Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
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Death Claims Another Member
Of The Blaine Family.
THE FIRE FIEND RAMPANT.
Boston Visited ny TWO Destructive
CONGREGATIONS YesterdaY-Ten Peo.
PIE Roasted TO Death In tho First
One-The second Totally Destroys
the Finest Business BLOCK I'm Boston
Thousand OF People Thr0nEsd
About the Embers.
Boston, Feb. BIN July, forty four years
ago, nice persons were burned to death in a
FIRE on North street. Boston had not re-
-cordeds6 counterpart in fatality to that dis
asteT until this morning shortly after mid-
night, when fire broke out in the dwelling
house No. $50 and 2e1 OF that Same street,
occupied mostly by Italians, and the sum-
ing of the disaster is that nine persons were
quickly burned to death, three others fatally
injured and ak more seriously, If not NOR
tally hurt. There is a diversity Of accounts
Is to the circumstances of the origin of the
fire, the alarm and the rescues. 1t is be-
lieved that the FIRE started in the clothing
store of Morris RUBEN on the first floor, and
some minutes before 1t was discovaredi II had
eaten through the partition wall Into the
hallway, which contained the stai.3 leading
to the tenement above. The wooden STAIR
way was like a tellow candle, and the flames
swept up It like q dsah. In doing so it
lighted up the hallway and shot Little forks
<ha aka of On
attracted attention. In moment more the
flames had taken hold upon the rear stair
way ascending from the same hallway
and thus cut off all escape for the occupants.
The scenes which occurred among the in
mates when, they were awakened were of the
most exciting description. There was no
way for them to get down, and, az they
assembled to the attic, the flames followed
swiftly upon them. They soon covered
nearly the entire front of the building. but
were easily extinguished.
Saving the lives was the hardest of work.
Shrieks of terror, groans Of agony and cries
for help filed the air. Men, women and
children filled the windows and piteously
pleaded for help.
from the windows with only q slight hold on
the stills. Ladders were hurriedly hoisted, line
of hose quickly run off and pipe from the
chemical engine was rushed into the flaming
mass. In ten minutes the fear of personal
safety had subsidized, those whom it YVES pos
sible to save had been taken from their posi-
lions of peril and the wounded had been
taken to places where their injuries could be
cared for. Then the search for the dead
bodies began. In tho rear Of the building
was q one and half story shed and to this
| jumped two of the inmates, who, injured by
| their jumps, and schreeching with agony
from their burns, added to the horror of the
bystandsrs and made moro apparent the
fearful fate that had overtaken their com.
been practically extinguished that the Int
| rior Of what was then but . shell could be
examined.
Chief Webber followed by several 6remer
went into the building at little after one
O'Clock and with difficulty escended to thu
upper floors. The stairway, from the STREE
| to the second floor were completely burned
| away. When the chief and his companion
reached the upper floor Q sight was seen tha
the windows was crouched q human form
| burned to almost crisp, the einder-burnet
| face bearing the evidences of the lest agony
and the two palms clasped together as in al
attitude of prayer. The flames had diet
down, soaked with water, and the uncertain
| wavering CLEANS of fire disclosed in othe
parts of that top floor seven other human
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