The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-13
THE FIRE FlEND.
MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY DES
TROYEO AND MANY LIVES LOST.

TROYEO AND MANY LIVES LOST.
-Four Thousand Houses Burned at Manil-
Burned Up at Cleveland, OhIo-DIsss-
trous Forest FIres.
PITTsBURa, PA, April IA special
to the Leader from Bradford, Pa, saws:
Fire at 4;2o this morning destroyed
HaRgin's Hotel, Buffalo, Roches ter and
Pittsburg depot, Higgins cigar factory
and grocery store, and the building Of
j. Leroy. AT least six persons were
burned to death and the list of the in.
juried numbers between twenty and
thirty. The bodies of six persons al
ready taken from the ruins are burned
beyond recognition. Last night one
hundred and twenty-five persons went
to sleep in the building, and while it is
known that many had jumped from
the 1econd-story windows, it was fear
e1 many others perished in the flames.
1t was aIuer 6 o'clock before the first
b. dy was TO md. 1t was an unrecog-
nlzable charred mass of flesh. The sec
ond Was found soon after IN similar
condition. The search continues as
this dispatch Is being written, end it
Is impossible to state at present how
many lives are lost. 1t Is feared that
some of those who jumped from the
hotel into the creek were drowned. The
list of injured Is long one.
TEN MINERS SUFFOCATED.
SIIAMOKIN, PA, April A miners
lamp caused an explosion in the Neil
son shaft at z o'clock this morning.
Many miners escaped, but twelve or
fifteen are still in the mine with poor
prospects of csc ,pe. A number OF
mules will perish from suffocation.
Owing to yesterday being a holiday
there were not as many men at work
In the mine today as usual; Ten dead
miners have been recovered from the
} shaft. At 6 o'clock this evening Super
intendent Gay announced that the ten
bodie1 removed from Red Ashvein
comprised the total ndmber of dead.
8 Although the hardest kind of work was
:. done 1t was impossible for volunteer
@ force to extinguish the flames, which
; at L. nj. communicated to the Red
~ Ashvein. Three hou;s later orders
y were issued to til n Carbon Run Creek
% into the mine. This will take month
and many more months will follow be-
fore the mine will be in condition to
II resume operations. Meanwhile 1909
n men and boys who have been working
70 in the mine will have to seek employ2
at ment elsewhere.
r. FOURTEEN HORSES BURNED.
10 CLEVELAND, ONO, April Fire
broke out in the pant of the Cleveland
N saw Mill and Lumber Company, Sene-
> ca street, this morning. The building
of '2t brick and frame, about 200 by SO
~ " feet, was DESTROYED. Loss $50,OC0.
u Whlle the saw mlli H"a was ia progress
"a the wind carried the SPARKS & Nathan
b. Bernsteins barn, in the rear of No.
Is 2o8 broadway, and fourteen horses
were burned to death. The flames
c spread to the adjoining tenement, own
1t cd by bernstein. Three persons were
n taken from the upper story by the fire.
8 men IN an unconscious condition over
n come by the smoke. They soon recov-
q cred and were uninjured. Bernstein's
! loss Is $5, 1000.
a ADISASTROUS VIRGINIA FIRE.
q RICHMoND, VA, April IA special
. to the Dispatch from Chase City,
= Mecklenburg County, Va, says di;.
), = aStrous lire occurred this evening at
Clarksvil'e. From 4th street on to
r Main down both sides were consumed
d except the railroad depot and Mas % ,ae's
Q ware house. Eight or ten stores, hotels
, Offices and tobacco fouces were burned
. a large quantity of leaf tobacco WIS
also destroyed. A high wind was
Y D,owlng and 70 adequate means to stop
the flames caused the loss to be very
great. Two colored men were also
burned to death,
ooi 'ISr L ENSON HOUSE BURNED.
s BUZZARDs LAY, MASS, April 1.-The
:. 9eautltul summer residence of Jos.
n Jefferson, the actor, was totally des-
# troyed by fire this afternoon. It Is
= = feared that the cook perished in the
- flames. Several of the help received
:, serious injuries. Mrs. Jefferson and
b other members of the family ESCAPED
Q uninjur2d. The fire was caused by.an
i explosion Of gas in the celia
q A FIRE IN RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, April 1.-Ftre tonight
r about z o'clock partially destroyed the
# stree.story brick produce and commits
f SION house of Wallerstein 81 Co., 11O to
r ia South 18th street. Ine damage ia
=. estimated at $4,000; insured.
q NO tTII CAROLINA FORE r. FIRE.
e RALEIGH, N. g., April 1.-Extensive
:, - forest 4 'es in this ction of the State
tocay did great damage, burning some
: farm houses and much fencing. The
air is filled with smo'e.
q SWEPT AWAY BY FIRE.
r MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Ap-
: I'll l.-Four thousand houses were
Q swept away by fire, which is still burn
G ing. Some lives were lost, and MANY
. were injured.
EVAn