The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-03
NINE DEiD. MANr INJURED.
\ Series Of Explosions Ia st. Louis Does
Terrible work Wreck Catches Fire.


Terrible work Wreck Catches Fire.
ST LOUIS. MO. Jan. Just at l
ocloch d series OF terrific explosions
laIu waste the vicinity OK Second
and Vine streets, where allied traues are
numerous.
Just after the clock struck boiler
in George l.. MegutzH printing ONCE,
basement Of no. sos north 1nlrd st'cot
just across the alley from the rtOrage
ana commission house OF ii. B. Druoo,
exploded.
ln the rear of the Grubb establishment
a large quantity oi fireworks was stored.
and secCsu explosion occurred, ioi-
lowed Immediately by "a -ird that lilted
the Grub building and dropped u In Il
mass of Wrechage. The explosion caused
general CONSERVATION. ana every window
Tor three blocks was broken. A large
Diare-ela9s window in the Merchauls
Exchange four blocks away was shat
tered, and the traders stampedeu. Up
TO 0 o'clock Tonight uVe bodies had
been recovered. -Four persons are MISS
ius. as Tar a. reported 10 the police, ana
the list Of injured nineteen. oeNcldt
others were hurt
Following is the roll.
The dead. Joseph kOvarick. boy. en-
piOyed by LeVson a. Blythe. Frank Mic
haus. boy. employed by LevisOn g Blythe;
Charles tlayurOok, cOlOred porter Tor
Anchor Peanut Company. TWO corpst
taken from the basement Of the Excel
'lno missing Kris Charger. shipping
clerk OF the Excelsior Company. Thomas
Leigh. shipping clerk Excelsior Com
pany. a. J.. Mcilor, employe of the hN-
celsiOr Company, Charles EricCseu, em-
pl0yo OF The Excelsior Company.
The injured. Albert Steinmcyer, prob
ably fatally. Viii BrOndiWeder. Christ
Kraft. Horace Diort. /. Diort. jonn
C0rc0ran. Edgar Vance Ben TAYLOR
Joseph Braudewlde William Homer. VII
f.af.I.f...t tfUrnH-
ram Albert Schneitz Henry stack, Rich-
ard COuleshaw, John Garter, Joe Parker
Charles Ames
The fun list of all employees of the
four films is not ohtanablc and prom
ally the list of dead VIII be increased
when the ruins are overhaulei.
The total loss VIII exceed SiOo.WV all
insured. The II. =. Grubb Company
occupied the ground floor OF 80 north
Second and the Anchor Company second
and third floors Adjoining the wrecked
building On the south is the LeylsOu *
Blythe Printing Company. The norm
wall and two floors went down. Within
half minute the three buildings were
wrapped IN flames.
INC police nave made as complete
canvass as possible tonight of the city
10 ascertain the number OF the missing,
and the result Is disheartenng. the
list has grCyn 20 nineteen, though II Is
probable some OF these are housed with
friends.
1t I o'clock the body Of Albert Aeihey
aged tWenty-Onc was taken from the cel-
lar Of the Excelsior Wire building %
was partly burned AS late as : O'Clock
grCans were heard n the wreck. and the
policc had difficulty in restraining the
anxious relatives OF the missing The
City Disucnsary was turned into "A hOspi-
tai. and fully thirty slightly injured
persons. 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. Ihcy stand m the
bitter cold and watch with fearful eyes
the work OF the wreckers
Little work can bee done tonight, but
if will Doe continued tiil the debris IS
thoroughly searched.
In Is believed that many buildings
I'm the vicinity have been rendered I'M
safe and cessation Of business about
the wreck will be had until thorough
Inspection IS made.
Some OF the escapes from death were
miraculous. James Kennedy a printer,
perched for twenty minutes on ne irame
of "a third-stOry window, whic.l fel rs
tho laddermen reached him. iohn MAI
iowe was on the street in front OF the
crubb building and was hurled across
the street AGAINST a horse that had been
killed against the opposite wall
James N0rlashu, one or the INJURED was
found under the debris with -'ea'N
b.am supporting the wreckage above
MN A heavy telegraph pole fell across
an express wagon ana killed one horse.
Holm Carney the driver, escaped rnin-
i,,,- These stories or escape from
death are almost innumeraDle.