The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-10
FATAL FIRES In LOUISVILLE.
Elne Persons Perish in Two Disastrous
COIGagratiOnS.
PITIABLE SCENES AMONG TEE VICTIMS.
Frantic Parents Pleading Tor the Rescue of
Their Doomed Daughters and Sons
Much Property Destroyed.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. "a disastrous fire
here last night destroyed the block OF build
ings on the north side OF Main street. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh In the early even
ing the store and stock Of the Boone Paper
/ Company was destroyed. entailing loss OF
sG5 600, and at 23j o'clock this morning an
explosion occurred in the adjoining building,
occupied by Bamberger, Streng Il Co. The
shsky walls crumbled, and another FIRE began,
which, IN comparison, made the other insig-
nihcant. by the time 1t was subdued the
stores Of Bamberger, Streng 6 Co.. Bliss.
heson a Co.. JOhRnbOeke 4 rOns and Miller,
voolfolk. Payne CO. were gutted. l. IS
S4tO,OgO. Two 1remen. Captain John Sweeney
ana n mas Moore. are missing and are sup
posed TO have perished
At O'Clock there remained but little doubt
that the tw hremen persisted at the first big
Ire early this morning. sam graves q fire.
man who escaped. said to 2 reporter that ust
g. he got out the wall ieil and turning. he saw
i0ur men crushed beneath IL. Two or three
other men also claim TO have seen the men
killed.
ANOTHER FAT4D TIEY.
Six lives were lost in n disastrous fire at the
candy-factury of MEME ~ Co., No. 5l7 west
Man street, this morning The horrors of
duplcated. A. he tomb OF fire in which the
I'VE young ladies and one man were burned TO
death Is a TOURIST ry building on the north
SIDE ot the street. The trm was getting
ready Or Christmas trade. and employed an
extra mum er of girls 10 wrap and pack con-
iectlons. They were all ut work on tie fourth
floor
The victims are Charles Kimmel, foreman.
thirty years, unmarried. Barbara Bell, Clara
hausch. Ida Barker, Anna Lockhart aud
Anna Dickey.
The injured are Lille Greenleaf. cut on
the head aud bruised about the body Tracy
hOlhans. face and hands burned and bruised
Kate McGaryey, severely, perhaps fatally, in
lured internally; George King bruised and
burned about the face and hands The
origin of the ire is unknown, but at O'Clock
there was an explosion OF tre-crackers, which
roared and cracked while almost countless
sky rockets and roman candles few Kissing
hither and thither into the air
FBUITLEss EFFORTS TO EscApr.
A moment later and sheet of flame burst
from the windows. Be ore the employees
knew o. their danger the skylights burst and |
the Danic-strlcken ran 10 the stairway Three |
OF them, LILY Greenwel, Tracy Holhans |
and Hattie McGaryey reached the third floor |
Just as the stairs leading to the fourth floor |
caught FIRE. Behind them came the five
other girls. but before they could reach the
bottom a wall of fre cut of their progress. |
end they fed back to the top, Where they |
were burned to death. Fifteen or twenty
brave men rushed into the building at
one time intending to try to rescue them.
lut the fierce heat drove them back. The
cries the imprisoned girls finally ceased
and the tlo0rt Luined one alter another, until
finally nothing was let of the building but
the tottering walls In the rear were a.
sembled the mother and fathers of some Of
the girls who were burned % de tn in ide and
their manifestations of -ref were pitiabie IN
the extreme. They implored tie hremen to
save their children, and they had great
tr uble in keeping some of the more frenzed
ones from rushing into the flames.
Later--Seven lives are known 10 have been
lost in this fire.