The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
PLAIN DRALRR.
EVERYTHING IN TIE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bm.Heads, Cards, Posters, Cir.
CularS.
SGils5aeooa h Neatasss, Prunptness ind
pIiee GuaraHteed.
~1IyD u n TRIAL BEFORE ORDER
mo EI6EWH HERE -
VICTIMS or a FIRE.

six Lives Lost by the Burning of
Sprins6e (Mass.) Newspaper ONCE
As Many More Injured -Hcmmf in by
tho Flames the UnfOrtunates Leap
from = Fifh-Story Window.
sPEISGFIELD. Mass, March s.-The new
Office OF the Erening Union Mt the corner
OF Main and Worthington streets was
burned about ! o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and the blaze was attended with the most
sickening horror, six Of the employees meet
ing terrible death, most of them jumping
from the fifth story and being crushed
into shapeless mass below. Blk
others were badly injured The fire was
first discovered in the mailing-room and
clonds Of smoke were pouring out Of the
lower-story windows before the fifty souls
on the upper floor were aware OF their dam
ger.
The unfortunate men and women VINO
crowded into the editonal-rooms met
horrible fate. Some were cut of in the
composing and more are believed to
have perished, as several fell back into the
flames The employees who rushed into
the editor ial-rooms were cut Off from the
escape In the rear and had to face the hor-
nble alternative OF burning to death or
jumping to the sidewalk below.
The fire department responded promptly.
but it seemed an age before it reached the
windows on the fifth floor. A ladder was
put to the fourth story, and the sight of
rescue SO near seemed to madden the suf-
fering group at the two windows, who
dropped in succession to the sidewalk be-
low. Six fell in this way. some OF them
being forced ont and some madly leapinG.
The crowd groaned and turned their heads
away as the victims whirled through the
air The killed are:
Henry I. Goulding, foreman of the onion
composing room, burned to death; Miss c.
Thompson. proof reader; Mrs. Frederick 4.
Farley. editorial department, fell from the win
dow: Mr.. Lamzor, OF Quebec. jumped to the
sidewalk; w. f. Hovey, OF Boston, fell to the
sidewalk and was crushed; Mr.. Brown, COM
positor.
Joseph landlord was standing on the
sidewalks ] the end Of the building far
thesJ from the corner when Mrs Farley
fell. He stood his ground and reached out;
his arms to catch her She fell on his neck,
throwing him to the ground senseiess.
Mrs Farley was killed instantly. Mr..
Landlord was soon restored TO
consciousness and is not seriously hurt.
The terrible experience of those In the
window is told by Mr. Hill. the managing
editor. lie was in the news-room when ne
heard the news of the fire. Hill ran ont ana
told the men and women to start for tho
roof in the rear, and many of them Gid SO
He felt perfectly safe for a few minutes, as
he saw the men climbing over the roof. near
| the old quarters of the office Fifteen OF The
I employees however, rushed to the front
six of them going into the room OF News
| Editor Shipley. on the corner Hill opened
| the window and shouted: For Gods sake
| put mp ladder The crowd below looked
I dazed- He took of his coat and threw IL
| He picked up books and files oil the paper
and hurled them out TO attract attention
| The smoke became dense and lie could no5
breath.
| The ladder started and seemea to creep
| up the side of the building. Mrs. Farley
1 saw the ladder and franticilly jumped fo-
| 1t. She seemed to roll down the plane and
| struck on the walk in 4 heap The copy
holder started to follow. Mr. Hill caught
4 her by the waist and held her fast.
/ phe crowd tried to shout words Of cn-
| couragement. The ladder seemed frozen
TO the post wave of flame shot through
the window. singing Hills hair and clothes.
| The ladder had come at last. and the copy
/ holder, who had struggled in his arms.
| caught it The crowd was hreathless. The
| hiss OF the first stream Of water was tho
only sound She grasped the rounds firmly
and went down safely.
Go ahead, Hill said; : can watt The
rest of the group went down. sliding and
tumbling over the rounds. but reached the
| ground safely. Hill finally swung himself
| under the ladder and made his descent,
| with another man in front
| The building belonged to T. Wight Tho
Union editorial and composing-roons cc-
| cupied the entire fifth floor The counting
| room was on the first floor The press
room and inaiing-rooms We're in the base
ment The total loss is about $40 600.