The record-union., 1891-04-13
excavation beneath. Mrs. Bessie Hig-
gins was fatally. injured, and several
others painfully hurt

excavation beneath. Mrs. Bessie Hig-
gins was fatally. injured, and several
others painfully hurt.
When the fire broke out Dr. J. z. Ber-
geron was attending Mrs. Sarah Macks
in flat in one of the buildings subse-
quently burned. When the fire got too
close, Bergeron seized the suffering wo-
man, and, wrapping her in some blan-
kets, descended three flights of stairs
with his burden, and carried her to a
place of refuge near by. In less than five
minutes a fine girl baby was born, amid
the crash of the falling walls and the
shouts of the firemen. Both mother and
child are doing well. DIR. Bergeron lost
valuable set of instruments and his
overcoat and hat, but tonight was happy
in having saved his patients.
The Episcopal Cathedral on the Wash
ington boulevard caught fire from flying
sparks, but the flames were extinguished
before any damage was done.
One of the exciting incidents was a
panic which seized the boarders at the
Haynarket Hotel. When the flames
leaped across the street about forty occu-
pants OF the hotel, including the servants,
made wild. rush for the back stairway.
1ne latter IS a narrow, winding affair.
| and became blocked. resulting in the mob
| being badly bruised and frightened be-
fore getting out. Charles Menger was
| asleep IN his room, and was suffocating,
withDne side of his face badly burned, !,
when he was found and carried out
It took forty-fye engines and three
| hundred firemen to bring the fire under
| subsection. Several times it seemed as if
the men would be compelled to abandon
the engines, so intense was the heat, but,
spurred on by their indefatigable super
iors, they managed to withstand it by
turning the hose upon themselves.
Tho HicolounI bzy
was heightened by the fact that all the
| time they knew at least 100 barrels Of oil,
yarnish, ETC., We're stored in the base
ment OF the Smyth establishment. likely
at any time to cause a terrific explosion.
They flooded the basement, keeping the
OIL barrels completely covered up.
THE LOSSES.
John M. Smyth's loss on stock and
building is fully $500, 900; Kohl IE Middle
ton, museum, SS5, 600; Neely Bros, boots
and shoes, $40, GOO; A. Kaenpfier, jewelry,
S45, 900; Alfred Peats, wall paper, $50, 700;
M.lrrmann, tobacconist, S25, 900; Hanna q
Hogg, liquors, $4,000. The miscellane-
GUS losses of other firms and the Hay
market Theater will bring the total up to
81, 100000. The insurance is light.
Smyth carried but S125, 900. Kohl E Mid
dleton and Irrmann had allowed theirs
to lapse, as they expected to move i'll a
couple of weeks. The insurance of the
other sufferers is light.
Francis Gamble, who was struck by
flying debris during the fire, died tonight
at the County Hospital.
FATAL FIRE AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, April IA fire broke out this
evening in the kitchen of the Paxton
Hotel, on the fourth floor, back of the
main building. While the firemen were
raising the ladders the wall fell out, bury
ing four of No. 2 Hose Company's men.
Martin Mulvihill was fatally injured, and
Captain Carter, Peter Mcguire and Thos.
Downs very seriously hurt.
The fire was soon gotten under control,
with damages of about $4,000. A panic
prevailed among the guests for awhile.
but all got out without serious accident.
This singular fatality lies in the fact
| that thirteen years ago four members OF
No. Hose Company were killed almost
on the same spot when the Grand Central
hotel burned.