The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-27
GREISHEIM'S TERROR
TIE NUMBER OF DEAD AND
WOUNDED UNKNOWN.
NEW EXPLOSIONS YESTERDAY.
CHILDREN HURLED INTO RIVER
AND DROWNED.

The Inhabitants Flee Panic Stricken
and Women and Children Are
TrampIed UnderfOot-Even Fire
men, saIvagcrs and Soldiers Leave
the Scene-The RpOrted Recovery
of Eighty Bodies, However, an Ex-
aggeration.
Frankfort, April 26.-By II o'clock this
morning so bodies had been recovered
from the debris of the electro-chemicaI
works near Griesheim but there are still
many missing. About 15o persons were in
jured, many of them seriously. The work
of fighting the flames proceeded through
out the entire night though the danger
Of further explosions was regarded as
averted at midnight. The search Of the
ruins continues. The scenes which oc-
CURED throughout the night were most
distressing. Villagers and survivors were
cropping about the ruins In search of rel
atives and comrades and endeavoring to
recognize in the charred bodies or dis
membered and mutilated corpses the
identity of missing friends.
The flames gutted Marx and Muellers
neim color works.
A number OF children who were hurled
by the explosion into the river Main were
crowned before the rescuers could reach
them. Several firemen are among the
victims. A special train with relief fire.
men and additional doctors and nurses was
sent to the scene of the disaster this
morning. number who it was feared
had perished reported themselves this
morning.
Benzine Reservoir ExpIOdes.
Noon-There was a fresh outbreak OF
the flames among the ruins at Griesheim.
which revived apprehensions, and after
the explosion of great benzlne reservoir,
at II O'Clock this morning, orders were
issued that everyone in the village of
Griesheim and it's vicinity must vacate
their premises forthwith. The inhabitants
fled, panic stricken, with such possessions
as they could hastily collect. most OF
them coming to Frankfort. Even the fire.
men, salvagers and soldiers left the scene
of the disaster. The railroad service 10
Griasheim Is m suspended on account OF
the danger.
80 p nit transpires that during the
panic this morning a number of women
and children were thrown down and trans
pied under foot
The danger Of fresh explosions neceseae
rily retards the drawing up of a correct
death roll. but the latest reports DO not
Indicate that this is so large as was at
first reported.
The Estimates Exaggerated.
The revised estimates OF the killed in
dlcate that the figures given out this
morning were exaggerated. because frsg-
ments of bodies were counted as each
representing individuals.
hn mi Of he txa
and four chemists, are among the injured
Sixty persons were hurt and most OF
them are suffering from broken limbs and
burns. They have been placed I'm the hos
pitals here and al Hoechst. Many persons
are homeless.
The Loss Exaggerated.
Frankfort. April 2e.--It now appears that
the statement of the General Anzeiger of
this city that eighty bodies had been re-
covered was greatly exaggerated. The
fact is that the number of killed is much
under the early estimates some now plae-
ing II as low as twenty-five. Nothing
definite however, can yet be ascertained
The effects of the first two explosions
are described as fearful. An immense
cloud of wreckage was thrown by the
former into the air. plungng the whole
district into darkness, which was follow
ed, on the latter explosion. by an out.
DTedk OF Hdmeb III many uudINels. SNalrS-
ly house IN Griesheim escaped without
shattered windows, while in many cases
walls and doors were burst asunder.
The Loss Is Very Large.
London, April 27.-The Berlin corre-
spondent Of the Times estimates the kill
ed at Griesheim as between twenty-five
ard eighty and adds that unfortunately,
there can be no doubt that no fewer than
$50 were manned or burned, the injuries
in seXeral cases promising TO prove fatal.