Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-30

there anything to verify her story, but
the fact that number of young girls
were employed in the building gives
a color of truth to the story.
At the drug store Of Milhause & Son,
one case had been attended to. Shortly
after the explosion a young man had
come into the store with three cuts in
his left hand from flying glass. He
could not say how or where he had re-
ceived his injury.
At Hegeman's drug store, a man
had been attended who received very
severe blow in his scalp. He had been
three blocks away from the place
where the explosion occurred when a
heavy piece of debris landed on his
head.
A Man Staggered Into Hudnut's :
pharmacy with his hat demolished and
his head cut open by a piece of flying
plate glass.
A man was attended at the Astor
House drug store who had received
painful but not serious cuts on one of
his hands and one foot. The man, ac-
cording to the story told in the phar-
macy, got off an 81" train at the
Chambers street station and was run
ming to see the fire, While he was en-
route the explosion occurred and from
the impact the man was thrown to the
pavement and rolled into the sub-area
of the building. He was half block
away from the fire at the time
At the City Hall pharmacy a num-
Der of injured were attended. The
| Drnnrjofnr ha ri attended IN DC
twenty or twenty-five Some of the
injured people came in unattended;
others were brought in by people who
had picked them up.
w. l.. Sergeant, who occupies an Of
flee on the twenJy-second floor of the
Syndicate building, the tallest sky
scraper in this city, watched the fire
and subsequent explosions from the
window of his office. He gave the fol-
lowing account OF his Impressions:
Il had been watching the fire for six
or seven minutes when the first explos-
ion occurred. This was weak compared
to those that followed In all there
were three explosions. The third one,
which was the strongest, fairly took us
off our feet and after it was over left
us all in a shiver. 1t seemed to sweep
into the office through the open Win
dow and then out again.
From here it looked like huge
black mass rising into the air. Then
it broke and for several minutes the
debris was flying in the air as far as
Vesey street.
That Black Mass When it Broke,
discharged perfect shower of twisted
beams, lumber. parts of tin roofing and
other objects. AS long as fifteen min
utes after it occurred, pieces of wrap
ping paper kept coming down"
The force of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt in Wall street, where the
accompanying noises made people think
that an earthquake had happened on
the lower east side. In the vicinity Of
Trinity church there was much alarm
and it was feared that the lofty spire
Of the old edifice was about to topple
over. The air was full of scraps of pa
per and charred wood and a postal
card, badly scorched, and addressed to
Tarrant & Company, fell in the road
way in front of the Broad street en-
trance of the Mills building.
The atmosphere throughout the
downtown district was surcharged
with strong odor as if Of acids. The
roofs of the tall buildings were soon
crowded with spectators and consider
able anxiety was manifested.
An explosion from this drug house
was not unexpected as it was gener-
ally believed that explosive chemicals
were in the place.