The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-04-22
BUFFALO EXPRESS Bull DING BURNED.


G. II. Dunstan q Co., Lithographers Snd
Engravers; Matthews, Northrop q Coz,
Express Destroyed-Narrow E,cal o OF
MIR. Matthews and Several OF the EN-
ployes-Two Persons Seriously Burned.
BUFFALO, April II. About fifteen min
utes TO six o'clock last evening, fire was dis
covered in the composing room Of the ED-
press building, on Exchange Street. and In
an incredibly short space Of time the entire
room was filled with smoke and flames,
which speedily shot through the entrance
connecting what Is known as the old Express
building and the new and which lead into
the editorial rooms BY the time the fire
department arrived the second floors Of the
old and new buildings were mass OF
flames, which belched out of the windows
and ate their way upwards and downwards
with frightful quicbness.
The acids and chemicals used in the en-
craving and etching processes, on the floor
above, where the fire originated, and also on
the floor below in the engraving and litho-
graphing establishment of G. II. Dunstan &
Co., helped the spread of the fire and the
fremen, while they worked with super
human efforts, realized that they had all
they could do to prevent the growth OF the
fire and keep 1t in the locality from which II
started. Scarcely twenty minutes after the
fire started the immense fye-story building
was completely gutted.
About quarter past six several of the
floors, carrying with them the large engrav-
ing presses, type metal and lithographing
stones fell with deafening SDar followed
| by noise that sounded like the report of a
thousand muskets.
The front wall was seen to bulge and
orders were issued TO extend the fire lines.
| Only seven or eight minutes after this was
done several immense volumes Of fame OF
peculiar yellowish-red color puffed up from
the seething pit. Immediately after the
wall was seen to topple and the top story
| fell outward with crash. Fortunately nc
one was hurt although several firemen were
In close proximity and there was not an In
stants warning TO be had.
The building was occupied OH the ground
floor by the VNeill Carriage Repository
the second floor by G. II. Dunstan & Co.
photographers and engrayers, and tile three
floors above by the editorial rooms of the ED
press, the bindery and engraving depart
ments and the job printing rooms Of Mat
thews, Northrop & Co., respectively.
The cause of the fire was due to the care
lessness of the porter who was lighting on
of the. lamps in the news-room. jane
Ross, a printer, in endeavoring to put on
the flames was very badly burned and suf
focated by the smoke. He was rescued will
some difficulty.
| Mr.. j. n. Matthews was seated In his ed
torial-room, which Is on the second floor
when the fire broke out. He was utterl!
unconscious of his danger until his son, VIII,
had heard Of the fire from the business oflicI
and ran up the stairs through the flames AM
smoke, rushed into the room and apprise,
him. Mr.. Matthews came out unscathed
but his son was badly burned about tn
hands and neck.
So quick was the spread of the flames tina
the reporters barely had time to Chamber on
of the windows and drop on to the roof o
the adjoining building. Fifteen or twent
girls and men had TO descend the fire escape
the flames having swept up both flights O
stairs. Estimated loss $3.50, 900; insuranC
bl0S 000