Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-23
VULCAN'S VAGARIES.
Particulars OF the Burning Of the
Lapsbam Hotel az Chicago
Many Narrow Escapes.
An Hotel Destroy d at Fort Smith. Ark,
"A Little Village in Maryland
Swepi by the Flames.
rrr on1oAoo HorxL r1nr.

TIE CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE.
CHICAGO, ILL, March % The
statement that six pslrolmen were
killed or horribly msDgled at last
nights disas rous hotel fire proves i'm
correct. Two members OF Bulwinkle's
famous fire insurance patrol barely es-
capped the falling wall. Two others
were pinned fast, but after long efforts
were finally extricated. The legs Of
both were severely bruised P.trol-
men A Jones and John Walsh are be-
lieved 10 have been suiiocated beueath
the wall No trace OF them has
been found up to late
hour. Policeman Marks ssw two do
mestics at one OF the 81 eond-siory win
dovs after 1t was supposed ull the In
mates had been rescued. He rushed
up the burning staircase and few
minutes later appeared dragging out
both women who hmd been rendered
unconscious by the smoke. The hotel,
which Is a total loss, was located on
Wabash avenue, at the southwest cor
ner Of Jackson street. 1t was erect.
ed Immediately after the great
fire and while ii had every
appearance OF being substantis
structure, 1t had been known 70 insur.
ance men as fire trap IL WAS former
~ known III the Burdick honse, then
as the Crawford, and recent IA the
Langham. Cumming 81 Howard
we're tn owners shaw d Son Leased
The establishment The iHttar's loss Is
$4,000, insurance $l2 600 The build
ing WAS valued ut 100000, insured
halt kei o Il Son's picture frame
store, ana Harden's hand grenade
agency suffer total loss The insur
sncP IL unknown
LATER. 1t has been ascertained 10.
night that the fire was more dreadful
IN the Tors Of life and physical Injuries
than was at first supposed. Ii Is now
known hat AT least five persons were
killed aud four injured. Just before
he SOU h wall fell upon the Faxon
building number OF persons beside.
those OF the tire-insurance patrol were
inside the latter building, assisting To
save goods, Ms no Immediate danger
was apprehended There are no
means Of knowing just how many OF
hese volunteers were ia the
structure AT the time, but
the excavations have proceeded
10 an extent which justities the hope
that all the dead Dodies have been
found. AS far as known, thnse at
work In tine Faxon building v hen 1t
|ss crushed by the falling walls were
M follows:
) CAPTAIN EDWARD SHEPHERD,
JAMES BOYD
KNATE THINE,
PATRICK MULLINS,
, FREDERIC X JONES, all of the fire In.
sur nee pstr'i,
: WILLIAM BEAN piano tuner. and
JOHN HENNts>EY a clerk, both en-
ployrd in the buldinH
Mullins and Thine being near the
rear of he building were forced out
through one If the windowa by the
, rush of air, as the building fell, and
were not dangerously hurt
Capt. Sh' pheId aud James Beyd
were pinned down by the fallen tim.
hers aud we're rescued alive about mid
nignt. ,th we're seriously hurt but IL
Is b lieved they will recover.
Walsh snd Jones were taken out
about i o'clock this morning, both
a crushed TO death
Beam was alive when found and
WAS taken to the county hospital,
where he died at 5 o'clock this morn
. Ing
rhe body Of Hennessey was recov.
cred at 6 n'cl rex Tonight
Soon after the walls fell tho wreck
' | toni nd ha n
! eral streams on the blazing mass Ia
: = save their comrades f,om being roasted
to death, though at the imminrnt risk
, OF drowning hem. The water was co d
and drenched the poor imprisoned fell
lows, chilling them 10 the marrow
. Mrs. q Belknap, who Was killed
by jumping from an nppei window
WAS The WidIw of Col Balknap. who
i died some years ago at New Orleans
4 She hss many iriends In Cincinnati.
}. Her remains are still AZ the city
morgue.
p Tue escape ofMrs j. A Murray and
a J her child was marvellous The lady
occupied room on the fifth door
she was unaware OF the danger iii IL
was TOO late to attempt to descend the
q stairways. She reached the rire.ps
cape, but at each Il or she found the
hole in the grating too small "a
admit the passage of herself and
o child. Sne was, therefore, compelled
, four times, with the flames hurstins
' around her, to seat the chlld upon the
, platform, lower herself over the EDGE
: Asd Reach up for the little one. Mrs
!. Murray reached the ground wIthou,
assistance. A quarter OF AN hour sftrr
/, wsTd she had wholly recovered from
q the effects Of her terrible experience
ANoTHEK hoTkL BURNED.
FORT SMITH, ARK, March - The
Grand Central hotal burned this morn.
. ing The loka IL ohont 600 naO a.,