Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-27
Fire Causes Serious Damage in Sew.
eral Places.
ice AN INCH THICK ON THE FIREMEN.
Minister Reid Denies Reported
Commercial Negotiations.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FIREMEN CAsEp IN ICE.
The Weather Was Severe at the Burning .
an Albany Church

The Weather Was Severe at the Burning -
an Albany Church.
ALRANV. NY. Jan. 27.-Fi-o was discovered
at AIS O'Clock th:s morning in the French
Church Of Assumption on Hamilton street and
IN ten minutes tie entire structure. which Was
a frame one. was wrapped in flames.
The priest in charge, Father Laviene,
rushed in to save the sacrament, but he
had 70 turn ana fee for his life. In half
an hour nothing but bare. blackcned posts re-
manned. Tie flames spread TO the nastor's
house on the west and q "a fOur-story brick and
tnre' ;wO-s;ury frame houses on the east The
entire IRE department was called out. and for
al least i've hours thore was a hard fcht for
supremacy. the iiromcn gradually getting the
better -: the lire.
iEo pastors hoIse was tho-ouchly wrecked,
and thC frame dwellings. CcCupiod bv nine coll
o1cG iannles. were entirely destroyed The
entire !0ss d abou. $4,000. The church was
Va. ned - $1,000 and Was insured for $4,000.
Inc thermometer registered below zero
ana h.Eh wind was blowing. The firemen
sNhcg,d intensely with the cold. some OF them
being literally ,ucased with ice an inch thick
ana which had g be broken by their comrades
50 mat they could walk.
RAILROAD SHOPS BURNED.
MFEIDIsS, Mss, Jan. 27.-The Queen and
Crescent shops at this place burned a; q O'Clock
Na-'A''N- h-e0Ns ADNsNNN- AAlN buO men
are thrown out Of epr 10, meut Everything
Was o,stroycd except lie round house aud tho
master mechanic oAce. origin OF the fire 10
unknown.
ROASTED TO DEATH IL Farm HousE
hENnALLylLLE, lND., Jan. 27.-The farm
hoase OF George Myers near here. was burned
yesterday, and Marion Myers. eighteen wears
Old. and brother Of Mrs Myers named Owens
were roasted 10 death. The other members OF
the family. consisting OF seven persons, barely
escaped with thcIr lives.
CAME NEAR BEING A HOLOCAUST.
PrTTsnURG, Pa, Jan. PA fire in a row OF
tenement houses on East Ohio street AIe-
6heny, last night narrowly escaped resulting
in an awful holocaust As it was one bow WAS
burned 10 death and two of tine houses were
completely destroyed. Near Spring Garden
avenue There Is a row % six thrue-siory frame
tencments. owned by Christian Eorrick and
occupied by twenty families, mostly Hun
Gariaus.
About l0:30 O'Clock last night flames were
seen issuing from the bakery OF Leopold Zoch,
situated on tho first loor of one of the houses
An alarm was sounded. bat before the depart
nleLt arrived the flames had spread 20 Mrs
NCoran snolion store. al Join inG and were creep
ms toward the upper Guor, Nearly all Of the
occupants had retired Tor the night. but they
were awakened and grand rush tor the street
followed
Many Of the women and children were cut
on by The flames and were taken from the win
doHs by the trcmcn. They we're forced to
leave their rooms IN their night clothes and
great suffering was experienced from the IN
tcnse cola. Finally ali the occuuauts. as it
was believed were rescued, hut THIS morning
the body Of yoUug Mosch was found In tie
rains lie was an orphan and il the excite
mcnt was forgotten.
lEe fire was cXtingushed about midnight
after tw- OF tire houses lad been gutted. The
Others were not badly damaged and the half
clothed and freezing occupants returned for
tie nlSht. Tne families who were burned out
were cared for by the neIghbors and this
morning were comfortably clothed by doua-
uOns from the more fortunate ones. The
cause Of the fire is not known. The loss wall
not exceed 5000
OTHER FIRES.
CHICAGO, Jan. "a lire in ID. W. Hvan's
coope-age factory, 10 TO q Coventry street,
last evening. did about $4,000 damage to
stock and building. The drying Kiln con-
heads. winch made good material for a
fierce blaze. The greater part Of these were
consumed. From the drying room the Gumes
made their way to :he portion Of the building
IN which the machinery was stationed. Two
hours o. hard fighting were required to eK-
tinguish 1t.
PHIL.DELpHIA, Jan. 27.-Fire early this
morning damaged the Mt. Vernon public
school building to amount OF $4,000. meet
ing OF the school board had been held a few
hoars previous and fire is believed to have
been Caused by cigar stumps thrown on the
iloor.