The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-05

iHe HoSG SERIOUS nro which has
visited Roanoke broke out at 2:3O this
morning in the Brunswick Hotel The
first intimation Of the fire to tho out
side public was loud report and huge
volume Of flame rolling up the central
lighting shaft over the barroom. From
The TINES building it looked like
volcano.
John S. Eagan, one of THE TINES
compositors, rushed to the telephone
and rung for the Vigilants. but ut the
same moment the alarm struck at the
Vigilants' engine house, and in a
minute the hose wagon OF tho Vigil
lants and Juniors were tearing toward
the flames.
The building burned like finder box,
and all the water in the reservoir
couldn't have stopped it. Barrels and
cases OF liquors exploded in the intense
heat, and dense volumes of smoke
poured out of the upper windows OF the
building Immediately to tho west.
Here most appalling sight was pre-
sented. In the third story window hung
three human beings, q middle, aged man
hurriedly dressed. woman and o beau
tiful girl of some twenty years. They
were both cool and brave. Where we're
the ladders? Where was the Wanted
aerial truck? Slow, fearfully slow in
coming, and when the latter came the
electric light wires at the sidewalk and
the trolley hung over the middle of the
street. Up went the truck right into
the trolley, and then fireman ran up
like cat and bravely cut the trolley.
Engineer Updyke, at the electric light
station, had already cut off the current
as soon as he had located tho fire.
The aerial truck was not in time, nor
was another ladder hastily run up the
front OF the building, for with a terrible
blast IL hot sheet of flame broke tn OUCH
the windows of tho building and the
poor unfortunates were forced to iump
First came the man. He spranr
straight for the mass of electric light
wires, struck them, clutched conyul-
sively, missed his hold, turned com
pleto somersault i'll air and landed
heavily on his back.
Then the girl. She fell on her side
Willing hands lifted tho poor sufferers
and boro the father and daughter TO
Johnson's barber shop in tho former
TIMES building whore stimulants were
given and surgeons immediately sum.
moned. The mother was taken to Dr.
Frye's Office on Salem avenue.
The family OF j. w. Clinedinst lived
IN the upper floor of the building to the
west. They were:
JOIN w. CIINEDINsr,
MRS. M. j. CLINEDINsr, his wife.
A. b. CILNEDINsT. his son.
MARY Is. CLINEDINST, his sons wife
and girl child of eleven months.
ARCHIE ET0ILE CLINEDINsr, daughter
of John w. Clinedinst.
The father is a carriage worker VINO
came here from Woodstock, Va, only a
week ago. The son is printer, and
has worked on THE TINES and in other
Offices in tho city. He has been here
about four weeks. His wife is tho
daughter of Maurice 100.
A. b. Clinedinst gives the clearest
story of the fire:
"We we're awakened by my father
coming in and telling us the house was
full of smoke. l arose, dressed hur
riedly and ran down the bask stairs
with the baby. l asked several by.
ISLANDERS to hold it but no one volun.
teered. | went half block and gave
1t to Officer Gee and ran back after nv
wife. She had fallen down the stairs.
! picked her up and brought her to THE
TINES building"
DR.. Staples came hastily and rem
dered aid to Mrs. Clinedist, aud two of
her sisters, daughters of Maurice Joo,
aided in comforting her. Her injuries
are slight. Sho was then taken to the
Home for the Sick
Officer Tinsley and two men took the
mother around to Dr.. Frye's Office.
Stimulants were administered, and it
was found that She had not only been
badly bruised but her left log was
broken. Drs. Gale and Harris IN can
in, but in spite of all efforts the poor
woman expired at ) O'clock She was
conscious almost to the last Collapse
from the shock was the Immediate
cause Of death
DR.. Tenny attended the father and
daughter, who were in Johnson's barber
shop and as soon as examined they
we're carried to the Homo for the Sick,
tina father in the Junior hose wagon,