The Irish standard., 1910-07-02
LIGHTING PLANT IN MlNNEAPO.
LIS SALOON BLOWS BUILD.
ING TO BITS.
BUILDING WAS BLOWN TO ATOMS
cape With Cuts and
Brave Rescues
Made.

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The Dead:
Charles Giebenhain, 48 years =
old, bartender.
Louis o. Hamish, ~ years old, =
painter.
Eugene HamIin, Is years old, y
a teamster.
Albert Hirth, Brickton, Minn., 4
about % years old.
MiddIeaged man thought to be i
y Joseph sIbaueh, AZ years old,
s. carpenter.
The Injured:
Edward Boucher, IS years old,
proprietor of the Point saloon, i
burned and bruised about the .
head and shoulders; hearing and i
sight probably destroyed;
George Miller, 81 years old,
pIasterer. Severely burned about i
the chest and face. 4
T. Ernest OsterheId, So years old, 4
+ porter. One arm and his face bad 4
ly burned. 4
Four unidentified, elderly wom-
en-, members Of picnic party 4
who were in the large room back 4
Of the bar when the tank expIod- 4
cd, cut and burned. 4
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Minneapolis, June 29.-Five mer
were killed and three injured when
with defamation that could be heard
for several miles, the acetylene gas
generating tank In the basement o.
the Point saloon, at the intersection o.
the Crysal lake and Robbinsdale roads
near Minneapolis was blown up, hurl
ing the walls of the building outward
and killing and manning some IA per
sons who were In the place., The OK
plosion was followed by a fire which
reduced the shattered structure tt
ashes and horribly charred and dis
figured the bodies Of those who failed
to escape with their lives.
Watch Stops at aga %. m.
According to gold watch found OF
the body Of Charles Giebenhain, tn,
bartender, the explosion occurred a
1922 p. NJ, at which time the watcl
stopped. An alleged defect in TIL
acetylene generator, which was use,
for Illuminating purposes only is hint
ed at as the cause of the accident, al
though from the twisted and tumble,
mass of boiler plate and metal in tn,
basement of the ruins, the real caus'
may never be ascertained.
The acetylene plant was located II
the basement near the north wall ant
midway between the front and rea
Of the cellar. It was directly unde
one end of the bar.
The blast literally tore out the from
and one side of the building, hurlin,
beams, timbers and glass across tn
Crysal Lake and the Robbinsdal
roads. The corner support between
the two shattered walls was ais
blown away and the roof of the struc
ture hung above, supported only b,
the rafters running to the rear an,
other side wall Of the building.
Floors Shoot skyward.
Both the first and second floors II
IAAS AAOA1 poAI W IAC BIO
skyward, carrying with them bar, fix
lures, contents of the cellar and OK
cupants of the bar room. The roo
withstood the terrible upheaval an,
the splintered wreckage fell back int
the pit Of the basement. The floor
in the rear room, separated from tn
bar room by strong partition, ben
upward before the blast like so nue.
canvas, but did not fall into tho base
ment.
George Miller 10 Freed.
Amid the heart-rending cries an
groans of the men buried and pinne
down in the forward part of the base
ment when the flames were rapid
turning the wrecked shell into seett
ing furnace, the rescue party hacke
away at the woodwork and freed Mi
Ter. He was carried to the road
where he tainted. Repeated effort
were made to aid the other men who's
agonized shrieks as the fire reache
them drove the workers on to despel
ate endeavor, but the shattered an
partially supported roof hung an ur
stable canopy over the buring huma
pit and warned the resouers away b
the dropping Of huge timbers an
flaming beams.