The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-07

NuuufHlH Ni hNAiNNH pfNIlh lnNhlnN TOT
missing relatives aud friends who
10 what extent humsn llia was lost WIN
not be knows until the framoo have
searched tue ruins, but there seems w
bo little doubt that a considerable mum
Dor have porished.
TnE iiErORr PROM BROOKLYN.
BnooKLYN, May b.--shprtly aftor
o'clock this morning thore WAS q crash
mt No. 80 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn,
and people, On looking up from tho
street, saw that the rooi OF the building
had fallen In ana that q portion OF the
screams of people iniured aud IL seemed
but a moment when volume OF smoke
ing had taken iire. Hun.
dreds OF people-mon, women and
girls-wero at work In various branches
OF business carried on In the building,
which covers considerable groand, hav-
my three wings, and which extends
through from Atlantic street 10 State
street. A. soon an tho crash was heard
of the falling OF tho roof, hundreds OF
those employ ed in tho building fled or
endeavOrod 10 make thor way out by
every avenue OF escape which they were
familiar with, and some who
y wesS n ss5 70 with reach boarm ses
iares add blood streaming from Wounds
which they had received nom falling
timbers. The eXoitemont in the neigh.
borhood became very groht ANA IN q
short time tho wives Ui men Wno were
known 10 DO working la tho building
and tho parents OF glr.s Hhu wore em-
plOy6d tL0re, blocked tho stleets anu
wrung their hRnts amt sept.
THREE ALARMS or FIRE
49, Il ~. al 4.
large number Of sue piheo force lad 10
bo called INTO requlsll.ou 10 Keep the
or0wa OF ps0pls out al tho way 0i dam
ger. 10 was reported 40 hrst
tha6 about 100 girls, who were employed
IN tho Milo Hyles building works,
which was GA tho t0p door, where the
Roof lti, IN, were kill0di but tnera are
reporl- tBat most Oi these i.irls made
th0ir escape by climbing on the roofs OF
the adjoining tonem6uG houses. The
building was occupied by 20 small man.
dfac.urers, ana thore wore about 90
men and women employed therein. II
WAS i've stories high aud erected q
years ago. The NooG work
BURNED LIKE TISDER.
When the tiremeu arrived they found
many young women AZ the windows,
screaming wildly for help. Their re-
treat had been cut Off anu the tlramen
quickly ran up ladders, but the girls
were hemm5d in and many tell back
into tho flames before help could reach
them. The iutIgmmable character of
the building hiEdered tho efforts of the
Gremen. L. was ascettained that I'm
gineer Daniel j. Lowry was one o. tho
victims. lie was killed by the falling
of-the west wall OF tho middle wing on
the Atlantic side.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE
a
a soap factory on the second floor. The
west wall of the middle wing on Allan
tic avenue had settled, and workmeu
were screwing il up with lacks. The
middle jack had been screwed up TOO
high aud it was lowered, when the
whole weight of the wall came upon the
two jacks ut the end and it fell with
crasn.
Policeman Mccormack, of the third
sub precinct heard that the building had
fallen. He ran thither Immediately
and found that the boilers
of the soap factory had
capsized, and that The building was on
fire from the furnace beneath the fire.
men.
were Bernard Stark and Michael Gro.
gan, of Engine No. 4, who were carried
to Long Island hospital.
Patrick Docherty, OF Hook and Lad
der No. 3, and Fireman Hanley. Their
wounds were all scalp wounds, caused
by the falling of bricks.
Among the employees known to be in
jured are Henry Maurier, scalp wound
and fracture OF leg.
Mrs. Henrietta Haas, the wife of q
shoemaker in an adjoining building, re-
ported to have died on her way to the
hospital.
Miss Emma Haas, cher daughter
severely hurt.
Two unknown women were pulled
from peneath the burning timber by the
chief OF the department, Mr.. Nevins,
and put into shoe store.
Wien the wall that was lacked up fell
IT. They have not been seen since.
Rosa Partridge, an employee Of Milo
Hynes, i3 among the missing.
Edwin Butler, was seen by his
brother, 9. w. Butler, TO jump from the
second story into the ruins. He has
lot been seen since,
Four OF the men employed by the Judd
Manufacturing company, are also
Missing. Two women were taken
he firemen, who had raised the ladders
20 the buildings.
Chief Nevins said: 81 believe there
ire at least 70 people in tho ruins; there
nay he more"
The loss is estimate ed at st 100000; the
insurance Is unknown.
The building was owned by Nathan |
OF Bosom.
THE LAST OF LOWRY.
Lowry, the engineer OF the building, |
vas on the third floor at the tins Of The
rash and ran to the roof to see what
he matter was. That was the last cen
II him.
AN UNFoRTUNATE FIREMAN.
Fireman M. Rangor, Of engine No. 4,
occupies a cot III the accident |
yard in the hospital, with his
bruised and ne cannot move his left
eg, and it is believed both his arms are
Who occupied the top floor for the man
fracture of buttons, made this state
nent: "At o'clock was in my room
lirecting the work Of en-
,loyes, Of whom there were
g 'psS sslss w c3 the The accident sst
vas crash, and this was followed by q
,art of the flooring giving away. In
me corner of my room there was lad
Ter leading 10 the roof, and all the en-
,loyes made rush for 1t. There was .
,anic among the women for .
ime, and two or three tainted,
tut the men succeeded in restoring
rider, and then in single file the -em.j
,lOyes clambered up the ladder and got
n the roof The girls marched out in
God order, gaining the roofs of the adj
Dining houses, which were not In
ured, and reached the street by de.
cending by the fire escapes.
RAKING THE RUINS.
The body of Engineer Lowry has
een found. The work of searching the
uins will begin tonight. 1t will then
AXE some time to clear the wreck,
nd there is no chance