The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16

/ Later he was taken to his home where
he is still suffering terrible agony.
Henry Andre was standing in front
! of his cigar store at the time of the
explosion and with him were c. A.
Tarbe11 and William O'Donne1l. Tar
bell and O'Donne11, when they heard
the rumbling noise, started to run, but
Andre was slow to start, and he was
badly cut tby flying glass. He was
taken to Hurd's drug store and Doctor
Frank Andre called to attend him.
day and his injuries are not in any
way serious.
T. A. Wandreyka, travelling man
from La Crosse, Wis, was passing the
Beck saloon at the time of the acct
dent and he had his face and eyes
badly cut by the flying glass. He was
removed to the Hotel Kenosha where
he was stopping and his wounds were
dressed by Dr..C. c. Coates. He is not
seriously injured, but he will bear the
marks of the explosion during his
life.
Ira Towers, who was injured, was
assisting Christensen in filling the
refrigerator with icewhen the accident
occurred. His hands and face were
badly burned, but his injuries are not
serious. He is still confined to his
home.
Petersen, passer-by, who can not
be located, was slightly cut by flying
glass, but his injuries are in no way
serious.
Several other people we're slightly
injured, but the injuries were only of
a minor nature and not worth chron-
icing.
Terrific Force of Explosion.
The force of the explosions was ter
rife. The men who were near the
building at the time state that "a low
rumb1ing sound was heard, and Ia a
second the air was filled with hying
debris. So great was the force that
the shock was felt all along Main
street and even on the north side of
the city. The stores in the neighbor-
hood were badly shaken. Goods were
thrown from the shelves and the
clerks were thrown from their feet.
The men on the sidewalk near the
building were thrown into the street,
and the glass from the broken win
dows was blown down Market street
some of it falling in front of the
Meyers block. Other pieces of the
glass were picked up as far west as the
county Jail.
The great force of the explosion tore
up the floors in the building, and in
the building of Henry Andre adjoin-
ing on the south. It seemed to move
forward as tornado, and carried all
before it. The ruins of the room were
strewn with broken bottles and with
the debris of the furnishings of the
saloon.
In the Andre building the havoc was
almost as bad. The front windows
were blown out and show cases and
other equipments were broken. The
FIRE, started by the explosion, per-
meated the cellars and quite little
damage was done in this man
ner In the rear of the building the
damage was the greatest, and the
force was felt in the Miller saloon on
Market street very plainly. All the
second story windows in the west part
of the Miller building were broken,
and the window frames were shattered
into a thousand pieces. A son of Mr..
Miller was standing at the west door
of his saloon when the accident oc-
Cured and he was slightly injured by
being thrown across the room and
striking against the bar.
Financial Loss Small.
The financial loss from the exp1o-
sion will not be as large as was at
first suspected, and the total loss will
probably not. exceed $4,000. CHI