The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-23

another 0rU IN me 0II-&Ot0&s WuIcn I'M
mediately burst forth and enveloped the
building IN flames. Il was commodicus
wooden structure, rendered additionally
innammable By the oil with which
the foor WAS saturated. The Dire.
fed BY barrels Of oil. swept
westward. and In . few moments one a :
track caught are. The wind. which had
been driving the flames In the direction
Of the round-house and shops. grew ~
the intensity Of the flames increased. The
flre crept along 20 the main buildings
AMI spread to another OF the cars which
separated II frum the shops
Only few moments more
elapsed before the flames leaped
20 the next parallel track, ana at one
O'Clock this morning there were six or
eight freight cars ablaxe. and the shops
were menaced by the aggressive element.
An engine near the round-house whistled
continuously for assistance. The crowd
Of spectators Increased from minute 10
minute a. the fre below faded out In the
night under the exertion 81 the ST. Louis
IRE department. and transferred the
tllrater of the excitement 70 the shops.
"Nothing can save the shops" was the
general comment. and itbecame apparent
that not only the buildings to which the
Ore was teniing were doomed. but also
half dozen long lines Of loaded and
empty freight cars which filed the inter-
venlng space.
TWO MoRE BI.AzEs.
A fourth Are started In the Cairo Short
Line lumber yard, where lot Of dimen-
sion t;mbers for car construction was
piled. There were also number Of cars
standing In close proximity, and they
commenced 10 blaze. attracting crowd
of spectators In that immediate locality.
The crowd stood leisurely and saw the
property consumed without making any
EFFORT TO save IL.
Another blaze shot up in the vicinity Of
the Little rol.ing-mill. where there was q
number OF ShOrt-Line cars and cars be-
longing to various other roads. They
burned slowly. as there was but very
little wind blowing at ! 80 o'clock this
morning. when East st. Louis was
Illuminated by four distinct and widely
separated blazes.
THE FTREMES ORDERED OFF.
The st. Louis fire department was near
1t hand and could have readily
extingui>hed the 1res II the crowd
would have permitted them to do so.
They had got the flames under con-
troll at the second fire. about . thou
sand Yards below the shops. and would
have extinguished IL II they had not been
inferfered with hy the strikers. About
l2:i5 Assistant Chief Gross was helping
TO push the burning cars from the train
with which they were connected when
striker stepped up to him and said:
~ want 10 speak to you" Mr. Gross
said he would give his attention in q mo-
ment. and allowed himself to be led from
the burning cars
The striker said he represented COM
mittee which had been instructed 20 In
form the fire department that they were
not wanted in East St. Louis.
The Assistant Chief explained that ne
had responded 10 the call 81 duty.
"Did you come here by the authority
Of Mayor Joyce?" asked the mouthpiece
OF the committee.
EYES,
"Take my advice. You had better
make a sneak, anyway. II amt healthy
for you here.
Assistant Chief Gross concluded that
II was no use STAYING there any longer.
and he withdrew his men and prepared 20
return TO st Louis. When they left, Mr..
Gross said il was useless for them 70 At
tempt to do anything. as the strikers
threatened their engineers, cut the hose
and had told him that they would not DC
allowed 70 do anything.
The casualties occurring throughout
the evening TO the firemen were the cases
OF Denny Deering. OF the Twenty-threes
Company. who fell through a trestle anf
was ished out with some difficulty and
sent home. and Roddy Walsh, OF thu
same company, VINO fell through tn.
trestle, but was not hurt.
THE coxFLAGEATIoS SPREADING.
At the close Of this report several new
| fires have started up among the rallva,
| property, the nature and extent OF which
| Is not known, however
| Another man was reported killed las
| night. hut nothing confirmatorv has beer
! received. Greatest and most intense ex
| element prevails, and there i no tellini
| to what extent the damage may 60.
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