The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-04
fire and DEATH.
Follows Blowing Up Los Angeles Times
Building Saturday
THIRTY WERE KILLED

the Entire Building Was a Fiery
Furnace.-The Managing Editor
Says Plant Destroyed by Enemies
OF Industrial Freedom.
The building occupied by The
Times Publishing company at Los
Angeles, CAL, was destroyed by fire
Saturday morning and there was
heavy loss of life, estimated as high
as 20.
The fire was proceeded by an ex-
plosinon and Immediately the build
ing was enveloped In flames. Ghe
explosion occurred on the second
floor of an addition to the old build
ing. The old part is of three floors.
Within a few seconds from the time
of the explosion the entire building
was a fiery furnace. Crowds that
gathered say they saw many men fail
back from the windows into the
flames. Others leaped and were m
jured.
The poperty loss is estimated at
$500,O00. The editorial rooms were
on the third floor, but it is believed
the greater part of the men on this
floor escaped death.
Thomas P. Smith, an "ad" conf
positor, working on the second floor
when the explosion occurred, gives
the following version:
"There were at least so men at
work on my floor. believe that half
of this number may not have escap-
ed. I with the others rushed for
the street and we then saw the whole
building in fans.
"The entire building was in ruins
at Las, and but two walls were
standing.
"In addition to the complete plant
of The Times the building contained
the large jobbing and commercial
plant of the American Engraving
Co."
Within few minutes after the eX-
plosion the police arrested two men
I In the Broadway tunnel, two blocks
north of the. Times building a1d
they are being held for indentifica-
tion. The Times employs non-unio1
printers and has had more or less
friction with labor.
| The police had their fire lines put
up around the scene and reserves
were soon patroling the district arm
ed with riot clubs but the half clad
crowd which silently watched the
flames from behind the fire lines were
orderly and not an arrest was made
from amongst the crowd.
The following list of missing fur
nished by the Times have not been
accounted for:
u. c. Golliher, linotype operator,
married, five children.
w. G. Tunstall, linotype operator,
married.
John Howard, printer. married,
one child.
Grant Moore, machinist, marie l.,
three children.
Edward WATSON, printer, married.
Elmer Frink, linotype operator,
married.
Eugene Cares, linotype operator,
married, one child.
DON E. Johnson. liaotype operator.
married.
Ernest Jordan, linotype operator.
marriel, one child. E
Frank Underwood, printer, mar
ried, one child.
| ]. Wesley Beaver, stenosrapiler.
R. L. Sawyer, telegrapher, NAL
ried, two children.
Harry l.. Crane, assistant tele-
graph editor, married, one child.
Chales Gulliver, compositor, mar
ried.
Carl Salada, linotype operator.
Among the injured taken to the
receiving hospital were the follow
iTg:
Harvey P. Elder, ass.t&Et city eli-
tor, jumped from third story; right
leg broken, internal injuries and Sc
we're burns; will die.
Charles E. Lovelace, Coast editor,
jumped from third floor, hip broken,
Internally injured and burnei
S. W. Crabill, foreman composing
room, severe bruises.
Randolph Rossi, linotype operate,
Jumped from second floor, severely
Injured.
Many others injured were taken
to the other hospitals.
The flames followed the explosion
so quickly that those in the 9ild-
Ing had little chance to escape.
Many leaped from the windows an /
we're severely injured.
The building burned rapidly AMI
before many of the inmates cclic
reach the street it was a mas: ot
flames
The force of the explosion was
concentrated on the mechanical de-
Ipartment OF the paper and most of the
dead and injurede were members OF
these departm antS.