, 1880-12-18

AAA1 *soA4MA4Es4F 1AfNNtS ANU HE JNSl
'ASCE
nrn as fotlnws: Tlrgo & Sons. oil stock ami
tnaclIinury, St50,U00; insured for nl,out s75,-
0o1; John u. Atanntng, s25.0o0; fully In
snral; Gcorgo W. TiGt sU,ooo: fully
Insured. a city cneine-house adjoining
tho building Of tic Alcssrs. l}irBo WINS
wrecked by tho falling walls. Tho .lisaster
Is ono from which tho Mlcssrs. llrga will
s,lfTer grcnt embarrassment. lilo factory
was being rim Oil overtime, and they Ind
received orders which would keep them
busy To this extent until next Mlarcl,. Tho
cause Of tho fire is
4 MrsTERy,
md no ono Is ahle to satisfactorily account
for Its origin. No fre of my description Or
smoking WIN allowed In tho building, alnl
the engine anil boiler rooms wcro ln MI nd
Joining builtng. 4 Coroncr'a jury Is to bc
In1panelctl from AMONG prominent clttzcns.
and strict investigation nat1c.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
10 the 1rt.trts Assoetatd rre,s,
BUFFALO, Dec. ia serious fire, attend-
cd by heavy loss Of life, occurred hero this
evening. About 6 o'clock fire was dtscov-
cred III tic third story OF the fnnlcnso five
story building owned BY George ". Tif1t on
Perry street, mid occupied by 1,irgc H. Sons,
wallpaper manufacturers. Tllo building Is
eighty feet front by about 800 feet In tlcplh,
anu about LEO men and boys were employed
Mt tho present time, tho business demanding
extra help, All of tho number wcre at work,
and In less tllnn twenty minutes aftcr tho
alarm was given tho building was n rnnss of
fumes. Tho walls crumbled AMI fell, and
pnoUAuLr uuI.1ED TWENTY TO Thirty or
THE EMPLOYEES.
The doors Of tho different rooms were lung
to swing III, atld each had q heavy spring
closing It, thereby zetasdIng tl,e egrcss OF
tho occupants. The building was without
tlrc-eseapcs Of my kind The terrified work
men Jumped from the windows, md many OF
them only escaped with broken bones md
bruised bodies. Those fl the upper stories,
unable to escape, appeared for moment ut
the windows, md then sank back, sufrocated
in tic smoke md flames. Tho following IS
A. LIST or THOSE KNOWN 70 uE KILLED:
One Of tho forcmcn in tic fifth story, badly
burned, Jumped to the ground. nnrccogniza-
bic, his head and body mashed to Jelly.
Supposed to bo Thomas Fields.
John Malone, aged II, jumped from the
fifth story, au,d was killed.
William Berry, fatally injured In the head,
spine, and lnwardiy, jumped from Tho fourth
story. .
TIE INJURED.
JOHN Griffin jumped FROM The fourth floor !;
right arm broken and badly Injured ILL.,
tcrnal1y.
Moses bfaloney, leg fractured; jumped
from the fifth story.
Patrick O'Drien, badly burned about tho
head ana back, and arm broken.
Ed Mccormick, jumped from tic fifth floor !:
badly cut on the head.
Moses Malone, brother OF John Malone,
who was killed, jumped from the fifth floor;
frnctnred leg anil broken ar1n.
Mike O'Brle1,, right lee broken.
KNOWN TO IE MISSING AND SUPPOSED 70 lie
IN THE lsu1Ss:
Stephen Hockctt.
Martin McGee.
Peter Swarder. -
John NIT, James stoul brothers.
Jny Voltz.
The flames noxt communicated to tho
Union Malt-1ousc, adJolulng, also tho
property Of George W. Tint, which was
destroyed. The building was three stories
high, sixty feet wide. 200 feet long, contains
Ing S25, 900 worth Of grain, tho property of
John 3. Manning.
! TIE LOSS
can only be estimated at present, md Is
| placed Mt the following figures: George W.
Tiff, oil building, 10000; Dirpc 4 Sons,
| machinery and paper stock, S150,000; John
D. Manning, grain, $4,000: city engine
house, $1,000, by falling walls.
THE INSURANCE
| Is estimated at St60,000. James Ryan and
John Kennedy, employed on the fourth floor
Of the Dlrgo building, Jumped to the ground,
! escaping with only slight bruises. a small
boy, name unknown, was seen to jump from,
tho fifth floor, catch hold Of telegrapt,-wire,
which broke, uad, sliding down tho wire, es'
cape with only badly-cut hand.
| Parents and friends Of tho dead and miss.
ing ones surround tho ruins. Tho streets nre
full Of rnulors, and probably tic list Of those
known to be killed will 10 more than doubled
when tho smoking bricks ard ruins cau be
removed.
| AT CLEVELAND, O.
CLEVELAND, O., leo. 1Z-The slx-story
brick block on the y!aduct and Afcrwln street
has been destroyed by fire. 1t was dlscov
cred about hatf-past II last night. Tho cause
Is q mystery. Tho building. Which waI
owned by George II. Atwatcr, OF Springfield
Mass, .was rebuilt two years ago, aald valued
ut SCI, 900, and insured for s14 coo, US follows
London Assurance Corporation, $1,000
Hartford Fire, $1,000; Mechanics & Trad
ers'. $1,000; Manufacturers, of Doston
$1,000; United Firemen's. Philadelphia
s1,00o. 1t had been occupied since Jan. l.
1850. by tho Cleveland Co8peratlyo Stoyt
Manufacturing Company. The Company!
loss cannot be stated. but may react