The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-17
LIVES LOST.
FLAMES IN . Chicago Building
Garry on -Four.
FIVE DRGWSLD II Kew JERSEI.
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broke ost in the Putnam EurOpeaa
Hotel Adam and La sale strcetA early
Sunday morning. four lives verc Lost
and . score Of people had narrow e.
cspex Tho 6re was caused By the ex-
plosion Of . kerosene lamp which had
been left burning In . OF the hall
ways The burning oil set Are 70 tho
from the rear windows An alarm vas
immediately turned In and . second q
followed Ave minutes later. The In.
mates Of the house were awakened by
the noise Of the rushing engines and
awOke to find themselves enveloped
In smoke. while the flames could be
plainly seen making considerable head
way. Ladders were run up by the fire.
mon. and those who did not get out by
the stairways descended with the aid Of
the firemen- Mrs. Minnie Robinson,
who was sleeping ON the fifth floor with
her husband and baby. became craxed
with fright and, rushing u the window.
leaped 70 the pavement with her infant
In her arms She was terribly crushed
and lived but . short time. but mirac-
lousy. the infant escaped unhurt
By two o'clock the fire VAS under con-
troll and the fremen began a$carch Of tho
house TO see IL any other casualties had
occurred. In \ room on the third floor
Edward Peyton. the cOlored porter Of
the hotel. was found burned 70 . crisp.
The search wa con nucd and the frc-
men soon found in another room on the
third flOor the charred bodies of two
other men who had been caught in the
trap and burned TO death. UptO2:l5 q. m.
their names had not been learned. 1t is
thought that the casualties are com.
prised in the story above.
Mrs Minnie Robinson, one of the VIC
Tins OF the Putnam House fire. died At
the county hospital from the injuries
she received in jumping from the win
dow In her room. The two unknown
men who were burned to death were
Unidentified as Thomas Il DOwler, Of
New Orleans and II. Kirk SalmS Of
Calumet, Mich. Bowler was q profess
siOnal gymnast and was formerly q
teacher of athletics in New OrlcanA
Of Salms little is known, but he was
supposed to be a travelling salesman.
SERIOUS FREIGHT wRECK
ST. Paul. Mimi, Oct 13-At Como
station, in the suburbs Of St ranl. Oh
the Great Northern line. a fatal smash
train. loaded with livestock, cOllided
with an Eastern Minnesota train bound
for Duluth. with miscellaneous mer-
chandise. The trains were running 1T
top speed and both were completely
wrecked.
James Hill was killed. ono man fatal
~ injured and four seriously wounded,
as follows: William Johnston. Of Wash.
ingtOn. %stOckman. fatally crushed; Alb
solom Anderson, fireman. crushed and
scalded; John GOnda. engineer. severely
cut and bruised; James English. brake
man, burned and back broken; Frank
Young, conductor. cut about the head
and ribs broken. Thirty-five freight
cars were demolished and both engines
completely wrecked.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
KlNGKOEA, n. j., Oct 13-Five mon
were drowned in the river yesterday
by the capsizing Of . boat They
were Solomon Fletcher, aged 81; John
Fletcher. aged %; Angelo Fletcher.
aged "a; c. +. Murray. aged AZ. and
AlonzO Cannon, aged ~. Tho first
three were brothers. All five lived here
and were bringing twenty-three largo
pilings. each about fourteen feet long.
from the Silver Like leo house. in an
omen boat with 4 single sail.