St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-06

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| the windows above him. He was quite sur
| prised when he saw firemen's faces at the
aperture above him and was loudly admon-
| ished to
| GET OUT OF HEREn
Until the police had cleared the streets
| many of the people who lived in the neigh
borhOod of the burning buildings were hud-
died together On their doorsteps, wringing
their hands and lamenting the probable de-
| structiOn of their houses and their goods.
| Some of them were quite daZed and wan
dered about the street, close under the fall
ing walls, until hurried away by their
friends. The flames spread to one or two
| of the tenements below the factories but
the fire gained no headway in that direc-
ton, although the damage by water will be
considerable. The tumbling brick had sew
cred the gas pipes that supplied the build
| ing, and the escaping jet caught
fire, shooting a fame that whirled
and whizzed as it leaped upward.
| It burned after the fire inyits immediate
vicinity had been eXtinguished, and laborers
| were put at work tearing up the pavement
| for the purpose of getting at the gas main
| and putting stop to the leak.
THREATENED TO FALL
the firemen directed streams of water
against them at short range and crumbled
them down, brick by brick By noon the
| fire on the State street side was extin-
guished and several engines left, but steam
and smoke still rolled in heavy volumes from
the charred and smouldering ruins Walter
W. Marcers, workman in one of the
factories, who was standing on the corner
of Hick street at the time the conf1agration
I started, said he glanced at one of the upper
windows and noticed puff of smoke COM
ing from it, and in less than minute fire
and smoke were leaping from every door
and window. II was caught in that place
last September" said he, ''when part of
the building was burned, as l was sleeping
on the third floor. l was awakened by
shouts in the street and got down the stairs,
just in time to save roasting. There was
nothing in or about the place to check fire
no hose or eXtinguisher and no fire
escape. The excitement around the
| scene of
| THE FIRE WAS INTENSE,
and there were hundred anxious people
looking for missing relatives and friends
who were employed in the building What
human life is lost will never be known un-
til the fremen have thoroughly searched
the ruins, but there seems to be little doubt
ON all sides that a considerable number per-
ished. The firemen, nearly one-half of the
entire force, are still busily engaged under
the direction of Chief Nevins and his dis
trict engineers.
Fire Commissioner Poillon was present
and the insurance men were at work esti-
mating their losses. This is the third time
that fire has occurred on these premises.
The buildings stand upon the site of the old
glass house, which was burned down some
years ago.
Lowery, the engineer of the building. who
1 do no vic 70 fba
was on the third floor at the time of the
crash and ran to the roof to see what was
the matter, That was the last seen of him.
Fireman Mike f. Regan, Of engine No. 4,
occupied cot in the accident ward Of the
hospital, with his head bandaged His
body is much bruised, and at o'clock the
surgeons had not made close examination
into his injuries. He could not move his
left leg and it is believed both his arms are
broken. He was running through an arch
5 way, when it collapsed and the brick work
and masonry
FELL ON HIM
and his head was abrased, but not seri-
ously. Regan was able to converse and
seemed to be in good spirits. Milo Hine,
who occupied the top floor in the manufac-
| ture of buttons, said: ''At 9 o'clock was
in my room directing the work of my en-
] plOJCo, VI WuOlu tuclC die lOIIy, MOSlly
| women. The first we heard of the acci-
dent was when we heard crash, and this
| 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 of the employees made rush for it.
There was panic among the women for a
time and two OF three tainted, but the men
succeeded in restoring order and then
in single file they climbed the ladder
and gained the roof. The girls marched
out in good order, gained the roof of the
adjoining building, which was not injured,
and reached the street by descending the
fire escapes" Inspector McKellar said that
he would leave to the fire commissioner the
work Of arranging for the searching of the
ruins. While talking a fireman ran out and,
saluting the chief, said: ''We've just
FOUND THE BODY
of the engineer, Lowery. The man is all
smashed up.' The body presented
ghastly appearance. The features were
| discolored and distorted.
| The sturdy chief of the fire department.,
as the body was taken away again, gave ex-
preston to his indignation, and said:
| From the accounts given me here and
| there by persons employed in some of the
shops, it seems almost certain that there are
several bodies under the ruins. The work
of searching the ruins will be begun towards
night. 1t will take some time to cool Off
the wreck, although we are flooding it now.
One thing is certain, that is, there is no
| chance of there being anyone beneath those
bricks who is alive. Everything there is
! beyond human suffering"
Tonight Detective DAILY arrested Frank
W. Miller, house mover, on complaint of
Coroner Manninger, for criminal careless
ness by improperly butting the girderS and
posts in the building at 55 Atlantic avenue,
thereby causing the walls to fall and thus
causing many deaths.
| One unknown man is charred beyond
recognition and supposed to be Daniel j.
| LOwery, engineer in the button factory.
One unknown man, horribly burned and no
possibility of Identification. The trunk of
a person, not known whether of a male or
female, as the fire had burned away all the
outer coating, leaving the vital organs ex-
posed, while the limbs were gone and only
| a trunk and f1eShleSS skeleton remained.
THE MISSING.
Inquiries have been made for the follow
| ing, who are supposed to be In the ruins:
| Conrad Brailing, Jr., aged 20, of Dutch
Hills, l.. l.; Edward Butler, aged %; Will
| lam Clark, aged 40, residence unknown;
Henry Darse, aged Sc; Fritz Egger,
aged 81; Henry Hoffner, aged 40;
| Mr.. Johnson; Daniel Lowery, aged
| TO-; Adolph Maltis, aged .26;
John McGrath, aged 1S: Benjamin Moore,
aged 80; Gus, boy in shop; James Pfoff;
John Peters; Mamie Seely; Rosie Hinton;
Annie Higgins; Mary McGrath; Mamie
Rifle; Katie McKeon; Thomas Dorner,
| aged IA; Gustav Long. aged 20; William
| Legge, aged 43: William Legge, aged 43;