Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-21
THE TOLEDO FATALITY.
REVISED LIST or DEAD AND INJURED.


Toledo. o., Sept si.-The dust cxpio-
sion Ia the great elevator Of she Union
Elevator and Transportation company
~ $40 O'Clock Lass evening rcsultcd In
the dcuih Ok most OF the employees In
the siruoturc. and a money loss ox-
cedeing a half million dollars. There
were 10000 bushels OF wheat. corn and
oats in STORE and the entire force was
~ work shipping an order Tor eighty
thousand bushels % oats BY rail- a, the
time u the disaster.
The explosion was aioari an over the
city and rescmblcd the distant firing OF
heavy artillery. The roof Of the atruc-
ture was thrown hur1r,d feet INTO
she afr and feil a mass % wreckage.
Tho sidcH or the building were all
thrown outward. leaving the huge grain
bins standing withou; covering. Every
para ~ the wreck was Instantly a mass
of flames and the connagrgliion was
seen miles away before The nre DEPART
meut could reach the scene.
The list Of casualties H. az follows;
btad-graco Parks, hrsd ~. d1ugh-
ter 81 Supt. W. J. Parks: John Carr.
HhpNelcr, Fred gariut.. ah1Vclcr: Ever
80 sm'uh. mschlnlrt; unknown Polish
uhovelor; unknown shovelcr.
Tho following are missing and are be-
loved 20 have been burned inside the
building;
Frank Van Hounen. grain inspector;
Samuel Alexander, Hanoh Parks. aged
.. son of SUIT. Parks. Charles Kecfer.
The injured are-IIamil,on Parks.
aFed 10, son Of supt Parks, fatally
+ NHsHaHs ID
arms api neck burned. win die; barney
Wcnh shoyeler. facu. eyes and ears
burned, Believed 10 be fatally hurt.
Charles pnrgollH, Assistant foreman.
may recover. WIN. J. Parks. superin-
trndgni. burned all over, fatally In
iurcd; W. V. Jordan. yarimaster ot
ohio Central railroad, badly burned
about face and arms.
Supt. Parks, with his three children.
was In ahe Office az the time OF the Ca.
traatrnrhe.ii0 was blown through y win
dow ana found twenty feet away
fIlEhtfully burned and with his CLOTH
iuF torn on. His daughter. Grace. was
seated a. her fathers desk. aiding him
In nnmn clerical work. She WIS blown
through the door. her cl1lhing ailame.
She roHe ard ran a shoiv distance when
rhe fell and rolled down a tweuiy-f0ot
embankment on 20 the Lake Shnre track
She was picked up. her clothing an
burned on except her shoes. and medl-
cal aid was summoned. She died late IN
] the evening.
TIE Ohio Central road. whosc tracks
ran near the building, lost depot
building and q number " cars. making
I a togal o: about $4,000.
The elevator was owned by The
nackus family. and was operated by
[ Paddock Hodge a CO. The total loss.
I Including thai OF the Ohio Central. IL
/ 100000. Of which teOOO Il on the
I building and $4,000 on grain. The
building was Insured Tor fi3GO00 and
the grain for iss5,oOo'
Hallway Men Want Chang. In wHEe scale
Pitisbugc. Pa. Sept. 2i-The Post
today will say fhag Tor some time pas.
rumnfa OF big railroad eirikc have
been circulated, but nothing could b.
learned unili yesterday. when " drvel-
oped that the conductors and brakcmen
u she roads entering Plitsburg want
TO be- placed on an equality with their
brethren ln other parts % fhe country,
To accomplish this object these swo
branches ~ she brotherhood Of Rail-
way Trtlnmcn yesterdNy presented to
me officials ~ all ralaOlds entering
this city scale ~ wages,
An answer Il requested within thirty
days
The demand calls FOR ten hour day
with extra n'r every hour put 10 be-
yond shat, The rate of wages arA,d IL
a. follows;
nay conductors, is76. day brakemen.
g. 90. night yard conductors, $3.50.
night yard hrakemen. ts.l0. Extra per
hour; Day conductors, 2Ih cents.
DAY brakemoh, 70 cents; night eOnduc-
tors, 20 cents. nighi brakeman, =
cents
The present wages are based on q
tweiye-hour day.
n II claimed BY che men tina, the rate
asked by tsm II paid IN Chicago.
Cleveland. Youngstown ana many
other western cities,
The distance Tor which the advance
II asked extends EAST a. far as Altoona
ana west 20 Ashlabuh. Slnsty-nlne
per cens % the conductors and brake
men In this district are members OF the
brotherhood and they expect me com-
paniea 90 grant their demands without
a strike being necessary.