Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-05

idan, at the first alarm gathered together
the children and sought escape by the
stairs, but the fire had possession of
them. There was no succor from the
street and she sought the scuttle in the
roof, but it was immovable. She shrank
back from the leap to the yard, five
stories below, and closing the door Of the
apartment to keep out the advancing
flames, herself and her children were
sUFFOCATED BY SMOKE
rapidly filling the room. The Cassidy
family, unable to escape to the roof, flung
themselves from the windows. Two of
the children, Charles and Thomas, aged
six and eight, remained in the room and
burned to death. The Eagan family
also leaped to the yard, except child
aged two years that was sutfocated.
Mary Eagan in the fall was badlyinjured.
Officer Barrett took two chileTen from
the second story by means of the
fire escape, but the flames
soon sent him to the ground with
a burned hand, demolished beard and
scorched face The calamity was COM
plete within half an hour. In short
time the nine bodies were removed to the
police station, and the saloon, now with
pipes entirely thawed, resumed business.
The bodies presented
HORRID SPECTACLE,
the flames evidently, in some cases, hav-
ing anticipated the smoke in the work of
death. Young McKenna wrapped his
little brothers and sisters in sheets and
blankets before dropping them to his
mother and the firemen in the yard. He
saved himself by seiZing a. clothes line
stretched between the two houses, and go
ing hand over hand beyond the line of
flame, he dropped into the arms of those
waiting to receive him. A youth named
Donegan, through an adjoining house,
had reached the roof of the burning
building, and with an AK demolished the
scuttlc. Katy Sheridan, with child in
arms. endeavored to escape. Her cloth
ing was ablaze AS the girl nearly
reached the top she extended her arm to
Donegan, who grasped it, but the
FLESH PEELED FROM THE BONE,
and the girl and child fell back into the
flames, pieces of the charred flesh remain
ing in the hands of Donegan. Three
children of the Eagan family were res
cued. John Regan was saved by leaping
from the window of his room to the win
dow of the house opposite. M ry Null
doom saved her three grand children by
wrapping them in bed clothing and drop
ping them into the arms of people in the
ward She herself then leaped and had
an ankle sprained.
ANOTHER VICTIM
of the fire was found this afternoon, max
ing the total dead ten. This addition to
the number is a babe of Mrs. Cassedy,
which was discovered wrapped in
blanket and clasped to the breast of the
dead mother Timothy Harrigan, plumb
er, is arrested. His hands are burned.
He charges the whole disaster to the care
lessness of boy helper, who has disap-
peared. Their employer, Mr.. Patten, is
also arrested. An inquest will be held
next week.
DESCRIPTION or THE FIRE TRAP.
On each side of the hall way, on every floor
of the building was small living room and
two bed rooms, each barely six feet square. The
living rooms all had two windows fro1ting on
the court, and one of each set Ofbed rooms also
fronted upon it, while the remaining bed room
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led from the roof to The first floor, with bal
comics connecting with the suites Of rooms
upon each floor. A corridor Oh each floor led
from the narrow, cramped entry on each floor
to this balcony. The stairs by which the
families reached their rooms wasn't
wide enough to allow two persons
to comfortably pass each other, and they were
also full of turns to economic space \ scut-
lie led to the roof. This made the draft which
drew the flames up the stairs, cutting off the
retreat of the inmates.
CURIOUS CROWDS
blocked the approach to the station house i'll
Oak street this afternoon and half Il dozen po-
licemen were scarcely able to clear the way
for the dead wagons which arrived. The
collins, hastily nailed together of rough pine
boards, were carried into the lookup where, on
the floor in front of the untenanted tier of
cclls, lay the bodies of the dead.
ARRESTED.
New YORK, Jan. 4.-William J. Patten, the
boss plumber for whom Harrington was
working when the accident happened that cost
SO many lives, was arrested this afternoon and
taken before the coroner, who, after taking
his sworn statement committed him TO the
tombs in default of 81 600 bail. In the even
ing securities for that amount were furnished
and Patten set free. His alleged offcnsc is in
permitting his men TO use dangerous gasoline,
Harrington being especially green hand and
afraid of assuming the responsibility OF
using il.
other Disasters.
sIX MEN KILLED.