The Portland daily press., 1894-05-16

the houses on Berlin street backing on the
pase oall grounds were filled with ball en-
thuslasts, who made wild dash to the
street. when they saw their danger. Many
IN their haste, climbed down from the roofs
TO the fence of the ball grounds on which
they crawled on their hands and knees.
When these houses began to burn, the scene
oeggared description. Children were crying
Tor their mothers, and mothers wailing for
their children. 1t was feared that some
CHILDREN WE'RE LOST.
A number of women fell on the street from
sheer exhaustion, and had to be carried in
TO houses. Some Of them were in a delicate
condition, and physicians were summoned
from all parts of the city, to assist should it
be necessary. The streets were full of
carts, carrying away furniture. The work
of the department was complicated by the
fact that part of the apparatus was out on
call from other boxes. Other alarms for sub
sidiary fires added to the confusion. Before
six, help was summoned from all the cities
and towns within a radious of ten miles.
At 6.l5, the first piece of out of town appa-
ratus arrived and soon after the fire was
under control.
A few minutes past six, a woman rushed
from a house on Cabot street with her
clothes on fire. Patrleman Green and Lewis
caught her, rolled her in the street and
saved her life. She received few slight
burns. Charles W. Eaton and Mr.. Cusick of
Brookline, at great peril rushed through
clouds of smoke into burning tenement
AND RESCUED FIVE SMALL CHILDREN
from the second story. michael Welch
entered his home to save his personal
effects. His escape was cut off by flames, so
he jumped from the roof to the ground,
about thirty feet. He landed on his feet,
but was severely injured internally and had
his leg broken. He will probably recover.
One man, seized with paroxysms of fear,
when his house caught fire, was rendered
insensible and taken to the hospital in
precarious condition. A woman who gave
birth to child Sunday was rendered
delirious by the danger and was removed
from the building while the flames enveloped
it.. Hoseman James D. Fitzgerald was
knocked unconscious by the nozzle of a
hose, but will recover. Three men were
taken to the hospital suffering from slight
injuries. Lieutenant Sawyer of Engine 23,
was injured by a falling wall, and Chief
Webber was badly injured and removed to
the hospital leaving District Chief Reagan
in charge.
At a special meeting of the board of
aldemen this evening,it was voted to re-
quest the trustees of the Johnstown flood
fund to expend through the overseers of the
poor the balance remaining in their hands
for the relief of the sufferers by today's fire.
The burned district on the northwesterly
side of fremont street is bounded by the
Providence and Boston railroad on the
northwest, Burke street on the northeast,
fremont street on the southeast and Sars-
field street on the.southwest. Everything on
this square was laid flat. The two most.valu-
able buildings were the grand stand valued
at $4,000 and insured for $4,000. and the
Walpole school on fremont street. The city
also loses three engines, valued at $40, 900.
A building on the southern side of Burke
street was destroyed, but the flames were
prevented from spreading to the opposite
ide of the street. Had the flames gotten
across there is no telling where they would
have stopped. In fruitless endeavor to
prevent the flames crossing fremont street,
the three engines were disabled. In the
triangular block between fremont, Windsor
and Cabot streets, every building was de-
Windsor. The progress of the fire was stopped
at this point. A block of brick buildings
across Cabot street caught fire, but were
extinguished with but little damage. A
block of wooden houses on the corner of
Sterling and Cabot streets caught fire, the
flames thereby reaching Windsor street, and
the entire block was Quilted, but the flames
were checked there. Hotel Walpole was
saved by it's heavy Trick walls. Several
houses outside the defined bounds Of the
fire caught from flying embers and in some
cases were badly damaged. A number on
Grinnen and Sarsfeld streets were consid-
erably damaged. A three story brick dwell
ing on Sarsfeld street was totally destroyed.
A number of railroad ties along the line of
the railroad were burned. The fire was under
control at about 7.30. Madison park is
covered with household effects of the home
less people. The Boston and Baltimore lcups
will play tomorrow on the Congress street
grounds.