Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — GAS EXPLODES AND 10 PERSONS ARE INJURED [ARTICLE]

GAS EXPLODES AND 10 PERSONS ARE INJURED

Four Story Structure at Cleveland Wrecked by Blast. Cleveland, 0., Aug. 17. —Seven men and three women, two of whom may die, were injured when an explosion of natural gas wrecked the four-story building occupied by the Wirick Moving and Storage company. The debris caught fire and was practically all consumed. The loss is placed at sloo,* 000. The roof of the building was lifted high in the air. Immediately following the explosion seven buildings in the neighborhood were afire and the whole district was .threatened, but quick work on the part of the firemen saved them.