Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-02-13
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between. seven and eight o'clock. i
/ fire broke ort III The basement Of q
i.louble six story tenement house, No,
I4N3 Elm street, The fire originated
1inaa bakery. The flames shot up the
lstaifs way with great rapid:ty and ex-
TENDED to the upper floors occupied
] BY about twenty families. The mo-
tment the alarm was given, the scene
lof'Acunfusionsthat eilsned throughout
the building was Of the most hearts
| rending character. The stairway
was burned away, and OF course oil
iclalice OF escape was cut off in that
lanarter, Men, women and sclildfenl
Ecuuld be seen BY the spectators on,tlle
side walk, clustered lat the windows
screaming for assistance, and wiring
/ ing their hands in agony of despair.
Some Of them. mustered courage,
Ito jump from the windows, land .ess
capped with slight injury.
il Mr. Wise, with bis family, consist
ling Of his wife. and three children, &c.
1 cnpied a portion Of tile front second
floor. Mr.. Wise escaped, and one
! child three years Old was rescued but
lone VT his legs were broken. M
particulars could befobtained as to
I what became OF the rest of the fami.
~, and it is feared they were burned
to death.
! Isaac White, and his wife and five
children, occupied q part of the sec
ond floor. Mr. and Mrs. W.escaped.
and also two children. Eliza, aged 30
years, and Louis, aged IL, and GUS
tavus, aged II. we absent. Esther
tagged rs years was nearly 'Sauffocafed.
Il Pulira. aged Z wears, was also near
Ily sutfocaled. The. two last were Ia
I ken to the hospital, but their injuries
are not very serious.
George Boydner occupied a part
OF the second floor, with Ills wife,
4 t'rederika. and two children, Caroline.
!, jagged four years, and Henry. aged
I fsixteen,. Mr.. b, and the two children
escaped uninjnred. But. Mrs. B. was
badly burned. She was found nearly
4 deal BIZ detective Keefe assisted BY
several members of engine No. 3d.
The officer took her !o the shoe store
!, Of George Scheffunrcy, No.26 Grand
q street. The shoemaker inilnn,alll.YF
|, ordered them out, but the policeman
fpnshed him aside, and put thewolnall
Oh Il sofa, and she was afterwards
taken. to Tire Hospital.
Mr.. McLain occupied q part of the
the third story feer with his wife and
!. 1.-Two children. lNInsaSed.
'fn Enthusiastically. consisting ofeight
persons, occupied q portion of the
'dttird floor. The only member of the
:. Gfmily that copM Be found Nsssa child
/, two and half years Of age. 1t is
! feared portion Of the family were
! burned sz. M q 8 \.
Mr.. bricks, wife, and five children
] occupied a portion Of he,third floor,
IL AS none Of Them were seen after tlfe
!, I, fire broke out, it is feared they were
81 alfburlied. Y. s1:Sszj
] Mr.. Walks, his wife and two chill,
dren. occupied a portion OF the third
! story floor. No particulars could b
flearned Of them, although dilligen,
/ lseareh was made toTSthepl among tht
n crowd to find if any wereFrescped.s .
IT. Mr.. Armstrong. wife and chilt
Z occupied apart of the fourth, floor
!. Nothing could be learned OF them at
l ter the fire broke ont, ar. Rebecc'
] with his wife and two children. occa
pied part of tlle51fourth story, moth
= IND G ,uld be learned Of them. Mrs
= North ]. Il widow, occupied a room 81
y tile fifth aeor, she was. not seen sffe
!. 1.-The fire broke out, aMr. Napel arc
] This, wife Efaneis, occupied a part Q
! Itbe filth floor, Nj. Yapel on IL
! tliscoyety Of the fre, and finding .tha
! he acsouaInot escape by the stairway
I, threw d ;eIothes line out of the. win
~ DIV and fastened it the winios
i@sill. IIe let l,isiwife partially down
I when slleHslipped and fell on thetshed
! iniaring her severely: He followe
j and escaped with d fewsshglit ii.ju
z RES. Mrs. Vapel was taken to 81
y hospital. Francis Ryslcyer, with hi
wife and three children occupied
g part 81 the fifth story.
',;l He escaped by jumping ont th
!, window, receiving several injurae:
I, I Ii Is feared his wifeaRi children wer
Z, burned to death. Owing to1the il
l tense excitement that prevailed, III
flsaines of He occupants OF the sixt
!, : floor could not be ascertained, and !
Y, y is supposed that file occupants Iof tn
4, fIoor, about a dozen id dill, Were bulne
Il Ito death.
= There were 80 persons in the bull
: ing. So Of whom were supposed
s have been lost, 5..la,
p HarptEa Magazine and Weekly Pro.
at seFibcd.
u Tie North Carelinian, Of Fayett
toIville, N. g., SAWS I've notice tie
vel periodicals upon our streets as hume
II. ons as ever, after Jig is. ascertain,
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