The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-08
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Philadelphia. Aug "a terrific Ok.
plosion In . block Of six buildings on
Locust street. above Tenth. ct S.3S
o'clock last aisht. eeDDlstsly wrseksd
I've Of the structures aAd eauSsd the
death Of from ten 10 twenty or more
persons. Over twoscePs q others
were more or less seriously injured.
Some Of those taken TO the hospital
will die. II 10 estimated that at least
- persons were IN the I'VE buildings
when the explosion occurred. and the
exact number Of dead will probably
not bs known for - hours.
The buildings were occupied - fol.
lows:
No. zoos Locust street. Houseman's
pool and billiard rooms
No. 1910 Locust street, Morris Ro
senthals secondhand clothing store.
occupied BY Rossnthal. his wife and
hve children.
No. 1O17 Locust street. William
Jones' colored restaurant. occupied by
Jones and about Is boarders.
No. 1914 Locust street, George Nc.
Clemmy's grocery store. occupied by
McClemmy. clerk and servant girl.
No. 1916 Locust street. Patrick Quig.
ley's grocery store. occupied by Quig.
ley, his wife and three children.
No. 1918 Locust street. Albert Noun
tain's grocery and meat store, occu.
pied by Mountain, mother, sister and
clerk.
What exploded and how 1t happened
Is not known at this time, but It 10 be.
lieved to have been . barrel Of gaso.
line In one of the three grocery stores.
With the exception of No. 1908 the
front walls Of the buildings we're
blown outward into the street, while
the floors and tho roofs were blown
upward and fell straight to the ground.
A terrible cry went up from the
ruins the moment the explosion oc.
cured. Women. children and men.
occupants Of the wrecked houses,
could be seen crawling from the do.
bris. while the agonizing cries of 9th.
ers were heard In the wrscksge. From
all the surrounding buildings injured
people came running and fell In the
street unconscious. To add to the hor.
ror, firs broke out In the wreekase
the moment II settled to the ground,
and in less than i've minutes the great
pile was burning nsrcsly from end to
end. A general alarm was turned In
for Ere apparatus and ambulancss.
and In the meantime the work Of res.
cue was voluntarily begun BY those
in the neighborhood that were not
injured. Here and there person was
dragged from the ruins before the
fire could reach the victim, several
lives being saved BY this prompt work.
While the frsmen and policemen
were digging into the debris and haul.
ing away heavy timbers, in several
sections Of the wreckags cries were
heard coming from the cellar Of Noun.
tain's grocery store. Fifty men. with
rope and tackle. were Immediately put
to work at that point and pulled away
the roofing and flooring, which had
fallen in q masssd heap. At the bot.
tom Of the pile. doubled up. were found
. man and woman. The man was able
to speak. but the woman was appar.
emily dead.
At I Q. m. the rescuers came across
an inanimate body Of colored WON.
an. but remarkable to relate the WON.
an WAS alive and asked for water. She
was quickly placed In An ambulance
and sent to . hospital. She had been