Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-10-12
HURRICANES PATH.
Fears for the Safety of Vessels
Off the Atlantic Coast,
SIGNS OF WRECKS APPEAR.
Disastrous Fire at DetroIt-Four Fire.
men and one Spectator Killed.
Tale of the Disaster.

KEY WEST. Fia., Oct. EVERY day
Information reaches here from the
Keys OF loss OF life In the recent hur-
ricane. September 80 three sailors
drlfted ashore on West Matacum biel
Key. They were of the British bark
Quebec. from Ship island for Liverpool
with a load of timber. which ran ash ore
on Crocus reef the night of September
70 and was later capsized. There were
IL In all on board and these are the
only ones accounted for. The survivors
think Captain Woodford, the mate,
steward and another of the crew were
drowned, as they were in the cabin
when the ship upset.
'es'eis Come In Badly Damaged.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-News of
the damage to shipping due to the hur-
ricane of September 20 and q which
swept the southern coast, Ia now being
received and shipping men anticipate
the loss of much valuable property and
the sacrifice of many lives when full
particulars are brought TO light. Yes.
sells come in badly damaged and their
captains report thrilling encounters
with the elements. Arriving vessels
report that the southern waters are
strewn with wreckage of every descrip-
ton, indicative of many shipwrecks.
The greatest anxiety prevails for the
safety OF number of vessels known to
have been In the track of the storm.
WE'RE CAUG TIT BY FALLING WALLS.
Four Firemen and "A Spectator Killed
at a Detroit Fire.
DETROIT, Oct. 5.-Five men are
dead, 10 are more or less injured and
$4,000 worth of property was de.
stroyed by the burning of Keenan, d.
Jahn's five-story furniture store on
Woodward avenue today. The names
of the dead are: Michael Donoghue,
lieutenant of the chemical engine COM
pany; Lieutenant Deley, pipeman;
John w. Paget, pipeman; Julius Cum
mings, pipeman; Frederick Bussey,
electrical worker.
The list of In ured, most of whom are
not badly hurt. is as follows: Frank
r. Stocks. head and face frightfuliy
cut; Michael e. Gray, John Il. Newell,
Thomas Carr, Patrick J. Rourke, Leslie
r. Mcnamara, Henry Kimberly,
Henry Herig, Fred Draheim, injured
internally; condition critical. All are
firemen.
Tale of the Disaster.
The fire originated at the bottom of
the elevator and swept upward with
tremendous swiftness. About 50 per-
VI AR N inf ho
but all escaped u"hurt. The water
supply seemed at first Inadequate and
the building was soon ruined. After
he interior had partially burned out,
1t became apparent that the front and
rear walls were in danger of falling.
but Fire Chief Elliott allowed his men
to advance toward it, both from the
front and the rear. Suddenly the from {
wall sagged forward and the great mass
of hot bricks, timber and iron, crashed
ward. Almost at the same .n-
slant the rear wall crumbled and fell
to the alley in the rear.
Amid the tumult of the panic.strick
en- crowd rose the bricks of the
wounded aud Imprisoned firemen.
Sixteen in all were in the path of the
tumbling walls, but 10 escaped alive
alter few seconds thrilling expert
ence. Their comrades worked to res
cue the dying and remains OF the dead,
and all were recovered Their linn
and crushed linn bs were in some cases
unacceptable.
Chiet Elliott Is being roundly scored
for endangering the lives of his men.
An investigation will doubtless follow.
The First Account.
DETROIT, Oct. 9.-Fire was dis
covered in the basement of the furni-
ture store of Keenan, & jain. When
the engines arrived the fire had run up
the elevator shaft. The entire upper
floors were afiame W hen the first stream
was thrown on. There were so EN-.
ployes. most of whom had great diff.
Guilty in escaping. The building, an
old five-story struc ure. was soon
gutted, and the stock ruined. At 8
O'Clock the front wall tumhled into
Woodward avenue. The firemcn were
warned and retreated as rapidly as
possible. Some got from under, but n
dozen or more were unable to do SO,
n yell OF horror went up stimuli
taneously from the Threats of thou
sands in the streets and then there was
u crash like an earthquake. The air
was filled with dust and sheets of flame
and smoke. The falling walls broke
the heavy electric and trolley wires.
The flashes of sputterihg electric fluid
lighted up the scene, and the people
crowded and surged to get into stores
and down side streets, and IL number
OF men, women and children were
trampled under foot by frightened
spectators, but none seriously hurt.