, 1877-04-16
THE FUNERAL PILE.
An Unsuccessful Search for Nor
taI Cinders at st. Louis.
Interesting Recital by an Officer Of
the Fire Department.
He Believed that AL who Jump
cd Would Have Been
Saved.

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the IDENTIFICATION or TUE boplE8
supposca to be Ii. j. Clark and wife, This
rno,n ming thcy had workmcu begin search In
toa. pa.s t.",,sth .,roats ,,,In,n,nr thc ro,n
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W. .no .,t' - .%a ts.,,ont tuoin,srs NJ tho
Department, which gives
DETAILED ACCOUNT
=, IL. cI,or,. of Tho rc,ncn 10 soyo lives, will
y. s.s.a1 ~ l.,o.ost ,n1.ov i,rovc fron, 1,,a
Be Of general interest A."as"t a'o'o .,, .a1n no
house to The tire ~ fnst "a hs hosse eoala run
aud wa ut the lolcl III less than n9o minutes
.tter the alarm struck. The fire was thcn COM
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sha ROOT, NC t"ea hus'' ~ A'u.t ~
tho hotel, and, after minutes 4ook a. tAange'
made up my u,tn1
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a''a tneT wv wv '',,'s 1,'s 80 ,,S ,ss,,as ..s,s
pcop!e. t"o eA''n.A nooA |,ua 1haos' ..osN -
sto0d ut tho tnh1h entrance On Hhhut strcet, III
front o{ the ycrun1a. This Sktuutr hook aud
ladder tr1,rk is used as a regular 1,uok and lad
taaus. ..,s, s =. ,va,I -, a.c:cscnrr ~ h.s al,
aee l1uIn' ~ W. - ~, 5s.,," ..,s,,. ~ =.
tbe appliances OF ''ook atlu ,aaacr t1heH On ~
Nheu got there ordered thcni u get ready
~ sopn as possible. Ono Ut thu principal lad
dcss, tho exteusta1t hclou:+tng 10 thn hreescapcs
vas laid on thy wall, aad. wi!cn Tue - men ca!no
to look for u, tht c7owu OF pcopse hau become
70 great TINT -..
ruH MfN COULD NOT rif!' IT.
and 1t waa probably two or three minutes before
they. got It. | Thought somebody would bo
coming to tho WAlnut-s&Fcut front tur os-
s!stanee, but there was nobody appeared 10
sight. ordered Tic apparatus raised, atld tho
aoya raised thu Inarllne. aIlIs lust at tue mo-
tnemt ws,, got It up, somcbody eatne rnnnlng
from, tho Fuur&lrstrcct 5ront anu sa!d: "TheFe's
want to get OUT" Tbs escape ID not th!nR
Tint you tali run with antlt tho strcot. YOU
may laoso IT IN s'nootE groulitl, bu1 hardly
aesu,s tho car-trucks with safety, 50
ana the men took It aioals to tlle Fourth street
front anl ttcss sa!scd It. u waa ra1eeu right
a.alnst the vesunda, Which comes out to Tue
cdge of the sidewalk, aud on tnat account VIC
wauted to. I Urdetca tlo cuFiIcctinE~fl4 pin
takot out, uud Let tho upper ladacr 1all back on
the w[ta rope uacd fur ralattI|s, tll Wo Eot tho
escape right into The window, al!i tllen told
To 70 up the ta.tters, aud ttley brought out
segen persons. There was nobudy else lii sight
in tho Fourth street wiudows, 10 took run
around tue Tire to aeu how thugs Tcrc going utl.
again, there was.. man IN the fourth.
story window, We haI q ladder up nt
the yrrauda Oil the Walnut aide, but
1t WaR not near enough by ouU stury. V4lo inail
ha!soned for help,a,,u osueEcdith men 10 take
thB ladder and throw HIN q rope, which wpa
dune, and the man catue do,sn s4tcly. Then
Lad taken out :
EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN at0nr,-
that lad conlr to tlle windows. told the men
TO take }own tbs latltler aud take It around Il
Elm street, whcrs tho girls wcrc, but nc
Conduit gut to them,-0uldn't reach then
together and then take up ssaItne-lailcr on
mans shoulder, aud u wa took out seyen o,
eight girls ut tic back u the Elm street wing
Michael Hester, driver Ut engine No. 10, tool
thu scaling ladder on llIs shoulders aud hooked
il 10 tho wjr1ow sfll. and.
NY MIAaEty
brought down seven or cElt girls. Shortl,
: after this word cnnc to US tlsut another u,ai
WIS III d window on tl,c Fourth street front, Wt
vent there und found c. Il. Kennedy ln tue tifta
story window, like tho boy pt thu Gurn.nu drck
We look A(tu down, liz syps thr |ust our take.
:soni that sldu Of tic building. Tllvr. wrr,
lat'tlcrs On thu Walnut street ifout Nv whici
III. SpauldipC, tAc pronrletor of Tic 0lY1uuic
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