Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-12

Only twenty-five voted to await the law
and it was determined to hang them to the
tree nearest the scene of their crimes. Halt
ers were obtained and fastened to limb o.
the tree, cart was placed under the limb anG
| the prisoners ordered to mount. Just ther
Joe Barnes begged to he allowed to pray and
commenced by saying he had never prayed
| before and never expected to again. Moth
ing was said by either of the others except 6
groan and "Lord have mercy" from Vance.
Handkerchiefs being tied over their faces
the cart was pushed away and the trio soor
dangled in air.
GoULD's GREAT GREENHOUSE BURNED.
New YORK, Dec. 11.-Jay Gould's conser-
vatory, at Irvington, on the Hudson, was
burned this morning. This greenhouse was
the largest in the country and filed with
the rarest and most valuable plants and
ferns, many imported at great expense, and
some not to be duplicated III this country.
The collection of tropical plants alone could
not beequalled in this latitude. There were
other plants brought from all parts of the
world, and the cost of expectation alone
wss sufficient to maintain an average size
greenhouse for years. The men were work
ing up to o'clock this morning under di-
rection of the head gardener.
At 3 O'Clock the night watchman discovered
flames, and he awakened the entire force of
men. They connected the fire apparatus, but
the water was frozen and their efforts were
useless. The flames, famed by high wind,
swept through the mammoth structure, lick
ing up everything. In half an hour from
the time the fire was discovered, the beauti.
ful structure was mass of ruins. The build
ing was $50 feet long and constructed in the
Moorish style. The entire loss is $780, 900,
upon which there Is no insurance. The con-
servatory was only little distance from the
residence, which is unharmed. Could ONLY
purchased the property O little over a Year
ago, and paid about $3.50, 600 for it. 1t is
understood more elegant building. will
speedily replace the one burned.
FIVE FRRMEN's LIVES LOST.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 11.-At $50 O'Clock this
evening fire. among the most tragic in the
history of Cincinnati, was discovered in the
dry house of Jno. P. Gays bucket facto-
~ on New and Culvert streets, near the foot
Of Mount Adams. The dry house, branch
of the four story main building, was two
stories high. The main building was saved.
The dry house was destroyed. Next the ary
house was four story brick, owned by Jno.
p. Gay and occupied by the Crown Manu-
featuring company, who made kin6ling wood
and window ornaments. It it were stored
large quantities of iniammable
material From the dry house flames
quickly laid hold of this building, COM
OF the ground 1oor. First in I'M
portance and foremost in interest to the
people is the loss of life in this building.
The nearest fire company to these buildings
was No. 4. This company was first on
the ground and first to enter the second
story of the Grown manufacturing company's
building. Their object was to fight the fire
raging on the ground floor by sending q
stream down shute and down the stair
ways, in fact to arrest its progress to the up
per stories, which were yet intact. In the
room were Chief Bunker, Assistant Marshal
Ocheldmeyer, Acting Captain Higginson of
the Fours. All Of the above came out alive.
There were also Thomas Cool.
ing, son of Capt. Cooling,
Of the Fours, VIM. Kelly and David Love,
regular pipemen, Ed. Parker, a runner of
the FOurs, and Andrew Barrett, pipeman
Of the Skies, all five of whom were brought
out dead. They were standing around the
'hute, sending stream down, when sudden
y, as if shot from q cannon, a burst of
air and binding smoke, mingled
with flame, broke up with lightning sudden
ness through the shute. Those who got out
can hardly tell how they got out. Ali five of
the victims were dead when their bodies
were obtained three hours later. 1t was not
an explosion at the bottom of the shute. as
is now known, but mass of shavings, etc.,
together with a msss of highly combustible
kindiing wood. 1t is the present
theory that the flames, which had
been gaining on the firemen in the basement
or cellar and ground floor, got a sudden,
fresh impetus and, with augmented energy,
struck this infsmmable fuel and leaped up
through the hatchway. The victims tried to
run, as shown by their position when found.
Four of the bodies were taken to an under
takers near by, and one, that of Andrew
Barrett, was taken to his grief-crushed fam
lily. All the dead, except Thomas Cooling,
were married. He was the youngest, only
about 25 years old, and was runner. The
other four were nearly the same age, about
35, and all leave wives and children. When
the accident became known, as it did in
stantly, the hose of the Fours was manned
with fresh fremen, land from that on the most
desperate energy of the department. was di-
rected to saving the second story, and put
ting it in condition to enable men to bring
out the bodies. This fight lasted three hours.
The floor was saved from falling in, and the
bodies were taken out, when the flames
we're raging hotly IN all the floors above, and
beneath this one. Great crowds were drawn
to the scene, and the lOungers, waiting for a
possibility to bring out those bodies, were
characterized by that awful stiffness which
always attends deep and pervading feeling.
now and then the silence was
fbroken by the voice of inquiry
from some woman who asked
In tones that cut to every heart if her hus.
band, brother or son was there. The casual
ty is such as no prudence could foresee and
such as firemen are always liable to en-
counter. That is the view at present taken
of it.
John P. Gays loss on the buildings, and
he owned all of them, and on stock is about
$25,OO0. The Crown company lose but
little.
1t is proper to state here that the bodies
OF the dead were not greatly disfgured ex-
cept their faces and hands. The hair was
burned from the head of every victim.
Assistant Fire Marshal Lew Wesley fell
through two hatchways at the Gay fire to-
night. He does not seem much hurt, but
there will be an anxiety for few days lest