The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-06-22
FIREWORKS EXPLODE
And Kill Fourteen Person.
at Patterson, n. }.

New York, June zl.-r oui'0o" -
sons are believed TO have been kiied anu
q number injured today as the result W
H.. fouovine am explosion among %
.,,,ntitv of fireworks in the store oi
sbraharn NJ Rittenberg, at Patterson ~.
'rbe store was ON the ground hoor or
,.,,,roent hundng. The cause OF tns
.,,,losit4u is mot known. and the property
i,ss ,siii NOT exceed @j.0o. The ue"o'
erh. nodi.e round up 20 i2.io q. m aIeA
ANS I.rCINDA ADAMsON ..,
AIRS. CHARLES WiLLlAM9' o"'''NN
while trying 90 rescue ~ ~ iif-il-g crip-
THARIEs WILLIAMS helpl's9 N'F
rle unable tu leave Bee, .,ti,e
F AVDIu EITTENBEHG, 10 muilu1,
cbiid of The keeper of the hie"'i''
AlVVii1lg EsAssER. 6 weeks old' molh-
"a. trnt Lnkorv store. t
.fM MhHs BERT BAMBER whose husband
is lu hosuital. ,t. ,td
Mrs. ANDREW ELNlN, head oniy was
found trunk mssiug
MRS ANN HlltNn ,t r,,,ud
Cf.ARANCE BURNS, years o'u' '"'''
rlaepcd In his motnerA rims.
MIS- ANNIE LANNl2AN.
NRs MARY DUFFY. ta
Total number of bodies
twelve.
iobn Eivin. 2 weeks old mothers h'"u
io1na' Anne Entman. two nephews OF,
NJ tanniran. whose body has ueei1
iou,.s' Mys Mary Elsasser kept baker shop
chids body found. .
The building in which the eN'''s'"-
occurred was frame teugment 10y,
etories high, with stores on the srouuno
ooor me middle store was occupied ~
RitLentarg. Ten families occupied '"'s
Ia.
=. ,sa hnndlng. So great was 'he to'
~ ~. explosion that a boy playins ~
~. .,re.t half a block away, was hllSu
s.or, l,is feet and hurled against an h"S
geree one Of his legs being broken. y
,.,tiey car was directly IN front OH, OF tns
n,iidint. when the explosion - tbI
~, h,,rat of flames blown out iHlV ~
.,t arorehed the sides os the car ~"
sinced the hair at the passenketss' ,,r,,ar
number of people were On on wy wy IN
took place were either stunntu u ~" o,,, IN
bnrned a. death or found tso"p, N,st
and were suitocAteu' N.aS' 49,, ~ suial-
-xnlosion there was "A socee77'vml w ,,,d ia
Ter ones. and then chmg a 9i,afr,l
,t,..Io, which was muftlcd an1 HotWU
~ aud probably occurred H wy "o,nittinr
EVERY window a4cmtu 20 ~ arst ~
aane within "a minute ailyI tno ,n are
h,tt,t,, woman. her clothing ul ~
leaned out OF one OF lht Nti4HJ bodv
I'M III the yard below. iet yc"9 49,
was dragged out az leaeh -, ,,a dropped
i',,r the flesh WAS roasted anu va "a ~, Fbe
from the bones "He ''
Mrs. Williams. "a a,,s a cripple.
effort TO save him. I've Wsss ssfetv In an
"stn,t WI ~ sase him Ell was FOUND pui"-
some of the occupants OF lne we're 2yepe
r,,ie.d others hung from the wluuo~s wera
until the nremcn came anu ~, tmNi,,hs ithsrci,gh
SONS we're taken down TINS WY ,gb6e
~ Gea and smoke hy the hitHoi'' r,f,tiI
others dropped INTO hie ,,ar1 when the
Doolev. who was Ia the yaiH w. ri-
..,,,imsition took place saw the wv 80
t.,,f.vr children In the rear iVVi' IL
r,tehed into the flames Igr lileln ard I
rot one OF them ana carils4 Gut mo /
fried 10 go back for the ulusi a. and
49, ,eaa then ond mass OF hle ~ ~ t
~ -,'as TOO late lie was naulE eN''N
in rescuinp the hrst chlNl' ,, the I
WhHe tine rescucrs Wei b"'th e,ntetn 4
tscn we've hghtlng the names, Capso,st
la,, i.d with "a hOst line n an yl1i
e. lsen the nrc from the UPPER h9'
,..,ora IL was said many Wttt p..iti,,,s
.rhe mpn had hardly taken lnti ,hrn,,
scI beuun on the sidewalk to t,t1,
~ ssrn ti,e tfuper floors Whm, WIFI
w. ~ tvaruiug. the whole upper lut
~ tha building above tnem sahhI t,.o
,vard and fail The captain N.Y. his1
- ise ,n,n wera buried under 'he l'9t
~ - 1.i.r1a one of the men is uauls
t,t,t rrbe building IN Wmef tnt
e,insion accurred was deatroyeu' f,ry
berp VIII probably ba eifts1e4 tvas
~ l,Vfetlaatlon In the depfh We
~ ~ A ~ head of "a man ot MoMHN
ssh.' bair is burned Off and the ieatuIea
,,nrfcocnizabie. The remhlh9Si yl,l,@e
lndt ms not bctn found. he ..o uou
tattn out thus far are almust u'i ~, tbe'
gr,,.tnd the collapse OF the umpers ol lh'
Iuildlng