The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-05
NEW YORK
Another Fl ToIocauss

NEW YoRK, Jan. 5.-A fire broke out
this morning in the basement of Garner
Hall, East 4th street. occupied By William
Winkle as ball room and when the
flames were extinguished William Gerb,
aged 10 years, Louis Sch midt. aged 50,
Henry Schweiter, aged 25, and Teresa
Erhard, aged 25, were found on the top
floor dead. Winkle and wife were badly
burned and sent to the hospital. Annie
Bauer received internal injuries by jump
ing from the fourth story window, and was
badly burned about the hands and face.
An unknown woman had both legs broken
by jumping from the top floor. Damage
to the building and stock. $4,000.
The progress of the fire was so great,
that it was hardly five minutes after the
first engine company arrived before the
FIRE inside of the premises seemed alive
with flame. the tongues OF which ran up
the wood work with speed which nullified
the first efforts of the fremen. Premises
No. sc and 68 were oscupied by Turn
Hall proper and in the upper stories OF 64,
William Winkle, proprietor. resided with
his family and several employees. Soon as
the firemen could reach the roof, they cut
holes in it and broke iu the sky light but
the fire had already done its fearful work
on several victims, Surrounded as they
were By flames, and cut off fron all access
to safety beiom by the i9urnjag staircase,
several persons sustained injuries
ieaping from the highest stories at the
building. One man while crying frantic
ally for aid to the icemen beneath, was
all the while pushing woman who seemed
10 be resisting, FROM fourth story Win-
dow. She fnally leaped and struck the
ground on her feet with sickcning crash,
breaking both legs and arms, and almost
crushing her to death OF twelve or
fifteen persons sleeping 10 No. "a, four
were burned to death and five injured.
The little boy was burned to crisp. The
others were either dead when taken from
the burning building, Or died before they
reached the station house. The actual
cause Of the fire is unknown. An ezamin-
alton showed a mass OF debris in and
around where the vending stairway
emerged from the basement IN the lower
ball, and lock aloft showed the flames
had every possible advantage and must
have shot up frou the burning basene ent
staircase.
AL the persons known to haye been IN
the burning building are accounted for
Crowds of people, mostly OF German
extraction, were around the burned build
ing the entire forenoon.
L Uiiy ten LuOuSdHu ptGptC dsotLl UiS0 III
Madison Square Garden tonight to hear
Parnell, the Irish agitator. He was
greeted with the widest enthusiasm. The
audience arose en- nasse and cheered with
it's utmost lung power, until long after
Parnell had reached the platform.
SYRACUSE. Jan. 5,-The fifth floor Of
one section of the Greenway Brewing Co.'S
immense building gave way this morning
and in it's fall carried down all the other
aoors, A man in the upper floor. and
another on the lower floor were injured,
but not seriously. Seven hundred bushels
of corn and wheat, one hundred and seven
tg-fve bales of hops. and about FIVE thous-
AMI bushels of Canada malt, and two
thousand bushels of malt dust. were pre-
cipitated into Onondaeo Greek. and much
washed away, Loss about $4,000. The
upper floor heretofore carried double
weight which broke it down.