Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-09
A MATCH DROPPED.
CARELEssNEss IN A FIREwOn1gos,
FACTORY
TERRIFIC ExPLOSIoL
A Number Of People InJared-Tho
Building Takes Fire and In AInoot
Entirely Destroycd-A Panic In the
Street.

CHICAGO, June S-A match carelesBly
flreworks-factory of NJ. Shure, at the
corner of west Van Buren, and Halstead
streets, caused a terrific explosion a few
minutes after O'Clock tonight. 1t was
shortly after the closing time Of the
factory, and many Of the workmen had
gone home; otherwise the loss Of lie must
have been very heavy. As II was. .
number of the employees were badly hurt,
and flying rockets and candles struck
several people who were passing on
street-cars and on the sidewalks.
Following is a list of the iajured:
Mrs. Maggie Kenny, struck by runaway
horse; bruised and cut.
Miss Minnie Theuy; bruised and cut
NJ. Shure. proprietor OF the fireworks.
factory, badly cut By glass.
Georgie Grant; cut by glass.
Obin Temper; cut on the head by falling
beam.
Fred A. Stiles, motorman on passing
cable-car; severely bruised and cut BY
being thrown from his car.
Andrew Lawson, conductor on the same
train; bruised by being thrown from q
car.
c. n. Smith; cut by glass while walking
on the street.
Philip Shepard; struck In the back by
a sky-rocket while on the opposite side
of the street: unconscious and badly hurt.
j. f. Harris: cut by glass.
Edward Hayes. passenger on cable-carS
head cut by falling glass
Samuel Brasnick, teilor; jumped from
balcony; leg broken.
John Bechwaret; back cut
William Blaha; injured by a runaway
horse.
Max Brazelnick; spine injured by fall.
Patrick Hussey; struck by a falling
beam. and several ribs fractured.
Unknown boy; run over by Fire-Chlef
| Swenies buggy.
Oscar Behlke. clerk for Yonderoee
Brothers; struck by falling walls; not se-
| Iiously hurt.
c. NJ. Gordon; hurled through a plate-
| glass window into a saloon: badly cut
The following were slightly injured by
| flying glass but all are expected to re-
cover: Nellie Burke, Peter Bullet, Ludwig
| Zisow, Frank Pcke, Charles Cardiff. and
| Alpha Jones'
| The force OF the explosion was SO great
| that nearly all the windows in the block
| were demolished, and the Shure building,
a four-story structure, was badly dam
/ aged.
Immediately after the explosion the
building was ablaze from cellar TO roof,
and the firemen had desperate struggle
in extinguishing the DANES. The building
was almost entirely destroyed by the fire,
| however, and such portions Of the large
| stock OF fireworks as had not been scat
| tered throughout the neighborhood by the
explosion were destroyed. causing q
heavy loss 10 Shure.
| The explosion caused a wild panic In
that portion of the city for time. II
happened when the street was crowded
with people going TO their homes. And
the street-cars, which pass the front OF
the building every minute. were packed
with passengers The flying missiles from
the factory struck number OF people on
the cars, and one man who was gazing
into a store-window fully 100 feet distant
had his attention attracted 10 other mat.
ters by a rocket. which hit him sQuarely
in the back. He fell 10 the sidewalk un.
conscious and was carried TO a hospital
before he was able 10 give his name. The
majority of those injured, however. re-
ceived but trifiing hurts. and will be
around within a day or two.
| The loss to the building and contents II
| estimated at $4,000