The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-27
No Water or Apparatus With Wkic
to Combat Them.
THE PATIENTS ALL RESCUED.
The city Authorities Denounced as Negii-
gent and An investigation Threas.
ened Yhe vicksburg Hor-
ror srowing Worse.
0coI-oRADcN SNOW SLIDE HORROR
Fire at y.rt wortn.

Fort WoRThI, April 26 lSpeciai.l---
BetweeB and o'clock this morning,
the COOK at the Missouri Pacific Rail-
wsy hospital discovered the floor under
therange IN the kitchen on fire, and at
once notified DIR. O. Yolker, surgeon in
charge, and others, who did what they
could to stop the fire. DR.. Volker wen 3
into the cellar, which 10 directly under
the kitchen, with a Babeock extln-
gulsher, but the fire had gained too
much headway for him TO accomplish
anything. Phe general tire alarm was
then given and the department. was
soon on the ground, bat not drop of
water was to be had, and The only thing
possible to use was the four Holloway
extinguishers and buckets, water
being obtained from cis-
tern. AS soon as II became
evidont tho building would burn, the
patients, 92in number, wese carried out
and taken to the Union depot, which
was converted into temporary hos
pital. By hard work nearly ali or the
| furniture, bedding, stoves aud drugs
were saved. In a little OYER an hour
after the general alarm was given, the
building was completely burned Col.
III. NJ. HOEi9 was at once notified, and
responded with instructions to DR.. Vol
ker TO send the sick and injured 70 Se-
dalla by special train tonight He also
notified Dr.. Volker that he would ship
! tents here at once TO provide n tempor-
airy hospital Tor the reception Of patients
: until the hospital could be- rebuilt, and
that he would be here in person on
, Wednesday,.
THE LOSS
on the building is $4,000; on furniture,
! stores, ETC., $6000; no insurance on fur
!, niture, etc.. but 900 on the building
in the following companies;
Liverpool u London Il Globe, $2250.
a Glrard, $3.50.
. Merchants, $500.
Crescent, $500.
City of London, 81 500.
New Orleans Insurance association,
5000.
{. Fire Insurance association, 81, 800.
Scottish Union Il National, $500.
. Phoenix Assurance company, $4,000.
: Imperial $1,000.
( Hartford, $1,000
3 Total, $4,000.
+ Eleven sisters of charity, who lately
0 came from Santa Rosa hospital, San
( Antonio, were In charge of the wards,
D but at the time OF the fire were at church
: in the city. Six of The sisters returned
. to San Antonio at once. The
/ othor five remain here to care tor the
) sick or wounded, who may be brought
o here, until the new hospital is built.
a ACCIDENTS.
: Several Of the firemen were injured
i while at work.
: NJ. II Walker, foreman OF u. NJ. Dag
: gett Hose company, had his LETT foot
badly crushed.
Eugene Magee, M. =. Kerr and
Stephen Mulkey were overcome by heat
and completely prostrated.
p. j. Bowdery, first assistant chief,
s. went into the cellar under the kitchen,
/, was badly blistered and nearly sutfo-
l. Gated. He was taken out insensible.
n When the fames were coming out Of
a the second story some one out cried out
that patient had been left in one of the
a rooms, when George l.. Cause
# and John Maddox, Of tne Hook
9 ladder aud got into the room, but
n found tho room empty. In getting out
q the men put their hands ON the balus-
4 trade TO Jump TO the ground below, II
\ being impossible To reach sho ladder.
J. They had their hands terribly blistered.
~ THE AUTHORITIES BLAMED.
a. The authorities are severely blamed
for the fire, which could easily have
been stopped had the city had any nre
protection Whatever. IL was decided 90
get an engine from Dallas yesterday,
% and had Il been done the building would
& nave been saved, but Chief Kahn or
RI Mayor Brown were not even asked for
e. The Panther engine was taken from
= the machine shops today, the new
q cylinders having como Shis morning,
X aud this Is all tho reliance Fort Worth
n had tonight In case of Are. There are
y fivo cisterns, with plenty OF water In
10 them, but no other way to utilize IL.
a, Citizens say they will az once demand
l. an investigation of the woetul bad man
a agement of the water works since the
% esty bought them.