The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-25
II EEAP FOR LIFE.
Fated House surnt-A Fcarfal Alter
nnsivc-Tatl,'r nnd Child Dauhcd to

The telegraph las already given q oricr ac-
| count Of shocking accident which took place In
brooklyn, N. Y, on Saturday night. The New
York papers give ms the distressing details. rho
llrrsc, which appears TO have been n fatcd ono,
| wa1 situated on Furnan street. in BrookIyn H.
had caught fire In lSG5 uud Killed five nrcmcn by
its roof falling in, and when IL WINS hcing rebuilt
fell In and killed two workmcn. The World of
Sunday gives the following uccount or The fata,
fire:
The charncl honsc in which the tragedy or yes
terdny was cnactc'l, and which tragedy has been
preceded hy two others even vet more Terrible is
large siorcllOusc made up OF Nos. o. and 95 Fur.
man street The houRc mas Z wcllcarned celebrity
for terrible scenes. In the deal of Monday night;
the Afh OF April. 1885, the building caught lire
Five members of the Erc0klyn Frc department
NAMED Caspar X. CaDimcyGr, Eugene Bakcr Jos
H. Brown, Lewis Gardener anu Alex. y. ECnson
who were working on .hC roof, were Killed by fail
ing into the burning rn;ns. When The house was
being rebuilt The walls ami roof again cavc,i In and
I~0 wOrkncn were killed Thr bnJllinr IL
four stories high. Looked q. from the front
four large and eight smaller 'a,ej,rd windows
divided into sets Of three each. lcavn. Fix win
dows on the noor of each separate hnns" There
In no scntilc through thu rnnf cadina to the
garden abcYc: of course windows in The back;
AMI II the only stairs in Tho building. runnin:.
through No. 93. were chi away Un the second or
third noor by trc. the only nOc Of crrcss for any
inhahitant of thr third '.nnr wOnld I've n lcaI,
through the windows. which are fully forty lcc.
from the ground. And ;,Gs IL YVES thnt yrstcr-
day morning Two human beings were killed out
right anu another fatally injured.
pISC0vERY OF THE FIRE.
Furman street IL :, solitude. Passing through
q quarter or the city where. prObnbly, not mare
than fItty persons have occasion TO be during the
night, II ia deserted. and the only sound which
often breaks the still lnorDtOny is the staggering
football Of drunken sailor rccling to his ship
alter nights dcha,lch, the measured tramp of
the police patrol dying far or in Tie distance, or
the tinklc OF the h0rsc-CrS usually frcighted with
the driver and conductor. All around is CON-
merce md that only. Isnt not only the honest
human blood. This charfci building was oc-
cnplcd by whitehead manufacturers, and was
used by them rs factory. And plOi,tiing onward
engineer VAS going 20 has WORK. PASSING
through Fnrman street hn eaw that No. ~ WAS on
ire. and the fire seemed 20 he In the third s'nry.
From the fourth story persons called on him for
help: "in Gods name, get a rope aud save u.s."
Bower rushed to IlarbcGks dock, which is Oppo.
site the building, aroused the waich'ncn, hrOnghi
light and returned In five minutes When hc
returned, manglcd dead mans form was lying
against the wall of TriFbc.:Ea r,orc. 81 iaharcr:
clasped in his arms = iii:lc child. al h!oDdy mrI
gasplnE fur life, ana two s;awart incn bare ten.
derly away bruised, battered heap or fes...
which TaS once young ami handsome woman.
WHO T!:: v;cTl1S agHy.
Tho bn,ic3 which Bower saw OH iis return
were thnsc Of Thomas Wallace. his wife Annie,
and his son three carr AMI eight Ineutls nl;i.
wallace. who waS an Honest, ,niu"riOUs iris.l-
man, with his family, occupied: the oic of tl,
fourth iioor of no. g. Us.ng The front room ava
khCnCIl, Silu Ltc rear ono iS y Ecl ChainpCF. l!r
vas about thirty five years old, or :lnC form aud
incc iar above the average class. l,3 wife WA
son0 years younger. ami h:t hrcn prc1oRScssi,,g
In her time. ana iIlc child W;.s very hGntlsn,nr--
at least 40 far IA n person can Judge iroa the
manElcd features. Wallace Lad bCcn employed
IA nhOrcr ami tonk r;:-C rf the hni!ling acting
as jnntor, in consideration Of being allowed 10
reside there.
TIN DEATH I.Ehr.
While Bower away on hig mission OF nr!D
The 1lnai act Of the Tragedy waa Wrought I
ctusOn. Thc lire which. previous to rowcr's ,lc-
parturc, llaii cut away the stairs (AId therefore
all hope or escape, save ny the wntlows) had
grown Into greater fury. the heat became INTENSE
the smoke. great in volume and density, per.
mcated through the building, and crcpt tlrni,gh
the Crcvlces Of tic door Of the room in Which,
crouched beneath tho wi.idow-sill with upliftr
faces ami caspcd hands. Wallace AMI hiY family
waited for promised succOr. None ca,no. Tie
smoke grew denscr; the poisonous mnsma
blinded them; they were dying OF suI0cation.
At last their pcnt-up agony broke out. The father
claspcd Ills boy in one arm, 9-aspcd the hot win
dowfranlG with the other, and with Il fearful cry
of"God In heaven help me, ~ lrapcd in, the street.
Thuh Crash A-l-h lie was dead, and tie
child nearly the same.
momcHt after The same sounds were heard,
and few men who had hy this time gathered
around picked up the body or the wife frightfu
ly mangied. The bodies Of the father and son
~ero brought to the dead d-hOusc, but were after
wards taken charge or by friends but Mrs Wal
lace, WHO vas living. was removed - the hos
pital, where she now Ia.