Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11
aUcH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
I'M, Eunbr Of Lives Lost Not Yol
gl0En. Many Injured,
.urrL SCENES wITNEsSEo.
..p, Jump from tho Iiurning Buiid'
ings.-Others fnii Bnck Into
tho PLANES.

Boston,, March l0.-One OF the most
d,,irueiiye fires In the history Of
Boston broke out shortly after O'Clock
This afternoon, and before II was
plaoed under control three hours later,
bafned over more than II quarter OF n
guare, reducing to ashes several mag
pincenl new buildings recently COM
tIe,ed on the territory burned over
three and half years ogo. IL con-
uned property vniued, by n conserva-
tive estimate, ut $500, 900, and was
attended by scenes OF panic and dis
ness never before oqualed here. IL
Destroyed perhaps mhuy human lives,
aud manglei or manned at least thirty
r'fors, some OF whom will die Of
Aeir Injuries.
THE FOLLOWING VICTIMS
sefe taken TO the hospital dead:
Unknown man, aged about 20, sup.
Iosed to be Fred Meadowcfaft; Robert
]. ReslauX, aged 20; Ladder man, too
tAdly burned 10 BIO Identified; Il. ii.
Redpath, merchant.
lnlurpd-John J. sullivan, engineer,
stl0usly; Joshua Sheppard, Charles J.
Wellingworth, J. Il. Denuison, Mike
HARMS, Margaret Flynn, internal;
Ada Perrin, seriously; Daniel IL. Muir
ny, Paul Murray, BENJAMIN Herd
indtioh, member OF Steamer No. l;
Michael Delvin, John Il. Ryan, A. w.
Reipath, Mary Flynn, q. j. Yelling
worth, Charlen Gaskine, Matilda
Richards, John J. Lyons, Kempt1n
fEtts, driver OF hose cart; q. Rufus,
Rlaeri Roslerick. ladderman; Frank
hnhland, Miss Maggie Lover, Tom
Galin.
hvid Geddis, who assisted In 70.
swing the people who jumped from
JUMPING from u third story window,
hflklng telegraph wires, which cut
hef throat. In another Instance he
held n blanket into which number OF
women Jumped, all OF whom were
nore or less seriously injured. In a
ihird place he saw some thirty people
Jump into the street. A life net broke
heir fall but all were unconscious
when taken out and most OF them
were undoubtedly badly injured. He
ays the windows on the third floor
iiom which they jumped were
struggling mass OF people, and he
thinks many fell back into the flamos.A
THE FLAMES BROKE OUT
IN the toy department OF Horace
Partridge & Co., who occupied the
hith and sixth iloos OF the seven.
sorry building ut the corner Of Essex
and Lincoln streets, owned by +. l..
Amts. The cause Ia ut present uu.
known, but the sight Is described by
Nose nearest rs resembling the burst.
lhg OF hugh firecrackcr. The
nAmes spread with incredible rapidity
and In very few moments were at
work In the entire interior of
he building. There were many
employees nj work at tho time ana
we other fi1ors OF the builiing were
,plnsled with human beings. The
u'ual avenues OF escape were Mt once
s.' oil, and then began a scramble for
I'VE which siokened the heholdeTs. The
ahie'stricken inmates lied to the win
COWS and roofs. Some escaped by
h,uing down Telegraph poles, others
haplng into blankets. Several
iampsu To the pavement six or eight
.vh.s and were terribly mangled, anu
s,tt, now many cannot now be told,
~ uAoR Into the cauldrOn OF flames or
sue overcome by the dense, black
.uoAe which suilocated all who did
lLspeedily escape.
, sne entire lire department OF the
Wy was soon on the scene. The de-
/ nntnls OF Summorville, Cambridge,
ssW'on and Brockton arrived later by
u.n and aid was requested to DO la
4 slllness from more distant clties.
,s.unAlelyi further help was not
T0a u' Vast crowds OF people began
4 my, vlue 70 Hook to tho scene, and Ms n
,1'st Of precau,ion Governor Russell
uu outlwo companies OF militia.
i arc spread rapidly, and despite
se,u9fb OF the entire fire system OF
ss,n gik county, II was not controlled
~ aus whole square was leveled and
"'e buildings on another street.
BUILDINGS BURNED.
j Tue principal buildings burned and
VI, occupants thereof are as follows,
nt s,'s building, occupied by Woon.
l'sst nubber company, Barber Bros,
/ C5rseI american Machine company,
Il hhsd N Nihhs cuHlphuy, Mtfrlck
4 Wu e9mpany, A. Packard Il Co.,
A l,nT appleton, Hanover Shoe COM
n Usg Lafiat Manufacturing company,
n he,i, Latobo Il Co., United states
\ company, RedpAth Bros,
!,r",SInnu Shoes, Is. u. Thinge & Co.,,
Il MShh Rubber company, Tapley
Il a. pe company, Horace Partridge
4 lars runaway, SOule u Harrison,
A VIZ YOU Glass company, American
llrroinn pany, and many others. The
N Va onl u9iluing, five stories, opposite,
ht,pHe.a pieI by the Singer Minu-
tlss,as company, ana many other
n lses' ~. Ludlow building, ak stories,
h,,s 'u.e'i Brown. Darrell builiing,
II h,,s suttl. All the concerns IA |
Il fVe',,Nwo buildings were burned. A |
4 cutIsS building on Essex street oc- |
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Iqbta unitcd States hotel were |
h ns, 49,, uameged. Three small build |
VEN az JIvupled us dwellings ana stores |
n EXCITING scENRs.
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