The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-23
THE FLAMES.
Fourteen Persons Lose Their Lives
In Burning Boarding House.
HoIyoke People See s325. 900 Worth
OF Property DlsappearzIn Smoke.
Forty Persons Narrowly Escape
Death In a Chicago Fire.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 2i.-A special
to the Journal from Tower, 30 miles north
of Duluth, says that the boarding house and
saloon Of Nelson Barnaby were burned last
night. 1t was a rickety structure, and
burned so rapidly that it was with dificulty
that any one escaped. Many Of the inpates
jumped from the upper stories, and 10 per-
ished In the flames.
The only ones whose names are known are
Robert Whltford, VIM. Byrnes, Mike Trump
and Dan OConnell.
The other boarding houses we're burned.
but the inmates escaped. Pecuniary loss,
$4,000. The mercury was 56' below zero,
and absolutely nothing could be done to ex-
tinguish the flames.
A Later Account.
TOWER, Mimi, Jan. 22.-Fourteen men
perished in the boarding house fire Saturday.
Seven bodies have been taken from the ru-
ins and seven persons in addition are miss
ing The stairway was very narrow, and
/ The men became so involved In the struggle
tist none got out
In a Vermont Village.
BELLows>FALLL, VT, Jan. 22.-Fire orig
mating in the boot and shO store OF Charles
c. Frost at Saxons River Village this morn
ing. destroyed the buildings and stock with
the furniture of a tenant overhead named
Bugbee. FrOst's loss Is $500 oh~-the build
ings, $1,000 on the stock; insured f0g 5000.
Bugbee's loss is $1,000; no insurance. 4eon-
ard Blakes dwelling near was also destroyed
Loss 5000; partially Insured. 1t was l6 be-
low zero.
Heavy Loss In HoIyoke.
HoLYoKE, Mass, Jan. 22.-The entire east
r. IIat,. w. n
ny's Cabot street mill, 22O feet long and 72
feet wide, occupied by the HOlyoke Envel-
ope Company and b. +. Perkins's machine
works, was burned this afternoon. Loss
S325O0O The fire broke out at 2.3O, and
darkness had begun to fall before It was un-
der control The blaze was one Of the larg-
est HolyOke ever had. The Envelope Com
pany lose about $500. 600; insured for 100000
The loss Of the water Power Company on
the building is about $4,000. The whole
mill was insured for 100000. B. Il. Perkins
places his loss at about $2S,0o0; insured for
$1,000.
Forty Persons Narrowly Escape
Death.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-About forty peo-
pie barely escaped burning to death this
morning, in a fire that destroyed the greater
part Of the big apartment building on the
corner OF OdkWOOu DOuleNaIu duu OOLbdBe
Grove avenue. Not one had time TO dress,
and many, including several ladies, were
dragged out by the fremen into the frosty air
unconscious. Miss Abbie Birdsall u teacher,
was found lying in a foot Of water In the
cellar, two hours after the ire started. She
became suffocated and lost her way. Her
recovery Is not expec ed. Mr.. 4. ID. Nc
Kellip Is also In precdrlous condition, from
injuries received in making bis escape. Wal
lace l.. DeWolf, owner Of the building, loses
$4,000; fully insured. About $4,000 worth
Of furniture and clothing. half insured, be-
longing to nine families, was destroyed, and
$4,000 additional damage was done, partly
covered by insurance
In Other Places.
In Montreal, Saturday, Borgeau q Heron's
coffee mills and the premises occupied by the
Dominion Art Furniture Company, and
Menard, the hat and cap block manufacturer,
were burned. The loss Is estimated at $780,
600. The underwriters will ask the City
Council for better management Of the IRE
apparatus.
The great shipyards at Granville, near
Havre. France, have been burned. The