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

Out around in the grounds the magnolias were
all burned down and the foliage for blocks sway
is crisp and dead. All OF the sideshows to the
north and east went with the Palace. The figure
| and machinery that composed the representation
:. of Custar's death were saved, but most Of the
relics of that fateful massacre were lost. 1t seems
| like one clean sweep and the hitherto busy
| Grounds were deserted yesterday except by the
| knots of officers and curiosity hunters. Several
| silver coin melted together. One of them IS
! dollar, quarter and dime melted close to-
gether. They came from the different money
The fire department we're on the grounds all
day yesterday attending to the danger of sparks
from the smouldering fires and gathering up the
hose that was traiIed through the grounds. One
gentleman who was on the grounds during
the conhagTation and yesterday was heard
good MANY fires and he had never
seen better work done by = ire departm emit, nor
Adams passed by he said: There goes hero
a man could do The whole department did
their duty manfully and the citizens appreciate
it. When the Palace was blazing hottest four
dwellings and stable to the south were on FIRE
at one time and it required the utmost of the
bose was taken to the furthest west by the
fi-emen lying on the ground behind the fences
and crawling. The intense heat was cracking
the paint ON the fence where the brave men had
to go. But they went and the whole
row Of houses, with one knows not now many
blocks behind them was saved. The fremen de-
serve all the credit the city can give them.
Chief Adams said that he was about twenty
feet from the alarm box when the fire was dis
covered in the Palace, He made spring and
attempted to turn on the alarm, No. z22. at the
same time he unmuzzled his water dogs and
turned the hose the fire so that before the
alarm was rung out the water was playing on the |
flame. But it was not of the slightest use,
he said. 1.-THE fire leaped up the side of the |
dome like prairie fire, and great punches OF |
blazing moss fell floating through the |
air till it seemed il the heavens were raini ng
fire. To snow you how rapidly the fire ran a |
NH ror1lh ach naT, nj d InGr hafn
the fire broke out a selection had been chosen !
and the machine started. When the cylinder I
showed that the machine stopped running in less
than one minute after it was started. The stop
was caused by melted wires. To do this the fire
had TO run up into the dome and drop on the
machine below where the wires were. The boys
worked like heroes, and special mention be-
longs to Bill HERON. Bob Wagner and Frank
Kaiser. -
Mr.. Kaiser is mourning the loss of his paint
ing, Marcus Brutus.' It was destroyed, but
he had neglected his duty. But he thought 1t
would imperil the lives of somebody the
stairway and he preferred to lose his picture.
Paul Goss, one of the employees of the Spring
Palace, ran last night 10 haul down the old
Texas flag floating at the southeastern corner,
and when he caught the halysrd a woman came
sliding down the rope into his arms. Then an
other came down, and finally q third fell plump
upon him. The halyard had burned of above
and broken with the strain. de lost his flag.
At the southern entrance w. H. Large was
stationed and when the rush came he said the
chairs came with them and blocked the ]
way. The railing on the stairway broke under |
the immense strain and precipita' ed the people
off the side. Then came the danger. Women's
skirts were trodden on and torn off, or the |
women were thrown down. One was caught
head downwards from the top of the stairway,
and when the skirts gave way she fell upon the
magnolia there. Out on the San Saba porch
came four ladies, and one OF them without cry
Of any kind dropped herself over the side. The
others turned back. That was nerve. - con-
.inued Mr.. Large ''but the souvenir girl
showed the most pluck. She coolly gathered nm
ler money, cut the cloth out of the window and
came down hand over hand on the electric wires
hat enter the Palace at that place. She struck
he ground with a smile on her face.''
William Rupert who was stationed as a
pecial guard over the copy of the Angelus sue
eeded in saving his charge. But he had to !
wait until the rush of the people was past He
aid that there was the least shrieking con-
usion in the throngs that he had ever seen,
ould much more safely have followed the
tream Of people down the stairway. 4
William Murphy has both hands badly burned |
n his attempts to get the people out. He car |
led away several who were unable to get out of
he crowds that were trampling on them. !
Judge L. n. Cooper, who was reported dead c
With both ankles broken and one dislocated can (
e expected. The judge was on the second floor | L
lst west of the gold room when the fire origi-
ated and had to pass around over the front N
ntrance to the stairway that led to the first y
oor Here he did his best to keep the women
nd children from getting panic stricken In
act he worked so long that as he aid he could {
OF go down that way without hurting some one c
r getting hurt. 1t was either Jump or burn, v
nd he chose the former. He struck on his feet
ut both ankles were broken with the shock as O
e found when he attempted to rise, and D. f. "
Warren, an agent Of the sulky harrow manufac- Il
airing company, of Detroit, carried him away
ON the burning pile. :
Many articles of jewelry and n
great deal of money is reported as having been ,
ady lost over $500 thar way, and sums OF about q
70 reported lost are very common. Il y