The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
LIST INCOMPLETE.
NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF PHIL
ADELPHIA EXPLOSION NOT
DEFINITELY KNOWN.
SEVEN BODIES RECOVERED

Expected Many Otners Are N tns
Ruins but the Work Of Rescue Is De-
! layed by the Heat Of the Shoulder
Ing Wreckase-Haf Dozen Build
inss Totally Wrecked by the Forcs
Of the Explosion.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7.-Seven per-
sons, all colored, are known to be
dead as a result of the terrible esplo.
sion of gasoline which tore to atoms
six buildings on Locust street between
Tenth and Eleventh. streets and wreck.
ed over q score of others. AS to the
number of bodies that yet remain in
the ruins of the wrecked buildings all
is mere speculation. Only one of the
seven who persisted has been identi.
fed! This is Annie Harrison, a 6-year-
old colored girl, who lived at 1104 Lo-
Gust street. The unidentified dead
are: A child, about 2 years Of age;
two women and two men at the Penn.
sylvania hospital and man at the
Jefferson hospital.
1t was Z in the morning before the
firemen, after working hard all night,
had the smouldering ruins sufficiently
cooled off to enable them to begin a
search for the bodies which are sup
posed to be beneath the wrecked
building. Their attention was first d.
rected to 110S Locust street, the build.
ing occupied by Albert Mountain, ;
groceryman. At the time of the explo
sion there were in this building Rob-
ert, Dalton and Lizzie Mountain, chill
dren of the proprietor of the store.
None of them have been accounted
for. No. HOG Locust street was &C.
cupied by Patrick Quisiey as a gro
Gerry. Quigley, his wife, three children
and an uncle were In the building
when the explosion occurred. The
only one in this family so far account
ed for is Quigley and his uncle. AT
11O4 Locust street, George, McClenny
also conducted small grocery. It Is
here that the explosion, is thought to
have occurred. The builaing ives oc.
cupied by. McClenny, his wife, clerk
and a servant At the time Of the dis
aster Mrs. McClenny was visiting 10
West Philadelphia but the others ARE
thought to besin the building Where
Greatest Number Probably Perished
is f1l2 Locust street. Here William
Jones, colored, conducted q boarding
house. He had score Of boarders,
but tho number in the building at the
time cannot be learned positively.
The police officials say, however, that
ID is probable half a dozen bodies will
be taken from the debris of this build
ing alone. At>1110 Captain RosentAal.
his wife and four children lived. They
escaped with broken limbs but the
house is heap of ruins. The house
was ASoardinghouse. George Schmidt
was seated at a second story widow
when the explosion occurred. He, was
on a stable root. He escaped with q
few bruises. Forty-eight persons all
told were taken to the two hospitals
mentioned above. OF this number six
are probably fatally injuRed, % are
suffering from fractured limbs and
burns. while the injuries of the others
consist of slight cuts from flying de-
bris. The block where the explosion
occurred is in section populated
largely by colored persons. The build
ing where the explosion is supposed
to have occurred is in a small square
bounded by Alder and Warner street.
In this space on the south side of Lo-
Gust the demolition is complete, while
on the opposite side not a pane of
glass remains intact. The force of the
explosion was terrific. Large plate
glass windows of the Western Paw.
ing company, located more than a
block from where the disaster occur
FED, were broken into a thousand
pieces, while scarcely house within
block escaped broken windows or
shattered Doors
The scene at the wreck and at the
hospitals are sickening. Persons who
had relatives and friends living In the
wrecked structures are standing about
weeping and almost distracted, hop
ing that their loved ones may have es-
capped a terrible death, but fearful of
the worst. The. work of searching in
the ruins Il necessarily slow. There
10 . steady downpour Of rain, which
makes the debris hard to handle.
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