The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-12

sallonse's shoe store. The west wall
Of 144O, occupied by L. wanger's cloth
Ing store was blown out. All the build
ings were, of brick, three stories in
height. In the confusion and excite
ment following the disaster 1t Is as yet
impossible to secure anything like an
accurate census of the occupants. but It
is generally stated that the upper floors
were crowded with families, huddled to-
gether in tenement fashion.
Coming as 1t did at the supper hour,
1t is feared the loss Of life win be heavy.
The list of injured will be long. They
were taken to all the hospitals within
radius of a mile.
Farther search Postponed.
After the recovery of the four bodies
the authorities decided to postpone the
search for additional victims until TO-
morrow morning, thus ObvIating the
dangers and delays of working upon the
macs of debris and wreckage in the
darkness,
The corpses of schattensteln and his
son were picked up on the steps of No.
1A4. The unidentified ten-year-old
girl was found pinloned by mass Of
timbers in the rear of the same building,
and the Goldberg child died while be-
Ing taken to the hospital.
The injured at the Howard hospital
are: L. schattenstein, aged 12, broken
nose and laceratIon of scalp; Alexander
schattensteln, aged 6. lacerated scalp,
condition serious; Mary Healy. aged 65,
fractured leg; Annie McPhilomy, 40
years, confusion of ankle; Harry Roth
ermel, 12 years. lacerated scalp; Maggie
Goldberg, 30 years, Iacerated scalp; sa-
rah Goldberg, IA years, lacerated scalp
and confused ankle.
At the Jefferson hospital are A. Fish,
80 years, fireman of truck D. lacerated
wound of scalp. and Yetta Goldberg, 9
years, confusion Of leg and back and
lacerated wound of scalp.
At the PolyclInIc Is Rose schatten-
stein, years, lacerated finger.
Estimates of the number of missing
vary from eighteen to six. The accept
ed theory Of the accident Is that Schat-
tenstein went into the cellar with a
lighted lamp, which ignited the fumes
OF the gasoline. From the position OF
his body and that OF his son on the
front steps, It is thought they were
emerging from the house when caught
by the falling walls. The collapse OF
the buildings occurred within two min
utes OF the explosion, and the occupants
had little time or chance to escape. Mrs.
Goldberg snntched up her ten months
old child In her arms and rushed for an
exit, but the child was so badly
Injured that It died while being borne to
the hospital.
Strangely enough, the mother eScap-
ed with only trihing injuries.
AThundsrouS Crash,
At 6:I5 o'clock tonight, a sergeant Of
police was talking with one of his men
on the opposite side Of the street, when
without moments warning, there was
terrific explosion, which, almost before
they could turn their heads, was fol-
lowed by thunderous crash. Mingled
with this were the cries of human be-
lngs. without loss OF time, one of the
policemen struck the fire alarm at a
box nearby. while the other rang for
ambulances. The engines and six Of the
hospital wagons were there within
twenty minutes, and large force OF po-
lcemen, also summoned to the scene,
had the streets roped of from corner to
corner.
The work OF rescue was begun forth
with, but was temporarily abandoned
later, when twilight had deepened into
night. All the dead and injured were in
the buildings ut the time OF the dlsas-
ter and as the walls collapsed, almost
In n perpendicular direction, no passers
by were injured bE flying debris.
The force OF the explosion was 80
great, however, that all the windows In
the houses across the street were bro
ken by the conclusion.
The search for more dead will be re-
sumed at daybreak. None Of the inJur'
ed are expected TO die.