Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-06


and Archer avenue last night.
Dead.
OTTO TRosTEL. s5 years old, butcher.
MRS. OTTO TRosTEL, S5 years old
OTTO TRoSTEL. JR., 2 years old.
LENA TRoSTEL, years old.
ANNIE TRosTEL. Q years old.
MAMIE TRoSTEL, IL years old.
FRED TRoSTEL, butcher, nephew OF Otto
Trostel, 23 years old.
SOPHIE KNEIPPE, domestic In Trostel
family.
MARY RosENTHAL, 80 years old, 21l1
Purple street.
MRS. NJ. KAUFERT, s7s Twenty-second
street
EDWARD KAUFERT, IA years old
MAMIE KAUFERT, years old.
ANDREW KoLB, roomer with Mrs. Kaut-
ert.
- Injured.
Lucy Merranoski, cut on head and face
by glass.
Andrew Finstalh, cut and internal in
iuries.
August RosIer, cut about face.
Sing Wah. Twenty-third street and Archer
avenue. blown through window; cut and
bruised
Nellie Merchand, cut by glass
1 -NeNS SONoAs Nhb Oh AdS6 uSdus
Emma Folz. cut by glass.
J. w. Mcleod, cut by glass.
! Mrs. J. w. Mcleod. cut aud badly bruised,
Timothy Moynihan, fireman; hands badly
| burned.
P. e. Donohue. fireman; left arm cut with
ak.
| Peter Danusand. cut by glass.
]. p. Collins, street car conductor; blown
through car, cut aud slight internal In
:uries. a
A. Barnes. street car conductor; blown
from esr into street; badly bruised.
Ten BodfSs neeoveFed.
At 2 o'clock this morning ten bodies had
been, recovered from the ruins OF the
Trostel house. They had been Identified
as:
/ otto Trostel, Mrs. Augusta Trostel, Annie
Trostel, II years of age; Lena Trostel, Z
years Of age; Sophie Kneippe, domestic in
Trostel family; Otto Trostel jr.. Mrs Mamie
Rosenthal, Fred Trostel. unidentified man
and unidentified woman.
List of Injured May BE Larger.
The list Of injured might be increased to
twenty-five or more, as there we're many
people In the neighborhood who sustained
slight injuries from flying glass or slight
bruises caused by falls, but whose names
have not been reported. Only one OF the
bodies OF the dead-that Of little Lena
Trostel-has been recovered. All that is
known Of the fate OF the other dead Is that
they are thought to have been in the de-
molished houses, and since the accident no
trace Of them has been found.
The cause OF the explosion Is unknown
and it has not yet been determined whether
1t was sewer gas or illuminating gas.
1EANw. ...lAE -
ablaze after the explosion and a succession
Of explosions followed the flames shooting
up through the manholes in the street. 1t
would be difhcult to ascertain whether the
Illuminating gas exploded or whether the
mains were broken by the explosion OF
sewer gas. Many people living In the vi
cinity believe that the first explosion was
in main at Twenty-Second street and
Archer aveHue.
ManhOIeS Thrown in the Air.
The ,nanhole half block south on Archer
, avenue was thrown into the air by loud ex-
plosion. Flames leaped high from the hole.
The FIRE spread below the street and other
manholes we're blown into the air. The
, flames from the first gas main shot high
into the air and reached, with the aid of
the wind. the Trostie butcher shop. The
building was a three-story frame structure
and II had been weakened and nearly
wrecked by the shock. 1t is supposed that
the occupants Of the building were knocked
unconscious or we're too panic stricken 10
rush from the place The flames caught
the weather-worn timbers. Tho dry and
rotten WOOD was food for the dre aud IN
an instant the flames had enveloped the
structure. With roar the building coll
e lapsed and the occupants. with one exeep-
4 N,r. fad a. A..
r The adjoining building a tWo-story strue-
n ture, fiared. up, the next building was
e wrapped in flames and then another strue-
Q ture caught hre. II seemed that the whole
+ block would be wiped out before tho hre.
men could bring the blaze under control
1 Fire Wall stops Spread.
A hre wall Of a brick building at Archer
avenue and Twenty second street held thG
hre In that direction. On the west OF III.
burning buildings were two small one stor,
cottages. They were a few feet from IN,
=. burning buildings and that gave the are
/, men an opportunity Of heading on the ire
= !. window glass throughout the neighhor
!, hood was broken and bottles and glasswar,
= in the dwellings and stores were thrown {,
the floor and broken. Many persons II
buildings near the explosions were knocked
down. Scores of men and women. many o
! them carrying children, rushed TO tn
3. streets. They were greeted by the glare o
the fre from the manholes. Fearing fur
ther explosions the people rushed dow
a the street. many women screaming witt
! fear.
n On several street cars near the place tn
windows we're smashed and the passenger
Il severely shaken up. When People In tn
cars saw the aames Fash from the sroun
m ali rushed for the doors. A number Of per
M sons were bruised and Knocked down 4
a. the excited exit. One car. filled with pas
/ senEers. was thrown from the tracks.