The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-10
TWO FATAL FIRES.
An Epidemic of Fearful Disasters
at Louisville.
ELEVEN LIVES ARE 81 sAoRIFIoED.

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ELEVEN LIVES ARE SACRIFICED.
OF These Six Were Young Girls EN-
Dloyed in a Candy and Fireworks
Factory and Four werd Firemen.
A Number Receive Very Severe
Injuries.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 10.-A disastrous
fire visited this city, destroying the
block of buildings on the north side of
Main street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets. The store and stock of the
Boone Paper company were destroyed,
entailing a loss Of $65, 900. Afew hours
later an explosion occurred in the ad-
joining building, occupied ly Bambur-
ger, Strong & Co. The ahaky walls
crumbled, and another fire began which
in comparison made the fiji list insignid-
cant. By the time it was $ubdued the
stores of hamburger, Strong 81 Co.,
Bliss, Wilson 81 Co., Johanbpeke g. Sons
and Miller, Voolfolk, Payne a. Co. had
been gutted. The loss will not fall far
short of 100000 Four firemen per-
ished in the flames. Their names are:
William Davis, Thomas Mopre, Samuel
Baker and Tony Slack. They were all
in the fire service with No Hook and
Ladder company. Samuel Graves barely
escaped being caught under the wall.
lie said to reporter: "Just IA | got ont
the wall fell, and turning saw the four
men crushed beneath it. am positive
they were killed" Two or three other
men claim to have seen the men killed.
Seven More Meet Death.
The firemen were still at work on the
hamburger fire when another alarm
sounded. This was for a fire on the
next block, in the candy anil fireworks
factory of Menne q Co., 517 West Main
street. The horrors Of the previous
conflagrations were more than dupl-
Gated. The tomb of fire in which six
young girls and one young man were
burned to death is a four story building
on the north side of the atreet The
firm was getting ready for the Christ
mas trade, and employed an extra num-
Der Of girls to pack and wrap confec-
tions. They were all at work on the
fourth floor.
The origin of the fire ID unknown.
Soon after the fire started there was a
tremendous explosion from the second
floor. There was crash OF glass, and
thousands of fire crackers cracked, while
almost counties skyrockets and Roman
candles flew kissing across the street and
into the air. A moment later and a
sheet of flame burst from the windows.
Before the employees knew OF their dan
ger the skylights burst an the panic
stricken crowd ran TO the stairway.
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Three of fthem-Lillie Greenleaf, Trecy
Hohlhans and Kate McGarye
the third floor just as the stairs leading
to the fourth floor caught fire. Behind
them came six other girls, but before
they could reach tho bottom q wall OF
fire cnt off their progress and they fled
back to the top, where they were burned
to death.
Fifteen or twenty brave men rushed
into the building at one time, intending
to rescue them, but the fierce heat drove
them back. The cries of the imprisoned
girls finally ceased, and tie floors fell
one after another, until finally nothing
was left of the building but the tottel.
ing walls.
In the rear were assembled the mother
and fathers of the girls who we're burne,
to death inside, and their manifestation
of grief We're pitiable in the extreme
They implored the flremen to save thei.
children, and they had great trouble il
keeping some of the more fr4nzied one
from rushing into the flames.
The names of the victims are: Charlie,
Kimmel, foreman on fourth floor, am.
son of one of the members of the firm
Lou Kern, Barbara Bell. Clhra Rausch.
Ida Parker, Anna Lockhart and Amanda
Dickey.
Those injured were: Lille Greenleaf.
cut on side of head and bruised abon,
body; Trecy Hohlhans, face and hand,
burned and bruised; Kate McGaryey
severely and perhaps fatally injured iii
ternally: George King, bruised ana
burned about face and hands
Fire Fighters Iniu rcd.
Major Hughes, chief of the fire de-
partment, was badly hurt at Eighth and
Main streets while going to the fire. He
was driving rapidly and was run into by
the salvage corps wagon. His buggy
was turned over and he was hurled into
the street, badly ininring hi: head. The
conclusion of the brain nj " result ia
tally. Going to the fire the No. 10 en-
gine ran into the pavement at Twelfth
and Broadway, throwing tf Engineer
james Nuttall, hurting hiB back and
probably Gripping him for life He ewas
taken to his home. Pat Shea, member
of the No. | Hook and Ladder company.
was at work ON the building occupied by
Frank A. Mem d Co., and started to
fall, but grabbed at the BROKEN slSylight,
He saved himself from probably a fatal
plunge, but nearly severed h Is hand from!
his arm at the wrist.