The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-26

MIN al the smoking window whe9ce four q
the girls had sire DIV leapsd to their de 9TH
j. X. KIM ey's SON and his foreman hsc
gone to the roof of their builiinz sdjoin
ing this on the W. ST and knowing that the
girls were impri oned on the floor below
THEY PROCURED A ROPE,
and lowered TO The widow whe- e Sullivan
was. He instantly grasped il, AMI f4sten.
ing one at the G ris TO it helped her out of
the window, aud Kirsley and Schraede.
lowered her safely to Ihe sidewalk The
rOp- was Brought up and Sullivan again
quickly fastened il 10 another girl, and
s-nt her doSn ,fely. I he rore came az in
third time, AMI rs the o; her gir's by this
time were Ill suffoca'ed or afraid TO VEN
'ure, Sullivan fastened the rope ID his own
body and was being lowered, whtn as he
was half W ay down the fl tmes hot out OF a
window, and h. IL hesd foremost ID the
Sidewalk in tie pr sence of a Mortified
crowd of people, who had witnessed his
heroism. When the girls were
JUMPING FROM THE WINDOW
large coiored man heroically tried to
| CATH them so as t. break the force of The
Ia He nearly les his own Ii e In the AT
tempt. Within ten minutes aft the fire
began the pa.rol wagons were called into
use 10 carry away The wounded and XII led
AS well IS can be sscertained there were
al ut fifty occupants of he buildings, of
whom twenty o. lweliy- five we're girs i'm
the fidh It ny. The boys wer- on the seco d
snd third floors and tl's account, Tor their
escape. All agre. that the spre I'd of tn
flames wa ALMOST instantaneous.
MIR. kinsl V, who ran Il his upper flo RS
inf ha III a
ger OF coming through his windew found
the smok- so dense that he
HAD To CRAWL ON THE FLOOR
10 reach his window End close it, AL this
while there " an ave ne of e. ape which
tn panic rcken girls did not think of.
1t WAS IA opening In the 10 f which could
e tsIly have react ed from a be ca starding
teside the wal and oDCe on the r, of they
could have reached the Il er tn idings
wi h p rfect etse. I he lack OF re idy access
II thus place los ali these lives
The fire was almost iusignihc mt. The
wooden stairway around the elevator Sh ifI
l. no burn so as to he msel SIS or even uu-
safe. vet the II 4meS seem ID have perv AIDED
a the floors and TO have
RUINED ALL THE PAPER
and other light combus,ible material.
Sullivan EFT mates his loss at $1,000 t.
$4,000 with ample insurance
The loss to the building is slight.
The scenes a. Haoig's unde raking stab
lishment, whore the deai bodies wers taken
and where the friends and rel i,ises came
10 Identify them, Were OF most painiu,
character. In Que case q policeman of
CovirgtOn iGenti I'D his siters
Lizzie AMI Dollie Handel, who
were twins. Mrs Metre foun the bod, of
Re. daGsht r AID la II b. LEI sway from
the terrible sight. Mrs. Lsa5an had an
awful exper.en e of fniing her three
daughters among the d al.
THE FATAL LIST
is row mad rup ard Is as IL VS.:
Anoa Bell, az d As, vile OF Davil 2.
Bell, 20 Locust street.
Doliie and LIZ Handle, twin sisters
20 years, us Scpu sire I, COvjngton.
Fannie Jones, 22 years, Liberty and
Freeman streets.
Della, X tie and Mary Leab,u, sist RS,
aged %, IA ard 10 rts. ect:vely, 200 Sixth
sire t.
X itie Lowry, 20 years, Newport.
Liz Meir, 10 years. $40 Broadway.
Anuis Mcintyre, 20 yeals, 80 East sixth
street.
Fannie Norton, 81 years.
Katie and May Putnam, sisters, aged
% and 10 re = ec,ively.
John Sullivan, % years, 395 Broadway.
Lille Wynn 20 years. SO East Fifth
str. ct.
THE INJURED:
Viii Bishop, printer, % years, 2O3 F,f |
street, Covington, crashed and burned |
will probsb die
Josie Hawkes., oxen leg.
Emma Pincnback, CJving!ou, Union
square, will probably die.
Mamie Saephard, head badly cut and
Harris Strout.
Already pep atoms are In progress for
the re ief If the families of the victims.
most of VIII IN were the support of dep.n-
zen! parents.
A STATEMENT.
G. Broom. who had charge of the parer
cutting machine in the building located OF
he secor floor, made the following State
neat:
81 was working az nv machine when the
ire started; il broke out at the elevator.
light below the d-y rsck, where the fresh
rinted sheets are hung to dry, on the sec
nd floor when | saw the bl Il. ran up
ne stairs as high asth fourth floor, " hen ,
he flames were SO hot In It they drove me 6
ack, but not before l yelled t. III. girls {
OF to Jump cut of the windows. When l
Il dosn to the pavement, however
saw tde flames and smoke rushing out of
he windows and the girls trying to m Ike
leir esca e. Mrs. Bell and Dolly and 1
larry Handel jumped and | c,ugh, them :
; well as could, injuriug my,e'f b. so
oi"g. The two girls we're killed out.
ght and Mrs. Bell VS. dread 'ulIy il q
Ired. She died at the hospitsl." c
Josie Hawkes., who was one who was
SAVED BY THE ROPE !
az badly burned on the face and arms. r
NJ by fall just before she reached the ~
dewslk, broke her leg. She spoke ration Il