Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-28
FELL WITH A CRASH
Loss Will REACH A MILLION
sss<~xs Wsrehosss Contained Good.
orssse<~f as.1rsa P.r~s.~- Mani
Etrcns1 Badly fslarsd-

Ps1xssCrs. Oct u.--Sh0rtiy .ftsr !
sielsck this 4fisrnoon the entire ire DE-
px<t4sat u ia eiy go SUMMONED -
Elsse1tA zad Plke streets b. tie tl2s
fhs nrsf sasines ca the scsns we're IN
service. namss wers barssinx from al
nesG svory windos ssd door q the im-
nsess builsting o.nei xnd occupied ~
tAs Chsutzsqas Lake Ice company and
Ne Pittsburz Stersgs company. The
bsfiding ocenpied a space Of Dozlvo
fss1 sns q brfck and st0nss seven stories
o. ninsty feet IN height
Edward Spiss an suploys. discovered
tbs De AID gave ths alarm he xas
.orsiax ca the ourtA hoor. Almost IN
-f2asly ls sas snssiopsd IN the lanes
snd slfhough he attampted - hzht the
are. be sas drives back "a Wlndow nfty
fsst lr0na ths zFeond through shsch be
made h.x escApoL he erept DIVA upoa
tks narro9 slii snd dropping down hung
~ De hansis uofll rescued by the lad
Slernaa a 1ruck A. His hanas. arm
aad Face we're literally roasted It wss
scarrsly ave uinates alter TIE discovery
4 the nrs unkii ms great structure uss
abIass ca every fiooF- A soaking FaiE-
Ia AIDED greatly Ia preventing the
sprssd q The ar.. Nhieh &C several times
thssatsoed destruction "a the many
s4luabio properties 10 the stcsnity. Al
. o'slock The occupants of surrounding
buiisilnzs sere notfed 70 move Out
tisswee1 Mulberry avenue and PenDsyl-
vaaia 4Veaas 90 th- southwest slde 81
ths tarnsag building acre cheap class
II teEezasais. croNded 20 suaocAtion
nth Pllisa JsWs and saves. sho we're
tArosa INTO Faele-
Wall Fsn with Crash
F.fisen minutes later the side % the
hulhling tel With = terrible crash hurry
ing a long Foe " the teEementa Just va
cale.L .alles burst from the debris.
aslalnz danger ~ the surrounding
property At 30 O'Clock tko four upper
sfosles n tie 1Digteenth street wall fell
outward. busy inc>Shs street 10 ths depth
of tsa fsel and cr,shing the house Of
Joan ID Lsaa- % the opposite sade Of
he street. Ou the ground ti0or of the
warehouse we're i've loaded freight cars
Just before the crash they were drawn.
ali burniag % place " safety. Of all
shs hundrelis % thousands % dollars
worth q prOpefty stared IN the building.
lhesp I've ear lssds were al that were
saved The i4rss warehouse u the
Have.er storage company on the oppo-
site sids % Pike street caught IRE several
flnes but was net seriously damaged.
Ihs rear % q nambcr OF Pennsylvanis
baildings sets also severely scorched-
The most .srhons damage here Was 10
HIners drag staro- which with contents
xas almost Destroyed
LA sf ths Isjur~i.
A numbsr a narro~ escapes we're
male by employees m the storage build
inx. they were: T. j. HeilmAn. who
dropped from third door window 10 the
alley HIS ioiuries ara fatal Martin
6uf5th. tally burned. hung from a
wtndss until rescued by nremen. Ed
ward Spies. burned about head. hands
snd arms. may not recover William
Cox, also rescued from third floor by
ifirsmsn. badly burned William Smith,
barrsd about face and body. Frank
NcCann u engine company No. ., struck
BY failing walls aud legs fractured A
number Il psopis wers knocked down
and tramplesl upon when the crowd q
spectators ssrgsd back st the tine the
walls fell
Pr-.sdsnt William Scntt stated To-
rght that the l1ss u the Chantauqua
IAke Lee CON pauy and the Pittshurg
StaFags company will reach almost a
n4iIliso Iloliark lie could give no esti-
mate &c the amount II insurance. a. the
rat~rs we're az locksd IN tho safe nov
in tns n,sdst q the fiamea The storage
spertments. te stated. were filed with
al ktnds q gosa=. some "a xhi,,h were
seff valuable. These goods are owned
- aeohaLly several hundred daferent
People anal ara mostly insured by the
esosrs a. sell a. b. the storage com
pany AZ H. sock toaight the ire -
burning fgr,ously. coohnsd BY the tot
tsr8og eal.s. wAleh are white with the
inte.stf. - fh., neae