The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-14
TEN PERSONS PBRISHED,
horrible Scenes at a Boston
Tenement Fire.
c fscapc of tho Poor Italians Cut
DS the BIazing Stairways-A
nc" Leap From tho wInduw..

| " s"e btoztng StRirwRys-A
| f'" Leap From tho Windows.
| terrible fire occurred on North Street,
oos'on' Mass, shortly otter midnight in n
seu..nene mouse, occupied mostly by Italians,
anu the shocking summing up OF tho disaster
mat ten persons were quickly burned To
'"'n' 'nree others fatally injured, and six
-, o'e were seriously, if not nortally hurt
i"ere Is diversity OF accounts as to the
orcumstanees OF the origin OF tho fire, the
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maurice Ruoey, on the first floor, and some
MINUTES before it was discovered, it had
eaten through the partition wall of the hall.
way way which contained the stairs leading to
Uue uhsments above. The wooden stair
way was like candle, and tho fam, swept
up IKE fish. In doing so it lighted up
.ne haii way and shot little forks out through
the cracks Of the door, and soon attrG cted at
.eh.ion. in moment more the flames had
Srn,, ~. hoiu on the rear stairways ascending
from the same hallway, and thus cut Off ali
escape Tor the occupants. The scenes which
occurred among the inmates when they were
a"aKened were OF the most exciting descrip-
non. non, there was no wey for tn IN to get
Town, aud as they ascendod to the nttic the
IL tmes followed swiftly upon them. Shreks
y, o,, terror, groans OF agony and cries Of help
hlled the air.
men, women and children filed the win
oows and piteously pleaded for help. Soma
W ~. 'ne more ventureSome even hung from
Cne windows by only n slight hold on the
siils Ladders were hurrieiIy hoisted. Lines
OF nose were quickly run Off, and "pip,"
from the ohom,cal engines was rushed into
the fa'ning mesL In ten n,i,..-- .i.s 80.
.. persona. sssssY RsA A.sa srhssaasnhe nsa hesu
from their positions of peril, and the wound
Oh mad been taken to places where their in
Jur!eS could be cared for. IT. was not until . l.
Ter the hre mad been practically extingushed
that the interior OF what was then but q
she'll could be examined.
Chief Webber, followed by several fremen,
went into the building Mt n little after ono
o'clock. and with difficulty ascendei to the
upper floors. Ths stair ways from the street
to the second floor were completely burned
away. When the chief and his companions
reached the upper floor a sight that horritied
tnem met their eyes. Under one OF the
windows croucbed n human form, burned to
n cr.sp almost, the two palms clasped togeth-
or and kneeling, as though at prayer. Fur
ther search showed in other parts of the top
floor seven other human forms, covered with
cinders and ashes, naked, and disclosing
limbs that had been torn asunder by falling
parts Of the building.
Seeing their escap, from the floors below
to the street impossible, because the stairs
were roaring masses OF fire, the terrified
victims had evidently rushed to the upper
ii ,or in their attempts to escape, and had
there been roasted, as though held over a
furnace. Later two bodies of infants were
.camoYed from. .athar marta of tha -huildinQ