Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-14

tualttN uih tufuAtU WIG III UIi arm UIU an
infant babe In the other 70 a place OF
safety, but was unable 10 carry the other
child. After deposting his precious bur.
den at n safe distance the husband re-
turned only TO find the roof OF the doomed
building fallen in and every chance OF es-
cape OF his darling cut on. Maddened at
this horrible Thought and bereft
OF all reason he attempted TO walk
right into the flames regardless OF
the remonstrances OF friends who
were forced to restrain him from his
reckless purpose by sheer force. The
charred remains OF the helpless little
thing were not recovered until several
hours after the fire. Mrs. Whitaker is a
daughter TO Congressman Poindexter
Dunn of Arkansas, having been married
to Mr.. Whitaker some eight years. The
burned building and furniture are esti-
mated at being worth $1,000, with insur-
ance In the Anglo-American for $1,000.
Both the parents are completely pros
trated by the shocking occurrence.
CHASED ny THE rIERY DEMON.
GRAvENHURsT, ONT, Jan. lS.--Early
yesterday morning clearinghouse at
Germania was discovered to be on fire.
The inmates, seventeen in number, were
asleep upstairs when they were awakened
by the roar of the flames. Three men
dashed down the stairwey before it fell,
while the Others got out through the
window about two feet square. All were
more or less burned. They did not save
single article of clothing, some having
even the shirts burned off their
backs, escaping In a nude state,
while the mercury was at 20 be-
low zero. They fed TO a neighboring
house where they now lie, some in crit
ical condition. The most seriously In
jured are Joseph Hewitt Of Kincardine,
the soles OF his feet being completely
burned off, and his whole body more or
less burned, particularly the face; John
Morrison, sailer Of Mantaulia island,
head and face badly burned VIM. Scott
of Draper, badly burned about the face
and legs; Kenneth Morrison, fisherman,
face, hands and feet very badly burned
John Stamp of West Gravenhurst, face,
one foot and both hands burned; Robert
Walmcley, John Robinson and Charles
Wishman were also badly burned about
the hands and face.
A MONTREAL BLAZE.
MONTREAL, +. O., Jan. 10. AT ;3(
this morning fire broke out in b. & S
H. Thompson's hardware establishment
and spread with startling rapidity to the
cigar manufacturing establishment OF
Leischel & Co., on the other side OF the
street and to the Mount Royal Vinegar
works. These buildings were complete
ly Quilted. The flames then spread to the
Canadian Rubber company's buildings
but were extnguished The fire is still
raging The loss will probably reacl
| $500, coo.
LArER.--The fire here this morning was
got under control about O'Clock. TIT
total loss will reach 100000.
Special to the Gazette
DEFECTINE FLuE.
NAvAsorA, TEX, Jan. l3.-M. b. Good
mans residence caught fire last nigh
from a defective hue, but the flames wer
extinguished without much damage.
GEORGIAN BLAZE.
MACON, GA, Jan. l3.--A fire this morn
ing destroyed block of business house
in the center of the city. The loss /
heavy.
IN ARKANSAS BLAZE.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. ia fire il
\ Alma, Ark, about fifteen miles from For
Smith, yesterday destroyed six bushes
houses, causing loss of S25, GOO, with NJ
insurance.
Special to the Gazette,
COTTON BURNED.
PnTsBURG, TEX, Jau. Thirty-fou
bales of cotton in tine Goldberg cotton
yard caught fire to-day from causes un
known and were consumed. The cottoi
belonged TO j. II. Brown & Co. of Tyler
Tex, and was insured.