Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-06
|lIIiI PEOPLE E..
| KILLED At ONCE.
|vsI,.l,' s Occur, j. a Block
+ Six Buildings
,ssp'r CRIES OF HORROR
.,,a. Down and Roofs Car
~ S''" "a- Many injured /"
the wreeEaSe'


eA'eIp hloek Of six buildings On
ID near tenth wrecked nVe
ye 'us ,,ares and caused the dea'h
@u', ~ twenty or more persons
ai ''n .o ~ Of others were more OF
IVY no injured. Some OF those
Fn', ne hospital will die -
q y ,matei that at least thirty
's" as we're in the Ave buildings
'' a,nlosion occurred and 'he
" ,ssr Of dead will probably not
.' y" ,or twenty -four hours
iS' 'a.sngs were occupied as fol,
y 0gg's''s,oans pool ana billiard
n M, n5senthals second-hahu
p As s,ore occupied by kosenthaL
, W. md ave children MlllII I'M
VIZ 49,. restaurant, occupied W
q WI anout fifteen Doarders'
~ s S,cclemmys grocery store oe-
~ y vcCqemmys clerk and SER
y M Patrick Quisley's grocery grocer
~ s',".nnied by Quigley his Wlle'
~ g ,,Sprn ana his uncle Albert
~ y.s grocery and meat store oc-
s.i.laiI Maintain, mother, sister and
y ,,olos,oa occurred about $3.50
what exploded and how 1t
90 !, not known at this time, but
y Waved 10 have been a barrel oi
~ IN one OF the three grocery
With the explosion the 'front.'
!, me buildings weri blown out
MA the street, while the iloors
, ~,s we're blown upward and fell
~, XII 10 the ground, Almost every
tx in a radius Of two blocks
:. ~ scene OF the explosion had
~ nanes shattered and was other
Z lsmaged Every building on tha
Z ss oi Locust street was more or
= w,sked. but none OF them fell.
,sgible cry went up from the ruins
~,ment the explosion occurred,
N children and men, occupants
4, wrecked houses, could be seen
ling rom the debris, while the
s,drg cries OF others were heard IN
srsskage From all the surround
findings injured people came run
,ni fell into the street uncon-
"
,ld TO the horror, fire broke out
4, Ashrls the moment IL settled to
,nund and In less than five min
sie great pile was burning iiercely
! nd to end. A general alarm was
"a In for apparatus and ambu-
IA ana in the meantime the work
rgue was voluntarily begun by
X IN the neighborhood that were
slured. Here and there person
n tagged from the ruins before the
\ nsi reach the victim, several
ss Ming saved by this prompt work.
M the 6remen reached the scene
Ahres had made great Roadway and
"a nlilng the buildings across the
". The FIRE however, was soon un-
sNrol and, with the exception OF
" laEes here and there, the fire
vringushed in a few minutes. The
! d digging away the ruins was
kgun IN earnest. Near the edge
Z debris several colored men were
Z out and sent to the hospitals
ilk the iiremen and policemen were
"a IN the debris and hauling away
NJ umbtrs In several sections Of the
s1ge. cries were heard coming
{ he cellar Of Mountains grocery
b Fifty men with rope and tackle
= Immediately put 10 work at that
9 and pulled away the roofing and
e-g which had fallen into q massed
From the bottom OF the pile.
80 Up. were taken a man and a
elh The man was able 10 speak
ihl woman was apparently dead.
We the work Of rescue was going
he exploded block, hospital at
a1it and others made a search OF
as damaged houses on the oppo-
nis Of the street and almost a
" q persons were taken to various
flili nom these places. The JEFF
~ and the Pennsylvania hospitals,
y are located nearest to the scene
v explosion, were soon crowded
%; injured. None Of those taken
v hospital had died up to mid
~ TWO hundred men are now at
n GEARING away the wreckage.
! w This morning the only known
~ ar those at the hospitals. that
~ Unknown colored woman and a
-lsa''old colored child. At the
.9lvania hospital Ave Of the pa
- VII Il is thought. die before
sung These are two colored wo-
Poe oolored man and two colored
.sa names not obtainable. 9th
ny various hospitals will also die.
~. nose are Samuel Gale, aged
1.Ne. and bis daughter. Florence.
@ Both are badly burned in ad-
~ . other INJURIES.
zoe Rosanthal family, Minnie.
4, was taken from the ruins seri-
y INJURED and will die. The father
'sN badly Injured.
~ 4" l.gv a. m. the police OF fire Of
a cannot add to the list OF the
n uV are positive that a number
!, ~ are stlll buried under the
~ large forces Of hremen and po-
~. 49, are at work removing the
~ bai at this writing have
~ % bodies
"a, sa loriy TO forty-fve persons are
~ Fing In the several hospitals
rig more OF less severe injuries.
. "a n the rescuers came across
\, ',Nhhty inanimate body OF a
n y woman, bat remarkable TO re-
nv .s woman was alive and asked
s,s,l;; she was quickly placed In
\ -. ,l,atce and sent 10 a hospital.
s Lizzie Watkins. aged IS she
u - The ruins for four and a
gus Five minutes later the
m, is. negro man was found, He