The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-25
ALEAP FOR LIFE.
A Eot.d House Burnt-A Fearful Alter
native-Father and Child Dashed TO
Pieces.

The telegraph has already given q orlef ac
connt OF q shocking accident which took place IL
BrooIlyn. n. Y, on Saturday night. The New
York papers give us tile distressing details. Tht
house. which appears to have been fated one
was situated on Furman street, in Brooklyn. II
had caught fire in 1865 and killed five firemen oy
its roof falling in and when 1t was being rebuilt
foil in and Killed two worSmen. The World OF
Sunday gives the following account OF the fata
fire:
The charnel house in which the tragedy OF yes
terday was enacted. and which tragedy mas Deeu
preceded bv two others even yet more tetIoic i
large sforehouSe made up OF Nos. % ana 70 f!iI'
NAN street The house has a wcll-earned celebrity
for terrible scenes. In the dead Oi Monda! nlrni'
the 9Th or April. 1866, the building Causnt l,Ie'
Five members OF the Brooklyn Fire departments
named CaSpar X. Cammeyer, Eugene DaHeI, 'o''
II Prown. Lewis Gardener and Alex. ;. hensOn,
who were working on the roof were Killed py laIl-
ING into the burning ruins. When the mouse was
heinr rebuilt Ihe walls aud roof again caveu IN ana
two workmen were killed. The buildinr Is
Gonr stories <hich Looked at from the front
the observer sees on each floor twelve WINDOWS,
four large and eight smaller arched WINDOWS,
divided ITO sets of three each leaving SIN WIZ
t,ows on the floor Of each separate mouse. lheTc
is no scuitle through the roof leading 20 tne
garden above: OF course no windows IN the nacK;
and II the only stairs in the building one running
through No. 49, were cut away on the S'conu vi
third moor by fire. the only mode OF egresS LOT an y
inhabitant of the third floor woud lie cap
through the windows, which arc fully lortJ lecb
from thc ground And thus it was that yester-
floy morning two human beings were Killed OUT
right and another fatally Injured.
DISCOVERY OF THE FIRE.
Frrmon street is a solitude Passing through
n quarter Of tho city where. prohably: hoI Hiurc
Than flfty persons have occasion 10 he during the
night. il is deserted. and the only sound whlcn
often breaks the still monotony IL the staEccrng
football Of drunken sailor reeling 10 MS snip
sftcr nights debauch. the measured trump VI
the nolice patrol diving far or In the distance, or
the iinElc OF the horse cars usually ircighteh VIII
the driver and conductor. All around is COM
merce and that only. But not only lhe hoheSt
commerce Of the world. Int also the commerce IN
hnman blood This charred building was oc-
cnn;ed by white.lead manufacturers. and was
used hy them as factory. And ploddlng onward
to his work through the drizzilng ram, an
engineer was going 10 MS worS. iasSinS
through Furrnan street he saw that No. % was on
fire and the fire seemed to he in the third story
From the fourth story persons called on MN lot
helm: "In Gods name, get rope ana save us.
Bower rushed 10 IlarbccE's dock, Whlch - opIo.
site the building aroused the watchmen, brought
n light and returned in five minutes. Wheh nc
returned. a mangcd dead mans form was fylng
against the wall of IlarhecE's store. q lsporer
ciasped in his arms little child, all bloouy ana
pasninr for life, and two stalwart men pore ten
deriv away n bruised, battered heap OF neSh,
which was once young and handsome woman.
WHO THE VICTIMS WERE.
The bodies which Bower saw on his return,
were those of Thomas Wallace, his wiic Anne
and his son three years and eight monthS oln.
Wallace. who was an honest, industrious lrtsl-
man. with his family, occupied the whole OF thc
fourth noOr OF No. 90, using the iront room Us
kitchen and the rear one as he'd chamber. uc
was about thirty-hve years OLD, OF iine lorn anu
face far above the average class. Ills Wne was
in her time. and the child was very handsome
at least so far as person can Judge from inc
mangled features. Wallace had been employed
as laborer and took care OF the building, actln@
as ianitor in consideration OF being allowed 10
reside there.
TIE DEATH LEAF.
While Bower was away on his mission OF help
the final act OF the tragedy was brought 10 con-
cluslon. The fire which, previous to Bowers de-
parture had cut away the stairs (anu, therefore;
NIL hone OF escape, save by the wlndows) had
grown into greater fury. the heat became intense,
tte smoke great in volume and density, per-
meated through thu building, ana crePt lnrough
the creyices OF the door OF the room In when,
crouched hcneath the wlndow-slll, WIN uplllteu
faces and claSped hands, Wallace and MS lainuy
waited for promised succor. None caii,r .n,e ne
smoke grew denser; the poisonous mlasma
blinded them; they were dying OF suiocatlch.
Ar last their pent-lp agony broke out. The father
clasped his boy in one arm, grasned the hot VIII
dow-frame with the other, ami win % learlul CRY
of "God in heaven help me, leaped into the street
Thud Crash A-a-h lie was dcau, anu Tue
child nearly the same.
a moment after the same sounds wcrc heard.
and q few men who had by this time gathered
around picked up the body OF the vile iriEntlul-
ly manried The bodies of The father anu son
were brought to the Gead-house but we're after
wards taken charge OF by friends, but MIS- wal
lace who was living. was removed 10 Inc HOS
pital, where she now Is.