Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-10
THIRD EDITION.
EVENING. DEC. 10. 1854
THE FEAST OF THE FLAMES.
/ HOLOCAUST NEAR PITTSBURGH

| twenty Railroad LabOrerS Burned to Doat1
by the Destruction ,Of q Small Shauty in
which They Were eSleepiDg-Partial
| List Of the Victims.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 1O.-About three
O'Clock this morning shanty, used as q
boarding house for railroad laborers, at
Rock Cut, on the Pittsburgh s. Lake Erie
railroad, and about seven miles from this
city, was burned, with about twenty of
the inmates. 1t was a frame structure,
e.story high, except that loft was used
| by the boarder as dormitory. This loft
was approached by rude stairs little better
| than q ladder, and in place of windows
had two openings cut in the boards.
In this place forty three men retired to
rest last night. About o'clock this
morning the boarding house keeper, Mr..
kOwn, got up to make the fire, and soon
afterwards a kerosene lamp which he was
using exploded and set fire to the place.
MIR. KOwn raised the alarm, and he and
his wife and servant girls escaped, but of
those sleeping in the loft only the ones
nearest the small openings used as win
dows could escape. Twenty three of
them struggled out in that way, but even
among those many are seriously hurt.
The remainder rushed about frantically
until they were suffocated by the smoke.
The scene this morning is sickening. In
heap in one corner Of the ruins are the
charred remains of six men, among them
Patrick Foley, the fireman. Following is
partial list of the dead Patrick Foley,
Michael DOnahue, Thomas Foster, James
Curran, John Riley, John Kennedy, Jerry
HanlOD, John Connors, John Conley, and
John Duffy. Among those sent to the
hospital are John Connolly, Martin Taf-
fey, Michael Morgan Michael Leonard,
Hugh McKown, VIM. Barr.
Hotel Burned.
KEENE, N. H., Dec. 1O.-The Ashollot
house at Hinsdale was burned last night,
with both stables aud valuable horse.
The loss is $4,000 and the insurance will
not cover the loss. G. W. Hollands
store was damaged to the amount of $1O,-
600; it is insured. A man named Daven-
port, who was put out Of the hotel in the
evening, is under arrest, on suspicion of
being the incendiary.
Fire in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec 1O.-The large four story
brick warehouse of D. NJ. Osborne & Co.,
on South Morgan street, was entirely con.
sumed by fire this morning. The building
was filled with rearers and machinery, on
which there was an insurance of $40, 600.
The building itself was insured for S25. 600.
A Loss of $4,000.
CINC1NNATI, Ohio, Dec. 1O.-A Tines
Star special says that the loss by the fire |
at Lebanon, Tenn., was $50, 900. The in
is $4,000.
CATALuGUE Or CRIME.
Series of shockin. Tragedies In the south
and West.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec 1O.-The Neus
special from Roma says Joseph p. Lind
lay, of Fishmingo, Indian territory, was
found dead from blow dealt with an axe
in the back of his head by some unknown
party.
Morris Bund, the owner of a wagon
train, was murdered last night.
DENVER, Col, Dec. 1O-Frank Lynn,
hard character. was fatally shot
last night by policeman. upon whom he
made an assault while under arrest.
A San Antonio special says German
woman named Stammatt stabbed herself
in the breast with a pocket knife and then
hung herself by the neck to 4 nail in the
room, where her dead body was after
wards found.
known and industrious farmers j. d. and
A. ]. Adcock, who were brothers living in
Little River county, came into town on
Wednesday to dispose Of their cotton and
were murdered on their way home.
New YORK, Dec. 10-A Brownsville,
Texas, special to an evening paper says
i" Isabel Almes, noted political masnate
at Chammero, Mexico, has just committed
a wholesale butchery. Going to rancho
hc commenced to beat the women there |
and one Guadalophe Zopati, who |
was killed by the infuriated |
At the next rancho which he |
visited, Almcs shot and wounded NO less |
than II people before his murderOus carct r !
was checked