The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-16
II ASHES.

Death List Will He Much Largor-aQany
Persons Injured = Thrilling sooner ef
Rescue = Paoic-stricken Inmates JamD
1fom six-Story Windows.
xBosToN. March 11.-One Of the most
destructive fires In the history Of Bos-
ton, next in magnitude to the famous
one Of Thanksgiving day, 1888 and in
the same district, broke out shortly
after I O'Clock Friday afternoon, and
before it was placed under control,
three hours later, had burned over more
than assquars, had reduced to ashes
several of the magniffcent new build.
l1ngs recently completed On the terri
tory burned over three and q half
years ago. had consumed property val
ued by a conservative estimate ats, 500.
900, had been attended by scenes of panic
and distress never before equaled in
the memory of citizens now living, and
had destroyed at least two. and per.
haps many, human lives, and mangled
or manned at least thirty persons,
some Of whom will die of thei- injuries.
At 1926 o'clock the alarm was runR
in from box 50. 1t was soon followed
by second and then general alarm.
The flames broke out in the
toy department of Horace Part
ridge Il Co., who occupied the fifth and
sixth floors of the seven-story building
corner of Essex and Lincoln streets,
owned by F. Ii Ames. The cause is at
present unknown, but the start is do.
scribed by those nearest it as resem-
bling the bursting of firecracker:
The flames spread with incredible
rapidity, and in a very few moments
the entire interior of the building was
burning. There were many employees
of the Partridge company at work at
the time, and the other floors of the
building were sprinkled with human
beings.
The usual avenues of escape were at
once cut of and then began a scram.
BILE for life which sickened beholders.
The panic.stricken inmates fed to win.
dows and roof Some escaped by
sliding down telegraph poles, 9TH
ers by leaping into blankets.
Several jumped to the pavement, six
n eight stories. and were terribly
tangled. and others-how many can.
now be told-fell back into the
caldron of flames or were overcome by
the dense black smoke, which suffocated
all who did not speedily escape.
The fire spread rapidly from build
Ing to building, and despite the heroic
efforts of the entire fire systems Of
Suffolk county it was not controlled
until the whole square bounded by
Essex street on the north. Lincoln on
the east and Kingston on the west had
been leveled; also one building north
of Essex street extending along Colum.
bia street, three more on the east side
of Lincoln street and one corner of the
United States hotel, south of Tufts
street, which corner contained the
emergency hospital.
The assessed valuation of tho build
ings burned to the ground is In round
numbers S75O,0OO. This sum does not
include any of the damage by water.
Among the losers are the following:
Woonsocket Rubber company, Barbour Bros,
| thread, Amazeune Machine company, Console
dated Last company. Merrick Thread company
A. Packard & Co.. r. M. Appleton, Hanover
Shoe company, ". C. Rogers. Lariat Manu-
United States Rubber company. Redpath
| Bros, s. B. Thing & Co., J.
A. Jaquith Rubber company, =. Tapley
Machine company, Horace Partridge & Co,
Hathaway, Soule & Harrison, J. S. Fogg, M. A.
Packard, Ewing Bros, Sanford Bros, ]. F..
Ryan. c. W. Spur, Cape Cod Glass company,
Sheures Bros. American Pie company, Otto
kreisman, D. w. Rowland, Singer Manufacture
ing company, Walter s. Barnes
| Following is the list of dead so for as
known:
Leonidas H. Redpath. senior partner in tho
| firm Of Redpath Bros Manufacturing company
Fred MeadowcEaft, q years old, jumped from
the third story and fell Oh his head, died on the
| way to the hospital
The injured so far as known number
about thirty.
William s. Rumrill, of Dean, Chase
& Co, says:
II first saw . man. with his hair literally
| singed of his head, rushing up the street to
the nearest dre-alarm box I sprung to
paled me. A torrent OF fame was literally
pouring out OF the windows I'm the center
! front Of the second floor Of the Ames building.
The people inside were throwing books out Of
! the window, and men and boys from the stores
were picking them up. Very soon, up on the
| parapet, way up above the street, saw four
| men and ono woman clinging to the stone work.
| There was no such thing as getting ladder
up to them owing to the network Of
wires. That Is the worst corner for wires in
the city Of Boston; the whole street Is full OF
them. Wewatched the quartet as they chung
| for few miautes only while the crowd in the
street stood In GREATNESS silence. Then the
| FOUR one after another, jumped of. Down
| they came, height of fully SIX stories, and
struck soiidly on the frozen ground 1t was
| horrible You should have heard the groan
| that went up from the thrOng in the street.
Every one Of the four was UNCONSCIOUS when
reached, and all must be terribly injured.
| There could hardly be . whole bone In their
| bodies. saw two Of them rushed by on Q
| shutter ~ E. IA A.
Francis Galloupe says:
Il was going down Summer street lust as the
nre started and I SAW sheet Of flame shooting
| out halfway across the street from the second
| story of the building In which the Woonsocket
| Rubber company was located, One steamer
| had but just arrived in front Of the building
| and the hose was being stretched. I saw men,
women and girls trying to get out Of the upper
stories They were excited 1shouted to them:
Don't jumpl The ladders will be here in q
minute. But they We're too frightened. One
man jumped from the second story and caught
| q wire. He hung there till exhausted and
| then dropped. I could not see whether
the fall killed him OF not saw
| another man jump to the telegraph pole. Ho
slid down without injury. Several took horse
blankets and called to the frenzied crowds at
| windows to drop and they would catch them
A good many did this, and. though bruised. the
blankets held by stout hands broke the other.
| wise fatal force of their fall.
Won't Favor Former Appointees.
WAsH1NeToN,' March 1L-Senators
and representatives who called on
President Cleveland received confirma.s
tory evidence that Mr.. Cleveland do6I1
not intend to give offices to those who
had been favored under the pre-
vious democratic administration. Ex.
| Representative Hemphill, of South
Carolina, called expressly for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the
report was true and he received
an affirmative answer from Mr..
Cleveland. 1t is likely, of course,
that exceptions will be made in rare
instances.
Eight of tho Grew Drowned.