Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-12-24
FALLING WALLS.
They Crush Out the Lives OF Throe Fire.
men In Albany. N. VA Life Lost at n
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They Crush Out the Lives OF Thrce EIrc-
men In Albany. N. VA Life Lost at n
st. Louis Firo.
ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 20.-Human life
proved to be the cost of extinguishing
the confagration in tho Fort Orange
mill which broke out atnoon Monday.
Shortly after q p. nj, the men of steam
er company No. I, who we're working
inside of the ruins, were ordered home
by the chief. As they proceeded to get
out the east wall, which was standing
60 feet high, toppled over without
moments warning, the upper half
falling inward and the lower half out
ward. Seven men were buried under
8 feet of debris. Willing hands We're
soon ut work to eXtricatc the unfortu-
nate men. James Shattuck, Jr, Ber-
nard Banner, Fred Banner and John
Whitnell were the first rescued.
OF these only Bernard Banner
was completely buried aud but
for the quick work ut rescue would
have perished Wnitnell and Bernard
Banner were seriously injured and
were taken to the hospital in the am
bulance. The physician said Bernard
Banner would likely die, but
thought Whitnell would pull through
all right Shattuck and Fred Banner
were not badly hurt The fire.
men continued working on the ruins
and in a few minutes came upon the
dead bodies of Fireman Charles L.
Marshall, foreman of steamer No. 4,
and John Bridgeford. The body of
Fred Amthor was recovered at $3.50 p.
IN. and was found to be badly crushed
He was unmarried.
About 1880 o'clock Monday after
noon there was terrific explosion in
the elevator shaft of the Fort Orange
Milling Company's building, facing on
the river front and backing on the Erie
canal basin. The sparks set fire to the
dry grain and -four. In an instant the
flames had rushed up the elevator
shafts, and before an alarm was sent
in the entire structure was one mass of
flames.
When the fircmcn got to work it was
seen that the building itself, n struc-
| ture five stories high and 100 feet in
width, was doomed Their efforts were
| then directed to saving canal boats
and steam tugs laid up in the basin.
| ST.. LOUIS, Dec 20.-A fire originat-
| ing in the Udell Woodonware Com
pany's building Monday evening about
6:45 o'clock destroyed the prop
erty situated in the territory
bounded by Washington. Locust.
| Third and Fourth streets Sue
cessive alarms called out practically
the entire fire department, which for a
time seemed unable to cope with the
flames. After Il struggle lasting until
nearly IL o'clock, however, the flames
were got under control with n loss ag-
gregating $3.50, 900, which is practically
covered by insurance divided in small,
amounts among a large number OF
| companies. The individual losses are:
Udel Woodenware Company, stock, $780,
| 900; buildings owned by the Collier estate, :T5,-
| o00: Tyler Desk Company, sjo0o: Pacific ES-
| press Company, 5000 TrochlCch, Dunkar s
| Renard, carpets, etc. 10000 (mosuy by water);
| building owned by the Collier estate, $4,000;
! Saccaret Furniture Company, $4,000; building
| owned by Gerard Balen estate, sl0,0o0 Mis-
| souri, Glass Company, $1,000; other minor losses
by water and scorching will bring the amount
| up to the total of $4,000.
1t is practically settled that one man
lost his life in the fire, but who he was
is not known, as every one whose
name has been connected with the
fatality has been found alive and we'll.