Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-02
FIRE AT SHERMAN.
4 Lad,,s Fatal Brief Chat With One
of Her NeighbOrs.
How the Fnrious Flames Ragged III
spite OF The Gallant Firtmen.
List OF losers and lOSses-Many FAM
ilinN NeSiiintc.


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lilies Destitute.
Special to the Gazette.
Sherman, April This morning
about $50 o'clock y fire broke out III
Suerry's row of small frame tenement
| houses onJones street between Crockett
and Travis. The flames started III the
second room on the east eud of the
row, occupied by the family of
WIN. Ayers. Mrs. Ayers built up a
| fire to prepare for ironing, and stepped
| into an adjoining apartment 10 have
a chat with her neghbor. When she
returned, the s.ovepipe had fallen, and
| the ilameS were spreading through
| the house. She endeavored to
| save few articles, but met with poor
success before she was forced to retire
from the fast burning brildng. Mrs.
| Goodrich, Mrs Owens, Mrs. Jassen-
berger and Mr.. King to the west ana
James Strain in the east end of the
row were all burned out, and only
saved few articles of furniture of lit
tie value. In fact, Ayers and Strain
saved nothing but the wearing APP
parel they had on at the
! time. From these buildings
! the flames were communicated
| to the Eclipse stables belonging to Nj.
! G.. Hilderbrand, a grocer, which was
! used as n store house for grain, hay,
| groceries and vegetables. This was
soon consumed and with it also went u
| 50xl00 feet brick store house belonging
to Byers Bros and used as ware
house for the storage of agricultural
! implements and machinery. HilGcr-
| FRAUDS residence Immediately south
/ 1.
| IL street took fire in the ell and
| for some time 1t appeared that the
| tiremen, who were battling CALAMITY
10 subdue the flames, would arrest their
progress here and save further loss,
but Just at the critical moment the els
| tern supplying the water gave out and
| before they could move to another in
the block Immediately north, between
| Jones street and the square, these two
| buildings were beyond saving, aud the
handsome two-story residence of Ed
! Moore was also on fire and could not
! be saved. From this the Cumberland
! Preshy church also took fire in
several places along the windows and
cornce, but the iiremen entered
the building where they got the pro-
lection of the brick walls and saved it
by this means. Just across Travis
street the tall steeple OF the Travis
street Methodist church doomed up Us
u conspicuous object for The aggressive
flames that Tapped nearly across the
street, but by the frequent application
ot water from the engine this was
saved and whole block of residences
east of it that could not have escaped
If ii had burned. While the flames
We're AT heir worst and seemed de-
termined 10 cross Travis street, the
county Jail was threatened and the
sheriff and his deputies, with the
assistance of eX.Sherifl Everhart, took
all the prisoners TO the yard, properly
: secured for removal in the event
OF danger to the prison
Several slight casualties occurred.
, but fortunately no one was seriously
hurt.
John Lagsdon went into one of the
tenement houses to remove the goods,
! and the front door blew shut behind
/ him. In an instant the room filled
, with sitting smoke and the hot flames
came licking through the slender par
= titions searching his hair and fac,
# pretty badly before he could grope hi
n way to the door and get out.
II. w. Wells of the Sam Houston
Fire company, while removing
machinery from the Byers building
was sufloca,ed to fainting by the dens
smoke, aud had TO be dragged out b,
his companions. He WAS scorche
10 about the face and his hair and bear
burnt.
u, b. PaXson was cut on the head Il
III Ed. MGore's residence while helpin
&, to remove the furniture, by buckle
thrown from the second story, III
atta f..
business in couple of hours.
e- The losses so a. can be ascertainp
of today are as follows:
re Byers Bros, loss on building, So, 0O
Ne ON stock, IS 900; well Insured.
If Hilderbrand sustained n total loss
Al. 81, 600 and was insured ON his stab
i'll $500; residence, $500, and on stoc
he 81 900.
to ED Mo0res loss, about $4,000; il
ri surance ON building, 5000; on fam
ture, 81 500.
None OF the other sufferers had
dollar insurance, and, as four of the
are widows and poor, they are re
dered almost destitute.
The iiremen made most gallal
light to save the property and but (
the failure of their water supply won
yer have saved MI the most vauabl
ry' They deserve great credit for their h
role work aud are loudly thanked
ler all who witnessed their work.
be- This Is good time to agitate watt
works for Sherman so that her 81
ct. zens may he made as secure In The
ris possession AZ our neighboring citi,
nj Several OF our charitable ladies a
now canyassing tue city for aid to d
MS destitute sufferers and are meetil
With generous response.