The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-05

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shall, James NJ. Miller. Allie FeinberE.
With the fall Of the big. warehouse thu
third catastrophe within less than q veal
overlook the distillins company. and {
number Of lives. variously estimated al
from nine to fifteen, were hurled into eter.
nifty. while many other persons were in.
1ured, more or less seriously.
Two other explosions followed In rapid
succession. but the cause cannot yet be
determined.
the widest excitement Instantly pre-
| walled in that section Of the city, and In
an incredibly short space Of time the Inn
mense plant was surrounded by thousands
Of persons, who, however. were unable to
get close to thes structure on account Of the
intense heat An alarm Of IRE was sent in
at 4:19 o'clock. and when the ffrst ma
chires reached the soens It was quickly
realized that the department had the fight
Of their lives ahead. At AS o'clock . gen.
eral alarm was rum In
WAREHOUSE A CALDRON.
The entire department. set to work with
q will Tho warehouse containing In the
neighborhood Of 5000 barrels Of whisky.
vas tn-stantaneouely q reething caldron,
and It was known that no ons inside the
big structure could last . moment
The warehouse, In crushing the smaller
structure near by, set that on fire, and the
whisky from the bursting barrels flooded
everything in that section. Large strean4
ran toward the river. and IN . short time
there waa q foot Of whisky In the cattle
pens east Of the warshouR. It was burn
ing ~furiously, and the cries Of the 500
steers. chained fast was pitiable to hear.
Their distress lasted but . few moments,
however, for they were soon dead, either
roasted or sunocated by the deadly fumes.
They were the property Of Dood 4 Keser
OF Chicago. and r. G. White 4 Co Of this
city were the managers.
The W fermenting-houses were soon
fod for the flames. They are two struc-
lures Of good dimensions, and both of
flames threatened the mill and elevator
just across the track, where the costly
machinery IL installed.
However, the hremen made q winning
hsns se Il di 4 alsa S Il ih se so n1sTins Die shs
tillery. For q time It was feared that the
fire would sweep along the entire river
bank. However. the work OF the bremen
'es WH1s sky flows sI1H IN STREAMS.
Elmer Hogan was at work IN the waro-
house Ws wne :. TIE The co ol ann ,r... =,
the building by the big stream Of whisky.
and carried toward the river q distance. Of
nearly s~eventy-nve feet before being
managed to escape before tho ire over
took him. He was 90 badly injured that
ne cannot TecoyeT ;,,,,.a v,,,.r ~ ,.n
charge of the men employed IN this de
partment, had Just left the building when
the explosion and collapse came. Knoll
s,snt fyu q: pl e sh .h :ss' E s saa :i%ss down ina
was enveloped In dameA
It is believed that all the Government
men have escaped The ksussrs: nftse1
completed their work n had departed
about 2 o'clock IN the afternoon.
There were three Government store
N Of them got out. They were Abe
Feinburg, Henry Wagner and J. NJ NIL
ler.
did the damage occurred, was an eleven
story frame structure. covered with COZ.
rugated iron. It was more than 100 By 30
feet and At the June Of tie so Are ccnts,ned
warehouse A ana the cistern-room was
thres-.sory brick e %a 100 By @3
5000 gallons Of spirits.
In the two fermentfng rooms. which
were 100 by 1S0 feet, were eighteen tubs,
each. They were all filled. and contained
about 5000 gallons Of spirits each. All
this went up In DANES and added to the
The house of Dan Giese burned. and he
snd his family had 9 miraculous escape.
after the fan Of the Big
his home q enveloped In
NE sn.ritmrs o,,s The ree,6ercs ~ ichr