Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-18
UNDER THE DEBRIS.
Ten Killed snd Several Badly In
jured at an indianapolis
Fire.
TWO STUDENTS DROWNED WHILE
BOATING.
The Supreme Court Of the U. 5.
GiTes an Important De-
cision.
By Telegraph to the SEws.l
THE CRUEL FLAMES.
Ten or More Killed I'm a Fire lat
IndlannpoIfs

4
at first seemedRn Insignificant fir,
in the Bowen-Merrill book store
building, Washington Street, thi.
! afternoon, resulted in q catastrophe
in which at least ten men wert
| killed and several wounded, some
Of whom will die. The fire started
shortly before three O'Clock, neal
the furnace in the sub-basement and
was a stubborn one. About $3.50
there was terrible crash and the
entire building except the front
wall fell inward. At the time q
number Of firemen, variously esti-
mated from eight to twenty were
on the roof Of the building and were
buried in the debris, which piled up
forty feet high.
Immediately the work Of rescuing
the living and removing the dead
was begun by at least 500 volunteers
in addition to the uniDjured fire
men and police force.
The Bowen-Merrill company car
ried a stock valued at Sis, 600, on
which the insurance was STO,000.
The building was valued at $1,000.
h. T.. WATSON, dry goods, suffered a
loss OF $4,000. Several smaller
stocks were badly damaged.
The workmen are digging in a
mass Of brick, iron and mortar, and
are trying TO extricate a man whose
face, bloody and bruised, appears
Just above the debris. He is sup
posed TO be Daniel JOnes,a pipenlan.
His feet are caught by a huge iron
girder and he is being literally
piled with stimulants to keep him
alive. Underneath him is another
man, supposed 10 be dead.
THE SCENES AT THE FIRE.
have been only ex-
ceeded in pathetic interest by those
at the homes of the dead firemen.
Old firemen, fathers Of young men
who lost their lives, wives, mothers
and children Of the dead and living
into the room, seeking in
OF their loved ones and
getting none, have rushed 10 the
scene OF the fire and by their frantic
made dOubly arduous the
work Of those endeavOring to get at
the men Imprisoned beneath the
NUNS.
The frat ambulance TO leave the
scene Of the fire carried the remains
Of the frst four men taken from be-
Meath the fallen floors. They were
10y an impromptu procession
Of carriages, wagons and peiestri-
ans and proceeded first TO an under
taking establishment and then 10
the homes Of the deceased, where in
two instances their coming gave the
first intimation OF the sorrow that
had fallen on their homes. The
cause Of the disaster is as yet not
quite apparent. During the tive
hours and a half the fire was burn
ing there had been scarcely u flame
visible to the spectators in the streets
and alleys, though the volume Of
smoke was so dense rs to utterly OBJ
struct the vision. About 5 O'Clock
the fnst entrance to the building
was made by the firemeu, who were |
held back by the smoke.
Suddenly there came n crash and
the whole building except the
street front fell in.
Firemen were on each of the three |
floors and the roof, and they were Of |
course carried down with the col
lapse. II would seem that the built
ing was insuflicien0y tied TO the |
on either side Of il and |
the flames ate a hole in the center,
letting the whole cave in. Ii is
feared that there may be
OTHER BODIES IN THE DEBRIS.
Later.-At midnight the rescuers
have partially released the man
10 he Jones 1t will take |
an hour or two more Of hard work
20 get him suit. He is alive, but
lelirious. Is reported that three
little neYsboys were seen standing
near the rear wall just before the
sollapse, watching the firemen. II
his Is go, there is little hope for
heir lives. One of the firemen.
who managed to make his escape
unhurt, frrm the cellar,
avs he thinks there are two or
.hree more men down there yet
covered by n mass Of
burned timbers. Several Of tie in
ured firemen who are able TO talk
we're seen ty reporter tonight. but
,ould add no information TO what is
,iven above. All they knew was
hat as they were working, with
tut even a preliminary crack, the
came and they were pre-
.ipitated into the pit below. All
nut two or three Of the dead and in
ured firemen had homes and fam
lies, and the scenes at these places
onight were heart-breaking.