The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-16
BOSTON AGAIN
IN FLAMES
A Fire al The Base Bail Grounds Spreads
Over Acres.
MANY POOR Families HOMELESS
Small Boys Light a Lot of Shavings
Under the Bleaching Boards Be
fore the Conflagration Is Checked
II Has Extended Over Twelve Acres.
Exciting Scenes During the Baze.
BOSToN. Nav IS Tn. m


"tleRcher' seats on the Boston
League Base Ball grounds this
u afternoon, consumed all the
buildings on the base Iball grounds.
including the grand stnn !, aud some
100 huildings, mostly small wooden
dwellings east OF the grounds between
Walpole. Bnrke. Berlin and fremont
streets From ten 10 twenty persons
were irjlrol The fra has crossed
fremont street to tha aast and ia
spreading A, least 200 families will
be rendered Eomel 49,
5 80 p. m.-lne fire ia under control.
Roughly stated about twelve acres
have been burned over, from fifty IN
sixty buildings destroyed anI soius 500
famillas made homeless Tue fire
crossed fremont street TO the onst in
three places, but WAS confined mainly
to the section bounded hy Sterling.
Burke and Cabot streets
Several hremen were iujurel anl
Chief Webber was badly hurt aud
mkeu 10 tho hospital S.ysrh piece,
Of fro apparatus had 10 Uc abandoned
Probably the most valuable building,
burned were the graul sttui on the
ball rround, which cost {,j 900 and
the Franklin school On Fremont s,r.et
No attempt has been made ss yet 10
estimate the loss
Help was summoned from all cities
and tuwne within ten miles Of Boston
but proved no, TO be nee led
THE BALL GAME lSTEEEuPrrp
Tue secon OF tie series OF gam be
tween the Boston 3 aud Bslumore,s
Ind begun before some Q 500 spectators
Nsitled by tbs thorough I,teat OF the
previous day. the Chlmuou. were
playing ball Tor all they wero worth
and running bases 10 q way that
threatened to carry everything before
them. But two and hul. inning.
lad been played. aud the DAliimore's
WIRE to take their turn AZ the hat
In the last part Of the third inning
the contest was intcrrupiel b,
4 mes which could bs -eca r,siny from,
the rig1t fl Id h'reclors /; was a few
minu;-s after o'clock wurn the boy.
IN p Hytulneta ST tire t1 the shvSings.
A moment Afterwards the hIuz, had
spread 70 such an extent that the bows
became frightened az the unexpected
results o' their folly and ran away.
The occupants OF the bieiclrrs f,sl-
ing the warmth under them iump,d
from their seats ln wild amaz-.ucpt
and tried 10 rXt!uguIsh the Aun.s tv |
tearing the rubbish away aud scatter. |
INK 1t AZ best they cou T. but the hlaz. |
refused TO he cX'iugu,,hel aud gathered /
hea iway with % p.r.i-leucy waicn sur
prised tn,m. and iu fcw minutes was
exciting moso Interest tlan the nation !
al game.
After five or ten minutes ot uatytil. |
'ng work some ono suggested calling |
.ho fire department Toe Grstblsrm wss /.
rung Ia AZ 4 Il ? IN This wac 10. /
lowed by second ~ A2l. d thi.d al /
{ - 1nl a fourth nj I 3j The depart. |
m,nt WAS slow Ia getting to work and |
hrtoTe any Uu' seriu.l to rru,iz, the |
danger tbs flames were beyond control, /
loo tsrt It was first considered a j,k..
la less than thrsc hours some twelve /
lcr,s Of territory were burned Tho |
boso ball grand stand and bleachers. "A
args school house an engine hon., |
and l6i wooden buildings burned mud |
!, 600 families rtnd rel homeless Toe |
osa Is couservatlvely es,imatsl al !
from 100000 to 500 900 although one
authority puts 1t At 81 OJO.O)O.
ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OUT
Before o'clock help had been sum.
nonei from Hll citiss and towns within |
a radius or ton miles Of Boston. Soon
lfterward control Of the fire was So
cured and the call was rcscnded. A
few minutes past o'clock woman |
was seen coming from a house on Cabot
street with her clothing afre She
made n frantic rush from the street
toward the ropes when the pntromen
caught ner in their arms. rolled her in
the street aud thereby saved her lify
as she escaped with only few slight
burns.
After the fire had secured headway
md had envelopei two tenement
houses on streets siding the hail
grounds, the cry was raised that five
small children were IN one OF the build. |
ngs. and III the second story. "A
woman on Burke street. wringlng her
hands shrieked "Where are my
Near to hand were Charles w. l. ton
and Mr.. Cusick, OF Brooklne. who hal
been attending tho ball game. They
instantly sprang to the rescue of the
little ones in the burning building.
Mr. Cusick brought out three and Mr.
Eaton saved two. They went through
,louds Of smoke in order to do this and
with peril to their lives
WEIGHS NARROW ESCAPE.
Michael Welch ruGered into his homa
% save some personal effects, but the
had then ignitel and the
lanes spread 30 rapidly that his es-
,aps was completely cut of lie rushed
10 tho roof OF his building and when
,nveloped in flames. jumped to the
ground. about 30 feet, He landed on
ais feet, but WAS severely injured in
.ernally, and was picked up in semi.
conscious condition and taken to the
City hospital. He will probably re
,over
One man whose name could not be
learned was seized with paroxysms of
'ear when the fire ignited his home,
md the result of the attack was com.
)lete prostration. His condition is
very precarious.
The following were taken to the hos
,ital slightly injured: William II.
Horn, John 7. Kane, Timothy F.
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