Griggs courier., 1888-09-07
DUTY CALLED TO DEATH.
Seven Baltimore Firemcn Meet Their
Fate While Fighting ~ Furious Contia.
syatio" i'll Which the Loss Is Estimated
at 81 900. 900.

/ at 81 ,OVU,OUV.
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept 3.-Fire broke
cut in the toy warehouse of f. \. Fryor a.
Co, l01 South Sharp street, about CLOCK
Sunday morning, and before the tiremen
could get to work an explosion of fire.
works wrecked the building and caused
the flames to spread with alarming rapid
ity to the drug house of j. h.
Winkelman 4 Co, on the north,
and the hat house of NJ S Levy q
i. Co on the south. Scarcely had the
| tiremen entered the building occupied by
the drug firm when the inside of the build
| ing seemed to suddenly drop in, Il terrific
explosion followed. and the immense
! building collapsed. The entire fire depart
ment had by this time reached the scene,
and, as the attention of the men was
j concentrated on the building under
which their comrades We're buried, the
flames had chance to spread, and spread
they did with frightful rapidity In an in
credible short space of time the entire
| block. running from Lombard to Pratt
streets, wag 81 seethlng mass of flame At
| the drug house the tiremen worked brave
! ~ Holes were cut through the pavement
and every effort was made to reach
! the imprisoned men. but they We're buried
f. under great mass of brick and iron,
and fierce flames were roaring around
the spot, Awful groans came from the
pile. which seemed to make the
working tiremen put forth superhuman
etTvrts. After more than an hours,
work it became evident that some of
the men We're still alive and that they were
! beng roasted To death. John Kelley. OF
| truck No = managed to crawl out from
| the rubbish, and of the men who entered
the building he was the only one 70 escape
"a j\ sad l,,,t
| rs injuries are not serious
The names OF the men known to have
\ been buried In the ruins are: George Bow
ers. Thomas Wagner. John A. Combs,
/ Perry l'yan. Harry Walker, George kcr-
| ms. I'll ram MrAiee. 1t is certain that these
men have lost their lives. anu i, may be
| that others We're With them when the crash
1 came.
The origin of the fire will probably never
| De known. No Iirc was used in the Pryor
establishment, and ii is supposed that
spontaneous combustion was the cause. A
| system of electric ght NJ was introduced
in the building recently, and il was only
tried last II ght, ana ii might be that
and the combustblc nature of the contents
| OF the building served as food for the de-
stroNing Clements. Tue fire was disrov-
cred by drunken man who stopped to
| rest on the steps of IL building opposite.
Inere was considerable delay in getting
the alarm, and when the en- ines
arrived the building was in flames
from cellar to roof The tire.
works III the upper floors at once be
gan 10 explode, w tn the rapidly spreading
flames, presented the srundcst spectacle
ever seen II this city.
The n,euse heat several t.mcs drove
! th,. b,,;1 ,l.,
| bodies of their unfortunate comrades
We're lying under .ous OF brick and iron,
but they persisted in the search,
| and shortly after noon the hrs, body
that of Wagucr-wa brought 10 light
| Near the spot was the body of iI;.rr,-
| Walker standing erect, as if rucNrd in.
Near hun was found what les of
| George Bowers. but no other bodies wrS.
| found until nearly O'clock, when lh..t q :
George kcrins was uncovered. Ihe bo&ir,
were terribly aistigurcd, the flesh bn::.g
| burned ii in many places.
In the har ware store of Tabb Bros I:
b mmock there were stored large guam.
tLes of rartre gcs and as they exploited
set cla men We're slightly injured by the
| fly lng bullets
The firms that are completely burned
out are Wyis, Brustcr & Co, wholesale
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The total losses ON winch ,ti,. ins,;rancn
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| Wylie Bru-turS 4 CO.. dry lo,d. ;sa 90; ,,orti,,
! Alteuus & Co, e!rY goods s.Uooo. r;lDb Bros
| 4 D!nmoci, hardware, .45,ooJ; ". i, * T..
Danina'h
heSe are the only tota! losses. ana, rs
| the row oil small stores ana dwellings, on
| 1iatt street, between = arp ana Hanover,