The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Death of Two Firem..
Albany, n. x.

Albany dispatch-John A. Lubv IN. ID.
"art' politician recently removed from - I,
position of surveyor of customs. snS1 4e'
Wheeler we're killed at a fire early on q, ,s
in the piano factory of Broadman sc "A
E. j.. Wallen will not su vive and RD,n.
Townsend, son Of Ad' utant General F.
Townsend, also received fatal iniurie, ,a
a. M, flames were discovered shoo,iD.
from the rear of the piano factory and n. ~
cry stable OF A. w. burch adjoining On yna
Pearl street, near Livingstone avepns
When the department arrived the e..
made such Roadway that it was imno ss nd
save either building. The stable-a twnsN
frame building, l47 feet in d-epth-conty
overweight horses, ten coaches. twob"snsN
several other vehicles, and a LARGO nm.sa q a
of hay and feed. Five animals were 1uanVll
but everything else was DESTROYED. Tho r; !
factory was a four-story brick structnrap 1 @a
feet deep. The first floor was used fo.' Nv
office and showroom, where a numha, ny .ss
pianos were awaiting shipment. in the rs ~
were the engine and the d~rying-room a" . '@ a
upper stories were fixed for mannfaem.HAc
and were filled with lumber. Notbinc r u
saved from tue factory, which burned Isra.Sl
Under box. Several wooden buildin,s"a
either side were DESTROYED. WiIliam
bourne barely escaped from his residence MAJ aa
his wife and child. WIN
While the confagration was at its bo,ca.
pllpemen from steamers Nos. 2 and 4 were 81
tioned III a narrow alley raining along tSs
uortn ol Tue piano factory, directing powerful
streams through the windows of t5e bIaraui
structure. The hose were manned by Forss
men L. j. Wallen and Rufus X. TOWNSEND,
No. 4, and Foremen John A IrSu I
and Daniel Wheeler of No. Q. AItborut
varied that they occupied a position of dsss
ger on account of the t~otterino wall ,har
their osts at tle explicit order.
IL IS said, OF Chief McQuade. Suddexy
LOUD cracking was heard above the rosE .he
wall, towering fifty feet in the air, swayed
Tor a moment, ana then fell with a crash nm
The daring firemen. The narrow alley vs va
Diled high with red hot bricks, SMOKING finn
oers, and seething debris. The crowd snrsns
o rescue the buried men, and first drew rom
he pile the maugled form of Mr.. Lubv
lie was terribly injured. His ribs wen.
rushed, his skull fractured, bones broken in
'arious parts OF the body, and Internal i'll.
les sustained. He was beyond hope when
cached and died in three hours, after suffer.
q great agony. Mr.. Townsend was next
Ias fatally hurt, surgical eyaminstioU
bowed only two fractures of the leo srS
everal bruises. Fred Wallen was found WIN
is head crushed and collar-bone and arm
and internal injuries. Later. AT the
ottom of the debris, Daniel Wheeleris desd
ody was discovered, the head being crnsX
he victims were very generally known in the
community and had hos of warm friends i
John A. Luby, from h S mac.ivity in politlc,
) one of the most ener getic and sxilful
o. the Stalwart republican man. (
gers, had acquired a reputation throughog,
ie state. lie was about - wears of ace. 4 I
zoe manufacturer, and an incident fireman. n
red Wsllen W S the leading gas filter in ~ 4
W: Wheeler was a quiet and industries = :
orkman. Mr.. Townsend is wealthy roang 1
an, who has a mania Tor Going to fires and
is been injured once or twice before. Hell 4
G roprie'or Of the Townsend iron factory
d a director OF the State National bank.
ie origin of the fire has not been definitely
certained. 1t is supposed by some to have
EN- caused by the spontaneous combustion
the drying room of the piano factory, WV
hers maintain that it caught in the rearl |
. stables. The loss is about $4,000; in (
red for $4,000