The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1901-03-15
THE BOILER EXPLORES
EIGHT PERSONS INSTANTLY
KILLED IN A LAUNDRY
AT CHICAGO.
QUARREL OF DEPARTMENTS
carch fer the Dead and injured in

Search fer the Dead and Injured in
the Ruins ZONES to SUDDEN End
on Account CT Dispute Between
the Frenlen ard Police as to Who
Was Responsible for Their Recov-
ery-Proprietor ield.
Chicago, March t2.-By the explo-
sion of the boiler in the Dorcmus
laundry, ass West Madison street.
people were Instantly Filled, 20 were
injured and several are missing. The
list of fatalities is as follows: Frank
Hanneman, Martha Jacob, Bessie
Isusara. Kate Voss, Catherine Kelly,
George Piehl Emma Sabruski and
Minnie Olsen.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been determined with accuracy as yet.
and it will probably require an official
investigation to settle the matter. 1t
is known that the boiler was old. q
secondhand affair, and there is no rec
ord in the Office of the boiler inspector
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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 it
is the intention of the authorities to
institute criminal proceedings against
him should the f&cts brought cut al
The inquest warrant such proceedings
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Taa list Ct dead and in uHcd YVES
difiit uit to secure. Reports Of the
number OF dead in the ruins run al!
the way from 6 to 20. 1t is known
that 36 employees employed in the
laundry had entered the place before
the explosion occurred, because the
automatic timer found in the ruins
and which was not damaged shows
that number of registered arrivals.
TWO or three were entering at the
moment of the explosion, making an
approximate total OF 40 employees in
and around the building. The list Of
injured includes, however, several
people residing in the adjoining build
ings, nearly all of which were badly
damaged. The most conservative esti-
mate by the police comedies that at
least three people dead are in still in
the ruins, yet the search for bodies in
the ruins came to a sudden end and
the work OF rescue was entirely aban-
doned. The cause of the cessation of
the search was dispute between the
firemen and police as to who was re-
sponsible for the
Recovery Of the Bodies
which might be concealed beneath the
debris. The fremen said they had
performed their whole duty. and, gath
ering up their hose, they retired from
the scene. The police said it was not
their work to dig for bodies and no
body else volunteered to do the work.
The trouble was brought to the atten-
tion of Police Inspector John D. Shea,
in whose district the accident oc-
CURED, and he held the search prop
erly belonged to the fire department.
While the firemen and police were
arguing and explaining their different
sides in the matter the city building
inspection department stepped in and
sent an inspector to the scene and a
notice was issued to the agents of the
proprietors to Immediately begin pull
ing down the walls and clearing away
the debris and the work was imme-
diately begun. This operation made
it impossible to continue the search
for bodies, but it may be renewed
soon.