The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-11

CHARLES GAsKINs.
MATILDA RICHARDS.
JOHN J. LYONS.
KEMPToN TwEss, driver hose cart.
G. RUFUS.
ROBERT RosTERICK. ladderman.
FRANK MARsHLAND, fell from ladder
receiving numerous contusions.
MISS MAGGIE LOVER.
Tom GIBLIN,
Boston. March 1O.-The most destruct-
i've fire in the history of Boston broke out
shortly after O'Clock this afternoon, and
before it was gotten under control, three
hours later, burned over more than a
quarter of a square, reducing to ashes
several magnificent new buildings re-
Gently completed on the territory burned
over three and half years ago. 1t con-
sumed property valued by q conservative
estimate at "a 500, GOO, aud was attended
by scenes of panic and distress never be-
fore equalled here, destroyed several and
perhaps many human lives, and mangled
or manned at least thirty persons, some
of whom will die of injuries.
The flames broke out in the toy depart
ment of Horace Partridge & Co., who oc-
cupied the fifth and sixth floors of the
seven-story building corner Essex and
Lincoln streets owned by T. L. Ames.
The cause at present is unknown, but the
story is described by those nearest as re-
sembling the bursting of huge fire
cracker. The flames spread with incred-
IDLE rapidity, and in very few moments
the entire interior was burning. There
were many employees at work at the
time, and other floors of the building
were sprinkled with human beings. The
usual avenues of escape were at once cut
off, and then began scramble for life
which sickened the beholders.
The panic-stricken inmates fed to the
windows and roofs; some escaped by slid
ing down telegraph poles, others by leap
ing into blankets. Several jumped to the
pavement, six or eight stories, and were
terribly mangled. and others, how many
cannot now DE told, fell back into the
cauldron of flames, or were overcome by
the dense black smoke which suffocated
all who did not speedily escape.
The entire fire department of the city
was soon on the scene. The departments
OF Summerville, Cambridge, Newton and
Brockton arrived later by train, and aid
was requested to be In readiness from
more distant cities. Fortunately, further
help was not needed. Vast crowds of
people began at once to flock to the scene,
and as a matter OF precaution Governor
Russell ordered out two companies OF
militia.
The fire spread rapidly and despite the
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county, it was not controlled until the
whole square was leveled and also five
buildings on another street. The prin-
cipal buildings burned and the occupants
thereof are as follows:
Ames building, occupied by Woon-
socket Rubber company, Barbour Bros,
thread; American Machine company :
Consolidated Glass company; Merrick
Thread company; A. Packard & Co. /;
Z. NJ. Appleton; Hanover Shoe company I;
Lariat Manufacturing company; Ciaflin.
Larobe & Co.; United States Rubber COM
pany; Redpath Bros, boots and shoes;
s. B. Thinge d Co.. Jacquith Rubber
company, Tapley Machine company
Horace Partridge & Co.; Hathaway 4,
Eoule & Harrison; Cape Cod Glass com
pany; American Wine company and
many others.
Lincoln building, FIVE stories, opposite,
occupied DN lDC aQQ1dcIurlnQ
company, and many other concerns.
Ludlow building six stories, on Essex
street, Brown, Durrell building on Essex
street. All concerns in these two build
ings were burned. Five story building
on Essex street, occupied by paper box
mandatory. United States hotel slightly
damaged. Three small buildings, oc-
cupied as dwellings, and stores also
burned.
It would be impossible to narrate all
the exciting scenes attending the con-
faeration. Hoseman O'Connor In re-
lating the story of the fire said he went to
the second story of the Ames building and
found a struggling mass OF women trying
TO throw themselves out of a window.
He beat them back and opening the
window, took one at time dropping
dropping thirty and says there were at
least as many who never came out of the
building alive.
The manager Of the Lariat Manufactur-
ing company says six of their employees
are missing. The widest kind of stories
are in circulation regarding the loss of
life and general extent of the disaster.
The greatest confusion and excitement
prevails, however. andiit is impossible to
get authentic details tonight. There
were many intensely exciting scenes at
tending the fire, the one attracting the
most attention WIS that of a man
appearing in the eighth story of the Dur
reiis building when the fire was at its
height. He seized large insulated cable
and proceeded across to the opposite
building hand over hand amid intense
and breathless suspense on the part OF the
spectators.
He soon weakened, however, and threw
beth legs over the cable and thus worked
his way tediously. While the life-saving
net was held under him by the police and