Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-13
CHICAGO GAS PANIC
Explosion Causes Sudden
and Terrible Havoc
Over a Dozen Persons In
stantly Killed
Streets Blown Up and Win
dOWS Smashed.

dOWS Smashed.
Chicago Feb 6Threen lives were lost many people were
Sght injured and two buildings 372 34 Twentysec
od street wrecked and $4,000 damage done by an explosion Of
gas last night the intersection Twentysecond street and
Archer avenue.
Otto Irostle, aged 30.
Mrs. Otto lroSte aged 35
Otto Trostle, Jr. aged 9
Lena TrOstle aged :
Annie Trostle aged g.
Marie Trostle, aged l.
Fred Troste butcher, nephew of Otto rrostle aged IS
SOPHIE Knight domestic in the TrostIe family.
Mary RosenthaI AGED 80
Mrs NJ Kaufert
Edward Kaufert, aged II.
Mamie hauter, aged t.
Andrew kOlb.
Injured
Lucy herra'osky, cut ON head and face by glass
Andrew Fnstalt, cut, and internal injuries
Augustus Roser, cut about the face
Sing Wah, blown through a window, cut and bruised
Nellie Merchant, cut by glass.
Kate Seavor face and head.
Emma Folz, cut by glass.
j. W. Mcleod, cut by glass
Mrs. j. w. Mcleod and badly bruised.
Timothy Moynihan, fireman. hands badly burned
7. +. DOnohue fireman, left arm cut with axe
Peter Danusand, cut by glass
j. P. Collins CONDUCTOR blown through car from
end to end cut, and slight internal injuries.
A Barnes, conductors blown ear into the
street. badly bruised.
The list of injured might be extended IS or 100 as many
the neighborhOod injuries from vng ass or sioh
bruises caused by falls but whose reported
Only of the bodies of the of little Troste-
has been recovered All that known Of the fate of the other
twelve reported dead that they thought have been
most of them known have beenn the demolished houses
and since the explosion has been found
The of the explosion unknown and has
determined whether it Illuminating gas. The
mains filled with the latter and instantly abaze after
first explosion and succession of explosions followed the flames
shooting up through manhoes iii the street 1t will be difficult
mains were broken by the explosion of sewer gas.
Two other explosions of followed quickly that
hard to distinguish them. The first explode
ut 22d street and Archer avenue The manhole half
block south of Archer thrown into the air Flames
eaped and roared ou the hole The fire spread below the
street and smaller manhoe blown into the air. Flames
from the first gas main shot high into the air and with the aid
of the wind reached Troses butcher shop The building
frame had been weakened and nearly wrecked by
the shock 1t is supposed that the occupants knocked
conscious too pancsrcken rush from the place
The dry rong wood food for the fire and an instant the
flames had eyeoped the structure The building collapsed
and the occupants with exception, carried with it to
the basement
IN adjoining building wosory structure Hared up
and the building was wrapped in flames And then another
caught 1t seemed that the whole block would be wiped
Window glass throughout the neghborkood broken and
glassware in dwellings and thrown down and broken
Many persons in the buildings nearby knocked down
Scores of and many carrying children rushed to
The They greeted by the glare of fire from the
manhoIcs
Among the dead are supposed children Of
Tosc family whose bodies have yet been recovered It is
known positively that they in the house the me but
search in the neghborhood does show of them
There six children in the family and there is little doubt
that all eight members of the family killed Three other
people who said be dead supposed to have been
in the market the time of the explosion The
explosion known, but all indications show
due escaping the basement of the ote house
The explosion without instants warning. There
was dazzling flash deafening roar cloud of dust and shat
tered nbers where the roe house stood On both sides OF
Archer and 22d and 23d every glass
blown out and number of residents in damaged buildings
suffered slight injuries from flying glass Adjoining the Iroste
building the the two-story frame III which John
Mcleod had saloon It vanished in the second the
meat market It reported people were killed
here but the story could not be substantiated
In the ruins of buildings occupied by Trostle Mcleod
the flames burned ercey that the inmates not killed
by the of the explosion they must have met death by fire
Close the Trose building stood the Peoples hospital small
affair which had patients The building rocked and
every window was out of the patients