The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-09
FIREWORKS FACTORY ON FIRE.
MANY PERSONS INJURED BY fly
ING MISSILES.

The Blaze Follows an Explosion
Caused by a Match CareIessIy
Dropped by a WOrkman-Opera-
tiOns Suspended For the Day
shortly Before the Explosion or
Heavy Loss of Life Would Have
Been Caused-Full List of the In
jured.
Chicago, ILL.,, June S.-A match careless
ly dropped by one of the workmen in the
fireworks factory of NJ. Shure, at the cor
ner of West Vanburen and Halstead
streets, caused 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 life must
have been very heavy. AS it was. num-
Der of the employees were badly hurt, and
the flying rockets and candles struck sew
eral people, who were passing on street
cars and on the sidewalks.
Following is the list of the injured:
MRS. MAGGIE KENNY, struck by run
away horse; bruised and cut.
MISS MINNIE THEURI, bruised and
cut
NJ. SHURE, proprietor of the fireworks
factory; badly cut by glass.
GEORGE c. GRANT, cut by glass.
MRS. KATE GRANT, cut by glass.
OBIN TEMPER, cut on head by falling
beam.
FRED A. STILES, motorman on pass
ing cable car; severely bruised and cut.
1cfo tla
same train; bruised.
C. N. SMITH, cut by glass while walk
ing on the street.
PHILIP SHEPPARD, struck in back by
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
car; head cut by falling glass.
SAMUEL BRASNIK, tailor; jumped
from a balcony; leg broken
JOHN BECIWART. back cut
WILLIAM BLAITA, injured by a runa-
way horse.
MAX BRAsELNICK, spine injured by
fall.
PATRICK HUSSEY, struck by fall
ing beam and several ribs fractured.
UNKNOWN BOY, run over by fire
chiefs buggy.
OSCAR BEHLKE. clerk for Yondorff
Bros, struck by falling walls, not serious.
c. NJ. GORDON, hurled through a plate
glass window into a saloon; badly cut
The following were slightly inquired by
flying glass, but all are expected to re-
cover:
NELLIE BURKE.
PETER BULLET.
LUDWIG ZISOW.
FRANK PICKE.
CHARLES CARDIFF.
ALPHA JONES.
The force of the explosion was so great
that nearly all the windows in the block
were demolished, and the Shure building,
which is a four-story structure, was badly
damaged.
Immediately following the explosion the
building was ablaze from cellar to roof
and the fire department had a desperate
struggle before it succeeded in extinguIsh-
ing the flames. The building was almost
entirely destroyed by the fire, however,
and such portions of the large stock of fire
works as had been scattered throughout
the neighborhood by the explosion, were
destroyed, causing a heavy loss.
The explosion caused wild panic in that
portion of the city for a time. The
streets were 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 of the factory struck
a number of people on the cars and one
man, who was gazing into a store window
fully 400 yards distant, had his attention
suddenly attracted to other matters by a
rocket, which hit him squarely in the back.
He fell to the sidewalk unconscious and
was carried to the hospital before he was
able to give his name.
The majority of those injured have re-
ceived but trihing hurts and will be around
within a day or two. The loss to the build
ing and contents is estimated at $4,000.
HOMICIDE IN A COURT ROOM.