New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-03


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Chicago, Dec. l.-Possibly 20 lives
were lost in an explosion t the stock
yards Saturday
One of the boilers in Swift & Co.'s
refrigerating and ice plant in; the
Union stock yards blew up at ten
a. IN. At least 20 employees in the
plant are believed to be dead IN the
Wreckage.
Shortly after the roof of a branch
plant Of the American company at
Fortieth street and Stewart avenue
collapsed Fifteen girls were report
police declared two men were the.
only ones hurt.
Ten Bodies Are Taken Out.
At II o'clock ten bodies had been
taken out Of the stock yards. debris
and the list Of known dead is as fol-
lows: HUG >"@.
George Tate, colored, Swift & Co.
employe. :. ~.
Edward Wright, fireman, colored;
employed in the ice plant.
James Owen colored, water tender.
NJ. NJ. WEIGH, fireman.
NJ T. Ash. -
Thomas Holmes, engineer, white;
killed instantly.
- Park, foreman of the stevedore
gang. -. .s...
The injured: z.- i. ,
r John Frank, 1862 Princeton avenue;
removed to the Proyident hospital.
Frank Weller, voucher clerk; both
legs broken; taken to the Provident
hospital. "'" >a
n. S. Oliver, 1922 Princeton avenues;
taken to hospitals; condition Serious
Unidentified man, extracted from
mass of debris; taken to the hos
pital; dying.
Louis Kirk, teamster, white; struck
by falling wall of building while in
his wagon outside; removed to the.
Provident hospital; condition pre-
carious.
M. d. Highly, superintendent of pur-
chasing department.; struck by bricks
and falling timbers. r..
A. M. Bushnell, a clerk in the
voucher department, is missing. His
hat and coat were found, but he has
not been seen since the explosion
The bodies were removed to Nc
Inerney's undertaking rooms. .~~.,. .
Nearly all Of the victims at the
stock yards were colored. The work
of rescuing the victims from the ruins
was commenced as soon as the fire
department arrived. rt..
: Ambulances were called into action
from every available quarter to re-
move the injured, who numbered
more than 20. They were taken to
the Provident hospital. 81
News of the sdisa ster caused great ex-
element in the stockyards district.
When the first reports reached the
general offices of Swift & Co. conster.
nation reigned. Employees were sent
out to learn the result of the explosion
and for the time information was re-
fused by the officials of the company.
Crowds at the livestock show were
equally frightened. >#-,
~ Boiler Recently Inspected.
Ii The cause of the explosion could not
be determined. The boiler was in
spected recently and was reported to
have been in good condition. On &C.
count Of the connection with the other
boilers, it is said that it must have been
supplied with plenty of water.
When the explosion. occurred several
men were in the boiler room. The front
of the car shed, 60feet away, was
wrecked by the force of the explosion.
The boiler was blown out through the
roof and struck on the top Of build
ing used as a voucher office, 100 feet
away. It tore great hole in the roof
Of the building and crashed to the floor
below. @ :.s Isl. III.
Frank Wells was in the building. He
was struck by flying debris and se-
yerely injured He was taken to a hos
pital.
Fire Adds to Excitement.
Live Goals from the fire boxes were
scattered in every direction by the
force Of the explosion and the build
ing was set on fire. An alarm was
turned in and the depart MT So on re-
sponded adding to the confusion and
excitement. The explosion was heard
for many blocks and soon a large
crowd had congregated in the vicinity
Of the wrecked structure
The fire department. had little diff
a.. !.