Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-08

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spread so rapidly that only few of those
IN the upper stories escaped. Mrs. Farley,
society editor, was instantly killed
by jumping from the window. The
composing room WAS ON the 18th
floor aud the inmates were shut
III from escape. A dozen men ran to the
aindows and hung suspended by the
hands until their strength gave out, whep
they dropped to the Sidewalk, and were
either killed or fatally injured. There
we're forty persons in the editorial loom.
twenty are missiI G, but iyis hopedsthey
escaped.
SIX EMPLOYEES BURNED.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, March THE
new office of the Evening Union, st tie
corner Of Main and Worthington streets,
was burned out about O'Clock this after
noon and the blaze WAS attended with the
most sickening horror ever witnessed in
this city, six OF the employees meeting 8
terrible death, most Of them jumping
from the fifth story and being crushed
INTO q shspeless mass below. Six others
were badly injured.
The FIRE was first discovered in the
msiling room and clouds OF smoke were
pouring out of the lower story windo g.
Before the fifty souls on the upper foor
we're aware of their danger the flames
shot up on the old elevator in the rear cut
ting of escape by the stairs and most
OF the employees who escaped found
their way to the ground by way
Of roof in the rear. The unfortunate men
and women VINO crowded into the edi-
torial rooms met horrible fate Some
were cut of in the composing room and
there is still terrible suspense as to sew
eraI who fell back into the flames. The
employees who rushed into the editorial
room were cut off from escape In the real
and had to face
THE HORRIBLE ALTERNATIVE
of burning to death or to Jump to the
sidewalk below.
The fire department responded prompt
lY, put it seemed an sge before they
A ladder was put up to the fourth story,
and the sight OF rescue SO near seemed to
madden the suffering group at two win
dows, who dropped in succession to the
sidewalk below. Six fell in this way,
some of them forced eff and some msdiY
lesping, snd the crowd grosned and
turned their heads away as they whirled
| through the air.
The dead are as follows:
Henry 1. Goulding, foreman OF the
Union composing room, burned to death.
Miss g. Thompson, proof reader.
Mrs. Frederick E Farley, editorial de
pertinent, fell from window and killed.
Mr.. Lemson Jumped and was killed;
". E Honey, Boston, fell to the side.
| walk;
Mr.. Brown, q compOsisor, also was
killed.
The injured are as follows:
Thomas Dorahue, compOsitor. bad cut
on head and left leg broken at knee.
Timothy Dunn, compositor, arm and
i leg broken.
Joseph W. Witty, compositor, hand,
neck and ears burned. He chung to the
window until forced to drop, but he fell
on ladder and was saved.
CT. Ellsworth, compositor, compound
fracture Of leg.
EThomss Donahue, compositor, broken
thigh, fatally injured.
| q It is thought that the fire started among
the lumber in s closet on the ground
The only available article for quenching
the flames in the oflce was an ole
| watering can. There were no force
| pumps or flfe-buckets Of any
sort. A large canvas snee'
was stretched over the sidewalk. Three
| men Jumped on this but broke through
and tell out on the pavement. A woman
/ also fell through the canvass and landed
on the sidewalk insensible.
George G. Ware, Associated Press op
orator, had a narrow escape. He was
sitting In q room on the Worthingtor
street side OF the block when the alarm
was sounded. The rooms In front ant
the passage ways were thick with smoke
as he Jumped up TO run. In the SAINT
room were Mrs. Farley, Mrs. Howard
the New England editor; Mrs. Warren
news editor, and Mr. Hill, managing edi'
tor. No one had suspected the pres
ence OF fire until the way o.
escape by the elevator Wss cut on
Mrs Farley started for the elevator.
"I shouted to her," said Mr.. Ware, sic
go the olher way and took hold OF her
| The smoke WAS so dense In thu
passage way that one coulc
have lived hardly a minute
Mrs. Farley struggled to free herself ant
succeeded. She rushed out to the from
of the building. followed Mr.. Hill anG
Mr.. Warren and Mrs. Howard through
the window to the roof on the east slde.'
| Joseph L. landlord was standing or
the sidewalk at the end of the building
furthest from the corner when Mrs. Far
ley fell. He stood his ground ant
reached out his arms to catch her
She fell on his neck, throwing
him to the ground senseless. Mrs
Farley was killed instantly
Mr.. Landlord was soon restored to CON
sclousness and is not seriously hurt, Mr.
Hill, managing editor, was in the neHi
room when he heard the frat cry OF iFs
The forms had just beer
sent down and the laer
were enjoying the customary relaxetior
after the hurry of the afternoon. Foul
OF five of them were in the room smok
ing, chatting and j k Dg. l. seemed
scarce q minute before the smoke burs'
up into the composing rooms, and The
compositors took the alarm. Nc. Hill rat
out and told the men and women 10 star
for the roof in the rear. Many OF then
did so. He felt perfectly safe for few
minutes as he saw the men climbing ovel
the roof near the old qusriers Of the office
About fifteen of the thirty five epplO yes
however, rushed to the front. S=verol o
these were saved with the greatest diff
Guilty.