Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-10-27
FAFAL FLAMES.

FATAL FLAMES.
They Cause tho Death 81 Two Persons at
Englewood, I'LL, Besides Destroying
Property Worth 100000.
CHICAGO, Oct. l0.-Twenty, buildings
burned to the ground, involving loss
of 500, 900, and two human lives crushed
out were the appalling results of a.fire
flames broke out at 4:3o O'clock a. m. in
Blum & Jaeger's bakery, GIT Sixty-thiri
street, and ragged for nearly three hours.
/ For a time it seemed as if the gallant
eHnrts of the fremen.sto confne the
coGA grafton within lsthe block IN
twhf9h itsstarted would be futile,
and fhe entire business portion Of the
little city was threatened with de-
struction. After two hours. of hard
and desperate fighting, however, the
fremen succeeded in mastering the fire
fend, and by 8 o'clock the flames were
well under control.
Sofa as known but two lives were
lost. They are:
Mrs Ada Butler, Hotel Kent, Sixty third and
Honore streets, killed by jumping from o third
story window. Body bruised and mangled;
! taken to the county morgue
John Howard, baker, Sixty -third and Wright
streets. burned IN Blum & Jaeger's bakery;
body taken to Hornig' rlorgue
Nobody seems to know just how the
fire started. When the alarm was first
given the frame structure in which the
bakery was situated was mass OF
flames, and when the engines.
under command Of Marshal Murphy,
reached the spot the people
were pouring out of the adioin.
ing buildings, dazed and half-clad.
The dodgers in the Hotel Kent,
a three-story brick structure at the
corner Of Honore and Sixty-third
streets, however, did not at frs,
seem to be worried at the rapid
approach of the fire, but when
they did awaken to the full realization
of their danger they lost all reason.
With plenty of opportunity to escape
they rushed to the Honore street side
| of the hotel and, breaking the win
dows, stood panic-stricken, shrieking
for assistance.
When the patrol wagon reached the
SSCAS VIC OlASClS saw SLU OuCC UudV Uuc
occupants of the hotel could be easily
rescued, and shouted to them to remain
where they Were. All obeyed and were
saved except Mrs. Ada Butler, who lost
her mead and jumped, being killed by
the fall She elm bed over the railing
of the porch at the third story and
prepared to leap. Mattresses had been
spread on the sidewalk to break the
fall of any who might jump, but they
proved useless in this case. Mrs. Butler
turned her>back to the crowd, and just
as the fire had reached the porch above
ner head she released her hold
and shot below. AS she went down
her feet struck the railing of the porch
|Ssof the second story. The jar threw
her far out. Her, body turned slowly
and she fell on her head. When an
officer reached her side she was dead.
The whole affair occupied but few
moments time, but in that time the
fire had gained great Roadway. Start
ing in the rear of Blum & Jaegers. it
had communicated to the frame sheds
in the rear and went along the line in
both directions, until twenty buildings
had been destroyed. The heat was SO
intense that it warped the iron on the
street car tracks, and set fire to the
hose on the street.
It was fully 9 o'clock when the fire.
men began a search for those absent,
and who were supposed to be in the
ruins. The fact that nobody about the
burning block or in the baker shop of
Blum & Jaeger had given any alarm
caused the firemen to turn their
attention to that place. Huge streams
Of water were turned into the place
and some time later body was found.
The unfortunate man had been literally
roasted to death and could not at first
be recognized. That be was an en-
ploye in the baker shop was certain.
The body was placed in the wagon and
taken to the morgue, whereit was aft.
crwards identified as that of John
Howard, baker, employed by Blum
& Jaeger.