The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-15
LIVES LOST.
Flames in a Chicago Building
Garry Off Four.
FIVE DROWNED IN NEW JERSEY.
Terrible Freight Train Collision Near St
Paul, Minn.-Six Men Killed and
Injured and Great Damage
Done.


broke out in the Putnam European
Hotel, Adam and La Sale streets, early
Sunday morning, four lives were lost
and a score of people had narrow es-
capes The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion Of a kerosene lamp, which had
been left burning in one of the hall
ways The burning oil set fire to the
stairway and soon a sheet of flame burst
from the rear windows. An alarm was
Immediately turned in and second one
followed five 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.
men, and those who did not get out by
the stairways descended with the aid of
the fremen. Mrs. Minnie Robinson,
who was sleeping on the fifth floor with
her husband and baby, became crazed
with fright and, rushing to the window,
leaped to 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 was under con-
troll and the firemen began a search of the
house to see if any other casualties had
occurred In a room on the third floor
Edward Peyto the cOlored porter of
the hotel. was found burned to a crisp.
The search was continued and the fire.
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. Up to 2:15 a. 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 b. Bowler, of
New Orleans, and III. Kirk Salms, of
Calumet, Mich. Bowler was a profess
sional gymnast and was formerly a
teacher of athletics in New Orleans
OF Salms little is known, but he was
SERIOUS FREIGHT WRECK.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct 13.-At Como
station, in the suburbs of St Panl on
the Great Northern line, fatal smash
up occurred last night An Omaha
train, loaded with livestock, collided
with an Eastern Minnesota train bound
for Duluth, with miscellaneous mer-
chandise The trains were running at
top speed and both were completely
wrecked.
James Hill was killed, one man fatal
1y injured and four seriously wounded,
as follows: William Johnston. of Wash.
ington, stockman, fatally crushed: Abb
solom Anderson, fireman, crushed and
scalded; John Gonda, engineer, severely
cut and bruised; James English, brake
man, burned and back broken: Frank
and ribs broken. Thirty-fve freight
cars were demolished and both engines
completely wrecked
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
KINGKORA, n. j., Oct 13-Five men
were drowned in the river yesterday
by the capsizing of boat They
were Solomon Fletcher, aged 30; John
Fletcher aged %; Angelo Fletcher,
aged "a; c. T. Murray, aged 43. and
Alonzo Cannon, aged %. The first
three were brothers. All five lived here
and were bringing twenty-three large
pilings, each about fourteen feet long.
from the Silver Lake ice house, in an
open boat with a single sail.