Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-12

George Piehl.
Emma Sabruski.
Minnie Olsen.
LIST OF THE INJURED.
Michael Rowell, slightly injured by flying
glass.
Title Olsen, injured about body.
Arthur Boyer, slightly injured about body,
Hilda Kalb, six years old, leg crushed and
face cut.
Sadie Kalb, five years old, left arm
VIM. A. Dean, ten years old, badly
bruised.
Joseph Gallsell, internal injuries.
Mary Werno, head cut.
Abraham Colson, head cut.
Mary Kalb, slightly bruised.
Anthony Stearn, shoulder crushed.
John Dean, eight years old, body bruised
Mrs. Fannie Dean, badly crushed by fall
ing timbers.
Lizzie Cwike, three ribs broken.
Antoine Stamsky, head and shoulders cut
SADIE Slick. head cut.
Lizzie barrow, severe internal injuries.
Susie Ginter, body bruised.
Susanna Fraina, head cut.
Nellie Enright, slightly bruised. 8
Peter Dean, head cut and left leg crushed
Ellen Conway, head and shoulders badly
cut.
Mary Hlalko, arms crushed bad scalp
wounds.
Mamie Burns, severe internal injuries.
Minnie Jaeckel, internal injuries.
Frank Dottenby, head cut and shoulder
crushed.
Theodore Van Helden, internal injuries.
George Mcneil, head cut and arms crush
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VIM. r. Haeppel, interna Injuries.
Jos. Ortzeller, body crushed.
Teresa. Vansik, internal injuries. scalp cut.
Bessie Kincaid, slightly bruised.
Dettsjo Patalo, internal injuries.
Patrick O'Neill, bruised by falling wall.
Otto Freund, face and hands cut.
Mary Sesser. severe scalp wounds.
Jacob Burchard, badly bruised.
Martin Andrews, face lacerated.
Kate Robinson, internal injuries.
Gussie Hoffman, internal injuries.
Minnie Hoffman, head cut and body bruis-
ed.
Emma Kruger, face badly cut.
The aus of the explosion has not
been determined with accuracy as
yet, and it will probably require an
official investigation to settle the mat
Ter. 1t is known that the boiler was an
Did secondhand affair, and there is no
record in the office of the boiler inspec-
,or of any inspection having been made
within the last year. Pending the YER
dict of the %coroner's jury, A. l.. Dore-
mus, the proprietor of the laundry. is
held in custody by the police, and il
is the intention of the authorities to
institute criminal proceedings against
him should the facts brought out at
the inquest warrant such proceedings.
The explosion took place at a time
when many of the employees of the
laundry had gone to work. a time reg
lister found in the ruins showing that
thirty-six had already reported for
duty, while two or three others were
known to have just entered the build
ing. Of these, hardly one escaped in
jury OF some sort The working force
of the laundry is usually much larger,
but none of the ironing women were
on duty.
The force of the explosion was so
terrific that buildings for blocks
around were shaken as if by an earth
quake, and hundreds of windows were
shattered.
One man was blown through a win
dow for at least a hundred feet. The
ruins almost Immediately caught fire
and despite the sharp work of the fire.
men the flames spread rapidly and it
is feared quite a number of employees,
injured and helpless in the ruins,
were burned TO death. Faint cries for
help were heard from two or three
places under the piles of brick and
broken timbers, but these soon ceas-
ed before they could be reached.
The building in which the explosion
occurred was known as the old Waiver
ly Theater and was built in 1877. Sub
s%equently it was remodeled and the
rea used by the Doremus laundry.
The part of the auditorium running
towards ThrooD street was used by the
Volunteers of America, while the small
stores built gu from the wings of the
auditorium and facing on Madison
street were rented to shop keepers. One
OF the stores was used as the Office of
the Demorus laundry, and through this
access was had to the laundry. Direct
" back of the Office and in the south
west corner OF the building the boiler
room was located. The explosion lift
ed halt Of the roof OF the immense