Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-03
Ten Known Dead, 2l In-
 jured and 24 Missing as Result of Blast.
RESCUED SUSTAIN
 FROZEN HANDS, FET '
With Temperature 10 Below Zero. Water From Fire Hose Freezes as soon as If Strikes the Rains.
 Uandicapping Reseucrs.

Chicago, Feb. 2-Moro than 100 men worked tonight over the smoulderiliE ice-covered ruins of tenement house, wrecked uy an explosion ear'v this morning. The tenement. lOcatcl i'll the heart of the West Side Ghetto district was estimated to contain sleeping men women and children 10 the number of so Or 9A
 As result of the work turnout the day of those rescuing victims buried beneath the ruins these results are established tonight:
 Known dead 10.
 Injured 21.
 Missing 24.
 Rescued uninyured 22. TWcnty-fOur more hours at lcasH, according to Fire Marshal OConnor, would be required to clear away the mass of debris and ice in order to fully determine whether there are others in the ruins
 Late today firemen heard moans emanating from a portion of the from the spot. It is believed there are at least 12 others buried in the ruins.
 The intense cold-10 below zero. handicapped the firemen. Streams o. water turned to ice almost as soon as the water fell
 Pillar of Fire Stands in Ruins.
 The explosion is believed to have been caused by leaking gas man Long after the three story building collapsed, 9 pillar of fire stood up from the ruins, indicating a flow o. gas, and it was not until hours after ward this could be stopped. Most of those rescued soon after the explosion sustained frozen hands and feet. as all were in scant attire. The explosion was heard for miles By some freak of the shock, buildings few yards away Were undamage,l, while windows were broken many blocks further distant. Hundreds Of Hebrew. Lithuanian, Polish and Rus sian tenants of the district fled in.o the street scantily clad although the weather was the coldest of the year.
 Railroad Men Kescae 15 Tots. The explosion wrecked one end of a three-story tenement buildins which contained 24 flats, 16 Of which were occupied. Tile flames burst throughout the lower story immedi- ately. When firemen arrived they were able to rescue few children, who were dropped by their parents rom the upper windows. Some adults also were saved in this way. A group Of railroad switchmen who happened on the scene in advance of the fire men were reported to have rescued 15 children
 To extinguish the fire completely. # was necessary to dig down to the ga main. This, owing to the frozen ground was slow work. and seven hours after the explosion the main had not been reached
 Those driven from their homes found refuge from the cold at Hui! house settlement, hospitals, the DO. lice stations and in stores. the pro- prietors of which, when alarmed by the explosion, opened their doors.
 Saves, Then Loses Children.
 In one little grocery store there was scene typical of many others The place was crowded with excited men and women crying and talking excitedly in Yiddish. Among then, was Mrs. John Lancowski. She wore a nightgown, shawl, one slipper and one boot. She had brought her six children safely out of the burnina building, had lost them again and was making frantic appeals to her neigh bors to find them The oldest, she said, was 10 years of age.
 An incident disclosed by the conn ing of daylight was that of a seven year-old boy, Stanley Stilowic. found freezing to death. The explo sion shut off the gas and electris lights in the district and in the dark ness the child clad only in a unio suit, ran into a secluded nook, where becoming benumbed with cold, he fell | asleep He was found by a young woman who had him sent to hospital where it was said his condition was 1 serious.
 Two tenants of the building wh, escaped but would not give theil names said the odor of gas was O. served yesterday afternoon and was reported to the gas company