Bisbee daily review., 1905-11-11
SHOCKING DISASTER
 AT IsHPEMINe Miners Bank Block Wrecked by an Explosion Appalling in Its
 Results.
Marquette Journal.)

Marquette Journal) The dead are:
 STEPHEN GOODMAN. aged twelve years, youngest son of B. J. Goodman. ST.
 EDDIE M'GRATH, aged twelve years, son of Mrs. Mary M'Grath. West Ridge street. ALICE M'GEE, aged about twelve years, daughter of James McGee. mas ter mechanic of the South Shore com pany.
 Those injured are: James F. Mullins. manager of the Miners National Bank Insurance agency: right leg broken below the knee; compound fracture of left leg. spinal injury, cut and bruised, and hurt internally.
 Hans Gunderson, insurance and real estate dealer; leg and collar bone fractured, cut about face and head. Thomas Flannigan, retired mer- chant; leg fractured and face badly cut
 Loreeta McGee. age about ten years, also daughter of James MceGe: face and head badly burned. body bruised.
 Mrs. P. F. Small; face, head and body badly bruised and cut. Miss Berdie Raez; leg fractured cut and bruised about the body.
 Miss Catherine Bright; head, arms and shoulders injured by falling brick.
 Ray Butler. second son or Ed. J. Butler; leg sprained, hand head and face injured
 Fred Anderson, steam filter; face and head badly burned.
 Brick Peterson, steam filter: face. head and upper portion of body badly burned and bruised.
 Mrs. J. NJ. Keith, sister of Miss Ruez; hand injured.
 Mrs. George Smeltz, North Second street; leg cut and bruised.
 CharlesSmeltz, aged twelve years. son of George Smeltz; back and head bruised.
 John Dundon, twelve year old son of T. J. Dundon; two teeth gone, lips cut, leg, shoulder and hand injured.
 The walls of the Miners National bank building at Ishpeming were rent asunder by an explosion of gas con lined to the basement shortly after g o'clock yesterday morning, involv- l ing over two dozen people, mostly church goers returning from early mass at St Johns church. in one of i the most shocking disasters that has ever occurred in Marquette county. its tale of dead being three and injured | fourteeen.
 The substantial building was blown | into a shapeless mass of debris by the force of the explosion, the fatan- | ueS and injuries being caused by the | falling wreckage. Fortunately fire. the last agonizing touch of so many similar disasters, did not break out. else the horror of the happening would have been greatly increased.
 People Dazed by Catastrophe.
 A scene of panic and heroic work the roar of the explosion and the falling wreckage. Mothers and fathers rushed about in impotent fear lest their loved ones, for the moment unaccounted for, were pin toned under the debris. The scope of the disater could not be known for some minutes. People in the neigh borhood were dazed by the sudden ness of the catastrophe, and only the coolest among men at once undertook the work of rescue.
 Quickly, however, the panic passed, at least among the men. Giving up thought of the extent of the disaster, they concentrated their energies on the relief of the injured. Bremen | and bystanders labored side by side while there was work to be done | Ready physicians gave the suffering victims delft attention. The living received the first thought, and only ! after the injured were under medical care were the bodies of the dead sought. Then the mangled remains of the three child victims of the wreck were tenderly removed from beneath the pile of brick and timbers,