The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-08
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Minneapolis MINI. - Five men
were killed and three injured when.
With a defamation that could be heard
,or several miles, the acetylene sas
generating tank in the 5ast naeGt OF
he Point saloon. at TIE intersection Of
he Crysal lake and R~obbinsaale roads
near Minneapolis was blown Up. hurt
ing the walls Of The building outward
aGd killing and manning some Ia per
sons who were in the place. The ex-
p~losioa was followed by a Are which
reduced the shattered structure to
ashes ana horribly charred ana dis
figured the bodies OF those wao failed
20 escape with their lives.
Watch Steps at 4:ec .. M.
According To a gold watch found on
The body Of Charles G~icbenhain. the
bartender, the explosion occurred at
&t22 p. m, at which time The watch
stopped, An alleged defect IN the
acetylene generator, which was used
for illuminating purposes only. is HAT.
ed at AS the cause of the accident, al
though FROM the twisted and jumAlad
mass Of boiler plate and metal I'm the
basement OF the ruina, the real cause
may never he aaccttaincd.
h acotylene plant was located in
tho basement near the north wall and
midway between the trent and rear
Of the cellar, II was directly under
one end of the bar,
h blast literally tore out the front
and one side OF the building, hurting
beams, umhern and GLASS across the
Sr!sai Lake and the Robbinadale
roads The corner support between
the W shattered walls was also
blown away and tho roof uf the strnc.
ture hung above, supported only by
the taftera running ~ the rear and
other side wall NJ tho buiidlha.
Floors aheot akyward.
Both the frst and nauu0d tnnss IL
the front part OF the buiidins shit
skyward, carrying with them bar, A.
lures, eontenta of the uailaF ann 81.
oupants ot The bar room. The ftttf
withstood tho terrible ~uphaatAl asA
the srlintered wroehasa fell t,sak itiA
the ntt OF the basement, Jaha NttstS
IN tho rear room, separated tpts1N It,.
bar room by a atfons partitish, ttAk
upward before tho hiast lihn Oh eetath
canvas. hut did not fall lnta lbs baslz
ment.
George Miller 10 Fsesd,
Amid the heaftsrendiAA pflsR
sroans OF the men buried and
down In the forward part al KSa~
ment when tho finmen w. SnidlrS
turning the wrecked shsll
ing furnace. the rparue II
away at the woodworA aud freed MjE
Ter. He was carried Ia the raad,
where no tainted, Repeated atfarts
We're made 10 ali the other men wha~a
sgonixed shrieks nm tho trs reached
them drove the workers an u d6speg-
ate endeavor, nut the shattered aud
partially supported root huns an ga-
stable canopy over the hurtng human
PIT and warned the feseuera away hy
me dropping at huge timhsrs aud
flaming beams.
At the rssS of burns aud falling tara
me cellar TO say nothing Ut the passis
hiiHy OF more explosions, Hsemaa aud
citizens crowded close Ia lbs burning
"reckage and dragged large huralax
parts out into tha read. The arsl
body to be recovered Il that at
~uieoenhain. The eharfsd mass was
placed on = board and o0vsred with
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