Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-08-07
Number of Victims of the PENNSYLVANIA
Explosion is Not Definitely
Known Yet.
Seven Bodies Have Been Recovered SO
Far but it is Expected Others
Are in Ruins.
Half a Dozen Buildings are Totally
Wrecked by the Force of the
Explosion.

dead as result OF the terrible eXplO-
sion of gasoline which tore to atoms
six buildings on Locust street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets and wreck
ed over 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 perished has been identi-
fed This is Annie Harrison, a 6-year-
old colored girl, who lived at 1104 Lo-
Gust street. The unidentified dead
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 di.
rected to 1108 Locust street, the build.
ing occupied by Albert Mountain, a
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. 1106 Locust street was oc.
cupied by Patrick Quigley 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
1104 Locust street, George McClenny
also conducted small grocery. 1t is
here that the explosion is thought to
have occurred. The building ives oc-
cupied by McClenny, his wife, clerk
and a servant. At the time of the dis
aster Mrs. McClenny was visiting in
West Philadelphia but the others are
thought to be in the building. Where
Greatest Number Probably Perished
Is 1112 Locust street. Here William
Jones, colored, conducted a boarding
house. He had a score of boarders,
but the number in the building at the
time cannot be learned positively.
The police officials say, however, that
it is probable half a dozen bodies will
be taken from the debris of this build
ing alone. At lilo Captain Rosenthal,
his wife and four children lived They
escaped with broken limbs but the
house is a heap Of ruins The house
was clearinghouse. George Schmidt
was seated at second story widow
nh ho
blown through the window and landed
on a stable roof. He escaped with a
few bruises. Forty-eight persons all
told were taken to the two hospitals
mentioned above. OF this number six
are probably fatally injured, 20 are
suffering from fractured limbs and
burns, while the injuries of the others
consist of slight cuts from flying de.
! Dris. The block where the explosion
occurred is in section populated
largely by colored persons. The build
| ing where the explosion is supposed
| 10 have occurred is in 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
| red, were broken into a thousand
pieces, while scarcely a house within
a 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 terrible death, but fearful of
the worst. The work Of searching in
the ruins is necessarily slow. There
is steady downpour Of rain, which
makes the debris hard to handle.
=. 1. Y \ WAR ON MOSQUITOES. '.