The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-12
FOUR LIVES KNOWN TO HAVE
BEEN LOST AT FIRE
IN CHICAGO.
DOZENS Of PERSONS WERE INJURED
Some Only Slightly. While Others
SeriousIy-A Shower of Debris
Filled the Air-MOst of the I'm
fOrtunntes Were Firemen.


five lives were lost in an explosion which
took place this evening during fire il
the Northwestern grain elevator ut Cool
and West Walter streets. Three of the
dead are firemen and the body of another
fireman is believed to be buried in the
ruins of the elevator.
From the force with which the explosion
| swept the spot on which they were stand
ing, it is certain they must have been
instantly killed. Either the bursting OF
Il boiler or the explosion of mill dust
caused the awful havoc. The three fire
men who were killed by the falling walls
of the elevator were:
Jacob j. Schnur.
John J. Coogan
| Jacob :. StramOr.
| Unidentified man blown into the river
by explosion; body not recovered.
| The injured:
Charles III. Conway, burned about face
and head; may die.
| Chief Dennis Sweenie, right foot
crushed. left arm wrenchcd and pain
] fully burned.
| Fire Marshal Campion burned about
| face.
Lieut.. Smith. both legs crushed.
! Lieut.. w. III. Bartlett leg crushed.
Assistant Engineer Benz. Blanchard,
| badly bruised.
John +. Smith, injured by debris.
William Mcclure. both feet crushed
Thomas Engle, ppeman, cut about face
and hands and internally injured.
Capt John j. Evans, struck by debris
and rendered unconscious; serious.
lgnatius Bond cut by falling glass.
William Hanley, pipeman. cut i'll head.
w. A. Thompson, hit by falling glass.
G. +. Walter knocked down by the eX-
plosion and injured about the spine.
John Hentz, struck by falling beams:
skull fractured.
James Mcclure. leg fractured.
The following injured are all fircmcn:
Joseph Lacey, badly burned about face:
case serious.
Frank G.. Haley, face burned; may lose
sight of both eyes.
Cant. Martin Lacey. burned about face
and body: wounds on face and forehead
Lient .Iobn Miller. compounl Fracture
of leg. badly burned: condition critical.
Cant William Rooney. burned about
face. may Jnsn sipht Of hotb owes. condi-
zion serious
Jobn Evans frocturo of r;gb+ arm, b,d
IL burned nhont face and hodv. eondition
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w A Schubert bruised ,rJ burneJ
i,hn Ns,.nr Ioft nr,n ". '.,.r a. "'
shoulder. ~ "
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race ana arms.
resides theSe. dozens OF hremen ana
pas;sels ny we're more or less cur ana
pim,scu ny. S"SH anu Lying ueuriS.
Inc origin OF the DiaIe Is peiieVed 10
h h"no oee',i III ,ue aiciil,s VI 'nG Doier
no.se. Accumulated a. 9lst Us drE ana
ln NH rs suhloW9er' thiit nad Deeh
plllllE ~ lor Eehrs' nilue IL reau! means
lor , tir nre. IT Slre'lu Mlth great rapiult!
anu 'heii caiic II 'crrlhc eApiosloI coih-
pietlhg the work or scattering the hre
thTouShout rie entire STRUCTURE.
'msl as tne i,renen were Geltlns INTO
Posllioli ior aovanlaSeouS WORK anu near
~ al the members OF Engine company
40. > were nloun'ilis i'iuers anu priiiS-
ING the nose 70 places Ill the interior from
rhe upper windows mere came roar that
couid he hrard Tor nan II mlle. he rool
was raised hlGh III the ar ana the Wals
came down Win Il crash.
Inc force or the explosion was so great
rnat me EASTERN wall was hurleu liit2
the river, tne western wall was tuihDled
down upon the heads or the unfortunate
men below ana the ROOF was torn INTO
mighty fragments ana distributed Tor
blocks around. Every WINDOW IN the VI
cinlty OF the elevator was shattered by
the conclusion ana several smali hres
resulted from falling tlmDers that were
SUI ailamc. AT Jefferson street ana Car