The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-01

The following account Of the sefsons
calamity which visited our Dsighbor-
ing city Monday morning, 18th inst,
is made up Of excerpts from the Daily
Press Of that evening:
Atsix o'clock this morning IRE was
discovered In the third story OF the
Market Hall building, In the North.
west corner. The alarm bells drew
the early risers rapidly to the scene.
The flames were confined to the in
terror of the room and there was no
external sign except smoke.
The room was used by Mr.. McClain
o. q Commercial College and Acad-
envy. The windows, Of thick glass.
were closed and the doors were locked
and the heat Of the flames inside by
expanding the air caused the sppalI-
! ing calamity which has thrown over
the city a gloom heretofore unknown
in the many PACED Ora history Of our
much scourged city. Without . mo.
ment's warning the Dubuque street
front of the third story Vas thrown
out o. by IN explosion, the heated air
forcing it out. The sidewalk under
the awning being crowded with peo-
pIe. there was not time for oil to get
beyond the range Of the coming CO.
lamity. and it crushed under its cruel
weight five men. At the dnt every
body fed, women throwing up their
arms and went shrieking from the
face Of that awful death. but human
ity turned mems faces to the ruins
and frenIied hands soon unveiled the
awful extent Of the Casualties.
W. p. Doty had both bones Of the
Iea leg below the knee broken and
wss bruised though not seriously
around the head.
Robert Love was dragged from the
is5ris stricken to death. and died in
about ,hree-quarters of an hour. he
was married. and leaves . wife and
two children.
Mr.. Hart, law student from Ca
manche. Iowa, was rescued, with ser
ious internal and spinal injuries,
which will probably result fatally.
Frank yolkringer. reported with
broken legs. was found to be only
quite seriously but specifically bruis-
ed, and will soon be out again.
Next victim was George Andrews,
the brave colored boy, porter at the
ST. James, the stoutest limbed and
kindest hearted and most faithful Of
men. He was in the building with |
Mr.. Fisher and the two had just
passed out, Fisher ahead, when the
shout from the crowd gave warning Of
LANCER. Fisher just jumped clear Of
he line OF fall, and poor George, who
vas behind him, looked up just In
lime for the falling brick to strike him
n the face. The whole bony structure
II the face was torn away from the |
,ase of the skull, his lips were cut in
o shreds, be sustained several spinal
INJURIES, and his right leg was broken.
&c died at half-past II O'Clock. When
he old Clinton House burned 1t Was
GEORGE who saved lives and property.
after Ole Bull had left his room on
hat occasion. saving only his violin,
md leaving under his pillow . i've
hundred dollar watch, George went
nto the very fire and brought it out.
The fire fell upon the air, which the
hole in the wall brought to 1t. blazed
now fercely and when the dead and
lying were cared for the men went to
work to save the adjoining buildings.
The hook and ladder boys fought
bravely. George Williams was soon
on the ground with the hose and
hand pump from Hotz and Geiger's
brewery, and the gang to work 1t, and
. bucket line formed to the city cistern
at the intersection Of Dubuque and
Washington streets, supplying 1t with
water, the flames were so kept within
bounds that only one other building
was destroyed, q small frame on the
Avenue.
The market hall building was occu-
pied by Mccain for academy part
of the second story by A. B. Burr as
family apartments, and by kimball 4
Co.'S market house. A part Of Mr..
Burr's furniture was saved.