The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-22
rHF FIEND'S FR0LICs.
u..vv Fires in Philadelphia
~ and New York.
rsr.b RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
ling at Halifax-The Oregon
>"e. a.natorship-RHsseH Sage in
the Police Court.
r,t RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
.,.-.inle Fire in PhiIadsIphia.

arr .nEIPH1A. February q. - Fire
tn ont between 6 and Z o'clock this
IN -Srninq in the house of John Acking,
W. 15g9 Pine street. The flames made
~, I'D nrogress. Three dwellings were
5 lrr The occupants of Kings
u lss;Je6ce asleep in the upper stores were
used FUSED nv the heat and smoke only
4 d discover the usual means of egress
s.nF They ran to the windows and
o ,'nst nj them jumped out. King ap-
Nc a+ = fourth story window and
Igaie sssn TO make an effort to jump, but
I 90 overcome by the heat and fell back
; a4o The flames. Three people who
I'M; ;ruoned to the ground, two female ser
J l.aafs ard a sister OF Mrs. King, also
Iost their lives. Mrs. King appeared at
q vindow CRYING for help. A mattress
q Cos hold nv firemen and she was told
" dror her baby first and then jump
Eorself She did so and rereiyed severe
Inf not dangerous injuries. The baby
was killed.
Mrs. King, has been recovered. -Four
neople in all were killed. The Kings
reTe among the most fashionable and
nopular people of the city.
PHTLAbELPHIA, February 21.-There
was a fire early this morning in the
four story brick building, No. 81 Market
Street. occupied on the first floor by
Ruth Bennett g. CO., dealers in china
and glassware. The two upper floors
were occupied by Joseph L. Meary u Co.,
boot and shoe commission merchants.
The stocks of both firms were destroyed.
The stock of Ruth, Bennett i Co. was
valued at $50, 1000. The flames then
spread to the paper warehouse of s. A
Rudolph. Sons & Co., the contents Of
which we're DESTROYED, and the fire eX
tended to the building No 50 Marke
street, the upper floors of which were
damaged, the floor and basement were
occupied by Lippincott, Sons u Co.
auCtioneers. Total loss on building
and stocks estimated at $125,000
CHAPPAQUA, New York, February 81
-Chappaqua Mountain Institute Wa.
burned at 3 this morning. The seventy
five scholars were all safely removed, al
though there we're some narrow es-
capes. Many children were carried
insensible through the smoke and
flames upon the frozen, SnoW-coFered
ground, in their night clothes, bare
footed and partly naked. Neighbors
were soon at the scene, and the halt
frozen children were cared for. The
Institute was started sixteen years ago
as a Quaker school for boys and girls.
New BRITAIN, Conn, February I'll
At 3o'clocb this morning fire was dis
covered in the livery stable of Bailey &
Bunting, situated in the rear of Main
street. 1t gained such Roadway that
three occupants of the stable Office
barely escaped with their lives; while g
fourth, Ed Rowley, was burned tc
death. The fire spread to a large
wooden block on Church street, occu
pied by several small shops, and severa
tenements, and beyond the control O
the iremen. The fire spread from
Church street north to Main street
Some merchants saved their goods, bu
most lost everything. Central Block,
large four story brick, was also de
stroyed Loss, 100000; insurance
$l25,0OO.