San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-15
A HORRIBLE FATE.
G. G. SNYDER SAID TO HAVE
BURNED TO DEATH,
He Was Seen in the House just Be-
fore the Fire for the Last
Time-A Neighbor Claims
to Have Seen Him Fail.

San ANTONIO nre record winch is I'LL
to overlooking, was heightened
last night by the addition of two
more fires. If reports be true this
last is the most horrible of any yet re-
burned.
The houses stood at the corner of Pinto
and West Commerce streets on Prospect
Hill, and were owned by Mrs. l.. III. Moss.
The damage done amounts to
about 5000, not half insured.
The house which caught first
$1,000; insurance $1,000 The smaller
house, which was not all burned, was
valued at 81 200. and insured at $780, The
insurance money on the latter the Nowner
will probably not get as her vacancy per-
nit expired few days ago and she failed
the fire until this morning she saw
it in a newspaper. The smaller
house she had just had repaired, to the
extent of about $3.50 worth
The fire department was slow to re-
spond to the a. arm, which was turned in
at box 90, at the corner of Medina and
West Commerce streets. The water sup
ply was also very poor. Citizens living
on the hill intend petitioning the city
council for a. fire alarm box and other
protection. This is the first fire ever wit
messed there and excitement is intense.
About seven days ago the house, where
the fire originated, was rented to Mr.. c.
c. Snyder, by Rucker Hartwell & Co.,
and that gentleman had been moving fur
niture into the house preparatory to the
arrival of his family from Chicago. Tile
is member of the firm of Snyder and
BrotherspacKers and provision merchants
of Chicago.)
in the house up to eleven o'clock and
as Mr.. Snyder has not vet
been seen and has been sleeping
in the house for the past week it is sup
posed that he was the man and that he
met his death in the flames.
Several persons have been heard to say
that they saw Snyder in the house during
the fire. The most trustworthy state
ment given was that of Mr.. Bonny who
lives three doors east of the doomed
house. His statement was somewhat as
follows: | was awakened by my
wife who heard some one calling. Getting
up hurriedly dressed and went ont. The
first thing that met my eyes was the
burning house. / ran towards II and
when nearing the place was Mortified by
seeing man stagger about i'm the flames,
throw his hands up and fall forward.
At first l could not believe my senses"
Mr.! Bonny also said that the fire was COM
ing from the direction in which the man
fell or plunged, and that he could not
have escaped by that Way.
The reports as to the man being burned
were discredited by the firemen and after
the flames were extinguished careless
search was made by some, and hook.was
taken from the truck and used In grovel-
ing about the debris.
The fire broke out at about 1915 a. M,
by a. m. not a person remained on the
scene.
This morning another search was in
stalled, but nothing was found to Indicate
that body had been burned, but as the
chimney fell during the night the body
may have been buried under the brick.
The following is all that is known OF
the supposed dead man: Mr.. c. G. Snyder
came to this city on the Goth of Febru-
airy, and stopped at the Mahncke hotel,
where he stayed until the 9th inst, when
he commenced to sleep in the house
which was burned. AT about this time
he rented the place and commenced to
furnish IT, He told Mr.. Hartwell that
he expected his family down from Chicago
in about week, and that he wanted 10
get house for friend who was also
coming.
Yesterday at about noon he called at
Mr.. Hartwell's office and had quite chat
with him telling him considerable about
what his intentions for the future were.
He was we'll liked by all who knew him
and seems to be highly cultivated.
Mr.. Hartwell said he hoped that the re-
port was untrue anu lnOuRnG Tue Udn
would show up shortly. He could not be
convinced that the reports were true.
IL seems very improbable that man
with his reason should be burned in a
one-story house, especially in one with SO
many windows.
He may have been overpowered by the
Suffocating smoke or had he been troubled
with heart disease the fright might have
killed him.
Tie place will be well search ed today.
LATER, 2:30 =. NJ.
just as the LIGHT was closing its last
forms Mr.. C. G Snyder called at the
office looking very lively corpse,
so the hunt for the supposed
charred remains has been abandoned.
He left the house at about 1890 p. m.
last night, and did not know thatiJ was
his place that burned until this morning.
He spent the night in the city. He does
not know the origin of the fire.