Telegram-herald., 1888-11-10
MEN ROASTED ALIVE
AWFUL HOLOCAUST At RocHssTsR
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Rocig asrxE. NOV. 8-Ihe most disastrous
AL taE.l nrs 20 al has happened 10 lhis eisy
los nany Years occurred shis svsnlns and
ths losa Of life Is sKpsctsd 20 reach between
hny snd axty persons. general slsrm
va soandsd a. 7 30 o'clock on the ire be-
inz scossrsd in the y4ctllK room n Toe
Rnchester steam Gsuss sd Lsntsra WorSs
a Important factory employing = larEe
number of nlsn 10 basy has lhe factory
oasn i4tsly that the msn have teen work
iug night aud day 10 catch up on orders
The lccaltv where the nl- occurred - re-
sarted a. somewhat dangerous, and when
tas report eot abroad that the Lantern
works aud the cotton factory iu 10 vicinity
Nsrs ou are there wa intense excitement
a. over tue cIty. which vas Increased when
al O'Clock the rumor cot abroad that a
isfgs number 81 men had been killed The
hullaink. 10 which the ire Vas confined,
Has 81 stories high. About sixty mea
were working IN the three upper doors, and
as soon - they found tnere WAS IRE under
reaih tbsm. they began 20 leap from the
sndows ignoring the ire escapes with bal
comics thai were resdy for them on the
south side oi the building. Ia thcss leaps
quite a number q men we're injured, many
of tasm - seriously that they will probably
die By O'Clock the building was entirely
destroyed. aud i've men hsd been taken out
dsad. l5 seriOusly injured: IA were entirely
safe aud tie rest uusccounted Tor.
Of whom quite number are unknown.
by name. The scenes a. the tire were heart
rsnding aud prominent among those who
were present after the tire were three priests
tn their surplices who administered spirit
cal comfort 10 those who were ia a dying
condition. The factory was built on the
L. l. l. = -. - l..
River and was . a fficult one for ths hrs-
msn to get a.. owing 10 one side being en-
tirely closed 10 them. Two buildings that
we're ia great danger for long time were
the Rochester Cotton Factory and Williams
& Hoyt's shoe factory, but both of these
buildings were saved from destruction. the
only damage done TO them being By
smoke and water. Following Ia list OF
the casualties 50 lar ss learned up 10 mid
night: Killed, John Gall, foreman; Joseph
Dawzse Jumped from sixth hOor ana picked
up dead, Henry Snyder. burned internally;
Frank A. Ochs and Joseph Weber. The
injured are: Frank siddens. both legs and
back broken. will probably die; jacob Diehl
nigh, watcbman burned internally and
prostrstsd By ths sho>x; John Deylin. left
lsx aud wrist injured, and thsss more or
less burnt and bruised. Richard Pierce.
John Greenausr. m. Devlin. Frank Froed-
lin. ;. Barxhard. Oscar Knots. Joseph
Burkhsrd. Charles Dishl. Z. Kep-
pert stephen Forbes. John Greea-
Ruer second by that name,
Con Holleran. John Ball Those known to
be missirx are. Thomas Mstheas, 8. Rob
bios. Charles Weber. John Miller, Patrick
CasxrOve. Richard Conncr, q. Waters,
Charles Smith. Robert Poole, Frank Rsvin-
sh aud Alfred Cannon. These are known
oy name TO be missing. but until the books
are examined it will not be possible to tell
Who w-rs actually ~ work. Among those
saved were. John Plstts. who escaped by
sliding from the sixth floor. He saws there
wers thirty persons at work on that floor
and those were saved. Robert and Horstio
Hall and Joseph Smith. Piatt thinks about
ten others escaped with him. The works
With stock aud machinery Is = total loss.
esgimaied At sDOut S225. 600 The insurance
is $4,000. The cause OF the FIRE is nnys-
terry. B. The men went TO WORK after supper,
and all seemed to be right then. Soon
sttervard. jacob Diehl. the vatchman.
while making bis usual rounds. discovered
DANES making their way up through tue
floor lie hsd barely time TO give the
aiaTm when ne was surrounded bT t5s
Games but hs succeeded ia making the
danger known 70 the men on the fourth
ffih and sixth floors. These at
oncs realized thc.r pos,is and
Dade their FsY from the building bat
before thew all g1t out the structure was
se-tlinx rnsss of ere. There was not the
Sigh ssf chsDee Of sscsDs By ths usual
doors 81 exit. and the wi1dovs we're AZ once
utilized for tbe purpose. Ths majority O.
the gcrkmcr loss their heads and bsgan 20
jump ins. cad ~ tsking the ire ladders that
we're sfiacbed 60 the buildiug II Is be-
isved taat a number II men srs buried I'm
tas -nins au' ~ present it is npossiDla to-
ae sure ~ tnis. AL mag have sscsred.
but TIE possibilities are decidedly
against it As soon as the ruins
arr sufiicisntiY cool work will
se began of searching Tor the bodies. The
streets we're crowded With people during tne
progress ~ the Gre ANXIOUS for their friends
and acQus .ntsnces Tneq stood through
the assvv rain which fell constantly dur
f1g the even NJ sud watched ne operations
of the dnsmen vho dill excellent work in
sa9fng the adjoining factories hut we're too
sis CD ee et uss fu tos Lantern Works