The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-28
prey roa THE FLAMES.


Terrible Migration ut Englcwood' mo
Pretty Chicago suburb. Entaiiing L"ss
OF eIOO.O two Human Lises Lost nm"
Many Families. khorn ~ All They Fos-
se.sed. Homeless
CHICAGO. Oct. l?.-Firc that broke
ont ut a., m. in Englewood, suburb
III this city. did damage 10 the extent
Of eiOO. 600 One woman was killed ny
jumping from third-story window In
n hotel. Bodies of some al the guests
are supposed 10 be still under the de-
Aris Those who escaped did SO in their
uight robes and had close call mt that
Strong winds carried the flames TO .
house block away. which so
alarmed the people living between
the two fires that about twenty
families moved out into the street a
dozen more are homeless and the chari-
~ Of the people has an opportunity OF
displaying itself. Firemen battled
manfully for hours TO confine the flames
within.a block. but could not prevent
damage To adjacent buildings from the
| intense heat.
The half Of the block south Of Sixty
third street, between Wright and
T, Honore. was made up for the most part
of frame buildings. Four brick struc-
lures only were in the row. Tho
corner at Sixty-third and llonorc was
| occupied by frame structure. Tho
next four were the brick ones and tho
rest Of the block had frame buildings.
1t now has nothing but ruins. four brick
walls being the only things left stand
a - hrinl< 1,v1ildin
was occupied by paint store. and II
was in this that the fire originated. 1t
is supposed to have been started by
spontaneous combustion OF the oil. At
any rate the oils furnished abundant
fuel and added fierceness to the fire.
Above the paint store and the next
building. occupying the second and
third stories. was the Hotel Kent II
had about thirty rooms. and no les
than twenty-five guests were there
There was an unusually strong wine
blowing. and the fire was famed 50
tierccly that the first warning the pco
pie in the house had were the snappin:
Of the glass in their windows. Their
was no time to save anything. Mel
dashed for the doors and womcl
| shriched
Miss Ada Butler, peed about 20 years
| daughter OF the proprietor Of the hotel
: occupied u room on the third hcoy
She was awakened by the dense smoke
She found the halls filed and turne
| toward the window In her night rob
) she leaned out and appealed for aid
, In the gray dawn she was most pitis
blc-looking sight. Firemen and police
men below shouted to her not TO junl
hut she either did not hear or she mi
q understood them. She threw herscl
headlong and fell on the pavemcn
!. Her head struck first, and she wa
!, picked up n corpse.
! The other people in the hotel wcI
down the stairways. but II is feared a
!, did not get out. All but two or thr'
!, had time to dress Nearly all we
1 more or less affected Ivy the heat, Oh
: mans full beard being burned to h
. face.
From. the hotel the flames commur
= Gated rapidly to each successive bull
ing along the street. They spread |
quickly that almost no furniture "
saved. Flames were reaching near
across the street and the firem'
j turned their attention to the OPPOSE
buildings. in which the heat had
!, ready broken all the glass. 1t look'
like the whole town was going, nj
about this time the sparks had lodg
in the roof Of building on Sixtv-s'
- ond street. That spread the aiar
=. and about twenty families living .
- tween the two fires moved into Z
=. street.
= Several engines and three trucks
:" still on the grounds. Trains were {
laycd until the fire was sufficiently =
y der control TO allow the frcmen time
= ret the hose under the tracks.
The insurance will not come M
y" where near covering the damage. i
brick buildings were insured. hut ma
~ Of the frame ones had no in surancc-
When the fire was under control
Il, body Of John Howard, baker.
:" found in the ruins OF Bloom and J
~ gers bakery. SO far as known tn
=" were only two fataIitiesand noonc y
injured.