John Nc
Carthy, who suffered confusion of the
abdomen, as well Dis of arms, legs and
head.
The body taken TO the morgue last
night and supposed TO be that of Mamie
Kennedy is missing. Among the others
missing are Ruth and Millie, domestics
of Louis Foy; also William Meyer,
Barbara Steinkamp, Samuel Epstein,
Mortimer O'kane, Louis Fisdick,
William Lauth, Harry Langmead, -
Southeate and ---- Lightfoot.