The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-08
SOUTH CHICAGO.

of naphtha in the cleaning and dyeing
establishments of J. NJ. Delaney. 9047
Commercial avenue. Monday night, at
$40 caused an uproar in South Chica-
go and brought the police and fire de-
partment on dead run thinking that
the large gas tank at Ninety fifth street
had exploded. The building was lit
orally blown to pieces and the brick
walls We're pushed apart by the concus-
sion as If they were paper and the roof
| collapsed as the walls went. There
were four people in the store at the
time of the explosion and all were Sc
riously injured. The injured were:
j. NJ. Delaney, proprietor. rs years
old. blown through the front of his
! place of business across the street; bad
~ cut by flying glass and otherwise
internally injured
Benjamin Anderson, 1926 Ninety sec
ond street; blown through side OF
building; injuries serious.
| B. Lloyd, Is years old. 1926 Ninety
second street. and Albert Head. $685.
Escanaba avenue; blown through the
back door and seriously injured.
All of those injured were taken to
the South Chicago hospital The fire.
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street floor of the building, where gas
is used as an illuminant and were ig-
nited by the jets. The loss is estimated
to be about $4,000. A large number of
plate glass window on the opposite side
of the street were also broken.
Two men in a disabled fishing launch
were rescued yesterday afternoon aft
er being out on the lake for about for
ty-eighth hours. The captain of the
! freighter Bangor sighted the launch
and ordered the boat headed for the
launch. The freight circled around
the launch for a while and finally a
rope was thrown to the men, but they
were too weak to grasp 1t. Captain
Morrison of the life-saeing1 station
sighted the men and ordered the tug
Tomlinson to their aid. The tug re-
turned to South Chicago with the half
dead men. The two men were taken
into the fire department house on the
river and a doctor summoned. After
a little treatment they were taken to
their homes in Evanston, Ill. They
gave their names as George and Thos
Miller
Samuel Alton. 1929 Hoxie avenue
while at work at the plant of the Wis
consin Steel company fell a distance
of twenty Ave feet, seriously woundins
himself The accident happened at is;
a. m. and no one was near him wher
the accident happened. He was re
moved to the South Chicago hospital.
The Cecilian chorus of Chicago helc
public musical program at the Con
gregational church. Ninety -seconC
street and Ontario avenue. The follow
ing program was rendered:
The Cecilian Chorus
! ontralto-Margaret Dahlstrom
violin-Ave Maria. Schu. Wilhelmy
Josephine Gerwing
Reading Observation-Disclosures.
Marion Chase Schaefer
Hymn of the Nuns Jensen
The Cecilian Chorus
Soprano Solo-Anna Crater
Violin-(a) Ave Maria .............
..-....... Schubert Wilhelm,
OBJ Heivie Kati ...... Huba,
Reading ..,.-.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Marion Chase Schaeffer
Reading ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. n
Hymn of the Nuns Jensen op. 10 No
. The Cecilfen Chorus
Soprano Solo-Anna Crater
Contralto-(a) Sing On... Denis
OBJ Esmeralda w Leve,
Margaret Dahlstrom
Grand Fantasia in e Minor for Organ
.............. ....... Lemmen
Nature is here closely portrayed
without the usual resort to cheap
mechanical means of effect The
, song birls twitter as the storm
approaches and afterwards the pelt-
ing of the rain. Suddenly as If the
sun had broken through the clouds.
sweet strains of prayer is breath
ed-after follows the closing strains
altogether imparting a feeling of
desolation.
Robert stronach
Heddlhg .-.'..-...... ....-.......
Marion Chase Schaefrer
Violin-(a) Romance -. Wieniawsk
OBJ Elfentanz . Popper-Half
Josephine Gerwing
: (a)Boat Song .-............... Cove
$ OBJ Epitome ...... Victor Harri
r The Cecilian Chorus