The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-05
DOWN In A HEAP.
Collapse Of fivc.Story Building
In Cincinnati.
IT WAS AN EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE.
Impossible To Give a List Of Decd
and Injured.
WAS AN EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE.
llRENEN WORKING FOR LIVES.
No Fire Followed 'hc Accidcnt-aiany In
Distress Crowd About the Kuins.
work of Rescue Goiug On.


e-,r.,,rou o,,o Ma, r,,,,. .,,,. asa,
,' ' S'''O' ""' '"'' e''s "Nu
Ncihi'y was greatly excited tonight over
the explosion of IL large tank of ,-asolns
which ro,nnlo,,iv ,,,,.,,.t, 49,, 49,
,.,,ui,,.. 80, 80, , 49, 49, 'A' ANNV'0'N
n"i'"ihg fo' ana ~. walnut street At
O'Clock tonight.
Hv midnight ~ y-o. ,,or, ,. ,
an. M, - "' '"' ON
VIZ N''eu anu e'sn'oen injured. nut the
work OF removing the debris had proceed
cd SO slowly that the general ,sti,nnt. cor
tn, Lui,, o,, ,,,,,.,.., -
"'.' "'"i'"'" 'N'ec" 'hN NUM-
nor. ihe explosion did not carry thc debris
any distance from the building or even
ohstiurt M, s,r.,t r,t, ,,,,.t,, -,
l., ,,,Ia,,.., 49,, e'','''N SV'''''u
10 N"llapse 40 that thc PIE OF debris WAS
covered by the In rcof and after WORKING
several hours II wn. found mo-, ,,.,-,,,,s
80 :. ""s i"u'i' '''"' inc Only
WY 10 rescue inc victims was TO remove
the immense mass of brick and timber
Accordingly workinru vera mn, nj a. ns
,,,o,,,. , ,t ~ -, 'l 80
"'"'s VI '"ui'' KS co"iu WorN on H. The
"etlls was being shovcliei by one force
out INTO tho streets uud iuta TN, r.,,r
, An ...,,,,,' ''' 49,
my = ~" "'"'""'c 'e"'ns were secured
!ur another force of men 20 load II up
and get 1t out OF the way OF the rescuinl.
..,,,. ,,,h, ,r,,, ..,.,,,,.., 49, ~, ~
80 "''s va 'n' i''i'''''Sc
piies ol runs RMS Is round 10 hc the only
practicable means Of reaching those who
were on III. lower t,oor. All s,,ns. ,,n,
ro,l &c., -, ~ s,'0s' "''
49, pe ',,, ,'seu ,' Mefe ON tue upper
~ 'o'l,v "ho VIZ th'oWh our
ina, an hoI,s ,,, ~ .r',s m''n VIZ ~
.s 80 t 49,, ~. .'i.oub' wy Ip"'iun-
- ,,,,, ~, - ."'i'.uss "hn u,pils
,,'.,,,''. ,,,'' 80, 70 ','ra WIZ H"N'u,
- ibo,I,nt I'm, ,,',', -. IL, mime
,r,'s n.,,.. ,i,,,'.s W. pu saN'u n4
at no +tt'i,,,,,,, 1,,,it',"'S, '"e''s''' ""'''
me ,n,n,,, %, ar,,,,7,,9 ,,,,, ,,
mos, s.Y,.,,.yv n.y., , i'' ,'' Snief"u
n,,,ubnr,.i ,,,''n,,, 49,. AN, ~ i,s WIZ aiy
JY"t.t,t,.r IL, az -, 49,, Nc . ~ ~
IL b.nryed 10 hr iyln,- N'' We" ivy
- M, nv, - w VI! '"s
roluinnus s,nrr,n,.. rn,nn,n, ,t,,n LUG
,,, - '"sI no'ipui'y ~ iialnltoh,
,,.,o he ist az 'h' ,,'.,' CON
Amnn,e the i,,,,,rnG ,,""e. - w u" o''u'
Sid Johnson. barkecper for IouIa r,v
arm broken. ''' w
i,ilv ,,ool of tho w,.crworr. ,r,,
hroisrn "ot"'' arr"
I,nrhara u,rr,eson ,cu hrol,r
.Iossuh M Mnnmei NOT s"ri",,s
Jfarrv lt.rri,,k en-, an hc,d
Fred IIeaIv bend and nrm lu,rt
.Joscph surnr1,e noricr
Conductor Pollard
Fisher
Wl,inm I,mutb.
William Louis.
=, p NeiiR
" l. COOK siork
i u. Ward race horse man of Toledo.
ONO.
ha ia ,i,, ,,l,,s',,e.e II Erict Insant,
Mortimer. hnrhecpnr, Louis Fey Wise
ana liay.a. also Two servant girls In tine
inin'ly OF ~ ana l'raeh
most tohrnlhB scene occurred wncn
Fireman john Mccarthy round hiH proth"r
pinioned under heavy beam ana begged
the men to ki.l MN. Mr'atthy said thr'e
were ihrnc otner men near MN ana 'hry
were aiiNe An rNori WIS MAD" 10 rescu"
them. but proven IA VAN up 70 ni,hniEh'
Ihere were mhhs mat suffered silsh'
injuries VINO were taken 10 their honS'
ana whose names can not be learned.
some OF those VINO wera IN the sa.ooJ
were thrown out on tho sidewalk ana
suiereu slsht INJURIES. Among them was
Mr iicaIcy OF me Aims motel. lin was
III roy p'hce ana reports npont eighteen
or twenty we're III thhi resort when the
buIiiihH went down MI ilfarh being
among IN" Nlt,lins' II ~ probhpl" mai II
occuireu. ne hhu JUST conc down IN th'
basement, expcrimentlng WITH the gaSo.
n, ,.so Ys 'i,u an s mn '"uen oarr.' OF
ghsoI'e mo ,he ihhh. re had Jusi or
u'iru :, NV '"sil'' ih,.iu'ns w SURF II
ii"hish' i"i nr,il's power IN ihrihsh'ns
''c"n'eSo'"' HR"ts'
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CINCINNATI May 7.--At O'CLOCK toh'sht
the bve-s,ory building at 42o and 4J2
Walnut street. between Fourth and rifth
a,,a,, ,,,,, I,o..,, 60 ,ho ,,r,,,,. ,,,
streets. "aA down 10 the sro"nn ny an
explosion OF gasoline The shock was 10
terrific tina, 1t was felt al over the ci>
and not one brick upon another tx Ion In
, -. 49,, ..,. ....,,,, ~, A.. ,',,,,,,....
'ne iroh' ""u rear VANS VI '''e ""'''i"B''
white the adjacent buildings are BABY
damaged and the great glass In the large
johnson building across the street were
all broken. All the horses In the imlne
diatc neighborhood broke from thelr ias-
Jennings ana ran away ana ,here WINS not
only intense excitement, bni a'ao Wy
greatest confusion
The explosion TOOK place at the inter-
section OF flfth ana walnut atre"ts,
Whs where me pos'Vinea " iooa,.n o., ois s,'e
hnu fo"nin"h 'iun'' VI. ~, IT'LL ~
part OF me Guy ~ crownrn more tnan
ms ana there we're many thousands o.
around the government building whiid