The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-26
Fire Record

Sr. LOUIS, March 25-W. r. Hay
docks carriage factory, four story
building, 1910 to 1915 st. Charles stroot,
caught fire about 1880 tonight, and In
less than half an hour all the walls
orumbled and the eutiru structure iell
to the ground. Loss and insurance not
yet ascertained. One member of the
salvage corps, named Walters,
aud another fireman we're Sc
verely injured by the falling
wall. The old Congregational church,
presided ovor many years by DR., Post,
but now used foe Euudsy.school pur-
poses, located at the corner of Tenth
ard Locust, across the alley from the
carriage factory, also took fire aud ia
now burning with u prospoct of being
| Quilted.
Att o'clock neitherloss nor insurance
/ had been ascertaiuod, nobody con.
nected with tho factory having
been on the grounds up q
/ that hour Three tremen In ali were
kurt-J. Walters, log aud arm broken;
/ II. q. Henry, arm broken and knee
badly hurt, and j. French, shoulder
bruised.
At nUFFALO,
BuFFALo, March 3.-Ihis evening, as
an uttache OF the. music hall was
lighting tho g's above the stage
prop, @ ly took fire from a defect
I've burner. In an instant the
Whole stage was iu flames, and six min
utUs later tho entire building was burn
ing. The McCanl Opera company were
dr.s7ing preparatory to producing
"t'lka," and had barely time TO es.
cape. Some were only partially dressed.
Tho company lsses its ontiro ward
robes for tho operas Of "lalka,n "The
Little Duke and "rhe Queens Lace
Handkerchief" and the company had
most OF It's trunks brought To
The buildings, aud those were consumed
also. Worry few persons had arrived To
witness the performance, and all os.
capped without injury. An hour later
tao ST. Louis Roman Catholic church, A.
the roar 81 the hall, took IRE, and 70 was
noon evident that the magnificent
cdihce was doomed. The street between
Music hail aud the church h very mar
row, rendering 10 impossible Tor
the flremen 10 do effective work.
George Smith aud Joseph Green
asconded ladders al the iroht
OF the church for the
purpose OF assisting the iroin0n In
directing tho work. The building
burned rapidly, and the iiromon aud
Smith hastily loft the room which
they had reached, but Tor
some reason Green remained
and franticglly rushed 10 the ounola,
climbing II in iull view Of thousands NJ
spectators. He clanbsrod to tho light
ningrOd but returned and rushed TO the
body Of the room, which was non
burning h9rcely. He rushed TO the
corner of the building, and needless OF
lIFa nrtnu al tho ..sIa Il "A
paulin stretched for him Ia
lower and from IL hung
by his hands fully 10 minutes. An at
tempt was made to reach him with u
ladder, but II was uusuocess.
ful, owing TO the network of toll.
ograph wires surrounding the building.
Al This time the entire front OF the
church was enveloped In flames. When
tho smoke cleared away he was seen
siiil cliuging "a the edge OF the room.
rhen he lungod forward, let 20 his hold
and fell, struck on his head aud was in.
SANITY killed. AT $3.50 o'clock the
lower Music hall fell and few
minutes after the front walls
.ell Into tho street. The south
wall, which was unusually strongly
built, Ms IL was within 10 feet of large
private dwelling, remains intact. rhe
IRE was finally confined 70 the music
hall ana the church. The music hall wRs
completed IN 1883, having been about
year In course OF construction. The
sc, Louis church was the oldest Roman
Catholic church in the city. Tho Mu
sic hall will be remembered
az the place OF holding the
grand musical festival of 1888
the Democratic state convention Of 1888
and the grand musical festival. nj
which Theodore Thomas and DR.. Dam
rOkch appeared In June, 1891.