The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-09
A TENEMENT HORROR.


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b. fnuft. 60 i'ffrs'
agw YonF, Nay a one O'Clock .
This morning q dfc moko oui IN. room
Al the rear oi John llumphrey'F liquor .
store, 6ig fifsi avenue The bnildlns u
nve stories high, the upper 0oois being I.
occupied ~ tcnemcnthouse Ihe
rooms spoken oi was nllrd with trash oi
an lnaamnnhle nature, which burned W
quickly alllng the house with smoke
Tho tenants became panic-sirlcken some
Jumped 70 the street IRON The windows
and others rushed down stairs, failing
over each other, aud suffering injuries
Of more or less serious nature. Al lthe
ambulanccs In the city were called to The
spot.
When the alarm was sent out The en-
glnes Of the district were putting out
small fire, and 1t delayed the hrcmen
somewhat IN getting 10 First avenue.
When they did arrive they found the
house surrounded by great crowd, and
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dead, dying and wounded we're lying on
uo slue"r,h r anu " ",o"y wcrc hcart.
rendIna, A general alarm was sent ou'i
and ambulances' aoe'ors snu po,ot ",'
came 70 wy sVens ~ ,.e,od =. ranIIy as
nos.,hIe from ,be dead and conveyed to
bellevue Hospital. In half an hour the
fourteen wounded were lying on cots ~
the hospltil and As many uoeeors ~" "o,Aea nr '
near them 'fy,n. !" ,,a ] ns,icu,s seemed
70 he dyInc The names Of none but
younr KoeTncr could be learned.
Fireman Dalrymple, Of Hook and Lad.
der Comnany No, 4, rot up TO the fourth
eoor bv mean. of a scaling ladder and
handed down several persons from the
Iront ,,lndow ia aremcn on tho ladder
helow Among The rescued persons were
said 10 be members OF the Stlncr family
an Tho third aoor. Mr.. Stlncr, hla wife
and four children wcro at tho window,
hut II was atterward said that some OF
them perlshed. One woman on the lop
floor Of the house threw her OaDy out Oh
the front window. follce,han M r,u"',2 ~,
caught the child anu sa'eu w NV. 't
carried 1t, somewhat lnJureui 70 nu'sn,
boring house, where u MNs oa,e" ,D,, ~,
mother went Daek 'nIous1 sno "'" sa',
and was not seen again. ~ h" ''PP''N'
she was sunocaicu' o.a h.d ,r,oi
Meah"n'c so'"s uV ~ eancs and \
leaus v, .sthio inr them 10 90 through
,sa We h""sa mi search The rooms. The,
''s ,as uo, ~, da,e, nersons who appearc,
.'."e L. IT, ,hnn,h ,nscnslble. nnd tric,
W w .,nro @ ,hnm Thc bodies of Ave dca,
,,, ,,o,o r,rr,cd Inio a coal Office ad
yU "inVna and % IoId an the eoor one or tw'
WAR; wsre rtly dressed. They had delayc,
, Too lono I'm the rooms before making al
~, ~ ~, ~ oscane The appearance ali M
! haJ,os ,.ye proof Of A terrible struggl
Tor I'M. None were much burned. lIe
,ors tho flames reached the doomed PEG
Mo Mo smoke had placed them beyond III
rras,h oi main
! rha,a wcro sixteen families In N
h,,t,d,n, Th, flames went up rapidly /
0 ,hn Ion ot tho bonsr by way Of the stall
0 ,shtch yo,o in Tho middle of the structnr,
I Tbe Railways being ON nrc there was n
onnoytnnIty 10 escape by the stairway
a whcn The Inmates became aware Of the
n danger
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LATER PARTICULARS.
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y yesterday morning. eauseu 'nc s'ea',