Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-20
THE CRUEL FLAMES.
they Are TIE Cause CT al Awf1
HoEFOr u New YORK
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John and William Glennon. b0tA badly
burned were sent 70 the hospital 1e
building ~az occupied - thirtssn families.
WHO have Deen made temporarily homeless
b. the ne Inc flames Cid not DO very
Ia-ca SsIa4zo il the various apartments.
DuI burned cut their strength Ia tho
Railways Tbs Pseuni4ry less Will not
amount - lGoro than $1,000 40
rEo originated Ia tle rear or john rLyders
TesrauI4u. a. al hour when al the people
ia tie house were sleeping s0undly. J~ss
hos the FIRE sta Ted Is ss yer mystery.
bus Is The restaurants cook Is missing
Is IS fair % presume that "a accident oc-
the bigrange The awfal speed with which
the flames swept np through the building
suggests the Use or kerosene By the care
less cook The door leading from tbs kitch
on 70 TIE hallway was found open and
the great volume OF flame rolled out
into tho passage ana swept up the
stairway 50 rapidly that families living on
the hrst floor must inevitably have per
ishvd without even 30 much a. warning
buL &c 50 happened that the rooms directly
over the restaurant were unocc4pie0 on
account o, the heat which seemed to slit
through tie dOOrlng from the mammoth
range underneath
Less than hall a block away on the cor
nsr OF Twenty eighth street and the ave
nue. stood Policemen Warues and Mccall
la-ea. Of The IhisLiott s-raoc station They
rsc~4ged warning from a cry OF pain
which came from the building and look
Ing il the direction whence Il came
saw wall OF ire beating against the front
windows q the res.aurant BY the tine
tha5 & Yslilzing sense Of Whss me trouble
MS s~oke over them & fofked tongue or
tinul. cot out from the roof and lighted UP
Inc nsigaborhood
WIKI their clubs the two officers beat IN
the from. door, but spitefnl blsze shot
out and warmed them back They tried
the next door, and in that way found an
entrance. There w&s no sign Of life in tho
build ng and the officers hurried from
one door 10 another 10 arouse the
inmates Aurmurings ct hrst were heard,
then a buzz OF many voices. which fnally
changed into wall OF terror and agony
from men. women and children, strugg Cling
for their lives Ia the death-trap.
Fire escapes leading FROM the burning
building 10 the IA yes untouched tenement
next door were soon filed up with half IA,
ked people crazy TO reacn the street In tho
meantime the nre department had arrived
and had begun work on the flames and
were assisting IN rescuing the frightened
inmates
The flames were extinguished easily
enough by the fremen, and the people in
the ire escapes were landed safely. MOI
one person escaped down the stairway.
and the names OF the few who tried II are
found IN the list of the dead printed
above. The search for the dead wal
begun as soon possible. The first body
found was that OF old William GIennon
The remains were discovered by the side
o. the bed in his room on the second floor
He had risen 70 y with his sons, but bit
old legs were not niInblo enough and hs
peliaLtQ lie boys were TAKEN {
the hospital They were badly burned
on hs leet, caused by walking on the
not iron bars OF the fre-escape ID
the rooms OF the Wells family was SO hi
which can not be easily forgotten In tho
middle OF the floor 0nelt the mother, Mary
Wells, and in her dead embrace was her
children. Jane and Thomas They had
been smothcred, merc.tully enough, and
not burn or blister cefaced the pallor Of
their coUntenances
The nine dead bodies were placed in
amoulances ard taken TO the Thirtieth
street station, and later Coroner Haniey
gave permits to friends who claimed the re
mains
Snyder. the keeper Of the restaurant in
which the ire broke OUT. has been arrested
on suspicion OF being responsible for its
Origin. policy OF insurance for 81 90 ON
hs stock was found in his possession. and
one o. his employees states that he found
fat scattered o,sr the floor OF thu restau-
rant