Evening journal., 1891-12-10
DEATHS RICH HARVEST,
Fifteen Lives Lost by Fire in
Louisville.
TEN GIRLS ROASTED IN THE RUINS.

There We're Three Fatal coaaagratione
sn One Day in Abe clty--maay Fireneu
Killed or BADLY Crippled by Falli~s
w&lIs-ThrilIing Leaps for Life.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. f0.-Three fires that
came but few hours apart last Wednesday
resulted in fifteen deaths and the injury OF
many more. Here is list of the killed and
injured. Samuel Baker. ladderman; Bar
bara Bell, Thomas Bucl1holder, VIM. Davis,
ladderman; Amanda Diclzey, William Huls-
meier, Charles Kimmell, foreman Lulu
Kern. Carrie Lockhart, Thomas Moore, Ind
derman. james Mundweiler. Ida Bel
Parker. Clara Rausch, Tony Schhcht, lad
dernan, and Mary Welsh.
Twelve Were Seriously injured.
The injured are: Daniel Adds, assistant
chief. cut and bruised by falling wall; Lille
Greenwald; cut on head and bruised about
body, Anen Grimes; bruises and internal in
iuries: Theresa Holthaus; face and hands
burned and bruised. Edward Hughes, fire
chief; conclusion Of skull; George King
bruised and burned about face and hands;
Edward Minger, badly bruised Kate Nc
Garvey leg broken and perhaps fatally in
jured internally; James Nuttall, engineer;
internal injuries and spine wrenched, VIII
liam Roggis captain, heg broken; Patrick
Shea, fireman; hand nearly cut OF; Henry
weatherford, assistant chief left hand
broken.
Ten persen@ met Death.
The first fire came at 7p. IN. and destroyed
the house and stock OF the Boone Paper
company The flames spread 10 tle adioin-
ing building Of Bliss Wilson & Co, Johan-
boeke d Co. and the Weller, Voolfolk ~
Payne company At 5 o'clock 5i7 West
Afain street, the building Of Frank Menne
& Co, caught fire, il n supposed from the
explosion Of fireworks, and ten people pos
shly met their death While the firemen
were raixing away the ruins Of the Boone
Paper company there came the sound OF
terrible explosion in the building on the east
OF them That was the Bamberger Strong
A. Co building, four stories high.
Before the fire could be extinguished the
wholesale boot and shoe house Of Bamberger,
Strong & Co. Bliss, Wilson & Co, gents
furnishings and notions; Weller Voolfolk
g. Payne. boots and shoes and JohanboeSe,
hats had been consumed. A number Of
people We're sleeping in the upper rooms Of
the buildings but al escaped.
-Four Firenen Killed.
A number Of hook aud ladder men were
caught under falling wall Of Bambergar
Strong q Co S building. Fire Chief Hughes
and Captain Weatherf0rd were injured
-Four dead flremen lay under the walls and
four others are badly hart. To add to the
caaualties and the confusion Major Hughes
chief Of the FIRE department, was 50 badly
hurt ia an accident early in the morning that
he may not recover He and Henry Weather
ford, the chiefs assistant, started up Market
street to what seemed big fire. They hap
pened 70 get on the wrong side Of the street,
as Major Hughes himself states.
The salvage corps wagon ran into their
buggy and almost literally ran over them.
The buggy was smashed and the horses
trampied on both Chief Hughes and Wealth
erford
No Is engine ran into the pavement at
Twelfth and Broadway, throwing Off Engi-
neer Jim Nuttali, hurting his back and
probably crippling him for life, He was
taken to his home Pat Shea, member Of
the No. / Hook and Ladder company, was
at work on the building occupied BY Frank
A. Menne & Co, He started 20 fall, but
grabbed at the broken shylight. He saved
himself from probably fatal plunge but
nearly severed bis hand from his arm at tht
wrist.
Forty Girls In Peril.
How the fire in r A. Menne & CO. build
ing started is a mystery. Forty girls wer
at work wrapping candy on the fourth foo
and all were not able to escape At 1
o'clock the work of taking out the bodie
began The bodies Of six girls have alread,
been taken out, burned beyond identified
tion. G. r. Meme, brother Of the senio
member Of the firm, is supposed to hav
been burned 70 death The fire cut off es
cape by the stairway leading to the fourtl
floor where the girls were at work Man
jumped from the windows 20 a second stor
projection and escaped with broken limb
and bruised bodies Others got out unhurl
OfFhe forty girls, two escaped at the cos
Of eiheyous wounds. They were There's
Holthaus and Lizzie McGarvey One q
them has a broken leg and the extent Of th
injuries Of the other could not be learned.
The bodies Of the girls were removed d
soon as possible 70 the nearest undertaken
establishment Three Of those identife
are Amelia Dickey Mary Welsh and Ba
hara Bell Two not identified are suppose