Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-02-07
Illuminating Gas EXplodes at Chicago
Wreckiug Butcher shop and DO
Ing Great Damage 10 Prop
eriy Adjoining n.

btlo lfoauc, 80 years OF ag
butcher.
Mrs. otto Trostlc. 80 years OF age.
otto Trostle. Jr, years.
Lena Trostlc : years.
Annie Trostle. 9 years
Mamie Trostle. II years
Fred Trostle. butcher % years.
Sophie Knight. domestic In Trostl
family.
Mary Rosenthal 2lli Purple street
Mrs. NJ Kaufcrt, 3,i Twenty -scc1n.
street.
Edward Haufert. II years.
Mamie Ewfert 9 years
Andrew EoIb. a roomcr At Mrs
Kaufert's.
Those seriously injured are:
Lucy Mernnosky. cut on head an,
face by glass;
Andrew FInstalk. cut and interua
injuries.
Sing wah. blown through a window
cut and bruised
Timothy Moynihan. fireman. hand.
badly burned
j. p Collins. street clr conductor
blown through clr from end 20 end
cut aud slightly injured internally
A. BARNES street car conductor
blown from car into street: badly
bruised.
The list Of injured m'lht be extended
TO 70 or 100 as there were many pco-
pie iu the r'.rabarhood who sustained
injuries from flying glass or slight
bruises caused by falls.
Persons who claim 10 know. assert
that there were az least six more pco-
pie In Trnstlss meat market when the
explosion occurred.
Two other explosions OF gas follow
ed the FIRST So quickly that h was Hard
20 distinguish them. The FIRST 10 ex-
plode was main az Tweutysecond
street and Archer avenue Then tho
manho'e. half block south on Archer
avenue was thrown into the air by a
loud explosion Flames leaped and
reared from the hole Tt- Orc spread
below the street and smaller mauholos
we're blown into me air.
The flames from the first gas main
shot h'rh into the CIR ana reached
with the ala Of the wind The Trost.e
butcher shop The building was J.
story frame structure. and u had been
weakened and nearly wrecked by the
shock Il IS supposed that the lccu-
pants of the building were knocked uu.
conscious or were too panic stricken
90 rush from the place The flames
caught the weathor-worn timhers and
IN an Instant had cnvelopod the struc- .
ture With roar thO huITIInF o0T'TTs- .
- and the occupants with one excep- 4
tion were carried with IL 20 the base
meut
The adjoining building. s-story
structure flrcl lH the next building
was wrapped Ia flames and then anoth-
er structure caught Are. A FIRE wall Of
a brick building 40 the corner OF Arch
sr avenue and Twenty. street
held The Ere 'u that direction.
W.niuwcIass throughout he rgich.
oUrhooi was broken. and bottles and
s'assV are IN the dwellings and stores
were thrown 90 the floor and broken. ID
Many persons In buildings near the
explosions were knocked down Scores ,
y men and women msuy ~ them car ,
wing children rushed into the streets
They vert greeted hy the glare ~ the
IRE from tNe mauh0lps. Fearing fur
bee explosions. t.. p..r'. rushed .
iown the street many ~ fNn women Q
screaming with fear
on several street ears near tho rIarr ,
ne windows were smashed and tho
'lsserErrs severely shaken .r When e.
'sop.e .n the cars saw the fa-rs rrsh
rom the ground hands rushed Tor
De- doors 4 mum persons ware
Iru's1f ana shocked on sr ire exc =
ited exit one car fH,. a.tt 1assgn-
'crs was thrown from the tracks. ,
The direct cause of the explosion Is t,
.Ct known hut an Indications show 4.
nat 10 was due f' escaping gas in the HI
as,m,rl r -.e lrust'o house. ii
The explosion came without an IN. a
tant's warning There was a darling Il
ash. a iea.fu.rr roar and cloud ~ Z
us' ana shattered tiuhers where the 2
'rustis house had stood IN
Ten 20 che bodies have been rccoy- "a
red To-