New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-16
BCRIED UNDER FALLING WALLS.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED
AT A FIRE IN CHICAGO.

| AT A FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago. March ia few minutes after O'Clock
this morning fire started in stephen Carriers picture
! frame factory, at Nos Ia and 1876 May-st. The
building a brick structure. $50 BY l25 feet. and
| five stories In height. \ short time after the fire
started the top OF the south wall fell OF the roof OF
stephen Carriers ouse. at No. 100 May St. adjoining
the factory. The bniding COLLAPSED, burying five
people. The dead s. J. Charter. uncle Of stephen
| Carter. and Lille Charter. twelve years old.
The injured are Mis-. kennc Charter, wife of S.
J. Charter; Rose Charter. ten years old : stephen
Carter, leg b. oxen and internally injured J. H. Cook
engine driver, crushed by falling wall and badly
| bruised but not fatally Patrick OCOnnor, ppcman,
crushed under falling wall and bruised about head and
| lower limbs.
The floors and inside walls weakened by the
burning away of their frame supports. part Of the
| roof fell first, hut frcmen NJ work the
| fifth floor. having previously been ordered down.
Crashing down. II carried with II great sections
ioolng thus weakening the jUsts that supported the
sonth wall. This began 10 totcr and soon the top
| fell. The mass Of bricks fell almost entire upon
| the roof Of Mr. Carriers dwelling. which frame
| structure. This completely and instantly de-
moshed and In the ruins the bodies OF five
| people who had been sleeping there. The fire had
been burning only short time and Mr.. Carter had
returned 10 his home awaken those who there
Almost simultaneously with the collapse OF the Car
ter dwelling a part OF the front wall fell into the
street.
The 1rcmcn soon made opening through the
ruins leading into the basement. The cries 0f a
man were heard. and In another moment Mr.. Carter
was lifted ont. lie In semi conscious condl-
ton. for in addition TO his broken leg he was badly
bruised abou The head and body lie will probably
die OF his injuries. What remained Of the south
wall still tottcrcd and rcmblcd. and Marshal Campion
afraid that It would fall. lie accordingly or
dcrcd all Of the rcmen 10 their efforts TO
the members OF the Charter family fcaring that they
too would be killed
a short time after the frmen began again th,
work OF rescue. and Rose Charter was recovered.
size still alive. II found that her face and
head were badly cut and bruised Her left arm.
too was laccratcd She will recover. shortly after
the frcmen took her mother out. The latter was al
completely buried. but her life had been miracu-
lousy saved by heavy door that covered mr. Ire
dead bodies Of ;. J. Charter and Lille Charter were
recovered during the day.
Dn.. ago the factory was erected nt a cost ol
10000. and Mr.. Carter said soon after he was
rescued that his stock worth $4,000 Both are
total losses. covered by insurance.
The police suspect that the fire was OF inc"ndiary
origin. They have In their possession mn affidavit
sworn a. hy Peter R0kowski. night watchman of the
building who alleges that stephen Garter. proprietor
Of She concern. In the factory Just hVr minutes
before th. fire di,coverc although Carter states
carcr and his foreman came In at 20. lighted a
lantern and went upstairs He heard no,mns NOR
Of them until o'clock. when the foreman came down
alone. Carter returned NJ 10 O'Clock ana lett, tl,
place. The Waterman ut 80 "'h Oh MS ro"i n ~
The building and encountered Carter or ne ionrth
door Carter said everything was all HIGHT ana went
nu, The front door. \ few minutes latcs he dlscoN
cred sparks Cropping from chute