Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-26
FATAL FLAMES.
rouK sr. LouIs riRrmEs rEEisr
Los. Of Lie ard Property in the west
A,ertuE Fire ran,c IN - New
NurR Churcn.
special Dispalch 10 The Times.

special Dispatch to the Times.
The st. Louie fire department boys say
that Tuesday was tho saddest Christmas
they have ever know. During 1888 not a
death bv violence has been recorded
among members Of the fire department
up to last night, since which time four
poor fellows have persisted. During the
night the fire department was summoned
to fight great fire which destroyed sew
eral stores and consumed property to tue
amount of si00 600 The Bush wine com
pany, the Murphy varnish company aud
other firms were the sufferers. The fire
burned steadily. AnexplOsiou in the Bash
building shattered the walls and John Con.
way aud Michael kehoe, salvage corps
men, were taken from the ruins ot the
Bush building Yesterday morning. Their
bodies were charred and dish9ured.
Conway met with terrible fate. He
was in the Bush building at time when
there seemed no immediate cause for
alarm. No danger was apprehondcd when
the men entered the warerooms, for the
fire had barely taken hold of the building.
But while the brave fellows, six in num-
Der, were at work. the rear wall fell, bury
ing them beneath apile OF brick, mortar
and debris, crushing two of them to death
and injuriug the others The men who
were held beneath the debris and could not
extricste themselves were Conway and
Keho,. A heavy weight Of timbers
fell across COuway's legs aud held him
there Lieutenant Williams was near the
door az the time the wall felt and immedl
a.ely endeavored 20 relieve the imprlSoned d
men. tIe and party Ot resclerS entered
the hu ding aud got near enough 20 Goa
way 20 hear him cry Fred, I'm burning
TO death. Get water get these umbe! OF
me.
No trace OF Kehce could be found uu.il
morning. when his body and Conway :
were taken from the ruins Z Gallagher
Patrick Powers, 7. w. Williams and Juo.
Hanlcy were all seriously Injured 10y the
falling wall.
At lust about the moment their bodies
we're brought to the surface the death o.
Patrick Conway was announced. lie was
the Southern hotel hero, who was fatally
injured at the Occidental hotel fire a
week ago, aud he was brother 10 John
Conway.
Just after toe exiting uishmcnt OF the
tire where Conway and hehOe met their
death the department was called to Tenth
street and Franklin avenue, where the IL
L Neidringhaus store and ware rooms
we're found IN flames. J0hGuy Z Hosau,
one of the tiremeu, tried tJ gain Al
entrance to the building but was overcome
by the smoke and fell 10 the doorway. The
IRE was SO hot that COogau's comrades
could not rescue him at once and wheL
his body was taken out 1t was terribly
burned and life seemed nearly extinct.
By the first fire the Samu,l CuPpI5s
company loses on stock. :lOO, 900 , on
buildings owned by J. Z. LsEgett, 80.
200 The Hoyle building, corner Of Fourth
and Elm streets was damaged S!j, 900.
The Isador Bush vine cJmptny'S stock in
the basement was valued at SijO, 600. The
compsny's loss cannot yet be estimated.
4 Knights Of Honor lodge aud Frank Blair
post, G. \. r., lose $1,000 on furniture
and parapherualia. The Murphy varnIsh
company, adjoining the Hoyle cJttiu fac
tory, lose sl2 900 on stock The loss on
the bui ding is as, 900. The United States
army paymaster's sld QuaIterma tes .
al my lose 500, 900.
By the second fire Il L Naidrlughaus
loses $50 600 on his stock aud furniture.
Tue house furnishing store Of Charles
Neidrioghaus, il the same buuijng, was
buru ID out, at a loss of $4,000 The lJss
ou the building is eco, 600.