The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-07
HORRIBLE FIRE.
4 Holocaust in . Boston Tenement
House.
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IosrON, Feb. Shy the Are in the
dwelling house $50 end 9ei North street
occupied mostly BY italians, yesterday
morning. u 10 now known that ten per.
s1us were burned 70 death, three others
fatally injured and six more seriously II
not MORALLY hurt.
There 10 . diversity Of accounts ~ -
ths circumstances Of the origin of the
4res tho alarm and the rescue. Il u
believed thst the fro started IN the
clothing store Of Maurice Ruhey
on the nrst -four and some minutes
before Il was discovered Il hsd
eaten through the partition wall Of the
hallway, which contained the stairs
leading To tho tenementA above. The
wooden stairway ~ like . tallow candle
end the iamcs swept up Il like . fash.
In doing ~ II lighted up the hallway
~ shot little lnsshes out through the
cracks Of the doors and noon attracted
attention. but In . moment II had taken
hold Of tho stairway ascending from the
same hallway and thus cut on all poasi.
bic passage u the street for the occu.
pantA
Tho scenes which occurred among the
inmates when they were awakened
were OF the most exciting description.
There was no way for them tO get down,
and ~ they Ascended ~ the attic the
flames followed swiftly urDn them.
Shrieks Of terror. grOsns Of agony and
cries for help filled the air. Men. WON.
en- and children filled the windows
and earnestly pleaded for help. Some
OF b more venturcsOmc ' q hung from
the windows by only . slight hold ON
the sillA. Ladders were hurrieAly
hoistcd. lines Of hose quickly run on
and pipe" from the chemical engine
WA rushed into the flaming MAS.
In ten minutes the fear Of personal
safety had subsidized, those whom II WAS
possible having bcen taken from their
positions Of peril and the wounded 70
places where their injuries could b
cared for.
II was not until the Are had been
practically cxtinguishcd that the intc-
rior Of what was then but u shell could
bc examined. Chief Webber. fol.
lowed by several iremcn, won't
Into the building IT . little aftcr
n o'clock and with difficulty
assembled 10 the upper floor. Tho stair.
ways from the street 10 the second
floors were completely burned away.
When the chief and his compaaio6s
reached tho upper floor. under one Of tho
windows was found Q human form,
burned TO crisp almost the two palms
claspcd together and the body knscling
~ though 1t prayer.
Further searvh showed In other marta
Of the top floor seven other human
forms. covered with cinderx and ashes,
naked. and discloaing limbs that had
been torn asunder by falling parts
Of the building. Seeing their escape
from the flames below TO the
street impossible, because the stairs
were raging masses Of fire. the terrified
victims had evidently rushed n the up-
per floor In their attempts 10 escape and
had there boon roasted IN though held
In . furnace. Later Two bodies Of in.
mates were found In other parts of the
building and the completed list Of ten
human lives was made up. The injured
were removed "a hospitals and the dead
bodies wcro taken 70 the morQue for
Identification.
HOsrON's SECOND Sl.Axe
BOsrOS. Fob g. Following close upon
the holocaust In North strect yesterday
morning. came . ic In tho forenoon
which In On hour, time almost totally
destroyed the sears building. . Ave-
AtOry marble structure. corncr Of Court
and Warrington strccta owned BY J.
Montgomery HcarA, and which at the
time Of ia erection WAS the finest bust.
neas building In Boston.
The wallis Of the building are about
ell that Ia left Of any value. The build.
ing wAs vslUcd st upwards Of S900, OOO. n
being assessrd together with the engines
and boilers for siv7. zoo. Thcre IL an IN.
sursnce u si'a,0oo, which will undoubt-
cdly cover tho loaa.
Yin At DANnuRv.
DASuCRS, Conn.,, Feb. AT ie:sc
o'clock yesterday morning hre was dis
covered In the basement Of samuel Hsr- |
ria clothing slbrc 81 Liberty and Main |
streets and beforc the flames could he |
extinSuished the furniture storc Of Hull |
4 Rogers WAS also burning.
Tho four story brick structure adioin. |
ing Hull 4 Rogers block was badly |
damaged by hrc and water. This build.
Ing WAS owned by Henry Heard and vas
occupied On the nr~t floor by . clothing
arm. with Offices on the upper floors.
The total loss II estimated At GsOo. 600.
The insurance. 10 faf ~ known. amounts
~ Sio0. o0o.
There werc several narrow ssrapea
from death. maay Of The occupants u
the nata over tho stores beine taken
from their q almost sufucAtcd.
rIRE Al KkNosMA.
KeNosMA, VIA, Feb. a-Fre ycssee
day morning destroyed twc Of the six
story buildings Of Allen 4 sons tanncry.
allied with stock. Tho flames npidiy
spread destroying also the Denoyer va.
YER cure and Ne German -. T. ehsrrh