Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-05
THE CASUALTIES.

| ono, only, Dead and a Long List OF In
jured.
As the fire progressed last night, and ever
after the building was down, exaggerated re.
ports Of the loss of life were circulated; and il
was believed at one time that scores of people
had persisted. As tine excitement abated, how
ever. and people began to look around it was
| discovered that the casualties were compare
| lively few, and only one of them resulting
in desth-that of poor, noble Al. Hayne, mem
After the most careful investigation and re-
| search the following list was obtained:
| DEAD.
Al. S. Hayne. died from burns and other in
| juries received while saving women and children.
INJURED.
John G. Harris. general agent Of the Cotton
| Belt, slightly burned about the head and hands
| while saving women and children.
Mrs. Thomas Heck, badly bruised and cut
about head and arms from being trampled on and
| damned against railing at the south entrance.
George LETTER, Fort Worth, hurt about back
by rope burning through and dropping him to
| the ground. Not seriously.
DR.. VanZandt, hand badly burned while as
sisting ladies to escape.
Judge [. N. Cooper. fracture of both legs,
compound in one. simple in the other. Will
Mrs; vOlney Hall, South Side, injured thigh
and other injuries.
G. W. Hollingsworth injuries TO spine and
brain.
]. F. Maxwell, ear and face badly burned
Jas. S. Davis, back sprained but is up and
Miss Lilly Burgess, ankle sprained.
George Hartwell, ankle dislocated.
Miss Mamie Douglass of Tyler, slightly
bruised.
Mrs, A. NJ. Grant of weatherfOrd, badly
bruised.
Ell Lewis child, badly burned.
Bissell Wilson of st. Louis, connected with
the Texas and Pacific railroad, badly hurt suf-
fering from fracture of the shoulder and dis
location of the hip, while severely burned
W. R. Cruce of New Orleans was badly hurt
but is resting easily at the Ellis hotel.
E. IL. Fudge of Chicago, hurt in both legs
and doing we'll
Mrs; Fowler Of the South Side, fracture of the
right leg near the hip.
Mrs Fayette Spencer, South Side, severely
burned
A. L. Everts of New Orleans, badly hurt. but
doing very well.
Mrs. W: E Kennedy was badly, but not dan
gerously injured
Miss Leah Couts of weatherford had her right
Miss Prosser, sister OF Deputy Clerk Prosser,
severely hurt in back; is resting easily
e. c. Drake was badly bruised and hurt.
Miss Lou Benton suffered severe spinal In
Professor Afford Rely and several Others of
the Elgin band were hurt or burnt, but not Sc
riously.
Capt. T. P Martin, in endeavoring to break
through wall to make an exit for himself and
family, received slight injuries.
Mrs. Sam. Lane was severely burnt and had
ankle dislocated.
H. E. Mcfarland had a leg broken and ankle
dislocated, yet managed to get home without
any assistance.
Mrs. D. V. Martin had one finger cut of and
two broken.
Mrs. R; E. Buchanan, who received several
cuts and bruises, is doing very well to-day.
Mrs. DR. Adams was painfully burnt and
otherwise hurt, but received no very serious in
jlries.
Harry Robinson, knee joint injured, but is up
and about to-day.
Miss McGaughey was severely hurt but is /
doing very well this afternoon.
Mrs. F. NJ. Marks received severe injuries in |
the back and knee
W. D. Cobb had his back severely hurt and re-
ceived other painful bruises.
B. D. Allen, OF the firm of Smith, Meade & |
Co., had both ankles broken by jumping from
the second story-on the north side.
Mrs. Ella J. Barnett and daughter. Laura.
both badly bruised by jumping from window.
the hands in his heroic effort to remove Judge
L. n. Cooper from his perilous position after
he had jumped from the second-foor window,
aiss Myrtle Rouse was knocked down by the
railing which fell from the back stairway and
vas badly hurt and with difficulty extricated.
Mrs. E. ]. Doray, dislocated ankle.
Nj. j. Lewis, l01 st. Louis avenue. painfully
injured, and his little daughter, Eva, slightly |
burned about the head.
Mrs. A. t. Ryers was seriously injured. the
'xact nature of her Injuries The GAZETTE could
lot learn.
INSURANCE.
The Palace is not total loss to the company
hough the building with all that was in 1t is
lothing but black mass of ruins. There was
m 1t insurance policies amounting TO Sl5, 900
ne erection OF the new temple begins next year
he risks were in the agencies OF Littlelohn &
iartin. and Swayne Bros. Crane of this CITY
nd were held by staunch companies.