San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28


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AT the Gates wire mill 2lst street
and Gratiot, scene indescribable
was met with. An immense por-
ton of the roof of the building was
piled up high on the south end OF
the bridge.
Mr.. Lipple, who was employed
at the Gates mill, said that four
persons were badly hurt, two ia
tally.
Mr.. Lippie could not say how
many were hurt, but thought that
OF the 400 men aud boys that were
in the building only four were hurt.
Two little ramshackle tenement
houses at sis and S17 South Jeffer-
son avenue were completely do
molished. Three people were
crushed to death liz the former and
one in the latter, and the bodies of
the four inmates are supposed to
be buried in the debris.
At Sl4 old Mrs. Clay, her daugh-
ter and granddaughter Katie, aged
z, are reported tv be dead. The
bodies of the latter were recovered.
Across the street, Wallace Brad
shaw, colored, was caught beneath
a fallen roof and horribly mangled.
He was dead before assistance
reached him. There are supposed
to be three bodies under the ruins.
A little further out Of Jefferson
avenue at the north end of the foot
bridge, small tenement was
wrecked and a man, wife and child
buried In the debris. A force Of
men from Browns oil refinery
nearby which was also torn to
pieces went to the rescue and
saved the lives of the man and his
wife. The latter was found under
the ruins OF the bed with her dead
baby clasped in her arms. The
woman was in a semt-conscious
condition, but was not badly ipjur-
ed. Her husband was cut and
bruised about the head and face.
The body OF his mother, who was
in the house when 1t collapsed, Is
supposed to be under the wreckage
in the cellar. The dead baby and
fatally injured father were taken
to the Refinery company's office.
The cigar stand near the Eads
bridge was blown away and Gill
bert Chapman, the owner, escaped
without injury.
The ratings on both sides of the
Twelfth street bridge are down,
and the police will not allow any
one to 60 over it. A car on the
Southern Electric line was blown
off the track. The motormsn's
right leg was broken. An unknown
man on the car was killed.
At the st. Louis wire mills,
Twenty.frst and Gratiot streets,
Henry Abner, aged 26, was seri.
ously injured by falling timbers.
George Bannett, 40 years old,
was crushed about the head. He
will die. 7aan "l "a"
George Poper, 80 years OF age,
was internally injured. 90 '
The copper roof OF Schield's
school on Seventh between Carr
and Biddell, was blown of. nr-a
The roof Of the three-story brick
at S04 Washington avenue, was
blown off. Mrs. Stain, who lives
in the house, was struck by flying
debris, but was not seriously hurt.
DR.. Max Starkloff, city health
officer, while standing in the yard
of the old city hall, had his left
arm dislocated by a falling flag
staff.
Robt. Wilson, colored, 30 years
OF age, was badly bruised at
Schliek, Harrison & Towards
foundry, at Twelfth and Gratiot
streets, by flying bricks from M.
M. Bucks warehouse.
Pat Morany switchman whose
home is in Ironton, Pa, had his
right leg broken.
John Tylor. aged A, was badly
injured about the head.
Will am Flint had his right leg
broken. He is engineer for the AL
den Vinegar company.
Superintendent Fred Mack, OF
the morgue, and Adolph Urer, of
Sprinkling department, were drlv-
ing at 18th and Olive streets, when
their buggy was blown over. They
escaped with bruises.
Gertie Mckinney, IL years OF age,
was buried under falling house,
the back of her head and body 2n-
jured.
Bridget Gum, 80 years OF age,
was buried by debris, her skull
fractured and legs broken. 1t is
not thought she can survive. She
was taken to the city hospital.
Frank Fisher, of 1914 Pappin,
was killed by the falling Of part
of his home.