The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-06
MANY MAY BE DEAD.
Block of Buildings Wrecked by an
Explosion.
VICTIMS UNDER DEBRIS.
Number of Persons Killed Not Yet
Known.
FIRE ADDED HORROR TO SCENE.
OF Structures Wrecked, Five Were To-.
tally Destroyed.
HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET DAMAGED
Estimates Indicate Death List Of
Twenty or More Names--oyer
Forty Others Injured.
OUSFS ACROSS THE STREET DAMAGED

Philadephis, August 5--A terrible explo.
Sion occurred in u block Of six buildings on
Locust street, above Teuth street tonight
completely destroying i've OF the structures
and causing the death OF from ten to
twenty or more persons. over two score
of others were more or less seriously Ia,
imed SoMe Of those taken to the hes.
pltal will die.
The buildings were occupied az follows;
Locust street. No. zoos HousemRns pool
and billiard rooms.
10iO-- Moses Roseuthal second hand cloth.
ing store, occupied by Rosonthali his wife
ana Ave children.
iOi2 William Jones. eolored. restaurant.
occupied by Jones and about fifteen board
ers
1914 George McIemmy's grocery store,
occupied by Mchemny clerk and scryant
lolG-o uIsiey's grocery store, occupied
by Quigey his wife, three children aud
lois Albert Mouuteu's grocery and meat
store, occupied by Mountcns, brother, sis
ter and clerk
The explosion occurred about $50 o'clock
What exploded and how II happened is
not known at this time but II Is believed
TO hive been barrel Of gasoline IN one
OF tie three groceries, Almost every build
ing In q radius Of two blocks OF the eX
plosion had windows shattered and were
otherwise damaged Every building on the
opposite side o. che street was more or
terrible cry went M from Tho ruins The
moment the explosion occurred. Women.
children and men, occupants OF the
wrecked houses, could be scau crawling
| OF the others were heard In the wreekage.
| From all the surrounding buildings In
! tured people camc running and fell into
4 the street unconscious. 10 add 10 the
1 horror IRE broke ont Id me debris tho
i moment II settled TO tho ground and IN
/ less than hve minutes the great pile was
a.. -. 4
euRl alarm was turned IN tor nre appWNtu.
end ainbulances, md IA the rieantin,
the work ct reseue WIS voluntarily bagnl
! by those In the neigbbOrhooH who Were
| not Injured. Here and there person wa
! dragged from the rulDs before the iif'
reached the victim, several hyes boir
saved by this. prompt work. When tsi
! drcmen reached the scene the Games had
| mnde great Roadway and were lgntnt
| the buildings across the street Iha hre
however, was soon under control.
While the work OF rescue was going OF
! In the exploded block hospital attendants
and others made search Of al the dam
! aged houses on the opposite side OF IN,
street and almost score or persons were
/ taken 10 the various hospitals from these
/ places. Tho Jefferson and the Pennsyl
! yAnia hospitals, which are located nearest
/ the scone of the explosion. were soon
crowded with the injured None Of those
taknn 10 the hospitals died up "a midniEnt
| Two hundred men were at WORK clearing
ME- bplldIngs c6ntninlng the pool rooms
GROCERY stores and The restaurants were
| three story brick structures WINE w
other buildings were two and oneha't
! stories ,,, ,
All T,go n. m. the only known deaths arc
those nj tho hospitals; that Of an unknown
| co,nred wnnlan and a 2-year-old colored
child. AZ the Ponnsylvania hospital n,ye
colored patients win, u L thought, die
before morning Others nc the various nos
pitais viii also die Up to 1880 q; m the
police or Gre officials can not .add g me
list Of the dead, but are posltlye Ina Y
the ruins. There are many persons miss
Ing $50 ,.,., a ,
Al q. N. the rcscuers came across az
tn1nlmate bady Of n colored woman, hut
remarkable TO relate the woman was, siyt
and asked for water. she had been IN tht
ruins for four ana hair holrs' Later
dead negro man was found.