The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-02-12
Claims Another Victim Of
Explosion.
THEODORE ROSENBLuH
Passes Away After Suffering Un.
told Agonies Nineteen Hours
...DOubIe Funeral.


of injuries received in the gas explosion
at his home Thursday morning.
The unfortunate man was terribly
burned about the limbs and in fact over
his whole body, but the vital injuries
were in the region of the abdomen.
The physicians worked at his bed
side the greater part of the day, but
late Thursday afternoon 1t was seen
that their efforts to save his life would
be unavailing.
He gradually grew weaker and
5reathed his last few minutes before
eight, just twelve hours after his wife
had expired from injuries received at
the same time.
REMAINS TAKEN FROM HOSPITAL.
The body of the deceased was shortly
afterwards taken to the home of Henry
Gessling, S25 Dubar street, where the
remains of Mrs. Rosenbluh lay await
ing burial.
Mr. Gesslng is brother of Mrs
Rosenbluh, and it was at his request
that the bodies were brought to his
home. Mrs. Mary Gessling, Mrs. Rosen-
bluhs mother is also at the house.
DOUBLE FUNERAL.
The double funeral will take place
at the st. Johns church Saturday
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The bodies of
husband and wife will be inferred side
by side in st. Johns cemetery.
The husband was 36 years of age and
was employed as teamster by the Ber-
ger Manufacturing company
kilograms were sent to relatives an
nouncing the sad news Thursday, and
Friday number of members of the
family arrived in the city and are
at present at the Gessling home. Among
the relatives now in Canton are Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Gessling and children,
of Knox county, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rosenbluh, of Golden Corners, Ohio,
and John Hosfeld, brother Of Mrs.
Mary Gessling, from Tiffin, Ohio.
The children injured in the explos-
ion are all recovering as speedily as can
be expected. 1t is thought that none
of them will die. Charles and Walter,
the two eldest boys, aged ten and eight
respectively, were the ones burned the
BABE MAY DIE.
Frank, three years old, has been cry
ing pitifully for his mother and has re-
fused to be comforted. The babe. less |
than a year old, is not badly burned |
but the shock to it has been severe, and |
there is more doubt over its recovery |
than any of the others.
Alice, the only one of the children |
not removed to the hospital, is now at |
the home of Henry Glessing. Her in
juries are slight.
uIJDREN pROyJDED FOR
Different members of the Gessling |
and Rosenbluh families have offered to |
take one or more of the children, so |
that all of them will be well provided |
for. In any event they would not be |
destitute, as their father carried life |
insurance of 81, 700, the greater part of |
which is in the insurance order Of Ben
Hur. He also owned their home on
Pennsylvania avenue, where the fateful
explosion occurred.
The terrible results of the catastrophe
are apparent from visit to the house
where it occurred. The small room in
which the entire family was sleeping
shows the marks of the awful struggle |
for life which occurred when the ex-
plosion came. Pieces Of torn bed cloth
ing litter the floor and portions of night |
dresses and other garments, soiled with |
blood, are to be found about the room |
and on the stairs.
MARKS OF BLOOD.
The window from which Mr.. and |
Mrs. Rosenbluh jumped is just at the |
foot of the bed which they occupied, |
and looks toward the west. On the sill |
of this window are marks Of blood and |
even small pieces of burned flesh left |
in the exit of the woman and man. The |
stove, which Is responsible, in part, for |
the tragedy, is a very small affair, cir
cular in form and standing not over
eighteen inches in heightathnsu-ue-k |
eighteen inches high. Although the |
tube was apparently new, split was
found, on close examination, in the end
which was fastened to the stove con-
nection. On splitting of the hose, and, |
as a consequence, it's slipping off the |
connection hangs the death of two per-
sons and the injury of five more. Over
the stove is gas jet, left burning low |
on the night Of the explosion. II was
this light that ignited the gas and pre- |
cipitated the disaster.
On the opposite side Of the room Is a
stand which, for some remarkable rea-
son was not overturned in the commo-
tion. On the stand is an alarm clock
of the ordinary pattern. This clock
was ticking cheerfully Thursday morn
ing as the manned bodies of the victims
were being removed from the house.
The fire injured the room only slightly.
The wall on the side of the stove is
blackened and the carpet is burned in
spots. The furniture. which is very
plain, Ii charred in places and the bed
clothing Is burned full of holes.
ROSENBLUH TALKS.
Rosenbluh talked of the accident at
the hospital Thursday afternoon. He
aid that his wife was awakened by
/. tho smell Of gas In the room and awoke
hin. He at once got out Of bed and