The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-12
SAVANNAH BLAZE.
A Million Dollar Fire at Savau.
nah, GA.
A Passenger Train Passes Through . PraA-
RE Fire-Great Fire In Pittsburgh-
Confiagratiou in India-Other
Fires.


show window OF d. II. Hogan's dry goods
store while a man was lighting q gas jet
A moment later the fire had run to almost
every part of the building and those in it
had barely time to escape with their lives.
Fire was communicated to the crOckery
store Of James H Douglass & Co, inn
mediately back Of Hogan's, and soon it
was all ablaze The high wind prevailing
contributed to the spread Of the flames,
and there was no possibility Of checking
them. The building was one Of the finest
blocks in the city, and its destruction
represented loss. with the contents, Of
S150. 900. The fire then jumped to the mag
nificent four story building known
as Odd Fellows Hall. 1t was
totally destroyed The fire next spread
through twelve or fifteen brick dwelling
houses, completely destroying them The
air was filed with sparks, one Of which
lodged on the steeple Of Independent Pres
byterian Church, four or five blocks away,
totally destroying it and also its hand.
some brick Sunday school building and
four or five contiguous dwellings, The
total loss amounted to 81 ,00l, 900.
The number of the buildings burned Is
estimated at fifty. The present prospect
is that tho larger and finer ones will be
replaced by new ones equally as good as
those destroyed. The sites of many of the
inferior structures now gone will be GOV.
cred with buildings that will be a great
improvement over the old ones. The loss
of the Independent Presbyterian Church
and chapel, the Guards Armory. the Odd
Fellows Building, Hainley Building and
Hogan g. Douglas block, however, are
greatly to be regretted.
No loss of life or serious injury to per.
son occurred.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
CHAMBERLAIN, OAK, April S.-The
people on the passenger train from the
East, on the St Paul road Saturday, had
an exciting experience near Mount
Vernon. A prairie fire was raging around
the track. and the engineer not knowing
it's extent ran iuto it. expecting to run
through to safety in a few moments. He
found tho fire getting worse how
ever, and finally stopped, but could
not run back, as the flames behind
had made the track unsafe. The
passengers and train hands got out and
fought the fire, but the danger kept in
creasing. Finally the engineer was or
dered to proceed, as to remain still would
rails were warped. and the passengers ex-
pected terrible accident, but after what
seemed long period OF suspense the
train emerged from the smoke and flames
in safety. Several of the passengers, who
had engaged in fighting the flames, were
painfully burned. The women passengers
were terribly agitated by their alarming
experience.
AGED WOMAN BURNED.
JSrRUBENvILLE, o., April S.-Bridget,
widow of the late William Kelly, aged
about eighty years. feeble and childish,
lived in small house between here and
Alikanna. Last evening her grand
daughter left her alone to come into town
Soon afterward Patsy Powers, boy, saw
smoke issuing from the windows and gave
the alarm, when parties found the old
woman lying on the floor with her feet
close to the fire place and her body burned
to crisp. Her body and hair were burned
off. She lived for an hour in terrible suf-
fering. Her married daughter, Mrs.
Yocum, was burned to death in the same
house a few years ago.
FIRE IN MISSISSIPPI
day morning destroyed eight houses on
Meridian street with q total loss Of about
$50, 900 The buildings were frame struct-
ures, fire proof, so called by reason of
sheet iron fronts and roots. and were
cheap concerns, They were occupied by
Drake & Chidister. store and restaurant:
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