The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-13
I'M A HURRICANE OF FIRE.

arms and body, serious.
A p. Wilson, 25
Those injured and taken to their
homes follow:
OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS
F. c. Sauer. the architect of Alle-
gheny.
Harry Jones, 18, Allegheny.
Mildred Browne, 90. Sheraden.
John Davis 10. Elliot. burned.
Charles Crotzer 40. Sheraden.
E w. Campbell, Sheraden.
VIII Sunderman, "A, Elliot.
Henry Miller IA. Elliot.
Robert Davis, n. Elliot, seriously
burned about body
John Davis. 19 Elliot.
Walter McCabe, 20. Elliot, severe;
thought to have inhaled flames.
George Seibert. Elliot.
George Seibert, e, Elliott.
Hugh Flaherty. so, Esplen. burned.
bruised and suffering from shock, may
Jacob sedHnger, 80. sheraden.
John Woods 16, Elliott
Jacob Lautz. S5 Elliott.
Capt VIM. Boyd
William Simpson.
Louis Amen.
Patrick Gallagher, driver.
VIM BiebOlt.
Engineer Harry Mooney, No. 10 hose
company, burned about face and head,
slight.
Mrs. Adam Sauer, Cork's Run.
Mrs. John Kearns. Cork's Run.
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George Stasser, 13, Esplen.
Edward Shaffer, u, Allegheny.
Herman Geddel, Is, Esplen.
Amos Dinmiek, 30, Allegheny.
Mrs. VIM. Douglass, 2s. Esplen, SER
ious.
Hiram Daggs, Esplen.
James Clark, 90 Pittsburg.
M. V. Douthitt, so, McKees Rocks.
j. J. Wallace, 35, body literally roast
ed; condition serious.
VIM. Brac1er, 20, Allegheny.
VIM. Lannem. switehman, 40, Ale
gheny; serious.
Robert Davis, %, Elliott.
Martin NaughtOn, Sheraden.
Bridget Seymour, 5S, COrks Run.
Mrs. Julie Ansell, 3S. Sheraden.
Frank Cultuer, 80. Carnegie.
Matthew Moreland, 25, NcKees Rocks,
Will proba bly, die.
John Cowley. South side.
Albert Berry, drug clerk. Sheraden, 16,
burned all over body.
Thomas Wilson, is, Sheraden.
George Wilson, Is, Sheraden-
John Davis, 49, carpenter, Elliott, bo
rough.
Robert Henderson. engineer of train
hauling oil cars, slightly burned.
Chris Keenan,. Carnegie, badly injured.
Casper Moran, IS, Carnegie.
James Reagan, So, Carnegie.
James Neeley, Pittsburg.
Albert Wettengel, Elliott borough
- Davidson, II, Elliott
- Davidson. II.
Herbert Goethe, g, Esplen.
Edward Spath, John Gillen and J.Cal-
vert. McKees Rocks, fireman, seriously
burned about hands and faces.
Mrs McDermott and four children.
Carrie, age 13, Harry, 10, Aida, 6, and
Emily, 4. all burned about face and
hands.
Pert Roseberry, 13.
Miss Minnie Brown and Caroline Ben
hart, 13 each.
Charles Wright colored.
Frank Jones.
SERIES OF ACCIDENTS.
This long list is the result of a 'ries
of four accidents, eliminating in one
of the most frightful disasters in the
history of Greater Pittsburg. The tele-
scoping Of naphtha tank cars in the
yards OF the Panhandle Railroad com
pany in Cork's Run was followed by the
ignition of the naphtha by an open
switch lamp by the flowing of the
naphtha. first free and then ignited,
through the culvert leading to the Ohio
river half a mile away, and its explosion
with attendant damage to life and prop
erty and by the explosion Of three other
naphtha tanks at the point Of the orig
inal mishap after hundreds of people
had been attracted to the spot by the
fire which was sending up flames a hun
dred feet high.
The explosions were heard as far
away as Duquesne Heights.
Grim ironic fate invited the populace
to a magnificent spectacle so that they
might be made victims.
The telescoping Of the cars was one
of those things that not infrequenty
happens without serious consequences
It's subsequent ignition by an open
switch lamp is a. matter which will later
be given full investigation. The cause
of the explosion at the point where it
once again broke out into the open IS
still a matter Of conjecture 1t may be
erNT1 n "a
that had gone before and resented the
cramped quarters OF the culVert's open
ing, sending out a sheet of naphtha and
flame that ruined half dozen houses
in the neighborhoOd, wrecking them.
setting them on fire. injuring not less
than a hundred people Incidentally The
shock Of the shot from this cannon Gull
vert was felt across the river in Ale
gheny, where windows We're broken The
burning of the naphtha at the fountain
head. the two naphtha tanks was spec
tacular in the extreme. 1t was a giant
pillar Of fire. People came from far
and near to view the sight
A MIGHTY SPLASH
Full two hours after the fire had
started there came the second explo-
sion There were three other naphtha
tanks in the immediate neighbOrhood OF
the two tanks that had been teiescoped
and were burning These had been
growing hotter and hotter, and efforts
to get them out Of range had. for some
reason, been inefectual. With a mighty
splash Of flames across the heavens and
a noise that made the hills quake, the
tanks let go almost at the same moment
From the heavens there descended
streams of burning naphtha, flaming
timber, red hot iron, and the people on
the Hill tops We're beaten down, one
after another by the force Of the falling.
flaming missiles Maddened by pain,
the injured dashed hither and thither-
Those that escaped gave aid to the less
fortunate, tore the burning clothes from
them, beat out the flames, carried the
/ desperately injured to more secure
spots and sent for medical aid of which
they were in need
Speedily all of the local hospitals
We're notified of the second and great
er catastrophe. 1t was soon seen that
the ambulanees of all the hospitals in