The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-30
AN AWFUL FIRE DISASTER.
TEN PERSONS BURNED AND CRUSHED
no mann ~ MONTREAL.
Mnny More Lives Imperiiicd by scrious tn-
Juries fircmen Caught In n Death Trap
The Result Of Their Careless bravery.


The Result OF Their Careless bravery.
MONTREAL, April 29-An awfully disas-
trous fire occurred here this morning. in the
building Of the Oil Cabinet Company. in st. Ur-
balm street Ten persons were killed. and many
more werc seriously injured. Tho building
was five stories high. OF wood. md fimsily con
strutcd. At O'Clock the fire WINS discovered,
and an alarm quickly brought the nremen to
the place. The flames mt first were confined to
the upper story Of the building. being checked
by the flow Of water from thirteen no2llcs: but
soon they broke forth again from the windows.
The flrcmcn were working In various pnrts Of
the building, IA well as outside The fire do
scendcd TO the lower stories with extraordinary
rnpidty. Shortly before o'clock. men In the
second story were called from their post. and no
sooner had they descended from the windows
than the flames bclched forth spitefully. rs
II to oycrtake them. Reckless in their endcav-
ors they raised n skinner lndder. and three Of
them assembled with hose. The water that they
poured into the lower stories seemed for the
time to obtain the mastery; hut suddenly tho
wind changed. and the flames cnycloped the
whole street. The wind instantly verrcd again.
and the ilrcmcn who had asccndcd were
found at the foot Of the ladder terribly burned
The heat in 81. urbain street was 40 terrible
that the shingle roofs, doors and window
frames ignit"d hut they were prevented got
ting ahiaz" 10y the ilrrmrn. who had their wits
about them. They st about protecting a llm-
h"r yard that has its entran' 80 In Craig street
IL WAS closely watched. and II may bc said TO
hnVr almost niraculousy escaped likewise
tharbonnraus sawmills which adJoned the
blazing pil". and had an entrance in ST. Charles
BOrrVm"o street.
At about six o'clock the wind insisted the
names more rn"tunlly than before. 1t raised
clouds 81 red, MT splint"rs. and deposited thcm
street. The occupants of the rickrty-hui tnne-
m"hts hrcam", alarmed. and moved their goods
in a remarkably shor, time The heat from the
works set llre to the saloon kept 10y tho we'll
known .cricketor. Tom Ridley. aud The dwell
lnss adjacent; bu, q continH9us pouring ,oi
EYER. and ths basement became, 'abialc.
tons. increa-cd the fuel that frd i The flames.
After the whole Of the roof had fallen. the upper
portion of the walls bulged outward. and it was
W re- surr to fall. and that nothing could -avrthc
buildings adjacent common wooden shantiesl
or the iirrmcn who. were clos hy. chief Pat
ton. VINO had sent hiS men into an ALI y. was
awak" 10 tbs ia't. an, ran To- cgll them out
on the roof of Beaurhamps store directing a
stream on the houses in Yitre street. Tho
Chief had barely got the words out 81 his month
calling them away. when The renr waii iii AMI
buried them. He received injuries from which
II II doubtful whether lac will recover. Tho Try
JACK Box lnshan. Of Engine .. entered the
ALLEY with two others, L. endrnNor To- res 'ue the
out Of the ruins. hut the other Two W. r.. huriri
almost up To- their nccks. They wrr" powrrles-
but conscions, and wrc roasiod alive Book
ingham and il Homppnion- wrrou utterly power
l'ss to save them. Chlrf ratton- son rescued
his father. with the assistan'e of MIR. Charles
Gauh. B"k inEham went ont for help. which
h. soon ohtnined. Even with the additional MD
ihs two buried iirem"n could not be cNtricated
B'ckinsham went out for moro ass istancc He
had barely emerged from the alley when the
Other portion Of the wall fell. and covered all
VINO stood within roach. Intense excitement
tuslnt. IITrmpn about
for comrades Work was at once commenced
amid The s.orrhing debris 1t was found that
the falling wnl Ind razedto the ground the rear
tnr ruins lay tG'- I-rIis," w1tHrs sspd ,heTein
surface was discovered a heap ot them. -um"
hf"less. others in the thro"s Of death and others
barely conscious. Ia" manned were carried -
trulerly a- under tn" excitement ~ the o''a-
sion, could he cNpected. to an ambulance. and
tlken e. a hospital Tho dead were pat In the
coftiu- that were clos" nt hand. ana taken away.
All the surrounding property WIS projected.
lu' The pilo kept on burning until wh0; wa- len
~ ia" wnls fell Fear ot the iirr cAt"ha.nS
The death liz, : as follows: T. Higgins. driv-
cr of the skinner lHdder from NJ. | station.
anl tnrce rh.ldren.. Michael Garry. q; engine
3. a widowrr. who leaves "a it'll" child. VIM.
Perry. of engine 9. who leaves an aged mother.
Of vi ON b" WAS the sole support Joseph
years foreman ~ the, water works deLar'm"nt,
who leaves wife and four children. Mr.. Boau-
clamp. Jewelier. Of 81. l:awrence street, WHO
lray-7 u wlf' AMI two childr'ni his friends
owned the four shantes in tho alley. and II II
supposed that h. went IN to assist thc tenants
to got away with their goods Antoine Lanirrs.
a stone cutter. residing IN German street, sup
posed To- haN' ran into tho ALLEY alter thn riNr
portion OF the north gable fell. John Ham
an laloror siding in -. Constant
street. Thr bodies oi the last two mentioned uy
IN tho Central station for "a long timn heiorc
being r. sognl"d. They wer" irnriully mutt
lated, Tine remains, OF n third civilian lie IN
the General Hospital.
I'll. In. .urrd arc ~ follows. Chief Pnttop sur
fer- from scN-re alp wounds ami large
cash on ~" llshi .mpe. ana - also very mu h
burned: j. Nolan - l-s- are badly iratured.
one arm IL hrpken and he i- bruised about thr
head; Foreman Jonn Livingstone had ono l,',:
badly smashed and II ha- sine been ainlu-
tut,d. Ben HHrrlaon : ba n H. broken. hut he .~
still living Charles Raddy's hend l. bruised
i l.. Fer-u-pn's leg ls broken. Charles Beunr is
badly hurt Alfred Hotley j. burned
about hands aud fac; l-ua' Bishops og h.
hrokru an lmlly burned; Edward Storey has
one lex hrpNcn. and is hurn a about the head.
li'Sld the above, who are all ilrrmrn. many
civilians Wer' buddy inquired. aud w.r" rnu1lrd
To- their homes by their friends. the irm"u
w'r- all taken 10 the hospital except thu-e III al
wer" killed. tho latter being taken to tnclr
homes
The fire originated in tho upper story-how.
IL the mystery tn" excitement over the cai-
Hmity II Intense, thr Hrnur Of tIr couilagrdtiOn
being crowded. 4 gang of corporation laburcrs
ure OycrturninE the bricks.
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