The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-26
q sssss Of Agony aud Death Ia the Roar
Ing Rulus.
A POPULAR LADWs SAD FATE
A similar But Smaller Conhagratio" tt
Port smith-More - tho Maryland
Convent Firs-uucE Hunters
Drowned lee ioNa.
OTHER FIRES AND mlsHAPs.
The Fire record.

BALTIMORE, March 92.-Friday's Ere
at ia-oUt's 1'alewy, u.Nr Enmeiis-
bur-, sill result in gpa..r loss than
wac u' urst gppr.es. rue ropsT.yry and
Sis'er.' dCpgrlmrU. wore nuuIyly iC
suoyrd. cuiuilinga loss Of uuliy $4,000,
II was first reported that the
oes was covered by insurance, "us
Investigation proves that tho only poll
o les on the burneI building, that wore
n oS allowed TO 'n..t amount 10 uu.
5 g, 500, though NOT .rH- ago the property
was known .1 d. covered .u tho extent
ofNOOOD. Tho Sisters viii al once re-
bui'l
THE CUUHhuu nom HORROR.
CuIC GO, Tuh 1.-The statement
TIM six p..lH. aeu W-rD killed or hOrri-
b!y luug,ya, last rtght'a Dis slrpuf
hoo. lire, proves Incorrect, Two MON
bCIs Z Eu.N.ua',s 'auOuS aro lurHr-
Auca yHlgD ulioly escaped tho falling
wal Two others were pinned lls., bat,
aftur long Efforts, were finally eNiri-
Gated. The legs Of both were severely
su.sed. PaulmeD \. Jones ana john
Wa n arc beloved TO have been suiilp.
cat. a beneath the wall. No trace q!
them ha4 been found Mp To- late hour.
Policeman Marks SAW Two doMes,ics AZ
oNe 81 the second story windows
had been rescued. He ru7hod up The
bHruiug staircase and Il few moments
later appeared, dragging out hain "o-
mo-. Who had been rendered upcOn-
sciuus by the smoke. The hotel, which
il n total loss, was located ON Wabash
avenue, at tie southwest corner o.
Jackson Street II was erected immedi-
ately after ttH great fire, and While II
had every appearance OF beng
a sutstartia structure, it has bg"n
know to insurance mon as iiry-trdp.
Itwr- formerly known e. tls Burdoch
bou Sc, thUa the Crawford and recently
a. 'h La -Gan. Cumming ~ How
ssd ere The '"n eI~, ana 1H"M a oon
kss % u. Tuo la,ter's loss is 10000:
insurance $4,000. The bIilduE was
Va d at $ljnwJ; insurance one.half
Kc,fH d son, ul slers in picture flames,
aud Usrder Hand Grer tde agency,
suffered tOld loss. lus IraHce UNI
! Dwn.
THE HORRORS MATERIALIZE.
II mas been ascertaiued tonight that
the tire was more dreadful in loss OF lit-
and pl ysical injuries than at first sup
posed IL j. now known that at least
live persons were killed and four in
jured. ust before the south wall fell
upon the Faxon building, number OF
persons sides those o. the fire insur.
snce patti were IN side the building, as
istiug b. save goods, az no
Immediate danger was apprehended.
There is 10 means of knowing just
how many OF these volunteers
were in the tructure ut the time, but
excavation have proceeded to an ex-
tent which justiiies the nope that all the
dead bodies have b uen found. AS TAR as
known, those t work in the Faxon
building when it WIS crushed by the
falling walls were as follows:
Captain Edward Shepherd.
James Boyd,
Kpute Thine,
Patrick Mullins.
John Wash.
Frederick Jones-all members oil the
fire. insurance patrol.
VIM. Beam, piano tuner, and John
Hennessey, q clerk-both employed III
the bu ldiug.
Mullins and Thine both being near
the rear of the building were forced out
through one of the windows by ru- h
of air as the building fell and were not
dangerously hurt.
Capt. Shepherd and Boyd were pinned
down by fallen timbers and were res
oued alive about midnight. Both are
seriously hurt, but it is bell eyed they
will recover.
about / O'Clock this morning, potn
crushed to death.
Beam was alive when found and was
aiken 10 the county hospital, where he
died at o'clock this mo- ming.
The body OF Heunessey was recovered
10 a'clock tonight.
Soon after the walls fell the wreck
took fire and the firemen turned several
&reams on the blazing mass to save
N1sir comrades from being roasted TO
death. though at the imminent risk OF
drowning Them. The water was ice
cold aud drenched the poor, imprisoned
fellows, chilling them to the marrow.
Mrs. C. V. Belknap, who was killed Dy
jumping from the upper story, was the
widow OF Col Be KNAPP, who died some
wears ago al New Orleans. She has many
friends i Cincinnati. The remains are
I'll at he city morgue.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPES.
Tue cape OF MS. j. A. Murray and
child was marvellous. The lady occn-
MED a room on the fifth floor, and was
ppngware Of danger TIL it was too
late 10 attempt TO descend the stairs.
She reached the fire escape, but at
each floor found the hole in the grating
TIM small TO admit of the passage of hel-
self and infant. She was therefore COM
PEELED four times, with the flames burst
ing around her, to seat her chllu upon
nhe platform, lower herself over the
edge and reach up for the little one
Mrs. Murray reached the ground with
ont assistance and quarter OF an hour
sfterward had wholly recovered from
Me effects of her terrible experience.
AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.
FoRT SMITH, March 22.-The Grand
CentrM hotel burned this morning
Loss, about $4,000. Most of the tursi-
tyre was saved. A woman was badly
Injured by jumping from the third hoor
on 90 a shed adjoining the building, the
stairways being cut off by smoke and
names. The building was owned by
Hon. William Fishback, who was yes
tsrday defeated for United States sem
etor by ex-Gov. Berry.
A VILLAGE NEARLY DESTROYED.
BALTIMORE, March pa special to
the American from Lansconing says:
Tire DESTROYED almost the entire bust
ness porti. II o. the village this morn
ing, epiailing a loss oil 100000; insur-
sncr, $25 900 Lanaconing Was nearly
destroyed by fire i'm 1881.
AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, March 22.--Pfster 81 Vo-
gels heepskin tannery, together with
stock, consisting of wool and sheep
skins, was almost entirely destroyed ny
are last night. Loss, $4,000; insured.
AT HENDERSo :, KENTUCKY.
bENDERsoN, March 0.-The South
ern spoke and handle factory burned
yesterday. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
~, 600.
Duck Hunters Drowned.
KEoKUK, Ia, March 22.--George VIII