The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
No water or Apparatus with whic
10 Combat Them.
THE PATIENTS ALL RESCUED.
The City Authorities Denounced ms Negii.
gent and An Investigation Threat
ened - The vicksburg Hor-
ror Growing Worse.
COLORADO SNOW SLIDE HORROR
Fire at Fort Worth.

FoRT WORTH, April 26.-tSpecial. !
Between and s o'clock this morning
tho cook at the Missouri Pacific Rail.
way hospital discovered the floor under
the range in the kitchen on fire, and at
once notified DR.. q. Vnlker, surgeon in
charge, and others, who did what they
could TO stop the fire. DR.. Volker went
into the cellar, which is directly under
the kitchen, with Babcock exuu-
gulsher, but tho fire had gained too
much Roadway for him To accomplish
anything. Tho general tire alarm was
then given aud tn department was
soon on the ground, bat not drop OF
water was 10 DO had and tho only thing
oxtinguishe@ aud buckets, water
being obtained rom els
tern. As soon RS IL became
evident the building would burn, the
patients, 80 in number, we G carried out
and taken TO the Union depot, which
was converted Into Il temporary hos
pital. By hard work nearly ali OF the
furniture, bedding, stoves and drugs
were saved. In little over an hour
after the general alarm was given, the
building was completely burned. Col.
II. NJ. HoXie was ut once notified, and
responded with instructions to DR.. Vol
ker to send the sick and injured TO Sc
dalia by special train tonight. He also
notified DR.. Volker that he would ship
tents here at once TO provide a temper
airy hospital for tho reception of patients
until the hospital could be rebuilt, and
that he would be here in person on
Wednesday,.
on tho building is $4,000; on furniture,
stores, etc, $4,000; no insurance on fur
nituro, ETC., but $4,000 on the building
in the following companies:
Liverpool ~ London ~ Globe, 1920.
Girard, 1,250.
Merchants, $1,000.
Crescent, $500.
City of London, $500.
New Orleans Insurance association,
$1,000.
Fire Insurance association, 81, 800.
Scottish Union IL National, $500
Phoenix Assurance company, $4,000.
Imperial, $1,000.
Hartford, $1,000.
Total, So, 600.
Eleven sisters of charity, who lately
came from Santa Rosa hospital, San
Antonio, were in charge of the wards,
but at the time OF the fire were at church
in the city. Six of the sisters returned
to San Antonio at once. The
other five ROMAN here to care tor the
sick or wounded, who may DO brought
here, until the new hospital is built.
ACCIDENTS.
Several of the fremen were injured
while at work.
NJ. Fl. Walker, foreman of j.. M. Dag
gett Hose company, had his left foot
badly crushed.
Eugene Magee, NJ. T. Kerr. aud
Stephen Mulkey were overcome by heat
and completely Frustrated.
p. j. Bowtery, first assistant chief,
went into the collar under the kitchen,
was badly blistered and nearly suEto-
Gated. He was taken out ins( nsible.
When the flames were com lg out of
the secoud story some one out cried out
that patient had been lett in one of the
rooms, when George l.. Cause
and John Maddox, of the Hook
and Ladder company. went up
q ladder aud got into the room, but
found the room empty. In getting out
the men put their hands on the balus-
trade to jump to the ground below, it
being impossible to reach the ladder.
They had their hands terribly blistered
THE AUTHORITIES BLAMED.
The authorities are severely blamed
for the fire, which could easily nave
been stopped had the city had any fire
protection whatever. 1t was decided to
and had it been done the building would
have been saved, but Chief Kahn or
Mayor Brown were not even asked for
it. The Panther engine was taken from
the machine shops to-day, the new
cylinders having come this morning,
and this is all the reliance Fort Worth
had tonight in case of FIRE. There are
five cisterns, with plenty of water in
them, but no other way to utilize it.
Citizens say they will at once demand
an investigation of the woeful bad man.
agement of the water works since the
city bought them.