Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03
APPALLING DISASTER.
A Three Million Dollar Fire DevaStateS
the City of Buffalo.
Loss of Life Accompanies the Obstruction of
PrOperty-WhoIe Blocks Swept Away-0ther
Fires-Courthouse and Records
Big Blaze mt Buffalo.


BUFFALO, y. y, Feb This morn
ing between 3 and o clock fire destroyed
fully s. 600 600 worth of property on
Seneca street, Exchange street and ad-
joining streets. The following buildings
were destroyed: HOhelds building
works: National express company 5
barns: Jewett x Co. : store warehouse;
Root * Heating, sole leather; Sibly 4
HOLLYWOOD candy; Swigert y Sreinbach,
stoves: l.. F. Eagau & \. +. Kerr,
wholesale liquor dealers; the BTOesee and
Arlington houses; the Dauburg hat man
ufacturing company T W. Reynolds,
shoes; j &. Lewis & Co, wholesale gro
GERS; Sidney Shepard * Co, tInware;
Henry Hearn, candy; Fowler & Sons,
carriage and hardware, and number of
other buildings The fire extends from
A. Y. Kerr * Co. 5 down Seneca to Sid
uey, Shepard & Cos. All of Wells street
is burned through TO Exchange street, and
the corner Is burned out completely. The
Arlington house fire is still raging, but is
under control. The loss viii reach
s. 200 600.
About noon Il number of fiTemen were
at work in the ruins at the rear of the
Arlington hotel, when the western wall
Of the rear extension fell without any
warming. IN of the men were out Of the
way OF falling bricks and timbers but
Dominicll b Marion OF engine ten and
John Moest, fireman of engine nine.
Most was struck on the head with some
of the brick, receiving Il bad scalp wound
and being otherwise injured. Poor Mari
on was instantly
BURIED IN THE RUINS
and if not killed ut once his life must
E,a -. s,,-, ham ayrIs1aI nI1t bN-t
meuse weight on him Frantic efforts
were made by his comrades 10 reach him,
but without avail. At this writing his
body still remains buried. Marion was
about thirty -four years of age.
Part of the wall TO the east went
through portion of the American eX-
press company building, demolishing Il
large section of roof and one side of the
structure Omcial records show that be-
tween and clock this morning the
wind attained a velocity of thirty miles
an hour, ana at times between and
O clock reached thirty-four miles The
fire beginning in the big Root & Heating
building spread by contact or force of the
high wind blowing 1T times in all diTec-
lions but chiefly TO the nOrthward and
eastward Wells street is a complete
desert from the square to Exchange
street.
An APPALLING CHAOS
of bricks, twisted iron and an nextrica-
bic tangle of wires. The total area in
Guided in the burned district is roughly
estimated at seven or eight acres and the
total number Of buildings destroyed or
Quilted n forty. The principal losses are
figured about as follows:
Rest X Heating, $3.50 600; their ten
ants, 5000 .000
=. =. Jewett & Co, 5000 900.
Bosset House. Sl60, O00
SibIey X HOLLYWOOD, Sl5O 600
Fowler Y Sons, $50 COO
:. F. Egan. $40 900
Sidney and Shepard'& Co. $50 600
Arlington hotel, $40 goo.
A. T. Jerr y Co. $40 600
Suotman building and tenants, $780,
600.
Losses on Exchange street. So 600
Losses on north side Ct Seneca, $500,
600.
Other losses, $50, goo
This would make total of s. ,7S5 600
Opinions have been given, however, that
the entire loss win not fall short OF So,
000 900.