The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-01-06
Additional from Fire in New York

persons sustained severe injuries By leapiug
from the highest stories OF the building, One
man, whose name is unknown, while crying
frantically for aid to the hremen beneath was
all the time pushing woman, who seemed to
be resisting, from the fourth story window;
she finally leaped forth and struck the ground
on her feet With siokening crash, breaking
both her legs and arms and almost crushing
her to death. The flames seemed to be drawn
up the stair case as il by the draught Of q
huge chimney, and the slecpers only awoke
in season to hnd their escape cut of; twelve
or hfteen persons sleeping in No o. were
burned to death, rnd five persons injured
numbers "a and 60 east fourteenth street the
scene Of the tragedy, Is deA3le house with n
large. number of ledge gshd ,EApg rooms
| no fire escapes were attae heI - NMlding
there was two staifs, one Wit narrow
aud the wide stairway n funnel
through which taS flames - hre hrpkc
out spread toard seisud 10 M stories.
| There had been a npeunk 4sn society
who had received visiuug brethrenffons Aon-
kers aud also u wedding party IN lee huiid-
ing during the evening bGi lnesc hat gone
| away before the fire occurred. At ,Ae head Of
the wide staircase were bedrooms ami VIM.
hiuckel, jauitor, and his wife Josephine, slept
in one of these, and in q room adjoining them
was Mrs Winokefs sisters aud little adopt
cd child, VIM. SetR, ten years old, slept
lhtN hhu utNi ih NNh Nlhtt WluhikhNt anu ~
was four hours since Mr.. Winckel had turned
in when the fire was discovered Alarms failed
to rouse the sleeping inmates and these we're
smpeiied almost 70 unc0nsc lousness by smoke.
Ladders were raised TO the roof aud the tread
Of the hremen aroused the inmates, who en-
deavored TO make their escape, but we're met
by rush of flame and then they made for the
roof and the Rremeu helped them up moro or
less terribly burned; before the ohtld howev.
ap onull ha 4 hurpa1 al IN a
crisp. Streams of water we're in meantime
being poured on burning building from
central position of the house, cries Of agony
and shouts for help were heard. Here on the
east side had slept Geo Muller, Earnest and
nernion Ripple, Louis Meyer Henry Geter-
weller and Louis Schmedt walters, and in
the west bed rooms, Terusa Eohardt Annie
Bouer and Rose servant girls the door was
vast sea Of flames, and men and women
were seen rushing wildly about, looking for
means of escape. Csc. Muller, Earnest and
Hernion Ripple, reached the roof half suile-
Gated and partly burned Louis Meyer
sprang from window TO the yard below, a
distance Of 20 feet or more, and was picked up
half killed. Louis Schmidt was found, after
the hremen yentured in, crouched in corner,
where he had been unable TO escaps aud was
burned TO q crisp. Henry Geterwiler jumped
from window into the yard, and was found
there, but died In the police station, every
bone in his body was broken. Terusa Echardt
was burned 10 death in her room, and her
features were blackened and almost unrecog-
nizable. Annie Buer sprang from window,
| rather than die in the fire, and fell into the
yard, she was terribly burned and sustained
internal injuries from her fall IL is thought
she cannot live. Rose, the last Of the SER
wants also jumped from a window but struck
below in the yard; she broke both legs and
arms, and received internal injuries.
Investigations of an Official.
RICHMOND, Jan. 5--An investigation Of N
| G. Taliaferro, retiring general agent and
storekeeper Of the penitentiary, has brought
10 light a shortage of from $4,000 to $4,000
| ralliaterro acknowledges shortage, but says
| it will be made good by his securities. He
says that ne does not know how TO account for
il except from the fact that he was engaged in
| the commission business az well Ms being
agent for the pententiary, and that the af
| fairs of both concerns became mixed. Hc
claims to have obtained from accounts suili.
cient to cover the deficiency. Mr. Talliaferro
attributes tho crumped condition of affairs
| to the fact that he undertook TO rebuild the
penitentinry workshop which was burned last
year and purchased machinery for the same
without any appropriation.
Explosion at Sea.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Jan. 5.--The steamer
| Feshy, mail boat between here and Freeporl,
burst her boiler, killing Capt. Watson and an
other person and mortally scalding engineer.
Maine Legislature.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 6.--The members Of the Leg.
islature are now assembling and the position
Of affairs are freely discussed by the Rcpub-
| lcan side, but the Democrats are extremely
reticent remarkably large number Of
these have not read th9 opinion Of the Supreme
Court and refuse to give their views Of the re-
suit of their coming Legislature. VIM. NJ
Rust, of Belfast, n prominent Greenbaokef,
| says the decision Of the court settles the case
and that there can be no successful opposition
| to it. Democrats generally are Of the opinion
that the decision Of the court is n partisan one
and they denounce it. Judge Rice has stated
in conversation that the opinion is good law
but what effect IL will have on the organiza
| tion, he will not say. Mr.. Pillsbury is out IN
the Standard denouncing the opinion NJ par
tisan and urging the counted in members Il
stand up for their rights, and not to be bull
doIed into giving up their seats.
| II is q general opinion Of that there is NJ
| cohesive powers sufficient TO hold them, Al
one after another announce that opinsn o
the Court will have great influence among
prominent men, may be mentioned Governor
elect, Davis, Col Atwell Of Crane, Hon. Chas
Bufie, NJ Wilder, 2. Walker, Edwin Noyes
| Of Wateryille, Hon. Geo. 4. Beale Hon. Han.
nibal Hamlin, Hon. Eugene Hale, Hon. s. d
Lindsey, Hon. W. p. Frye. About one-hali
Of the members Of the Legislature have
reached here.
Fearful Explosion.
New ARK, N. j., Jan. ga fearfnl explo
sion occurred about II a. m. in the convert
ing room Of the Celluloid Manufacturing
Company, by which three men we're instant
ly killed and two others so badly burned tina
they cannot recover. The men we're in thei
accustomed places when from some unknown
cause a large mass Of cellnloid, which is
highly infammable substance, suddenly an
without warning exploded, destroying on
story brick building with its contents. Th
body Of VIM. Winter aged ID yeers, was fOun
! in the ruins a CHASTITY spectacle, and unde
him lay disfgured the body Of Frederic
Stiles, Of Rosello, so charred that il wa
scarcely recognizable; John Yates, residenc
unknown, was also killed; Spencer Attwooc
( died in ten minutes from cOncussion Of bralE
Elmer Bagart and Frederick Pierce were ais
: badly burned and we're taken to the st. Mich
, las hospital; there is no hope Of their recoy
i ery. stephen W. Wade was severely but nc
dangerously injured. The loss is estimated 8
$4,000 and is fully covered by insurance.
Decisions of the Supreme Court.