The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-03-16
A HORRIBLE MEAL
Human Beings Eaten Up by
Hungry Flames.
ANOTHER FIRE IN BOSTON.
Five Precious Lives Lost and Nearly
Thirty Persons Injured,

The Mortality Loss May Go Higher-Four
Up by F,ame-Governor Russell Orders
Troops Under Arms-FrightfuI Scenes
and Incidents.
Boston, March 11.-One of the most
destructive fires in the history of Boston,
next in magnitude TO the famous one Of
Thanksgiving Day. 1889, and in the same
district broke out yesterday and before
1t was placed under control, three hours
later, had burned over more than a
square, had reduced to ashes several of
the magnificent new buildings recently
completed on the territory burned over
three and half years ago and had con-
sumed property valued bya conservative
estimate at "a, 500, 900, had been attended
by scenes of panic and distress never be-
fore equaled in the memory of citizens
now living and had destroyed several,
perhaps many, human lives and mangled
or manned at least thirty persons, some
of whom will die of their injuries.
The Dead and Injured.
The list of the dead, so far as known,
Is as follows:
UNKNOWN MAN, aged about 25, supposed
TO be Fred Meadowcraft, Of 4S Chestnut street.
ROBERT J. RESrAUX, aged %, n ladder.
man, Of Charlestown.
GIRL, too badly burned TO be identified.
LE0N1DAS II. REDPATH, senior partner
In the firm of the Redpath Iron Manufactur-
Ing company, boots and Shoes Boston. Died
from multiple injuries at the City Hospital.
FRED MEADOWCRAFT, Cambridge, 20
years old jumped from third story and fell on
his head; died on the way to the hospital.
The injured, as far as can be ascer-
tained, are:
John J. Sullivan. East Boston, engineman,
fell Off ladder and received serious injuries;
Joshua Sheppard, 81, at one time reported dead,
residing in Cambridge; Charles j. Wellsworth,
Roxbury, aged 80, multiple injuries; John f..
Dennison, dislocated shoulder; Michael Hark-
ins, injured thigh; Margaret Flynn, %, scalp
wound and internal injuries Ada Perrin, 22,
seriously injured Daniel r. Mauray, 10, COM
pound fracture Of leg; Paul Muir
ray, injured leg; Michael Devlin, 25, frac-
tured thigh; John f. Ryan, 25, injured
ankle; James Ryan, Roxbury, injured ankle;
A. w. Redpath, Newtonville, badly cut; Mary
Flynn, Winchester, badly cut; G. J. Well
worth, badly hurt; George L. Ruf1ln, arm
broken; District Chief Egan nervous prostra-
tion, caused by jumping out of a window and
falling on a wire; Charles Goskins, colored,
scalded and badly burned Matilda Richards
injured on hip by jumping out of a window;
John ]. Lyons East Boston; Kempton Twess,
driver of hose, of South Boston, fractured leg;
Benjamin Pond and Mr.. Rich, members Of
steamer No. l, Somerville, injured by falling
walls, seriously.
The flames broke out in the toy
department of Horace Partridge 81
Co., who occupied the fifth and sixth
floors of the seven story building,
corner of Essex and Lincoln streets,
owned by f. L. Ames. The start is de-
scribed by those nearest it as resembling
the bursting of a fire cracker. The
flames spread with incredible rapidity,
and in very few moments the entire
interior of the building was burning.
There were many employees of the Part
ridge company at work at the time, and
the other floors of the building were
sprinkled with human beings.