The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-11-14
BURNED ~ DEATH.

~ III. lsurnIng,a i Candy fMss"vy ~ kMn.Ns
ti,s. Als,M. Twenty ls0ys nnd Giris .Ars
Asnsisst,
shattls after o'clock y. M, On thu ;ih inst.
tho roof atd wallis of Iorle~' cracker and cau,ly
factory. Nus. .st, 10 ~ Main street, kAlirAs
Cip, fell In with tremendous crash, ami III Il
few rsrpnd. iames rprnng from The mass of
.ieh'ls An alarm MAS At oi,a turned In, nnM+
mounts In hfo department 10 the sceuc In
thr lli,tlslns ai,oni ~ pcrsou- were employed,
mainly snlI,s girls and b0ya ~ tlin liews
ef Tie .ii.aater spread great excitement
prevailed. Fathers, mothers. brothers and
aisiet- Of those 81 work In the factory
,n-hed ta tho srcne of thu calamity, aud .opi. Il
packed mssr of human beings iled the street.
sli sidewalks IN TIM vicinity ~ tho factory
The sitt sas Wild With excitement, aud iiinli.
sal,is from, the adjoining bluffs watched the
bIa1iug i,iiils'ing. From tho hug. wreck issued
srreanis. slriekr. and The cr.~h " falling tin,
iefs and masses vi brick. The furnaces WnTe
III fnl. blast al tho time of the accident, Ann the
building MAS dry ~ tin,lcr. .cnse black
Hiuokc, through which tile flames shot ull,
ea,,orrd Tie reenc Tho frs department WAS
promptly III hand, and, with citizens, worked
l,ka lsr.s-. but FIR long time we're poworlcrs
IL arrest ihe iamcH. The tirc wAs finally anb.
Jued. AMI then followed tho search for tile
dead And ~Dnnhei Tho bodies IL tho follow.
Iii, Wure taken ont, ono after another, fruin the
rnula sring rnius, all ~ whom hal been either
hnnltt nr crushed " death; Annie Becker,
John HLnssys. Emma ksmper, Mary uocpper,
Eddie Mcdonnell, Louise MMmncli, aud tci,
buy., names - present unknown
The walls crnmbl6d and Tho roof ssll In TO-
cansa ~ The ovcslOahlnR ~ tho building with
machinery and stock. Tons Of machinery
were M tho building. which wAH : worry Old
Ald weak quo. Tho scene ~ tho terrible cAtaA.
irnphr whom tho news hAd spread Ovcr tho
city Ma heart -ronding In ihc extreme Moth
rr~. fath.rs. sisters. and brothers were
sitetc tn terrible suspense over tho fate III
rn.ne loved uhcs. Aslxiun~ and fearful In.
qnirte~ we're made VI ihosN who escaped
from tho l.uilding, hnt III tho excitement ~ ihe
moment 10 definite information runld liz
learned, and Ill tho poor distracted relations
could 10 Wa 10 hope against hop. III. nov,
of tho lulIiblc disaster when fully kinwn set.
lied over the city iIke pail
Tho number lost will nnAlly prove al,onl
twenty, probably. ~ tho smallest number thai
could have been in thu bu,idng In stated ri
srventy one. and there probably wer. ninety d
tho works.
Mr. C0rlca io~e on stock, machinery. and
building is soins $4,000; ,nsmrcd for Sib.uNl
Hc u fAlf crazy 81 tho thought Of tho horrsbls
loss ~ life that attci.slod tlsc disaatcr A mum
her VI " Foc incidents arr tuld III thu scenes 81
the fearful sselie. among which may te notet
tho following:
When tho hAlncp wore lir~t su~n issniug from
thu cOiafusefi mAss III bricks machinery AMI
goni6s Andy krAnloi,, fufMorly furuman Oh No
I, waA m the nrpasiic @idc ri the street, Ans
alninst In trout ~ tlu fsllcn building lila tirs
silonKlt ulnM saeing tin splicfml ilams~ waa
u tho rescue ~ these 10 thu burning ma.r
III knew that lAf.. number ~ children Ans
aifls we're employed im slir establishment
ami Ia The confusion shAt would ncces
~afily onrns man, livrx w,nih ta nc~lic~nl,
lnst n prompt mrarnieA Wrrs nut taken III ~
! rlst them. Accordingly ill., rushed inin hi.
building Anh brought fsHth thr0N perrnl. Vi
rapid rncsU~viun, Nhd r,tuE,sd fur aIntllur
anil, srAsIili: tiln bsxly ~ 10y named Ansi,
M.cshiHIl, attempted ~ cxirisstr him from
the pfoeifair iiMh.lr tint rncaGcl him ili,
efforts wrfr nnavaiiing. ~ Oiip .wing III hAnt
- rnt nwAy thu cruel fcticfH thAs held tins IN,
| ~ IN = sira heanluh WAS eoinlNicd to fufnse
hir nxsl linus and leave tho hoy u w. fate.
|, MAs discovered almost immediately after
the dreadful crash shsi yo,lms Lady MAS lying
na.r Tho front ~ The building. h. nd downward
aud fspi exposed isr pDtc0ns calls for assisi
allrv aud terrible ~l,riaks ~ sEoiiy brought
taAls tn tho eyes III stsung areMcfi, xnd With. i
bravery snbliMr They fou sht iirs and isnc and
sn,Dke. daring tho danger os falling walls, ii
raseiie tho crushed virtim Tho hire cnveluiAl
tl,e brave men, Ausl, beHrimcd with smoke aud
ashes, they Hvte driven back but 10
return Through ihe sloors ~ ilis
building, amid the burl,iug and broken baAs
era. could be secu the daring nlan tearing %
ths splintefsd timbags from shaso The poor g,rl
Wee l0peiooeed 1hs os4A1n wsss lOQ s1Ges,