The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
WRECKS THREE STORES.
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
fore Durkness Compelled q Cessna
tgon Of the work. While Wound
ed Are Taken to the Hospitals.

A.
y,losson Of fcrty gallons Of gasoline II the
cellar ot grocery store a. IA South
ss~~es tonight four and possibly dozen
lives were lost. As al immediate corse-
aaene. u the explosion the building whera
!, occurred and those adjoining It on either
size collapsed. ard up 30 70 O'Clock. four
hours after the occurrence. four bodies
have s,ean recovered from the ruins and
three II these identified as follows:
saraus. scha,tsassein. keeper q tho
grocery.
His Ye-yesr-oad son. Abraham.
A fa-m0asns-eId cniid, named Goldberg
The fourth was that Q. girl about 10
years o. ags.
How the explosion occurred 10 yet an
known. The iron; Of Nc ~ Was immedi-
ately blown on. and this was followed BY
tha collapse OF that structure and No. IA.
occupied BY Morris Golaberg's furniture
store ard Nc iis. Louis Sailinose's shoe
store. The west wall of No. 10. occupied
By Wagners clothing store. was blown
out. In the confusion and excitement fol-
lowina the disaster Il is a. yet impossible
70 secure anything like an accurate census
OF the occupants. but II is generally stated
that the upper stories were crowded with
families. huddied together in tenements~
AS Il vas AT the supper hour 1t is feared
the loss Of life will be heavy. TIE Us. Of
injured Will be long. They were taken TO
all the hospitals within radius OF a mile.
After the recovery OF the four bodies the
authorities decided to postpone the search
for additional victims until tomorrow
morning. thus obviating the danger and
delay Of working upon the mass OF debris
and wreckage in the darkness.
The corpses Of schattens,ein and his son
were picked Up On the steps of No ia
The unidentified lQ-year-old girl was found
pinioned by a mass Of tizubers in the rear
Of the same building and the Goldberg
child died while being taken to hospital.
The injured at the Howard hospital are:
l. Schatsenstein. aged u. broken nose
and laceration OF the scalp.
Alexander Schastenstein, aged 6. LAGER
ated scalp; condition serious.
Mary Healy aged 65. fractured leg
Annie Mcphilomny, ~ years. confusion
OF ankle.
Harry Rothmel. IL years. iacerated scalp
Maggie Goldberg. II years. lacerated
scalp.
Sarah Goldberg. Il years. laoerated
scalp and confusion Of the ankle:
AT the jefferson hospital are: A. f
Fish. 50 years. fireman OF Truck u. LAGER
ated wound Of the scalp. and Yetta Gold
berg. years. confusion OF the leg and
back and iacetated wound of the scalp
Al the Polytechnic Is Rose Schattenstein,
5 years. lacerated finger
The lG-months-old child was Max Gold
berg. son Of the furniture storekeeper
Estimates Of the number of the missing
vary from eighteen to six.
The accepted theory of the accident IS
that Schattenstein went into the cellar
with lighted lamp, which ignlted the
fumes Of the gasoline From the position
OF his body and that Of his sor. on the front
steps il Is thought they were emerging
from the house when caught by the falling
walls. The collapse % the buildings oc-
Cured within two minutes after the ex-
ploslon and the occupants had little chance
TO escape. Mrs. Goldberg snatcned M her
io-months-old child in her arms and rush
ed for an exit bat the child was SO bas,v
injured that Il died Will. being borne -
hospital Strangely enough the mother
escaped with only triaing injuries.
AT SIS O'clock tonight q sergeant Of NO
Ice was talking with one OF his mon an
the opposite side OF the street. when thars
was terrific explosion, which. almost no.
fore they could turn their heads. WIS rai-
lowed oy ;hunderoGs crash. Mingled
WITH this were cries of human beings
Without loss OF time one Of the policemen
struck the fire alarm AZ a box near bv
while the other rang for ambulances. The
engines and SIX Of the hospital wagons
were there within twenty minutes. and a
large force u po!icemea ALSO summoned
10 the scene. had the streets roped off f-or,
corner 10 corner. TIE work Of rescue w,s
begun forthwith. bar vas temporarily
Abandoned later. when the twilight had
doepeasd INTO night. All the deat ap1 in
1ared we're II the buildings st the time o.
the DISASTER. and IS the wills collapsed al
most IA a perpendicular direction no pass.
ers-by ~ere injured by flying debris
The force az the explosion was - gr.a,
however. that an the window in the
houses across the streets we're broken by
ta@ concas~ton, TIE search fer more dead
~ lie resumed 40 daybreak
None of the injured is expected 70 d..