Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-03-17

the screaming Of the girls. The room was
hlled with black. bad smelling smoke within
minute, driving everybody 10 the win
dows. We hadn't time to look around US
even.
II saw Miss Ericsson. one Of our girls,
Jump from the window before 4 warning
word could lie given. Two or three more
did likewise, and when we got there We saw
people in the streets trying TO catch them.
My son, ii. c. Young and +. II. Toby of
ThomAstOn, Me-, were with me, having
called on business few moments before.
All three OF us held somebody from
jumping till We could look about
the coping the first thing. lie called to us
that there was a safe way down by way Of a
telegraph pole, and we all made our way
along the coping to where he WINS awaiting
US. l handed Miss RideOut, one OF my en-
ployes. TO him across the gap, my son fol-
lowed with n little hoy who worked for us,
aud Miss Maggie Love was then helped on to
the pole.
at could not have been more than five
minutes from the moment when the puff Of
smoke gave Us the first in'imation of fire to
the time we reached the ground
The smoke was dense black, bin ling and
sufiocating and very hot. The rapid prog
ress Of the flames was the most marked fea-
ture OF the whole thing. The smell might
have been OF burning rubber, though |
would not be good Judge"
Mr.. George L. Ruffin, son Of the late
Judge Rutfiu, had most miraculous escape
from horrible death. lie tells the story of
how he dropped four stories from the Ames
building, landed IN the street with only
fractured left arm aud n general shaking up.
Four Persons Dead.
The loss of -four human lives aud the In
inrlnu nf nPnnlp Ia tho fearful
record OF the great Lincoln street fire.
The many rumors concerning the loss OF
dozen employees OF Horace Partridge were
entirely dissipated. One by one the EN-
ployes reported ut the Hanover street Office
OF the company until every employe had
been accounted for
All the employees of the Lariat Manufactur-
ing Company were also accounted for.
The man who was on the roof With Dis
trict Chief Egan, and who was supposed to
have p rished in the flames, also put in an
appearance. He Is w. j. Grant. a door
keeper for Brown, Durrell & Co.
The dead are: Leonidas II. Redpath, one
of the firm Of Rcdpath Brothers, who had
an office on the fourth floor of the Ames
building on Lincoln street. Escape from
the building was impossible except by way
OF the windows. He jumped TO the street
AMI was fearfully injured, snd died three
hours later. He was born in Allegheny City,
! Pa. in 1916, and since 1870 he had been en-
gagged in the shoe business In Boston. He
lived at 81 Cumberland street. and haves a
widow and two children. Fred Meadow
craft, aged Is, of Al Chuestnut, ST. eet, Cam
bridge. He jumped from a thlrd-story
window aud died almost Instantly.
Charles T. Odiorne, aged ~ years, a
travelling salesman for Redpath Brothers
| He was Inst seen about 49, O'Clock Friday
while all were rushing to escape. He had
very defective eyesight, and il is believed
that he failed to find n way ou'. He was
born In Vermont, but had lived in Boston
20 years, and was well known in the shoe
trade.
Henry Turner, aged Is, living at II Laurel
street, Roxbury, and employed 10y the
Jaquith Rubber Company. So Lincoln street
He was last seen about o'c'ock Friday
night, and his body Is believed to be In tb,
ruins.
Latest Insurance Estimate.
According to the figures given by the var.
ious companies for the amounts they lose il
appears that the insurance Is only about
| 50. 500 900.
The difference, however, between the
amount Of loss and the amount Of insurance
can be accounted for In several ways.
First, the companies in many instances
4 We the amounts they expect TO lose rather
than the amount involved, believing that
the adjustments in many cases, from over
insurance, reinsurance clauses and the like,
will show n salvage.
Again, the loss from water and smoke In
adjoining buildings has not in many in
stances been taken into account, and there
are some companies whose losses are not vet
reported.
| There seems no reason to believe that the
total amount OF insurance will fall less than
81, 500,0