Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-22
LOSS OF LIFE
attending the Barning Of a ProyI-
dencs, &. l., Factory.
Terror Stricken Employees, Cut OF From An
Escape Piuhge Headiong frog Win.
sO~s, to be Crushed and Mangled
on the Ground Beneath.
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

Special Dispatch to the Register.
providence, R. l., November 2l.-About
So'clock this morning q fire broke out in
the four story brick building knoEn as the
Callandar Block, situated on State street
between Sabine and Cave streets, which re-
suited in the loss Of two lives, and the Sc
rious wounding Of dozen other employees
at work in the building. The edifcs was
occupied almost exclusively by manufac
turers Of jewelry, the only exception above
the ground floor being the dyeing establish
ment OF Chas. T. Melvin and about one
hundred and fifty persons, half Of whom
are girls, found employment there. The
flames originated il Melyin's dye rooms,
being caused by the explosion Of a can of
nsptha, in process of use by a girl in his
employ. The material with which the
room was filled was very eombustible, and
the flames
Spread with Extraordinary Rapidly,
aud reached the stairway leading to the
upper floor before warning could be given.
On that floor was the establishments OF VIM.
II. Robinson & Co, gold chain makers, en-
pIoying about forty hands, twenty.thres OF
whom were females, and as the flames
swept up the blazing stairway, !cutting of
all means of escape, a fearful panic enSued
The terror stricken men and women rushed
in a mass for the windows, and, as rapidly
as their excitement would permit, leaped
out, hoping 10 alight on
the roof of the next building,
two story structure, separated from the
Csllsnder building by a l5-foot alley.way.
The ruof of the building was about twenty
feet below the windows whence the en-
plsyes were leaping, and here the loss of
life occurred, some in jumping falling to
the ground, fifty feet below, and those who
reached the roof in safety being jumped
upon by others. The dead aud wounded
are as follows:
MISS EMMA GARRETT-Agcd %, slip
ped in jumping and fell to the ground;
head crushed, limbs broken, and terribly
bruised.
MISS BESSIE COBB-Aged 10; Jumped
toground; instantly killed; body terribly
bruised and cut.
Wounded.
MARY McLARLEY-Jumped from win
dow on to picket fence; terribly mangled;
cannot survive.
MARY HARTY-Aged 1S; limb broken
and internal Injuries; will probably die.
DELLA GARRBIT-Aged Is; sister Of one
of the killed; internal injuries.
EMMA MATTHEWSON-Aged "a; arm
snd ribs broken; msy die.
MRS. HATTIE JOHNSON - Both legs
broken and internal injuries; can hardly
recover.
MRS. CUDDY-Aged 35; badly cut and
bruised about head and body; may result
THOMAS MANN - One arm and leg
broken.
]. A. SMITH-Arm broken and serious
cuts and bruises
MARY DAYIS-Leg broken,
GEORGE GRANT-Ot the firm of Joseph
Grant & Co.; leg broken.
There were a number of others who re-
ceiyed minor injuries. but the above are
the more serious. Many narrow escapes
were experienced, the most notable being
that of John Luke, an employe of Grant&
Co., who jumped into mass Of telegraph
wires in front of the burning building,
where he hung suspended until rescued by
the fire department. The ladder raised to
his rescue by the department proved sew
eraI feet too short, and a fireman mounted
TO the top and Luke, dropping into his
arms, was brought to the ground in safety
The building and most of its contents was
entirely consumed. The total loss will
reach sIOO, 900. Insurance, $4,000, in New
York and Boston companies.