The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-04
BURNED TO DEATH
A Terrible Fire in the Heart
Of Baltimore.
yrErmKS rrErED IN DEBRIS
MANY Guesfs Lose Their Lives az a
HsssI Fire an Superior. wIsean-
sfs-Dessst Of white Chest in the
Grow Greek Se<stisfisns.

nAtytzaEz. SEPT. :. - Esrsy Sunday
aa5rulux zss broke ont In the 10y wGre-
hazse III fsry0-. Eeigsztsesg 1 Co, fg7
-gszsa sap street Before the 1Fe1lsezz
e.ss6a get - aark - explz<loa q Ere
wssg - wrec ked The building and caused
the Earses - SPREAD 70 the drug he1Se Of
T. IL MsukslEsaa & Co. 90 The north. and
the bar haeee Of ~ :. Levy x Co. On the
tie sos1b secretly had tbe HrEzaen en-
ssre-3 the eszzEee occupied - the drug
hs1se Ehen the Insice a the tsgiiting
seemed - suddenly drop in, terrific
bailalsg collapsed.
The rnzlFe ore department bad By this
tine reached The scene. ard g. the aftsa-
tan 81 Tire rsea wss concentrated On the
building under whieh their coznrasssS
sserz ksris-si, the flames had e chance 30
spre4d eith .Eizaffni raplzsity. In short
ffiae the entire block. running from J0ra-
bard 70 FrE.s street. was a seztAiag mass
Of flames. AT the drug HOUSE the fire2er
worked eFageiy. Holss were cut through
the pavement anti every EFFORT was uzzs
80 reach the ifIprtxc1Sd men. bat they
seve buried nadeF great macs 81 brick
and iron. aud the heree 1anes we're roar
IaE aruaEd tie spot.
A2fui gra2as came from The pile. which
seemed - = axe the working arenaea pas
forth superAna1aa cfssrfs. and after more
than ga hears work Il tecasne eylasnt
taaf some Of the E2en were alive and that
tafr we're being slowly roasted 10 death
John Kelley, q track :, sn4n&Eea 70
crawl out from t8e rubbish. ard Of the
men " 40 entered fas baflainx he sas the
only 0ne TO escape with his Efe He vas
eat ami bruised, but his injuries arr not
serious.
Tie names o! the men kGown 10 have
hsen barred II the ruins Erc- George
Bowers, Thomas Wagner. John A. Combs
and l'efFy Ryan, Of No. Hook aad ladder
toaluauy. and Harry Walker. t5so-ge
Eertns aud Hiram McAfee, 81 No : In
giAe company. Il Is certain that these
facn iJss their lives, and Il may be that
ethers Were with them when the crash
came.
TIE Intense beat several times drove the
fTesnca from the building where the
bodies 81 their unfortunate comrades wcrs
lying unGer geus OF brick aud iron. but
tney persisted IN the search Snd shortly
after u0oa the firsi body, that OF Wagner.
was brought 20 Hight Near the spot was
the bOay Of Harry Walker, standing erect,
a. il packed IN. Near him was found
what Was left of George B3wers. but no
other bodies were fogind until near 8
O'Clock. when that OF George keiDs was
uncovered. The bodies we're ferribsy dis
figured, the tesa being barned of ia
many places.
search Mss pursued At night with the
aid 81 electric Sights.
IN the hardware store Of Tabb Bros. &
D.mmoek there were stored large quanti-
ties Of cartridges, and as they exploited
several mEn were Slightly injured By rs
ing bullets. The roW OF buildings was one
Of the finest "a the city, aone Of the ware
houses being less than five stories high,
aud nearly all Of them having been ~
Gently erected. Among the buildings par
tally burned was the Maternity, on LoGn-
bard strret. and its inmates ssere removed
only with great difficulty. The total loss
viii probably reach sl,5Na.0oe IL Is fully
covered by Insurance. most Of which is in
small policies Ia oHt-uf-tJgn companies
The loss aud insurance. on properties
that were totally destroyed. as far y eau
BE- escefiained. are as follows: T.. Pryor
q Co. loss $29,t9-, Insurance $4,000; j. 4
winkicnRsi & Co, loss $4,000, insurance
$1,000 Il :. Levy x sons. loss so DO, in
siiranee 80. CO. Dohber, Nudge d "a. less
SsolQ1. Insurance ~. 900; Sfeppacher 4
sieTg, loss so 0J0, insurance go .0la Hirsol-
berg, Holland * Co., loss s50De9, hisur-
ance $1,000 Other total LOSSES GA which
insurance cannot be asceFtSined tseFe As
follows, II. :. King d sons, hardware.
$1,000; Wyiie. BOusfer & Co, dry goods,
900; Coffin. Alfefnus & Co, dry goods,
s-l N09, Isbh BroS 4 Bimmick, hardware.
Z - ts9Q: " T. & :. DAmmau, importers of
eiUih, s21 600 Losses ia other buildings
egrgFpefstts s. roo