Connecticut western news., 1894-01-11
WHITE CITY ON FIRE.
SEVERAL WORLDS FAIR BUILDINGS
 WERE DESTROYED.

rramps Started a Blaxe Tn Music Hall
 Which Licked Up the Casino. the Peri
 style and the Liberal Arts Building.
 Great Damage Done to ExhibItA-
 CHICAGO, Jan. e.-The Worlds fair came to an end like that of Pompeii A rushing volume of flame, a huge Gothic architec- ture tumbling into chaos, bewildered mobs of people-all were there under a starry sky of Italian clearness, with Lake Miohi- gan's broad expanse second Mediterra- mean. It was a magnificent spectacle.
 The Casino, Music hall and the famous peristyle were wholly destroyed, and the beautiful palace of the Liberal Arts, con- taining many thousands of dollars worth of exhibits, is in ruins It was not until 2:15 this morning that the fire WAS entirely squelched.
 The fire started in the Casino just east of the Agricultural building and south of the peristyle. The Casino was quickly de- stroyed, and the flames surged north on top of the peristyle, and, dropping, made a second line of fire along tine base of the columns
 The flames then sprang through the Music hall While the fire was burning there was one of the most singular and fascinating sights of the night. Along the top of the peristyle were scores of statues. The spectacle for those people fortunate enough to be on the moving sidewalk just east of the peristyle was more of a success sion of gigantic human beings plunging one after another headlong into the waters of the lake below.
 The origin of the fire Is said to be revenge on the part of a couple of tramps. The o-l i'm ha hall lat just before the flames broke out he kicked two vagabonds out of the Music hall and told them to find quarters elsewhere. They left in the direction of the Casino, and soon after the fire broke out, and everything on the grounds was in terror and confusion.
 The Fall of the Psrt.tyIs.
 The fire had been burning less than an hour when thunderous crash of falling timber and a tremendous shout from the crowd announced the collapse of the peri style. A moment later another terrific yell from the crowd told that the Liberal Arts building had caught fire and that the whole exposition WAS threatened.
 A dramatic coincident marked the de- struction of the peristyle. One of the lad ders upon which was & group of firemen fell with the columns, and one of the heroic fire fighters went down to death, while number of others suffered injuries more or less severe.
 The federal officials put the maximum loss in the Liberal Arts building at $1, ,OO0,- 900. On the other hand the estimates made by the people connected with the local directory made the highest figures only $500, 900 in the Liberal Arts building.
 About 10:45 great iron arch gave way directly above the French wares, and fall ing heavily buried them beneath the burn ing pile, and they were abandoned. Back of the French was the Japanese exhibit, and about it clustered crowd of scared and frantic Japanese. Ths, like many ex- hibits, has not been released from bond, and the goods could not be taken from the building Under the direction of some Japanese officials the wares were carted to the doors. and there they stood guarded by natives of the Flowery Kingdom, who sor- rowfully awaited the destruction that seemed inevitable.
 The fire department fought with energy and skill, but the conditions were all against success. A fierce wind came over the lake, finging fiery embers everywhere and flaming the flames into fierce life with every moment.
 Huge pillows of flame rolled northward over the great glass roof, being manfully combated by the men upon the roof, who were handicapped, however, by the lack of water. An heroic effort was made to get streams to the top of the giant structure, | for the only apparent salvation of the structure lay in getting men upon the promenade and pouring streams into the furnace bc,ow.
 The water supply was fearfully made quate. Time and again the streams were cut off almost entirely. Scattered through. out the fair grounds are hydrauts from | which the supply was to be drawn, but they were insufficient in the hour of dire need. Finding that it was impossible to | reach the roof, the chief ordered his en- | zines into the building.
 Shortly after II o'clock four firemen were caught beneath mass of falling embers | just outside the Manufactures building. | Streams of water were instantly poured upon the mass, and soon the injured men were removed. Their names could not be | ascertained by the chief, but 1t was said | that all of the men were unconscious when rescued and that two of them were fatally | injured.
 | Dead and InJ ured-
 The great fire was not without its work of death and injury. For the second time within the history of the exposition fire men risked life and limb to save the prop erty of others, and saddened homes are the result. William Mackey, pipeman of En. zine Company No. 61, fell from ladder on the peristyle and was internally injured and died at Mercy hospital.
 The injured are Captain Frederick Getx, Truck Company No l6, fell from the roof of Manufactures hall, left leg broken, chest badly injured and internally hurt; Flu gene Durand, watchmau in the French sec tion of the Manufactures building, struck on head by plank, badly cut and bruised, removed to Emergency hospital. | American sharpshootsrs For BraHIi.