Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-25
NUMBER 4.


Dwfrucfive Firs IA N~w Torh C7xT-.xAo
Property Destroyed - FAtalif1ss- -Th0
New York Cenfrzl He0Sy Loosx
NKw YoRK, April 0-Hhs feFeest Aro
Nsw York has Witnessed IN shis seusra-
tien swept tin east bank Of the North
river Geaf yesterday from RTfty-ainth
street to what wsuld ~ Sixty -fffth street.
il sAaf street Txn to the river. & de-
ssroyed more thsm mfYfon azd . h1lf OF
property belonging to tie New YORK Gem
tral railroad and half . Dillisn dollars
worth Of lard -four and ether. goods be-
longing TO otAsr pessens, among then n
K FaEban1s4 the 8Dsa6 Ghiczxo 1ax6
Darehan<r
Hhe Hhnes DESTROY ID the swo biE elsva-
tsrs A and B sf the VsndAlis systeaz =
big brick building strstchinS from Fifty
Dnth street to SixtietA street and eccu-
pisd jointly by she Faisban IL lard reanery
and the Esssiter stores andswiped out the
do<k property OF the New York Central
railroad system 1rom Fifty -ninsh 10 psse
Sixty-6ftb street.
A. least cns mau was killed In his heoa-
long Hight from the fire at the drst OUT
breaA- and q number we're Hjured iR
Jumping frSn the windows OF the burn
ing baiidinEs but in the wild tarmoiino
account was kept Of them The polics'
have the fotowinEreoord OF thecasual-
ties: Henry Bentfiag, 694 Tenth avenue
workman niHBairbazks' refinery killed by
jumping FROM third story window John
Johnson;- 5fI Hest Forty ninth street. like
wise q workman in Fsirbanks,, ,seve5eay in
jured il the back by lmpins . from . WIN
dowS Charles. Brown sos West FORTY
third street, severe injuries aboae the
head from the 1ome cSuse; W. J. Hoble,-
fireman Of engine No. 9 pzostrsted by
heat while at work at me foox OF Fifty
ninth stueet Ddward II. Tohin, fireman,
prostrated by the heat It was stated that
four mens were in. the ruins OF the WEcox
Compaayss bull ding.
The iretbroke out in tn northeast ccruel
Of the Eairbauksrefnery,,w where workmen
were busy at ths time setting up q new
eooling apparatus. starting haw mo- one
Knows and. probably no one ever viii
know. Soaked il grease-as the-o buad-
ing was il was aEme in aninsaant.- From.
the groun 1.-the Ere swept upward to tho
,oef almost with the speed Of thought
The meraat woEkin every story dropped
their tools and rsE to saw their lives Tbs
ssaireases formed. giswinE chimney
throwing sMt fire through every floor and
the windows presented the only means o.
escape Pursued close by Flames men
1nnG themselves nut by scores neadlona
and behind them came the flames
How mary wers there no enc could
tell Those who, came srt weser picked
Up and carried away by their friends,
shudderinG g to think that some might have
been left Crying wives and mothers
crowded TIM police lines shouting furtheir
husbands and sons and Begging for news
o4 them 3hsy were turned back and Bid
aea to loekin the thrones- for these they
sought They would, the poiicenen hope
falfy said probably hnd them. theHA
The New York Central also sssned the
building in which the afs- brcke- ozk Il
vas leasedzto ESrbanks . yearagos i wos-
six stories high, 30x20otnd wss OF hriek-
| One hundred thousand dollars may sDzer
| the losses on It The loss On Rcssiterss
! stores is eQnieetured Fairbanks loses
| $500 600. The merchants who. used the
store rooms had goods there chiefly flour,
| lard, straEboArd and such, worth easily
| $3.50. .00G At least this. loss. zas covered
| So it was said of Fairbanks. Therailroad,
loss is at least 81 800 COO, also covered By
| Insurance. II is said.
Anosh - estimate af the less IN detail
| is given below: Rossiter stsres, contents,
| 500 000e the Wilcck Company, stock,
$50. 900; elevator A. $500. .0oe. elevator 3
500. 000e deck d. coateuts, Ss00 600, dock
A, Sa5 Ocs, the Wilcox building, 500, coo;
total, s. SsS 900.