The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-30
FELL ON A FURNACE


When the roof collapsed the occupants
were precipitated upon the heated top
and rolled off. Fully forty We're in
lured, nearly all Of them seriously
Seven of the dead are boys ranging In
age from ten TO fifteen years They
were found lying in a row and most Of
them were badly mangled
There were not fewer than 200 persons
on the roof when it collapsed. and Of
these fifty-four went down. Those who
We're fortunate enough to be on a solid
section of the building scurried down
and, helped remove the injured The
heat of the furnaces was so intense,
however, that 10 many no assistance
could be rendered and they roasted to
death. Not zoo yards away were 20.O0O
persons watching the football game and
when the news came there was intense
excitement among thcm. The ushers
went through the crowd calling for
doctors and many surgeons hurriedly
left the game. The sufferers were taken
to various hospitals.
The Southern Pacific hospital. within
two blocks of tho glass works was soon
overerOwded and many of the injured
had to be sent TO St Luke's, the re-
ceiving hospital and to drug stores. So
scattered are they among the various
institutions that 1t is impossible to tell
exactly how many were hurt or how
seriously they were injured.
CARRIAGES IMPRESSED.
The coroner did not have enough
wagons to remove the dead and they
were taken away III express wagons.
Many elegant private carriages were
waiting outside the football ground and
they We're pressed into service by the
police to take away the injured.
A high fence surrounds the glass
works grounds and thousands Of people
tried to get inside. They were restrained
with difficulty by a large force of police.
The following is q Est of the Identified
dead: George Extell, William Valencia.
M. Vanlyna, of Pasadena; j. \. .AIui..
rooney, Thomas Rippon, John Oaizes.
One unidentified body that Of a boy, was
alsc found.
So far as known the above list COM
prises all the dead, as the first reports
were exaggerated. 1t is reported that
one man, Joseph Gumper, fell into The
furnace ami was inclnerated.
The manager of tie glass works rc<
allied the danger before the accident
occurred and had sent for the police to
compel the crowd to leave. Just as q
squad of officers arrived from the city
ball the roof went down.
Eighty-tWo persons more or less in
jured have been taken to the various hos
pitaIS or removed to their homes. Most
of those killed or injured We're between
8 and Is years of age. Nearly ali the
victims had their limbs broken. skulls
fractured or sustained internal injuries.
The portion that gave way was merely
covered over the ventilator bars at the
apex of the roof and was not constructed
to sustain any heavy weight. The hor-
izontal timbers in the center, CORRESPOND.
ing to the ridge hold Of an ordinary
structure, broke near the center ard the
light frame underneath, with its covering
Of corrugated iron, caved inward forming
a chute, down which the boys were
thrown. Not many were burned, the ma
jority being killed by the fall. Several
of those injured are in precarious con-
dition and the death list may reach
score within a day or two. A number
who We're only slightly hurt went TO
their homes unassisted. Including these
the list Of injured may be put at 100