Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-08
WRECKED BY GAS.
Children Going to Sunday School at Ish
peming Killed Through
Explosion.

ISHPEMING, Mich, Nov. 6.-[Spe-
cial. THE Miners National bank was
blown up by an explosion Of gas Sunday.
Three children were crushed to death,
under the walls, which fell outward, and.
thirteen persons were injured by flying
bricks ana glass.
]. F. Mullins May Die
James T. Mullins, manager Of the in,
surance department of the bank, was
caught by falling timbers and is expect
ed to die. The dead
GOODMAN, STEPHEN, aged 10.
MGRATH, EDDIE, aged Is.
MAGEE, ALICE, aged u.
The seriously injured:
Raymond Butler, badly cut by flying
glass.
Thomas Flanagan, capitalist, leg broken,
severely cut about head.
Hans GunderSon, confusion of head as re-
suit of falling bricks.
Lorette McGee. cut by flying glass.
James f. Mullins, banker; hips crushed,
internally injured; may die.
Mrs. Patrick Small, cut by flying glass.
1gnites Escaping Gas.
The accident was caused by the leak
age of gas in the basement Of the bank
building. Two steamtitterS were work
struck match. The explosion followed.
The structure was wrecked, the walls
being blown outward. The three chill
dren killed were on their way to Sunday
school and were waiting in front of the
bank for train to pass. They were
buried under tons Of bricks:
Mr.. Mullins and the workmen were
the only ones in the building. Mullins
was found in the basement pinned under
heavy timbers. His hips were crushed
and he is not expected to live.
The two workmen were blown through
a basement window and landed unin-
jured in an open boxcar, standing on
nearby track
All the teams in the city were sum-
moned to the scene, and the work of
moving the huge piles Of debris and ex-
Treating those under them was rushed.
The explosion broke windows in many
stores in the business district and scat
tered the papers and documents of the
bank for blocks around.
The vault, which is constructed of
steel and concrete, was not injured. The
building was valued at $4,000.
The Goodman boy was the son of j.
Goodman, a logging contractor; Edward
Grath, and Alice MCGEE, the daughter
of the master mechanic of the South
Shore railway.
Eight Killed by Tornado.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ok, Nov g.,
Eight persons are dead, four will die,
and tweI ty-siX others were injured in
Saturday tornado. The pathway of the
storm is about 100 yards wide and only
one mile long, but the havoc was great.
In the farmers cotton gin, which was
wrecked, J. S. Barley was crushed to
death. A two-story school house was
lifted straight up in the air, turned over,
and crashed down upon it's roof just be-
side the foundation. The Methodist
church also is a wreck, as Is the Chris
oh yrrhi ah c1,n
building.
House Blown Up: One Killed.
MITCHELL, S. D.. Nov. 6.-By the
James Garland at Armour, S. D., his
wife was killed, the house was wrecked
and burned to the ground, and his two
children were severely burned.
Ignites Oil Tank; Will Die.
LA CROSSE, Wis, Nov. 6.-Dropping
Il lighted match into an oil car tank sup
posed to be empty, George DAILY, aged
10, of La Crescent, Mimi, caused an ex-
plosion which will result in his death
Henry Yohe, aged 8, was injured.
Seven Miners Killed
BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Nov 6.-Sev-
en- miners are dead and a number of 9TH
ers were seriously injured as the result
of an explosion in one Of the Underwater
GOAL anu COKE COlpduy MlueS dt
Vivian.
Saves Train; Is Fatally Hurt.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. CIVIL
liam McMannaway, a laborer, after saw
ing the Baltimore & Ohio flyer from a.
wreck at Okaw river bridge, slipped
through the bridge while aiding in the
transfer of passengers across the struct-
ure, and fell fifty feet into the river be-
low. He now lies at the point Of death.
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