The Portland daily press., 1882-11-22
THE FIRE RECORD.
At Providence.


:, PROVIDENCE, Nov. 81 A fire broke out at 10 80
tnis morning In the Calender building, brick
structure between Sabine and Cove streets, Provi-
pululng was four stories high and was occupied
mostly by 1ewelry shops. The fire originated in the
w%orkshop % OF Charles F; Melvin dyer. situated in
.ue middle OF the building, the third floor, and
was caused by the ignition of can Of naptha. The
room was filed with Hight iDfammable cloths and
sne WOODWORK was dry as finder. The room was
next the stairway and before a word of warning
ceuia De given escape by the stairway cut OF BY
Sne t names On the fourth floor Is the workshop Of
n, ,Miiilam H. Robinson g. Co., gold chain makers
The firm employed forty operatives equally divided
a. 10 sex. When the flames swept up through the
moor the employees made rush for the windows.
ahere was no fire escape on the building. A pauic
ensued Just across an alley way, about fifteen feet
VIDE at the end of the Calendar building, was a
Nv .wo story wooden structure. Tn help rushed for
ane end OF the building fronting the alley. Then
a panic ensued. The roof of the wooden building
was about twenty feet below the window sill where
= ne M excited girls were congregated, Excited persons
~ sne rear crowded and pushed them in the act of
Jumping, and many fell. Others were injured by
oeing Jumped upon after they had reached the roof
COBB Ro afs tSase Gsotte aged 2s and Bessie
tne two buildings and nied in few minutes.
line INJURED are Mary McFarley who jumped from
window and fell on picked fence; she was terri
ply injured and cannot i've Mrs. johnson and
MIS-. ANDY. All these were young women and all
" were probably fatally injured. Some were carried
nfI,s,ptai ~, In the police ambulance. Thomas Mann
leu snort OF the two. story building. He bounded
"esi2Aot ~ anu Iell 10 the ground breaking
ana one leg. A man named Smith fell to The ground
ana was hurt Mary Davis jumped from the roof
ana mad a leg br ken. George Grant, of I'll Q firm of
Joseph Grant Co., jewellers, in the fourth floor in
the rear of Robinson's shops Immediately over the
dye house where the fire originated, jumped from
the fourth floor window to tho roof of the wooden
building and had a leg broken.
deerge Clark, empl yed by Joseph Grant g. Co.,
saw the hre and tried in vain to extinguish the
flames, but finally had to run for his life. One
nTzas unknown, In the employ of Grant u Co., hung
from tolepnpne wire untfr the emf ar
rived. ladder raised under him proved i've feeu
too short. A fireman mounted to the top and caught
the workman in his arms.
The building was about 45 by 80 feet on the
grouad and four stories high. The building be-
longed to Amos G. Barstow. The loss on building is
5000; insuoed $4,000. William H. Kobinson's
loss II $4,000 Everything In this shop was de-
stroyed insured $4,000. Joseph w. Grant & Co.'s
The Providence Button Company lose 5000; in
sured The Providence cigar works $1,000 aud the
Providence saw works and other occupants of the
lower floors unknown damage by water. The fire
did not extend below the third floor.
At Newburyport. Mass.
NEwBURYPoRT, Nev. 21.-Fire this morping in
DIV ling house on Federal stree owned by Mary
Decatur. Loss about $1,000; insured.
At New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Hertzfs veneer factory and
Colby's chair factory was damaged $4,000 by fire
last night
At Rockaway Beach.
The summer cottsge of DIR. Brandeth, at Rocka-
way Beach, was burned yesterday. Loss $4,000