The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-08-23
Several Men Met Death in a Roar.
Ing Furnace.
CAUSED RY AN ExpLo SION.
Five charrod human Bodies
Found in The Ru MS Of Water
works Crib at Clava.
land. Ohio.

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the result Of a fire which destroyed a
/, temporary watorworks crib, two miles
off Cleveland, Ohio, harbor carly
Wednesday morning. n
The dead, 80 far as known: Arthur
Hasty, drowned, body recovered; Mark
Stryder, drowned; Arthur Hastings,
burned; Plummer Jones, suffooated
John MARITIME, drowned; John Kowol-
sky, drowned, body recovered; four un-
identified men burned.
The Injured SO far as known: John
Leoa, probably broken back, fatal
0. Braddook, burned sbout hands and
4 face; Charles Smith, overcome by gaa
in tunnel; D.vid Kolly recouer, over.
como by gas.
Still imprisoned il tunnel: V;ctcr
Kautfman, Canton, probably dead John
Enging, probably dead; Adam Kent,
probably dead.
Twcnty.eix mon obeyed tho orders OF
Manager G. .. Van Deusen whom tho
flames broke out and took refuge in tho
water on floating pieces Of wrocl ago.
-Four Of thom lost their hold upon their
frail a ,ats and sank beneath the waves
just as ho)p rea ached their comrades.
Van Douscn ard three OF his men
were banging in tho water from two
inoh line suspended from tho crib. just
as the line was burning away above tho
mons hands yawl boat fro "a tho barge
Wilhelm, manned by two mon, dashed
into tho heat and smoke that enveloped
tho crib and rescued tho four mcn on
the rope at the risk of their lives. Tho
remaining mon were picked up in tho
water and brought to Cleveland. They
were naked, exhausted and badly burn
cd. Many of them woro out by falling
timberB.
The crib is total loss. 1t was a
franc building 200 by so feet, tho aides
sheathcd with iron. 1t containt d valu
ablo machinery. 1t is uow q oharrod
a shapoloss mass of wruokago and min
glod wit tho b!aokoDtd timber, arc
blaokened, rusted and twisted piooos
\ and plates Of iron and steel.
Tho crib and machinery worc tho
|; property Of Smaller and Sohinelau, CON
D tractors. Their loss will exceed 5000.
900. III
Fire ard harbor tugs with rcsouine
4 parties on board reached tho crib SOON
i after tho flames bro out, but when
s a they Arrived tho structure ,S ep d. seeth.
Ing macs of flames and all hopo Of say
ing it was abandoned.
Mon could be distinguished swim
ming and floating in tho water shout
ing for holp. Others wero olingipg to
ropes which they had hitchod or tied
4 to the rafters, but the flames woro
burning tho ropes away, while the men
were stark nakod, and ono py ono thoy
wero falling into the lake.
Tho tugs olrolod around tho burning
crib, picking up mon from tho water
and meantime playing heavy stroams
upon tho flames.
After an hours work the flames wore
diminished enough so that the firomon
could climb up tho oharrcd stops and
fight the fire from tho interior. Thon
the horror Of tho calamity was first
realizod. Every thing wa, total
wreck. While the firomen were pour.
ing water on tho famos there was
A ROARING FURNACE
beneath which could not be reached.
But tho fircmen clung to their plsoos
and fought every inch Of the way un-
til tho fire Was undor control.
After two hours Of hard work five
oharred human bodies wero found
burnod beyond recognition. Two wore
in tho attitude Of prayer. Thoy muat
have boon awakonod by tho fro but
could not escape. They wero caught
like rats in trap. Ono body was
burned to almost nothing. The bodies
OF two other men lay close to thoeo
that were on their knoos and it looked
as though thoy never know what han
penod to thom. Thoy must have bean
suffoceted before tho famos reached
thom.
AS soon as tho five bodies wero dis.
covered the tug Konnody returned to
tho harbor at onoo and notified tho
coroner Of tho discovery. While this
was going on wsys and means were
bolng devised to reach tho mon i'm.
priaoncd in the tunnel, whose air SUP
ply had apparently been shut off en-.
tiroly by tho burning Of tho comprcsy-
cd air machinery.
at timos it was thought that voices
could DO heard down below and tho lifo
savers and tho freme pcered down
"AS.A S"'p AA$EHVj UuI tll6 bOuLUB 0eGBOd
again at tho mouth Of the shaft il
was like q furnace, and tho iron work
was rod hot from tho 1amos.
Finally after doluge of wator had
boon thrown on the smoldcripg shaft
entrance, voioo was hoard from the
bottom, calling for help. ''For Gods
sake throw down rope, thrown down
ropcl' man called. A limo was
quickly dropped down tho shaft and as
it tightenod shout Of Joy wont up
from thoao about, for it WAS quickly
observed that the man at tho bottom
WAS ablo to grasp it
Ho yollod again to tho resouors to
pull him up. Slowly and carefully he
Was raised. His rallid faoo, covered
with slimc, his staring eyes and heav
Ing ohest, told of tho horror he had
como through in tho houes he spont in
tho tunnel. Ho was William Curry, Of
Canton. ''' -
80, as soon as no could aasp Curry said:
1hoy aro all at tho bottom - % tho
shaft, hurry up" " '"o
In quick succession scyen othora
were brought up from tho foul and
sitting air of the tunnel. All worc IN
most pitiablo condition. Thoy ra.
ported that two other mon woro WING
unconscious at tho bottom Of tho shaft
A workman volunteered to rescue thoaa
mon and he was quickly lowered into
tho shaft.
In fow minutes tho unconscious