Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-18
Liggatt & Myers Tobacco Factory
Burned.
ELEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IN NEW YORK
A British Bark Ashore on Deal
Beach.
CHILEAN DISS ENSIoNS.
MUCH TOBACCO BURNED.
Four Floors of iIgg-tt a Myer'. FACTORY IN
st. Louis Quilted by FIr..

ST. Louis Quilted by ftre.
ST. LouIs. March ls.-At SIS this morning
fire started in the upper floor Of the Liggett a
Myer tobacco factory, aud. IN quick succession,
one, two and three alarms were sounded followed
by general alarm. which brought nearly every
FIRE engine in the city 10 the scene The fac
tory is seven stories an height and occupies
the square bounded by 18th. ST Charles and 18th
streets. At the time the blaze was discovered
the factory WIS filled with about ,.O0 employees.
including many women and young girls. The
building was well equipped with fire escapes
and staIrways. and these were soon swarming
with an excited mass OF humanity
The male employees showed remarkable COOL
ness and rendered Invaluable assistance 20 the
women ia descending the fire escapes. stair
ways and hastily improvised ladders. some Of
the women were overcome with fear and
tainted. while many others we're blinded
by the heavy smoke which quickly
hlled the upper floors of the inn
mense building. These were picked mp by
their male companions and firemen and carried
down the long sialrwsys 90 places OF safety. 10
was at first reported that a number of the em-
ployes had been oyorpowered by smoke and
were being lnclnerated IN the burning build
ing Happily tins rumor proved untrue and
the hremen state that no lives we're lost. and.
with the exception Of slight bruises, no one was
injured.
Owing to the highly imf.ammable character
OF the material which II fed upon the fire
spread WI IN great rspldity. and. in less than
fifteen minutA, the entire seventh story Was q
mass of seething flames which were famed by
brisk wind across an alley and threatened TO
destroy the large tobacco storage ware house
adjoining. which contained thousands Of tons
OF prepared tobacco.
Despite the hard work Of the fire brigade the
fames worked down through the seventh,
sixth, fifth and fourth floors of the building
anu although nearly ffty huge streams Of
water we're being poured into the blazing struc-
| ture II seemed Tor a time that the factory was
doomed 10 destruction. The fremen
were retarded an their work by
The dense volumes of pungent smoke
and intensed heat caused by the satur-
ated tobacco. After two hours hard work the
| hremen succeeded IN gaining control of the
| blaze and II Is now believed the flames viii be
| confined TO the four upper floors. The loss
cannot be given yet, but it is believed Il ~
| fully reach S2O0.O0O. The fire is said 20 have
| started IN the curing room on the top hoof
OF the building and WAS probably caused by
| spontaneous combustion.
| FATAL FIRE IN LONDON.
LONDON. March 1s-Four lives we're lost last
| night in a fire at Fulham- A butcher shop in
building also occupied as a dwelling. took fire.
The flames spread rapidly. and the Inmates,
suddenly aroused, attempted to escape
| Two OF them, shut an all sides by
the flames. were burned with the build
ing. Emma Weston made her escape an safety.
! suddenly she remembered that her baby sister
was still in the house. Thoughtless of her own
| hie she ran back inso the burning house and
! tired 10 save the little one. The flames burned
| Emma 50 badly that she has since died IN the
/ hospital. The baby also pcrlslea.