Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-29
Fifty to a Hundred Persons Killed in .
Fire at New York this
Afternoon.
Flames Originating in Drug House
Destroy Many Lives and Much
Property.
Terrant's Drug House a Charnel House
for the Bodies Of Girl
Employees. .s..
Roof Lifted 200 Feet in the Air by Elk.
plosion and Bodies Buried in .s
~. 7,.as-..a Ruins.

New York, Oct. 29.-Liyes number
ing between fifty and one hundred ac-
cording to eye witnesses and others
conversant with the facts, were lost
at noon today in a fire and explosions
at Terrant's drug house, Greenwich
and Murray streets, and the property
loss will be enormous for at this writ
ing G. o'clock the flames are spread
ing either way.
Soon after the fire started in the
lug house three explosions followed,
quickly following which the whole
front Of the building fell out into ,Ae
street. Sixty-fve girls and many
men were employed in Terrant's which
was a seven story brick Most of the
men were out to lunch but nearly all
the girls remained in the place. Peo-
pie on Franklin bridge, a block away,
who were watching the ire, say they
saw a number of bodies shoot up into
the air when the big explosion oc-
Cured.
On the right Of the Terrant building
was the home restaurant which was
filled with diners when the first ex-
plosion came. There was wild rush
from the place but it is not known
whether all escaped as the fire licked
UP the restaurant in a few minutes.
On the other side were the ithograph-
ing establishment of Schwartz & Co.
and the, Irving bank, which were soon
destroyed and the fire spread north
along Greenwich. Twenty girls were
at work for Schwartz and it is believed
some were lost. When the building
wall fell out it carried with it the
structure of the elevated railway,
blocking traffic on Ninth avenue.
It is reported the men of engine
company 27 were in the building when
the explosions occurred and all were
lost.
II: Three thousand persons soon gath
cred after the fire started and when
the explosion came many were injured
by glass and trampled on in the panic.
The Hartman building was also soon
destroyed and the fire switched around
on, Warren street. It is now said ten
girls escaped from Terrant's. They
say there are many dead in the ruins.
The force of the explosions sent the
roof 200 feet in the air e.s %3&g,s5.
twenty eight seriously injured peo-
pie are in the Hudson street hospital,
FIVE of whom will die. Ten of the
eleven missing fremen are, Captain
Smith, Connolly, Jordan, Kennon,
Donnelly, Wallace, Kelly, Mccall, Null
ligan and Stranahan.
8 It is reported475 men at work in the
coffee house Of Eppens, Smith & Weed
man are missing. The building was
opposite the drug house and the ex-
splosion wrecked it. The men had no
chance Of escape and there is little
chance that the men are alive
report just received say fifteen
men on fire truck 10 are missing.
At 2:30, two. city blocks bounded by
Washington, Greenwich, Chambers and
Warren streets are practically in
ruins. 5.s AZ
When the wall fell, which knocked
in the front OF the savings bank, the
teller had $50, 900 cash on the table in
front Of him. There was no time to
transfer the money to safe place. SO
the police are now guarding the gold.
So far no cause is known for the ex-
plosio1l. ri