The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-06
NO. IL

searched the ruins, but there se,sms TO
De- little doubt that y considerable num-
Der have perished.
THE REponT sROm BRooKJYr.
BRooKLYN, May 6--shortly sft,W .
o'oloch this morning there was or.ssh
NJ No 80 Atlantic avenne, BrookiA n,
and people, on looking up from u "
street, saw that the 1905 of the buiidtnl
had fallen in ana thRt portion OF the =
walls had fallen. They could hear the
screams oi'people inquired, aAd it seemed
but nom snB when volarno nf smoke
rolled up, showing thas the build
ing had taken IRE. Hun.
dreds OF psople-men, woaen and
girls--were as work in yariOus branches
of business carried ou in the building,
which covers considerable ground, hav-
ing three wings, and which extends
through from Atlantic street 10 State
street. AS soon ~ tho crash was heard
ot the falling OF the roof, hundreds OF
those employed n the building He'd or
endeavorad to nlske their way out by
every avenue OF o1cape which tney we're
familiar with, and some who
were last % reach the
street appeared with begrimed
which they had received from falling
timbers. rhe excitement In the neigh.
| borhood became very great and IN
short Time the wives Of men who were
known TO be working In tho building
and The parents OF girls who were em-
ployett there, blocked the streets and
wrung their hands and wept.
TuREE ALARMS OF FIRE.
were sent out and tho services OF %
large nrlnber of the poli3e force had TO
be called into requisition 10 keep the
crowd OF people out of the way OF dam
scr. IL was reported at nrst
that about 100 girls, who we're employed
| L.. hntldinn Wnrka..
which was on the top flooS, where the
roof fell In, were killed, bat there are
reports that most OF these girls made
: thoir escape by climbing on the roofs OF
tho adjoining tenement houses. The
building was occupied by q small man
uiaoturers, and there were about ovv
I men and women employed iherein. IL
r was five stories high and erected "
, years ago. The wood work
BURNED LIKE TINDrR,
When the frenIon arrived they found
many young women at the windows,
screaming wildly for help. Their re-
n treat had been cut of and the hremen
: quickly ran up ladders, but the girls
i were hemmed in and many fell back
" into the flames before help could reach
e them. The inhammable character OF
= the building hindered the efforts OF the
Il firemen. u was ascertained that En-
d gineer Daniel J. Lowry wss one OF the
victims. He was killed by the falling
of the west wall Of the middle wing on
a the Atlantic side.
"a THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE
!. was the overturning OF the boilers OF
~ a SOAP factory on the second floor. The
q west wall of the middle wing on ATTAIN
"a tic avenue had settled, and workmen
of were screwing 1t up with lacks The
or middle jack had been screwed up 100
10 high and it was lowered, when the
te whole weight Of the wall came upon the
IN two Jacks ut the end and II fell with
On crasn.
I'D Policeman Mccormack, of the third
he sub. precinct heard that the building had
It. fallen. He ran thither Immediately
ok and found that the boilers
on capslzed, and that the building was on
ra. fire from the furnace beneath the ire
m men.
nd were Bernard stark and Michael Gro
Wv gan, of Engine No. 4, who We're carried
az TO Long Island hospital.
of Patrick Docherty, OF Hook and Lad
Al der No. ., and Flroman Hanley. Thei
of wounds were all scalp wounds, cause
ant by the falling OF bricks.
Among the employees known to be IN
ia red are Henry Maurier, scalp woun
md and fracture OF leg.
ant Mrs. Henrietta Haas, che wife OF
ors shoemaker in an adjoining building, re
'is, ported to have died on her way to th
ted hospital.
lar Miss emma Haas, cher daughter
10 severely hurt.
,ad Two unknown women were pulle
her from peneath the burning timber by tn
non chief OF the department, Mr.. Nevins
lan and put into shoe store.
be When the wall that was lacked upfel
non over a number Of men were at work
49,. | Thay haya uot Doen seen since.
adj Rosa Partridge, an employe Of Mil
il Hvnes, is among the missing.
~ Edwin Butler, was soen by bi
siv brother, O. w. Butler, toJump from th
he second story into the ruins. He ha
ces not been seen since.
ing Four of the men employed by the Sud
ing Manufacturing company, are Ms
missing. Two women were take
from the second floor b
,eir the firsmon, who had raised the Ladder
and 10 the buildings.
me. chief Nevins said: al believe ther
dre are at least 20 people In the ruins theI
, 63 may be more" ...o. .,
insurance Is unknown.
ade The building was owned by Natha
q of Cushing, ot Boston.
oc- TIE LAST OF LOWRY,
ing. Lowry, the engineer of che buudin
hev was on the third floor at the timo oil q
crash and ran 10 the roof 70 see wnl
vC. the matter was. That was the last se'
had OF him.
had AN UNFoRTuNATE FIREMAN.
FIreman NJ. Rangor, OF engine No.
had occupies cot in the accidel
por- ward In the hospital, with n
head bandaged, his body mu'
first bruised and no cannot move ms y
lam log, ana IL IL peiieVeu oo'" MS "i"'' :
thu MILO HYNEs,
4 A who occupied the Top floor for the ma
Mad utacture of buttons, made this stat
ngs, mont: "At . o'clock | was In my roo
en- directing the work OF 81
ployes, Of whom there We ",
Mr. we heard of the accide
fur was crash, aud this was followed By
Mr.. part of the flooring giving away.
Iings one corner OF my room there WAS ~
der Leading TO the roof, and All the o.
ployes made n rush Tor IL. There was
how panic among tho womeh lvr
~ INT the men succeeded In restoril
order, aud then IN single hle me o.
al q nlovos clambered up tho Mddor ana
on the roof This girls marched out
lone, good order, gaining the roofs OF tne
y in Joining houses, whlcn We're Ioe
iured, and rea9hed tho stroet by
airing scending by the firo escapes
.here RAIStNa TIM RUINS.
Nav Tho body Of Engineer Lowry
there been found. The work of searching
m es- ruins will begin Tonight u VIII IN
ot be take some time 70 clear sne W. W.
rick and there no one
/ the OF tholr being any .
tin beneath whs Is alive. Every thing th
Tho l. beyond human suffering.
from THE INSURANCE. ~, "a
afilos on tho property destroyed Il about y
the 600, " hila the damage will beat II
ias In S2oO,0O0 49,.
lding Az $3.50 O'Clock % OF the empl9lsN
pt hln iho. hnnra al CitN works nfflNNO ca