Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-10
mANY BURNED TO pKATH.

| Two Disastrous Fires in Leuisvine- l Firemen Crushed by Falling wans- The Escape of Factory Girls Cat on.
 LOUISVILLE, Dec. 9.-Two fatal fires in the same locality followed each other in quick succession last night and this morn ing. The first fire broke out last night in the Boone Paper company's building and spread to those of Bamberger, Strong & Go. and Johanoocke & Sons. The Boone Paper company's building and stock were entirely burned. The loss on stock is $50, 900; insurance $4S,0 900.
 Later information shows that number of fremen, all hook and ladder men, were caught under the falling wall of Bamber- ger, Strong & Co.'s building. Fire Chief Hughes and Chief Weatherford were in- jured. Four dead fremen lay under the walls and four other were badly hurt. The dead firemen are William Moore, William Davis, Samuel Baker and Tony Schlicht. At s o'clock another fatal fire was burn ing in F. A. Mem & Co.'S wholesale candy and fancy-grocery house, @ square above the Boone Paper company's building, The origin of the fire is 6 mystery. Forty girls were at work wrapping candy on the fourth floor and all were not able to es- cape. The fire was out at II o'clock, and the work of taking out the bodies began. The bodies of six girl have already been taken out, burned beyond identification. of the firm, is supposed to have been burned to death.
 The fire cut of escape by the stairway leading to the fourth floor where the girls were at work. Many jumped from the windows.
 The fire originating in the Boone Paper connpany's building was supposed to be fully extinguished a little after eight o'clock last night, and later all the engines were withdrawn. The lsddermen were the only men left. They were watching the adjacent buildings. The four men killed were the Bamberg, Strong, & Co. building at twenty minutes before three o'clock this morning. McEvoy and Duff were in the adjoining buildings of Bliss, Wilson & Go. A terrific explosion was heard, when McEvoy and Duff rushed out They escaped unhurt. McEvoy says the explosion came from the building of Bam- berger, Strong & Co. The four men were caught by the crashing walls and timbers, and has never since been seen.
 With its forces weakened and demoral- ized by the accident of the early morning the fire department was called to the third disaster at the candy factory. To add to the casualties and confusion Major Hughes, chief of the fire department, was so badly hurt in an accident early this morning that he may not recover. He and Henry Weatherford, the chiefs assistant, started up Market street to what seemed a big fire They happened to get on the wrong side of the street, as Major Hughes himself states. The salvage corps wagon ran into their buggy as tkey were rapidly driving up the north side of the street and almost over them. The buggy was smashed and the horses trampled on both Chief Hughes and Weatherford.
 LATER-Gangs of Workmen are still searching for the bodies of the missing. It is in the Boone Paper company's build ing that the missing fremen are now be- lieved to be. Tonight the bodies of Charles Kemmel, the partner in the firm, was reached at the candy factory and later two bodies supposed to be those of Clara Rouch and William Hulsemier. This leaves three more supposed to be in the ruins at that point. The dead recovered at Meme & Co. are Lulu Kerr, Carrie Luck hardt, Barbara Bell, Amanda Dickey, Will liam Hulsemier, Charles Kimmel, Clara Rouch. Those missing and certainly dead at the Boone Paper company building are Tom Moore. Sam Baker, Will Davis, Tony Schlick, all firemen; at Menne & Co.'s, Ids Bell Parker, James Huneweiler and Thom- as Bachelder. The injured are Katie Nc Garvey. Theresa Holthaus, Edward Ininger, Lillie Greenwsld, Major Hughes, James Nutall, Patrick Sheehy, Allan Grimes and Henry Weatherford.
 The total loss is now set at S550, ,000. Insurance S450,00