Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-04
FIRE AKe DERR
A TSnSmsnt Hoae Hao.
SSUSt.
sias Victims. enwG-sa 9n-
aided,
"a, 0Fs IN Shs%~a.


NV TOSS. Sa-Usry IA SIS
b ns,Silg Eye broke out Il , tsne.
at eOuSs IL SoSr a James Ioylss
SaeF ssgre, ~ Madison suxI Ia
.AySea a. tss hofsOm q n, snirs
"a taruss sSth> osly exii iu yulris
a ave S>vy suildins, exocGi,s the 4
. Ssosse, w&iSA was aoaoh,s 10 tAs
aiding eutsS1s, Asa IN less 7 N sre !
iaats Sac are had sW,Vt a raurh /.
e stairway @ tbs roNC car ug OIL
= eScNSS 1t a socre Of persons The /
ines ssOA teuna vent elsO q roush
. lower storS>S ana this Srrsi
ross b. tAs fre ssoaya.
PANIC STM0KN
The teaaats mSSe a rush rthe
o., eu, the ssrst,s vas arRSh okea
{ vNiad not S5el3, The ae.sasss
e : lrcSs he Scople ~, ri,hia
r'' reoaS e>,~s', wis'1si ,slr 6on
wwed. Moa >ps SO.scS brew
II chi'S'en sfosr the riaa ptana
r9eS after tSea tArcsy, ,he { naos d
y --t.S aoroes tie sr,d al isei I I
ctcTsISN. ,ksls-r T.
cd y cre'len oItsiSed l.a e,y.
. d.e '>l',.. ,NRSia;ng n ainc !,
v'r had aeel Ha--tN sere !
T~ .... If fa'dine
and SVfS No. H~ ls
iiollwiEs IS "a ia sSas
Sl.s> :, Shs,jl,n sSs % ga
years Kate Shesiao n Nssf
lSheyi6aa, 3, Mar,is Shai iaa p Icl
INslsh, IT. Tao;uas CassS5. 6 ChaH
| ICsi'sidy, & Q g'rl .aw9A E,rs ). ar
II, Nn6 Mrs. SheSasa, sss ~ know.
Aeveral ersops wave itiarcd, smou
Iibem @aWes CASSIDY, Mary Ea an an
tChsrles Walsh.
Yhc seoHe ef tSe calamity, tic IA
Of which has notgcews' inti Is cit
since tho tenemrnO hopc 6rc "a, Can
non streUl a yNar ago, an the rurn,
hall disaster about yhslamc & nc,
approached through q narrow ale
hardly wide enough TO llow T., pa,
sage of s porily wan, bd wccn t o ia
tenemsnts, Nos. % SE 81 Ntdiso
street,
HGAMED $S.
In front OF ihouse No 35 is ? iyle
liquor stoge. It's back ioor opes d
recily upon the marrow hallWa n III
rear Of the tenement lftere "a g.
obtained its start Ome pu-lbel
weru at work at the foi,t o. tbe tan
thawing out frozen water Iipcs art
for lhis purpose used gasoline. Tx
weasel was by some m, ans upset, any
becoming ignited, there was an ct
plosion which blew ID the door 0 n,
saloon. In an instanl {
BLACK siloKP
rolled up along the q airway, daWl
onward by the drauellt caused b III.
open windows in the .ogstory. Sice
gas a momNntary huIk as the fright
ened PLAN bers hurried into tae ,rt'
A man siniSg by the barronm oy,
slammed the hall do9 Os the sdwne
iag fire. IumedIattly there wa
wILOIlUsH
ovorhsAd and the sluud Of breai ini
glass, and the AIR Ns filled with lh,
walls Of the imwisonad pqn nc
wo@cn, shricks Of f.ghtened ohildnr
and the cries for help Of the bcrSorlel
and plumbers who ran through .hC
street to the nearly police r'ltion ' ny
soon.
csANG or IRE BELL
flied the street, aai the nAr7JW al ey
became 6lled with fremen and pol ,e
struggling TO bring help to ;ac impf s..
onel and burning tenant.
They cane zoo lite, the 6rc fndiag
veny through open dooss and windo vs.
Of the gnlenanted ground coor OF 10
nouse and through the door, L "a
seizeS pYon the shutters, wina "
frame. aud wooden floors Of the b. /.
csaies outside, licking them up like 0
n1eh tissue papar and reaching ~,
wpr1 tc$ord ths floors where De
men ind women
dUDoLH TOGETHER,
aftsid e Ssdtup out on the FIRE e 1.
cape which was itself aaame, whil
Ili7 Games within the houle wer
/. '.iply Sis;bIe through the IN httinI;
loors .,.n DgiHC i.Es consumed.
Eiaa, familiea occupied ths hqrso
.vo on each aoor On The SECOND
loor, th, Eagans aud Muldoons at tSs
irst al4tm escaped through a window.
Mrs. Mary Easan, a widow, and her
our grown children, Margaret, rhJm.
Is. Joseph and John, reached the
,rouBd in safety by a quick jump.
Mrs MuldoOn, Who is over eighty
ears OF age, was less furiuppte.