Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-03-16
IN ASHES.

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One of Boston's Most Valuable Business
Blocks Destroyed by Fire, Causing .
Property Loss Estimated at $500, 900
Death List. Will BE Much Larger-AJany
Persons Injured - Thrilling scenes Of
Rescue -PaDic-Stri Inmates Jump
from Six-Story Windows.
BOsTON, March 11.-One of the most
destructive fires in the history of Bos-
ton, next in magnitude to the famous
one of Thanksgiving day, 1883, and in
the same district, broke out shortly
after o'clock Friday afternoon, and
before it was placed under control,
three hours later, had burned over more
than a square, had reduced to ashes
several of the magnificent new build
ings recently completed on the terri
tory burned over three and half
years ago, had consumed property val
ued by conservative estimate at "a, $780,
300, had been attended by scenes of panic
and distress never before equaled in
the memory of citizens now living, and
had destroyed at least two, and per-
haps many. human lives, and mangled
or MANNED at least thirty persons,
some of whom will die of their injuries.
At 1925 o'clock the alarm was runp
in from box 50. 1t was soon followed
by a second and then a general alarm.
The flames broke out in the
toy department of Horace PART
ridge 4 Co., who occupied the fifth and
sixth floors of the seven-story building
corner of Essex and Lincoln streets,
owned by f. L. Ames. The cause is at
present unknown, but the start is de.
scribed by those nearest it as resem-
bling the bursting Of frecracker
The flames spread with incredible
rapidity, and in q very few moments
the entire interior of the building was
burning. There were many employees
of the Partridge company at work at
the time, and the other floors of the
building were sprinkled with human
beings.
The usual avenues of escape were at
once cut of and then began a scram-
BILE for life which sickened beholders.
The panic-stricken inmates fed to win.
dows and roof. Some escaped by
sliding down telegraph poles. 9TH
ers by leaping into blankets.
Several jumped to the pavement six
n eight stories, and were terribly
langled, and others-how many can.
- / now be told-fell back into the
caldron of flames or were overcome by
the dense black smoke, which suffocated
all who did not speedily escape.
The fire spread rapidly from build
ing to building, and despite the heroic
efforts of the entire fire systems of
Suffolk county it was not controlled
until the whole square bounded by
Essex street on the north, Lincoln on
the east and Kingston on the west had
been leveled; also one building north
of Essex street extending along Colun-
bia street, three more on the east side
of Lincoln street and one corner of the
United States hotel, south of TUFTS
street, which corner contained the
emergency hospital.
The assessed valuation of tho build
ings burned to the ground is in round
numbers $750,0OO. This sum does not
include any of the damage by water.
Among the losers are the following:
Woonsocket Rubber company, Barbour Bros,
thread, Amazenne Machine company, Conssli-
dated Last company, Merrck Thread company,
A. Packard & Co., r. M. Appleton, Hanover
Shoe company, w. c. Rogers, Lariat Mani
featuring company, Clahin, Larobe c.,
United States Rubber company, Redpa,h
Bros, $. B. Thing & Co., J.
A. Jaquith Rubber company, Tapl.y
Machine company, Horace Partridge g. CO,
Hathaway, Soule & Harrison, j. S. Fogg, M. \.
Packard Ewing Bros, Sanford Bros, j. 2.
Ryan. c. W. Spur, Cape Cod Glass company,
Sheures Bros, American Pie company, Otto
Kreisman, D. w. Rowland, Singer Manufactur-
ing company, Walter S. Barnes.
Following is the list of dead so far as
known:
Leonidas H. Redpath senior partner in the
firm OF Redpath Bros Manufacturing company,
died from multiple injuries at the city hospitals
Fred Meadowcraft, q years old, jumped from
the third story and fell on his head, died on the
way to the hospital
The injured so far as known number
about thirty.
William s. Rumrill, of Dean, Chase
G. Co says:
II first saw a man, with his hair literally
singed of his head, rushing up the street to
the nearest fire-alarm box. I sprung to
the door and saw a spectacle that ap.
palled me. A torrent of flame was literally
pouring out Of the windows in the center
The people inside were throwing books out OF
the window, and men and boys from the stores
were picking them up Very soon, up on the
parapet, way up above the street, saw four
men and one woman clinging to the stone work.
There was no such thing as getting ladder
up to them. owing to the network OF
wires. That il the worst corner for wires in
the city Of Boston; the whole street is full OF
them We watched the quartet as they chung
for a few minutes only, while the crowd in the
street stood in breathless silence. Then the
four, one after another, jumped OF. Down
they came, height Of fully SIX stories, and
struck soiidly on the frozen ground. It was
horrible You should have heard the groan
that went up from the throng in the street.
Every one Of the four was UNCONSCIOUS when
reached, and all must be terribly injured.
There could hardly be a whole bone in their
bodies. I saw two of them rushed by on q
shutter"
Francis Galloupe says:
II was going down Summer street just as the
fire started and saw sheet of flame shooting
out halfway across the street from the second
story OF the building in which the Woonsocket
Rubber company was located. One steamer
had but just arrived in front Of the building
and the hose was being stretched. saw men,
women and girls trying to get out of the upper
stories. They were excited. IshOuted to them:
Don't jump! The ladders will be here in a
minute But they were too frightened. One
man jumped from the second story and caught
a wire. He hung there till exhausted and
then dropped. could not see whether
the fall killed him or not saw
another man jump to the telegraph pole. He
slid down without injury. Several took horse
blankets and called to the frenZied crowds at
windows to drop and they would catch them.
A good many did this, and, though bruised the
blankets held by stout hands broke the other.
wise fatal force of their fall.
Won't Favor Former Appointees.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-SenatOrs
and representatives who called on
President Cleveland received confirma-
tory evidence that Mr. CLEVELAND does