New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-11
A BIG BLAZE IN BOSTON.


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zied crowds at the windows to drop and they
would catch them. good many did this. and
though bruised the blankets. held in stout hands
broke the otherwise fatal force Of their fall one
little girl too timid to Jump was saved by man
reaching out for her on his way down the teie-
graph pole A long step ladder was brought over
and standing on the top OF il, the hre'nen reacheo
up as far as they could and caught Others IN thelf
arms In q minute ether apparatus came, ana the
ladders were put up to save the rest. but the!
were not In time to save one man IN the thiru
story. l saw him throwing out books. ana ne
must have either jumped after them himself OF
have been ovcrtakcn by the flames, BEFORE the
new apparatus could get to work the entire
block all of a sudden hurst into fame from every
window 1t was so sudden that the steamer whic9
had been playing in front of the building haa
no time TO leave Ii must have been destroyed
and with it the engineer Lincoln-st. at that
place was in an instant roaring furnace.
IIoseman O'Connor, of Engine No. z. was ore
of the first at the fire, and lie was sent 10 '.''
second story OF the Ames Building to help save 'he
employees of the Horace Partridge concern oaio
he: al have been in many tight place. put "hat
l have seen tonight l shall remember as long 's
live When I reached the second story and
entered the room Oh tHo "A'~' VIZ
was most pitiful. Men. women and girls frenzled
with fear were struggling to reach the windows to
throw themselves into the street Taking one AT
a time. lowered them by the hands as far as
could and then dropped them into the nets spread
for them below, at the same time fighting the mao
crowd back from the windows The cries OF the
frightened creatures heart-rcnding, while the
men seemed TO lose all presence OF mind and fomGht
like demons think succeeded in lowering some
twenty five or thirty. should say that there must
have been at least thirty who never came out oil
the building alive. although 1t is impossible TOT
any ono to estimate the loss Of life tonight
John J. Sullivan, Of Engine No. 4, who lives in
East Boston, held the nozzle In the Ihncoin
Building on the fifth floor, trying to suodue the
fames in the Ames Building. Orders were given
70 the firemen to shut of and leave the build
ino for fear of their lives AS the men on the
lower floors let go of the hose, Sullivan was
carried over the balustrade and hurled to the
bottom of the we'll lie struck the balustrade
on each floor, and was unconscious oeiore lie
reached the bottom. He was taken to the CITY
HOSPITAL His recovery IS doubtful. He Will be
cripple for life if he ever comes out OF that Ill
stitution Sullivan joined the department Oh
February 10, and Is only twenty-one years OLD
]. c. Young, manager Of the Lariat Manufactur-
ing Company, located on the third floor OF inc
Amcs Building, says: There was first puff at
the end of the room, followed by the screaming OF
girls. The room was filed with black smoke with
in a minute. driving everybody to the windows.
without looking around. Miss Ericsson and two or
three others Of our girls jumped from the window
before warning could be given, and We saw people
in the streets trying to catch them. Miss Ericsson
was caught in a net. My son, ii. C. Young, and
H. Colby, OF Thomaston, Me, and myself, made
our way along the coping TO a telegraph pole
handed Miss Rideoul, an cmploye. TO Mr.. Colby
across tho gap: my son followed with hoy CHI
ploye, and Maggie Love was then helped to the pole
All climbed down safely. When ! looked up the
flames were pouring out OF the WINDOW we had lcit
Falling glass hit us, the smoke was awful, ana
tongues Of flame were reaching overhead, though
it was not five minutes from the first intimatio,n
Of tho fire till reached the ground. Our stock
consists almost entirely Of ropes, put we had non
time to grab them, though lying within thirty feet
We saw one man jump from the fourth moor S,r
to tho street landing on his head continued MI
Young "Of our employees, Miss Lillian Scott,
Miss Alveis Miss PERKINS, Mrs Richard. Edward
Lambey and boy are missing our loss Is Is
$500, without insurance because OF heavy Tlsks
on the entire building; but an arrangement with
the Partridge people covers US to S',1oV Inc
first smoke came with d hsrt pun' ren INK"
was dense. binding and suhocatng, ana very not
The rapid progress OF the flames was the most
marked feature The smell might have been OF
powder Mr.. Young and his party escaped with
out injury beyond few scratches FROM falling
glass.
ing Mr. Colby, said We were not seriously
alarmed after reaching the window, except fearing
tho girl, would lose thcie nerve and jump. Colby
came back 10 our window after finding a way
down. saying the trip down the telegraph pole WAS
safe. 1t looked easy, and the girls Gained down
9 ss% AND and s S9s there
was no slip. | was starting down last when Colby
yelled there was another woman inside but on 60
ing back could sec nobody. IL was getting too
hot for safety and down went.
The fire was we'll under way before the ap-
paratus arrived When almost on the ground, we
saw ladder pushed past US nearly TO tue third
exhausted or unconscious another hung on telc-
phone wires and amid the whole was that awful
Jump from the fourth-story clear TO the street. II
was dreadful sight, and don't want TO see
another like it,"
lilly Hancs, OF the United States Hotel. offered
tho Firemcns Relief Association 81 900 IL they
would stop the fire and save his building, They
won the purse. 1t is estimated that the damage
TO tho hotel will not exceed $4,000 mainly to the
servants quarters and guests rooms on the Lincoln
st. side All the guests left tho hotel safely. One
corner Of the hotel was destroyed This corner
tanned the Emergency Hospital. into which
some fifteen or twenty injured persons had been
taken. These taken ont safely and dis
tributcd about in various places.
Da:icl X. Murray will have his lag armpu-
been performed az the Emergency Hospital and
he was put under the influence Of ether, but the
near approach Of the flames made II impossible
to operate, and he was removed TO the City
Hospital
Ida T. Richards twcnty-four years old, living at
No. 81 Common-st., jumped from a third-story
window of tho building No. 90 Lincoln-st. The
frcmcn caught her in net. saving her life.
She was taken TO her home.
The principal loss Of life was In the cstat'-
lishment of Horace Partridge e. Co., where the
fire broke out. and which contained many fire.
works.