Evening journal., 1891-01-24
BUFFALO'S BAD BLAZE.
Two Gallant Firemen Killed by
Falling Walls.
THE Loss OVER HALF A MILLION.

Fire That Started in L. Marcus & sons,
Whclesais Clothing House Spread 10 Ad-
Joining Buildings and Caased Great
Damage-Glenny's Big Store Wrecked.
BUFFALO. Jan. 3t--Fire about o O'Clock
last evening was discovered in the cutting
room Of l.. Marcus g. Son. Wholesale
clothing, in the building owned and occn-
pied by Warner Bros. & Co., at the
corner Of the Terrace and Pearl street.
The flames rapidly spread into 2ngsheim
= Harris wholesale clothing, next door.
and Darling q Scholes' clothing house
adjoining. All Of the above giaces were
totally destroyed. The total loss is esti-
mated at between s4Oo, 900 and 500, COO
Several Firemen RissaA
Foreman Fisher aud Pipeman Jacob
Snyder. both Of Engine No. 4, we're caurhk
by falling walls and INSTANTLY killed.
Fireman Murphy had his leg Ryosen. Fire
man Hart of Engine 10 received a fract-
ured skull and will die. Fire Commits
sioner Boyer was struck in she face bv
lying beams and seriously Injured. Five
or six other firemen are known to be seri-
ously injured and it is thoaght that two
or three men are buried under the walls.
Gienny's Store Imge riled.
In an incredibly short time after the fire
was discovered the northern half Of the
stately building was mass OF flames, the
entire five stories burning fiercely and il
Illuminating the adjacent streets for blocks
around No railroad trains were allowed
TO cross the Terrace, owing TO the many
lines OF hose lying across their tracks, and
soon the entire Terrace was monopolizeh
by the blockaded trains. Directly opposite
the Warner building on Pearl street. is the
five story brick building, owned Dy the
Glenny estate, and occupied by Glenuy's
Sons a. Co. as a croekery warehouse: Des-
becker WE'LL g. Co, clothing manufactur-
ers, and Well Bros. e. Co, also manufact-
urers Of clothing. During the early pro-
gress of the fire the Glenny building ap-
peared TO be doomed, as the fire Increased
in fury a Thousand fold and the flames
leaped half way across the street
Saved by the Fire Wall.
The heat was intense, and dozen
streams, together with the stream from
the water tower, were kept at work wetting
down the Glenny building. The heat and
water broke the windows, and although
the building was saved from destruction q
by the fire, the costly stocks OF the cloth
ing manufacturers was badly damaged by
water and smoke. North OF the Warner
building is the fine five story brick block
owned by Meyer Geismer and occupied by
Brock. Weiner a. Geismer clothing manu-
facturers. This building caught fire, but
BY bard work it was saved, although the
contents OF the building were greatly dam
aged by water and smoke. Next the win
dows In the stores occupied by Warner
Bros. a. Co. began TO break and huge
clouds Of smoke rolled therefrom. How
ever, the fire wall was formidable barrier
TO the flames, and by hard aud good work
this part Of the structure was saved from
the flames. At 10 p. IN. the fire was we'll
under control, and from that time on il
was slowly but surely quenched
Caught by Falling Walls.
At $50 o'clock when the fire was az its
change had partly fallen in, several of the
ioors bad given way, and ths eresaing QE-
safes and other heavy articles "a be
heard above the din raised by the gsa en-
gines and the crowd Shortly after,rar1 3
petition Of the upper front section cf Mar
Gus store fell to the pavement, a!.a the
aR%NA1ANin nAN AAACAhNn AtAi btlA a NOn8lu-
erable distance to escape the fugilade Of
bricks and flying beams. The dariss firas-
mep Immediately resumed work ia front
Of Zingsheim & Harris' store. Shortly
after II O'Clock, when al thong II fur
ther danger by 1re or falling volls had
apparently passed and the chief was dis
persing what men were not needed. the
firemen from Engine 4 were stationed in
front Of the Marcus building and several
streams were playing upon the ruins.
Chief Hornung and Assistant Chief
Murphy were standing just behind the
pipemen, directing the work Suddenly
the wall was seen 10 totter and before the
meR could move 70 escape the Gauger it
was upon them.
Fisher was taken out Of the ruins dead
and Snyder, OF the same company. was
taken out fatally injured Theodore NJ.
Krauss, George Whitner and Anthony
Kellar dragged themselves out. They were
taken to the hospital. where their wounds
were dressed. Snyder died shortly after
reaching the hospital. He was q years old
and leaves a widow and two children.