The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-21


most beyond recognition, blood anC
brains being left on the splinterec
ruins of the building The deaC
mans wife was on visit to Nash
Vile and arrived home this morn
ing The interment occurred il
Oakland Cemetery this afternoon
There we're deeds of heroism and
endurance and some miraculous es
/ capes. Mr.. Klopp, with many
wounds from cut glass in his back
and bleeding from severed artery
IN the neck, assisted for a moment
in caring for others. Mr., Cursey,
with fractured skull and other in.
iuries, waited tor two hours for
treatment. "Why are you not hav.
| ing your head fixed?' inquired a
friend. II am waiting for Others
who are more hurt than | am to Sc.
cure attention. he said. The local
doctors we're assisted by physicians
from neighboring towns, who were
Immediately telephoned news of the
explosion and begged to hasten
their assistance.
The warehouse in which was
stored the explosive-said by some
to have been powder, by others dy-
Mantle, and still another report
says both powder and dynamite
was situated at the rear of Phelan
Bros hardware store, and just
against J. A. Lands grocery, on
East Broadway. The Landis store
was demolished in the rear, the
city meat shop, adjoining the build
ing, was completely demolished,
and in it we're most of the injured
at the time of the explosion.
In fact every man in the building
was injured, while the ladies' store
against which was the Phelan
Bros. storage room, only one per-
son was hurt, but the west end of
the building was demolished. Mr..
Seat, in his furniture store two
doors away, received some injuries,
and horses in the alleyway just
east of the explosion were killed.
1t further develops that ladies on
the street block away we're shock
ed and fell fainting on the pave
ment. Miss Freed fell in faint
and was picked up by Mr.. Klopp.
one OF the injured men who was in
the meat shop.
Interest now centers around John
K. Pearce, who, 1t is marvellous to
report, is holding out with remark
able nerve, and it is now given out
by his physicians that he may re-
cover. He is man of answering
integrity and holds the sympathy
and esteem of every citizen in Tren-
ton, having been in business here
for thirty-6ve years.
In speaking OF the tragedy this
morning Phil Phelan, of Phelan
Bros, said: II can't tell just how it
was, further than this: Arnold, of
near Eaton, came in with gun
which he had bought at our store a
few days ago, saying it did not
work we'll. Bob, who was at work |
on the books at the desk, took the
gun, went to the rear door of the
store to test the gun and fred. II
suppose he hit the little wareroom,
and as the wall was very thin, the
ball must have passed through, pro-
iucing the explosion. It is one Of
The hardest things in my life's his
tory he continued. I'VE have
ost much and Bob was the best
partner in the firm"
Throngs of people are here to-
lay viewing the ruins. and a heavy
gloom hangs over the town. The
,bsequies this afternoon we're very
DIR. Parker's remains
we're inferred at Oakland Cemetery.
Mr.. Phelan was inferred at Salem
in Laneview community,
he former home of the deceased.
Cures Coughs and Colds.
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