The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-13
THE WORK OF lNcENDlARlEs.

| the Admins, rnsion. Manufactures. Eirc-
| tricity. Machinery itaii and Agricultural
| Buildings Many tircmen Missing >nr-
row Escape az sightsser~ a Choice He
| tween Death by Turning ar Drowning
| Eight Hundred Acres burned over.
| CmcAoo. ILL.,. JULY &. What il left ~
the gilded statue of Columbia, near the
eastern end Of the Court Of Honor, the
central point Of interest 10 thousands
of visitors last summer, tonight looks
| upon "a waste of ashes The SIX |
large Structure which formed the
Court of Honor were burned by incen-
diaries yesterday evening The build
ings destroyed were the Terminal sta
ton, Administration. Manufactures,
Electricity. Machinery hall and the
Agricultural building. The Art gal
lcry. which has been rc-christencd the
Field Columbian museum, and the Gov
crnmcnt building Were saved. together
with the minor buildings south Of
Machinery hall and the Agricultural
building
The f,re started almost simultane-
ously at three points So selected As To
afford the best possible opportunity
for the spread of the flames. In each
Of these places. on the second floor of
the Terminal station. the southwest
corner of the Mechanical Arts building
and on the southeast corner If the
Manufactures building, man was
seen running away from the grounds
by passrrs-by or members Of the gangs
of wr.ckcrs who are at work tearing
down the buildings, just before the
fire broke ont
The first call was turned in hy John
Lawrence. employed at the Fisheries
building. who. while passing the Ter
minal station at d o'clock. saw man
. acting in suspicious manner on the
second floor of the station. and had
gone hut a block when he saw flames
, coming from the windows. lie
ran to to the Worlds fair fire sta
ton. northwest Of Agricultural
hall. hut the engine had answered
a call several blocks distant. and il was
/ about twenty minutes before il reached
, the fire Then it was found that.
| either because the mains had been
tempered with by the irccndiaries OF
the supply had been cut off by the
= wrecl1ers at work on the buildings. no
/ water could be obtained. and it was
, necessary To stretch To Stoney avenue,
1 500 feet away
!. Help was asked from the city sta
r tons near the fair grounds. but before
any effective work could be done the
!. flames. carried 10y southwest breeze.
!. had spread to the Administration and
4 Mining buildings. and fires had also
a made their appearance in the Manu-
I features and .ebcral Arts build
Z. inrS The structures. built largely oi
r staff and wood burned very rapidly,
r and within two hours the work of de-
: struction was almost complete.
I At s:25 the roof of the immense Ag-
4 ricultural building fell in with re-
\. sounding crash that was heard for
blocks. The news of the fire had
4 spread to the city. and by 9 o'clock
q thousands Of people had made theil
y way 10 the fair grounds and far int
l. the night all the southbound cabl,
If and elevated cars were packed
j. The only loss OF life in connection
a with the fire occurred at about .:3'
ii o'clock between the Mining and Flee
l. tricity buildings. These building
a were connected by a spacious subway
A. used last summer as a conduit for tn,
intricate system of electric light ans
10 power wires that connected the vari
l. Gus buildings. a group Of spectator
lc was standing directly over this tunne
a at about 100 when its roof cavcd il
n and two men. Edward Anderson ant
a Edgar j. Iassett. were precipitatc,
;,.@ 4 "a nd S.,r
"A who resided at Forty-first street an
Evans avenue. and was employed as
m boolS-keeper. was rescued. Bassctt.
r. policeman. is seriously burned abou
the limbs and lower part Of the body
d TRANSPORTATION building was badl
A. scorched. but the fircmen. by concer
trating more than half of their avail
N able force on this work succeeded /
NJ stopping the spread Of the fire in tina
- direction
xc The conditions were favorable TO tn
IN rapid spread Of the fire northwar
e. from the Transportation building I
r. the Horticultural and Womens builc
"a inrs and then to the crowded porto
M Of the grounds, occupied by the variou
,c state buildings i'm the north end TIL
~ | = Transportation DulliiliR - bVfAhN'7
" from the Mines and Mining buildin
Il and the southwest wind kept the spac
a. clear so that the firemen were not III
= pedcd in their work
to At midnight engine No. 10 and five
The crew are missing. and it l. reporte
p that they have been burned To dealt
y. Hook and ladder No 10 and all II
IN members of the company are also mis-
rs ing.
Az The people who had come from di
en- tant parts to view the terribly graz
nc scene and had taken positions on u
he movable sidewalk which extended o'
ne into the lake off the Casino and pei
stylc had a narrow escape from beir
nc burned To death or choosing death
=, drowning. When the fire caught
m that direction they stayed too Ion
NJ and finally had to be rescued fro
'se their pcrilous position by boats
AZ Eivo thousanI dollars worth OF bDo