Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-22
DEATH In THE FLAMES.
Twelve Human i'eInss Burned. = Death
IN a Mammoth Car Factory
In Boston.
''''''1inE Scenes Of Aaouinng snneriee
ana Death Heavy Los,-omer
coaiiagrntionr.


IRE, accompanied by loss u ne. This
afternoon, destroyed the New KIRKLAND
Institute Fair building on Huntlnrdon
avenue. The building was built bv The
new England manufacturers aud MI,
cnanics' Institute for exhibition purposss.
az cost OF nearly $500, 600. last win
Nt was purchased by the Metro
poiltan Stree. Railway compsnv for
SSVQ,O 600, and has since been
useu az a place for storing aud repairing
cars 80 quic ~ did the ftmeH apread
tnat before the iirst engine arrived the
immense ROOT had fallen and the building
was roaring mass " names. The work.
men sought 10 save their tools aud many
We're badly burned before they could get
out oil the building, while others were On.
aple 70 escape. In the building were
ABOUT 400 box cars, only one OF which was
saved The great barn.liko structure which
covered an area OF tiye acres, with floor
space OF nearly eight acres, was so full
OF flames that the walls were blown ont,
rs soon MS " was learned that lives had
beon lost all the streams were turned 10
the rear OF The structure and the nremen
ofaYely forced their way into the blazing
runs TO rescue the bodies, The
names refused TO surrender until
they had conquered everythin..
combustible within the building,
aud the work OF rescue was with great
danger The charred remains OF two
men were brought out and are thought TO
be those of William Taylor and man
named Frost, both carpenters. II Is
believed that the others are Still In the
debris, az several workmen are missing.
All Is confusion and no correct statement
as TO the loss OF liie can YET be made.
The flames are stlll burning IN the in.
terror Of the building, OF which nothing
Is left standing except the lower portion
Of the walls,
The experiences Of some of the 100
workmen employed IN the building wore
terrible. The spread OF the flames
when they finally burst forth was
something almost Incredible Work.
men on the opposite side Ct the
building from the point where
the Gre originated had almost as great
difficulty In making their escape as aid
those nearest the first fierce burst OF
/ flames II wns at the east end Of the
building In the carpenter shop that
the most heart-rendlng incident occurred.
A man, whose name Is as yet I'M.
known, was driven out OF window
Of the second story by flames. lie was
about TO leap and had put one leg over the
windowslll when the roof fell and
pinned him fast TO the spot where he
was. No ladder company had arrived
and the crowd outside were poworless 20
aid him, The flames followed al.
most instantly aud the imprisoned
man underwent agonizing torture
before the horriiled eyes OF his friends
below. Two of his fellow-workmen,
John McNulty and j. H. Fallen, were
terrlbly burned while trying to
scale the wall 10 reach their
dying comrade, Ills sufferngs were
morcitully short. The awful furnace Of
names enwrapped him with fire and
AmoSe, hidins bSm. dut,ng laip ierh
ments from the gaze Of the spectators,
Not long afterwards the wall Itself gave
away ard nothing more was seen. lfal.
| len says he was the last man TO
| leave the wood-workers shop alive. The
room Is In the southeastern corner OF the
| building. At the first cry OF fire he ran,
! but turned back at the door to see II he
had time TO gather up his tools.
The moments hesitation nearly cost
him his lifej he hardly got out of the
! building before 10 was one mass OF danes,
-Four or Ave Of his fellow-work.
men, be says, turned back, and
they were left behind and
were certainly burned TO death. -Four OF
the bodies removed we're so badly charred
and disfgured that Identification Is Inn
possible The names OF the others
are believed to be Willlsm Taylor,
aged seventy years p. Oliver,
Frost, sixty-sevcn years, married.; Pat
| Lyons, thirty years, and Alex. Campbell,
| aity years old, married. The body Of a
negro is known TO have been burned but
was not recovered. This makes
nine fatalities known TO have been
caused by the fire. The foreman OF the
repair shops states that all OF the eighty
eight workmen In the building when the
FIRE broke out are accounted for with the
exception Of the four named above,
and the other four unfortunates
were probably strangers who en-
tered the building 20 aid 10
removing tho cars The following per-
sons were seriously burned,
Joseph Whidden, car builder, seriously
burned about the face and shoulders,
taken TO the hospital at Ches.
ter; H. Hazeltlnc, badly burned
about face, hands, arms, and
throat. Il. l.. FaTep, burned about the
hands aud arms. The fire caught 10 the
front right corner on Huntington avenue
directly under the paint shop, and
when the flames reached the shop
the oil and paint stored therein
spread over an immense space and proved
speedy carrier Of the flames. There
were many men inside when the fire
broke out, and all rushed for the rear
window. Most OF them were helped out
but while the rush was being made 70
one OF the windows, at which scorched
and bleeding face WAS seen, the per
gon who had been looking
out fen back into the seething
mass and past all help. A colofcd man,
name unknown, went back INTO the burn.
Inc bnilding 10 save some property and
,gas not seen 90 come out again. Ches-
Ter l.. Ha1eltlno and y. y. Farren
bad plenty OF opportunity to escape, but
tried 10 pull out some cars and were bad,
lly burned. while thousands Of
SPECTATORS were viewing from
the neighborlug roofs the
magnificent spectacle, the horrible tragedy
was being enacted within, all out
OF eight aud unknown 70 TIE
throng. After the flames bad