The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07
DISASTER.
A Terrible CONGREGATION in Which Seven
EIr-mrn Peri.h-Loss of 81. o 900 in
t-,ne-rv

EIr-mrn of 81. 500. 900 in
Property.
BALTIMORE Nd. Sept 5-Eariv vester.
6av mn - ire broke out II the tcv
warehouse OF E A Prior & Co, 10. Socth
SA-u street. Before the h-enen could
81 - work III explosion Of fireworks
wrecked the building and caused the
-am-> - spread with alarming rap.G:tv
Z re dru- house II J. A WinsI-man *
c. eu The north and the hat house 90 V.
:. ley * Co. on the south Scarcely
had the Lre:as1 entered the sd fee occu-
Pei ur T.e dag house when the inside %
- tui1-nE seemed 70 suddenly drop IN.
: Terrific explosion followed and the In
Z=-~- ~-raerzr- collapsed The entire IRE
t-1a--Inert aad bv this time reached the
scene. and g. toe attention Of the clen Wa,
-vu,~1crat@d OF -ae building under which
M -1ul-zie- We're buried. the flames had
n Chance - spread. and spread thew id
w--- trigE-ta- -apit5ry. l. an Incredibly
s-H-- -us- the entire block. running from
lombard u Pratt street. was a settling
-ll~~ flames
-la Ems Z Tabb Bros. & Don.nick and
T-.1EA Co lad large supplies Of guns and
receiver cartridges II stock. About $50
= =. they began 10 explode. an for q
quarter : Al hour kept up a tu-.la1e. tie
f--i-ts going through the windows On al
Si-S- buc fortunately nobody was shot
w--h The exception OF one man. vino Was
-ArIv wounded near the let- -v-.
Shortly before * o'clock tn members
cf n. = engine company and No. = truck
--ter=i Ta5h Bros bGlIt5ng 10 cut holes
through - IFe. Those II the street sax
-Es- TIE s-dA va q IL xsS beginning 10
-E-- --1 .-aflzI - -%ar- =. corn. r-- Al
e then were fastening al when tie
r----l=roCs wall fell over and crG-hnS
rL--u-h -he E7or- OF 10 IL. buried the
U-ts--G1a-e tren-n under - great
w--h- Then a. efforts were concentrated
url1 ~ pile OF -u.r under which E.ne
human bangs Were writing n torture.
Half q dozen strong streams were turned
~ - PIE AMI the flames within were n a
s---- -s1le S-biu-d-
= the drug house tee t-eman worked
t-sv-IV. Holes were cuT-h-ouc1 the pave
ul=r- and everv eff1r- was made 10 reach
n Imprisoned men- buI they were buried
L-t-- = great mass OF b-ick and ron and
-=-c= 1aces were roaring around The spot.
Av--l --0aas cane from the Pile which
---C-1 - make The 1-sl1=n put forth 81
v~---C-a2 efforts. and after more than an
hours work = became e-tlel. that some
'. 80 G-n were alive. and that they Were
l. - roasted 70 death
IN a:ew minutes John Kelly was rescued.
z - 60 va b1-ned ont OF IT, socket
AM - h-ai badly mashed. but the phvsi-
cans say L. vii recover Hs brother Abe
vas also dragged from the ruins His
mt arm w4s broken and hs ,i- badly
INJURED
The others. h0weve-. were beyond nope.
an Their d-a ! bod - were taken Ouc one
II one al Uan.l-d- torn and burned. TIE
49, one b---C recovered la-e last night.
Al ~ The seven dead rr-raen i.ave FAM
- - E-lE-n -haI- unru-lv -ni except
Harry Walker. who wss : single man.
Ia@ names q the lead are: Geors.
F1N=-<. Thomas Wagner. John :. Combs.
t---v Ryan. Harry Wax George E-r-
H. Hiram Icat=e-
ne Ers- fcu- w--a % No. hook and
lsli-- COMPANY AID the ccha-s te.Ons-i
& ~ e1Eln. company. K l. c-rta.n
thar these men have lost their Ives. and i
nav - that -heTs were y n thecl VIXEN
t. rash came.
TIE arms r1s- ~sre completely burned
or az WIS. B-uster { 60. wholesale
49, dealers: = Il. N-nzl-mzn & Co.
drug. Tao5 Bros. y Dominica. HARDWARE:
7 -.- r. o. hLh-- - - - q I'll
hats ln5-=r. NuE-e Il 60. paper: EoI-
.a---r a. Co. paints and c.aS~-
L---E Z buildings Ws- one I th- FMS:
q 20 r-v. none q The warehouses being
less --l1 i've stores 1t-h. nearly sI O.
,1-- 1av p < ben recently e--er-G- Among
,-- b. I.n-- partially burned WAS rhe
Ns--r1-- n Lom5a-; street AID - IL
mates were removed only with great Diff
.---.
IL rr-ai los VII probably reach >-.,5,-
us an L l. pretty Vel covered y insuC-
an--. most u ". n : n small policies II
c---gf-rawn companies
The origin ot TIE rr- VIII probably never
BE- Known. - = IRE WIS Used n ths
Pr establishment and = : sup
Vo-ei that s-ro2caneoUS combustion xss
-r- cause. oUr Z = zn0|D that csyscen
- --cc-l, Lighting wss introduced in
--- L--l+l-- recently was only tired
..=- -Lt. and I NAV he that &C.
:--v= -l~l,atipn S-a-J-t the flames.