Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-08
BURNED TO DEATH.


B,x Lives Lost by tho Destruction OF n
Hotel at bradford, Pm. A Score or
More Injured.
BRADFORD. Pa, April 8. Fire Satur-
day destroyed the Higgins hotel, the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh depot,
the higgins cigar factory and the gro
Gerry store and building of ). Leroy.
At least six persons were burned to
death and the list of the injured num-
bers between twenty and thirty The
bodies of Ave persons have already
been taken from the ruins and are
burned beyond recognition. Friday
night 125 persons went to sleep in the
building, and while it is known that
many had jumped from the second and
third story windows it was feared that
many others had perished in the flames-
The dead already taken from the ruins
are:
George Parlss, machinist, Buffalo Rochester
& Pittsburgh shops; f. Havelin, engineer,
Pennsylvania & Eastern railroad; Miss G.
Bond, Bradford; Tom Cullen, painter; child
OF Mrs II. Tucker; T.. Tucker.
Hal Rhodes, ankle sprained, James BrySer,
face, hands and feet badly cut; w. ID. Drys-
dale, of Johnsonburg, injured internally; j. ID.
Cady, jamestown, hurt about the head; II. j.
Campbell of Bellwood, Pa, arm broken and
hip dslocated; Harry Jones, cuts about the
head, face and hands; James Brisson,
carpenter, head cut; w. j. Holiday,
travelling salesman, ankle broken; Mrs.
Weaver, burned about the head and
arms, her baby is missing; JUDY Harmon,
glass blower cut about hands and head and in
jured internally; J. Cody, clerk badly burned
and Injured from jumping; w. j. Osborne,
Buffalo, injured, 1t is feared that his
back is broken, considered fatal Mrs.
Higgins, hurt internally and badly burned
j. w. Newmeyer leg brolSen Mrs.
Z. Tucker and baby, of Elmira, both
badly burned about hands and bodies; w. d.
Dryscoll, injured internally; Richard Higgins
hand broken and burned; Ted Burns, fireman,
badly hurt by falling wall; j. Pickard, night
clerk, leg broken, hurt internally: Cook Me-
Nabe, head and face cut Mike Collins, hand
and shoulder injured; w. ]. Hasted, injured in
yernally.
1t was after o'clock before the first
body was found. 1t was an unrecog-
nizable, charred mass of flesh. The
second was found soon after in a SINH
lar condition. The search continues as
this dispatch is being written, and it is
impossible to state at present how
many lives have been lost. 1t is feared
that some of those who jumped from
the hotel into the creek were drowned
The inmates of the Higgins building
were awakened from their sleep by a
man who rushed through the Railways,
kicking at the doors and calling fire.
The men and women rushed from their
rooms into the halls, which were al
ready filled with smoke and flame,
and the general cry was:
Jump from the windows and save
yourselves
Many did so, but the jump was bad
ono to risk. From the upper story it
was 80 feet on the west side, with a
plank roadway on which to land.
On the east side was the creek,
which made the jump 40 feet.
Several persons made the leap for
life into the stream and were res.
cued. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins escaped
from the burning building after they
were nearly suffocated by the smoke
Mrs. Higgins was badly injured anc
was carried to the Riddell house.
The Riddell house has been trans
formed into a temporary hospital. In
one room is Prof Neumeyer, of the
Jamisou orchestra. His left foot wa.
crushed and he is seriously hurt
internally. In another room j. w
Osborn lies, both legs broker
and his back injured. In another
apartment are two men hurt in
ternally and badly bruised abou
their heads Two women are il
another. burned about their faces
and hands. One of the women has los
her baby and her agony is pitiful
John Johnson, boy, was found wan
dering through the streets with =
year-old baby in his arms, its face
arms and hands burned and blistered
The cause of the fire is unknown, bu
it is supposed to have caught from
gas stove. The loss will reach $780, O0C