The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-15
FALL OF A GREET BIyrrn
Il. Which Fire Hundred Ma,

Piio occurred in Bro,,,
! ) on Tuesday. Two houses, IS and 81 D .a
street, fell with crash. The Abh,,, aaots
. 1Dgs, ON State street, which are 10, s'in
manufacturing purposes, together -, ~
building In the rear, were DESTROYED ~ Ne
rear building was undergoing repairs n@
on props. The under girders gave w. 1 wy
the entire structure collapsed, bur,;n.
workmen beneath the ruins. Fire was nsE
communicated with the front of the bula iusi
and, despite the efforts of the flremsn
destroyed s'- ss - "us
People, on looking up the street s.u
the roof ofthe building and portions a. ~
walls had fallen in. They could hear sor.. 'A'
OF people injured and it seemed but ,o..-'
when volume of smoke rolled nm. .bo,r,~
that the building had taken fire. H1narSng
| people, mon, women and girls were at..W
at the various branches of business carrlK0n
III the building, which covers consdoy.,v9n
| ground, having wings which ext, nd tbrorsSse
Atlantic avenue to State street A soon ,s ~
accident bal happened those EMPLOYED in ,hs
| building endeavorcd to make their escana W. we
some who were last to reach the street ~. sN
| peared with faces begTimed and slresm;lPs
with blood from wounds received from iaIns
tlmbers. 1t was reported at first that as
hundred g rls employed on the ton aoo, S9e
Haynes boiling works had been killed by ha
falling roof, but i, is now known that ~ ~.
OF them made their escape by climbing on Ms
roof OF tenement houses adjoining tn
building was occupied by twenty small rnaa'
factories, and there were about 500 meryns
women employed therein. The building wss
five stories high and was erected twentv-sey
years ago. The wood work burned like lin
der. When the tiremen arrived they fsrnd
many young women at the windows Screaming
Tor help, their retreat being cut off. The Ere
men quickly ran up ladders, but the girls ver
hemmed in and many fell back into tho fames
before help could reach them. 1t was ascer
tanned that the engineer of the factory. D.
Lowry, was one of the victims, and was Killed
by the falling of the left wall on the mddi,
wing on Atlantic avenue. The cause Of ~
fire was the overturning of the boilers ~
soap factory on the second floor The west
wall of the middle wing on Atlantic avenne
had settled and workmen were securing Il Nm
with jacks. The middle jack had been
screwed up too tight and was lowered cans.
ing the whole weight to come upon two iacks
at the ends, and the building fell with crash
thus upsetting the soap boilers and casslng
the building to catch fire from the fuel beneath
them. i
Milo Hine, who occupied the top floor far
the manufacture of buttons, says "At0
O'Clock was in my room dire ting the work
OF my employees, of whom there were fertg,
mostly women. The first we heard of tNe A.
cldent was when we heard crash an4pts7
was followed by part of the flooring giving
way. In one of the corners OF my room there
was ladder leading to the roof and all the
employees made rush for it. There wass
panic among the women for a time and two or
three OF them tainted, but the foremi soon
succeeded in est)ring order and then, In sim
gle file, they climbed the ladder and CARED
the roof. The ladies marched ont in good or
der and gained the roof of the adjoining bud
ing, which was not injured, and reacLc0zhe
street by descending the fre-eseapes'
Inc insurance on the property destroyed d
about $500, 900, while the damage will agsre
gate at least $3.50, COZ. At $3.50 p m. hfty en-
he scene and were Immediately set to work BY
Commissioner Poillon searching for the Mss
ng.
The following ID a list of the killed, injured
nd missing: An unknown man, chlrredA-
ond recognition. supposed to be DapfeTJ
,owrey, engineer In the button factory IN
nown man, horribly burned and no poss bill
-y OF Identification. Trunk OF person, not .
nown whether male or female; the fire had
ufned away all the outer coatings, leaving
de vital organs exposed, while the limbs were
one and only the trunk and feshless skeleton ~
emained. Hissing-Conrad Brealing, IL
ged 20, of Dutchkill, L. l., Edward Buv4U
ged %, Of No. 81 Atlantic avenue; William
lark, aged 40, residence unknown; Henry
urse, aged So, of 81 Marion street. N. T.;
enry HatTner, aged 40, OF 1876 Graham ave
ne; - johnson, residence unknown; Dave
Owrey, aged 50, of b Atlantic avenue;
dolph Maths. aged 26, of No 372 Hicks
rect; John NcGeath, aged Is, OF No,
ond street; Benjamin Moore, aged ~, o&S
ADDISON street; Gus, boy in tin shop, RESI-
ence unknown; Pfaff, Jr., residence IN
nown; j. Peters, rt sdence unknown; Ma
lie Feeley, of No. 1879 Bergen street; Rose
linton, Of Warren street. near Hoyt Anne
iggins, residence unknown; Mary hcGrath,
sidence unknown; Aggie Downs, residence
1known; Mamie Riley, residence unknqV
attic NcKeon, residence unknown; Iho.h1
orner aged a. No 2S1 NAVY street: Gus
We Lung, aged 20, No. 2S5 Pacific street.
m Legge, aged 43, residence unknown; jas
agsd No. 214, Graham street. ,d IN.
Dougherty, OF hook and LADDER
ruck No. /, was burned about the face and
ad and received bad cut on the heao,
mes Fay, fireman Of engine company NO .,
probably fatally hurt; Elma Haas, Signify
jured about the head: Mrs. Henrietta, q
|, received severe Commissions and one OIL nef
ms was fractured; Patrick Hynes, nrehaI
ceived two scalp wounds; James Lynch, or
r of 4 furniture wagon, leg broken; Henry
aurer, several slight scalp injuries Jams
nrray, foreman No. engine, foot crnsnes II
chael Raglan, fireman, confusion Oh u n
alp; Charles d. Rudy, fireman, ourneu
sed face, arms and body; Bernard esofB
eman, scalp wound; Jno. Burns, hip
lere were several others who sustained s44
uries, flesh wounds, bruised faces az Il
abs, but not sufficiently disabled to reqHr NJ
,dical attendance. -, -
AFTER The work Of digging for the beno n
the ruins has gone briskly forward fne
n who worked among the debris In tne ,u
ior of the building said they could smen I rns
Sening odors of burning human hcs1. ms
us were surrounded by thousands OF peo,piiS *
ne merely curious, 9th rs taking a SAD -
est in watching the laborers, the nremen'
q tenement houses. which had burned ou1
still unoccupied, and are in charge =. n
icemen, the occupants being obhgea b
liter themselves as best they can for ~
s mt. The lamentations Of friends OF ~
Tins, as the dead bodies were removed lron
ruins were pitiful.
| bed-quilt was thrown over the bodies Anu
ny persons called to see II they cnnid ~,
nze the indistinguishab.e mass. All iAlisa
all statements were simply gness g. \
on one OF the bodies was burned " y
;es and the arms to the elbows. Otuci
les were merely a mass OF black cinde,s
, bodies were all those OF men When ~ r
her of the missing boy, John hc6ras.'
1t to the police station he tainted tw'sc,
en- he was able gave vent TO the nos'
GUS means. "Oh, sergcnnt," he ces
tell me my poor boy, my only support
deadl On, bring him back to mel" ~
man was e ttiug del rious and had ~
owed His anp ppriaha1 hevoud A dOuuk