Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-07
ELEVEN DIE IN EXPLOSION
Gas Osnplstsly WRECKS ButOAsr Hhsp s.i
Flat in Chicago.
UNBtclOEO ON CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT
BuildinE Appears TO Raise Up and
Collapse All OF n sudden
wrecksee Takes Fire and
Bodies Are Burned. q

OAAAOA0Of wv Ut ~ bCAioNeQ HfoNth
is the correct number OF people who lost
their lives by the explosion Of gas in the
Troste1 hatcher shop at $40 Twenty-second
street last night. The bodies. charred past
human sembiance in the majority OF cases.
lay at a nearby morgue. while fremen. as
sisted BY laborers. still dug IN the ruins
on the bare possibility that more bodies
might be under the debris Fire thief
Musham today declared his belief that the
explosion was that OF a pocket Of gas. A
force Of laborers was put at work at day
break tearing up and repairing the gas
pipes which figured In the two explosions
which followed that In the butcher shop.
When the coroner learned Of it he or
dered the work stopped. l want no changes
In present conditions made. unless neoes-
sary. until I have investigated fully and ind
out II negligence was in any way respon-
sibie for the loss Of 1ise.'' said he.
r following is believed to be d correct
list Of the dead.s SIS
OTTO TRosTEL. owner Of the butcher
shop.
AUGUSTA TRosTEL, wife OF above.
OTTO TRoSTEE. jr.. aged II years.
ANNA TRosTEL. aged . years.
LENA TRosTRL; aged 2 years.
MINNIE FROSTED, aged s years.
FROSTED tbaby), aged 2. RS
FRED TRoSTEE.. nephew OF otto Trostel
SOPHIA, KNEIPP. niece of Mrs. TrosteI
MARY RosENTHAL, aged 80, a neighbor
visiting shop.
OTTO eoERMAN. rrOstel's assistant in
shop.
Vhcertain as 10 cause.
The cause OF last nights EXPLOSION. b,
which eleven lives were lost, has not yeI
been fixed. Two business men in the vi.
1 entity said the explosion was in a defective
boiler connected With the gas system in thu
basement Of the building occupied BY
Butcher Trosteyc which employees had at.
tempted to thaw out. Others insisted The
explosion was eaused by the gas itself. buI
they were unable to say how the gas hat
caused It Da Y
The experts of the Peoples Gas com.
pany are investigating the cause and are al
yet uncertain. They think some one wal
thawing out a pipe and that the explosion
resulted. The city fire marshal is like.
wise uncertain asito the first cause.
The most graphic story OF the accident
was told by J.. Pauly Of 66 twenty second
place, who stood feross the street when tho
building went up. THE first thing
knew" he said, II was blown against 4
telegraph pole. I was facing the market
and 1t seemed that the whole building rose
up In the air at once and then collapsed
into the cellar, a heap Of ruins. 1 rar
across the street and as 1 crossed the cal
tracks 1 oould hear the cries Of the people
imprisoned In the swreckage. Almost i'm.
mediately the flames burst out all ovei
the place and 1t seemed that everythins
was On IRE at once.s s3E -
Then ] caught sight Of a man crawlinI
out from the basement. He did not seen
to be badly hurt and called for help.
recognised him $s the sausage maker
Trostel had hired a few days, before.
do not know What his name Is. A mai
who had run Mp Jumped down to help him
and between US we got him to the street
He was able to walk and went away a
once. g ~ :sC ssH -T,sa & 80
Gas in Mains ExpIo6es.
THE first explosion in the building dis
conehcted the gas mains and the gas caughi
FIRE. 1t seemed to follow the pipes ant
1--WE minutes later the manhole In Archei
avenue blew up with a report almost a
loud as the first. The manhole to the cas-
followed In a few minutes.
I'VE could hear the cries In the basemen
growing fainter and we had to allow tn
sufferers to die without doing anything t
help them
J. @. Kleiner. proprietor of the drug stor
at Archer avenue and Twenty second street
was a witness to the explosion. He say
that no one came from the butcher sho
after the shock.
81 was standing in the front of my stor
when the explosion occurred" Mr.. Klelne
said. II was just looking down Twenty
second street when the building tremblet
I saw the entire front Of the butcher sho
ny out into the street and instantly Their
was a fash of fame. / turned to the tele
phone and called up several doctors an
told them Of the disaster. All Of them re
sponded. As Z turned to look dow tn
street again ! heard the IRE depertmer
coming Then the manboles began to OK
plode and one by one the caps were blow
|. high into the air. The force OF the ez
piosion was so great that the windows
street cars were, shattered. 7eT
ST do not believe a person In the butcht
shop or the Fat above escaped
! On Monday otto Trostel insured his III
: for 5000. making his wife the benehciar
; Yesterday Mrs. Trostel called on the IA
surane6 management and asked II the OLE
est two children could be insured. 81
said she had a ~presentment that somethir
would happen The agent was instrdcte
TO write policies OF 5000 each
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