The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-13
BUFFALOS Big BLAZE.
Destruction of the American Glu-
y oOse Company's Plant.
FEARS THAT SEVERAL WERE LOST.

chs FLAMES Spread So Rapidly That
4 Workman in the Upper Stories Must
n Have Perished-Ths Financial Loss Es-
4 tinated at n Million Dollars.
BUFFALO, April 1s.-The plant OF the
American Glucose company, owned by G.
j. Hamilton, was burned last night. The
loss will be about sio00,00o; insurance,
e5eB, 600. The works OF the company are
situated on the Hamburg canal Scott,
Perry and East and West Market streets.
They consisted OF an eleven story brick
building used for the manufacture of glu'
eose and starch an eight story brick build
ing used as q power house and as place
fof making the cattle feeding product
which is made from the corn after the glu-
eose Is extracted; an eight story brick
building used as refinery, and an eight
story store house. In ten minutes after
the fire was discovered the whole eleven
floors were on fire.
The Glucose company ordinarily em-
ploys great number of men, but of late
Il has not been running at its full capac-
tty although it has been working day
and night. There were perhaps 175 men
1t work last night. 1t will not be known
until census of the employees is taken
whether one man or fifty men were ere
mated. 1t is known that some of the men
escaped by the fire escapes, and some OF
those on the lower stories jumped into the
CANAL. A great many of the men at work
on the upper floors were ignorant Poles
and Germans. The chances are that seY-
eral men were burned to death.
As 1t was four of the men who jumped
were hurt They are; John Young, head
and face; John Stein, severely injured and
burned; two poles who cannot speak En-
Klish, names unknown, both severely in
5ured, one having both legs broken.
The fire spread with incredible rapidity.
In fifteen minutes the entire main build
ing was mass of flames, In twenty min
utes the walls began TO fall, md they fell
at frequent intervals until inside of fort y
five minutes there was but one corner
standing. The main building wns con
nected with the power and feed house by
an elevated bridge over Scott street. The
flames crept across this and ignited the
feed house. This burned more slowly than
the main building, but for all that it was
but short time until the flames had com.
plete control of the buildings.
Meanwhile the Buffalo city fish market
which stood across the street, on the cor
ner of Scott and West Market streets
caught fire. Five fremen were sent insid,
to fight the flames, and n number Of
streams were turned on the roof A por
Sion of blazing wall fell on it, and started
thu roof to burning 1ercely. In few min
utes the roof fell in and buried the fiv,
firemen. Three Of them escaped with nc
other injuries than few bruises, but
John Weber, of engine No. II, was taker
out unconscious. His face is badly burned
some of his ribs are broken and he alst
has internal injuries. 1t Is n question
whether he lives or dies. Lioutenan
Bchraeder has his back and legs hurt
Both were taken to hospitals.
The feed house was completely destroyed
the walls all having fallen by 10 o'clock
The refinery and the store house wen
next, and by II o'clock there was nothin.
left of the mammoth establishment but
few tottcrlng walls. AT midnight the pro
gress Of the fire was checked, but it wa
Not until o'clock this morning that
was completely under control
A Threat 20 Socialists.
vienna, April l3.--General Baron Vo
Schoenfeld, commander of the Secon
army corps, speaking at banquet give
by the mayor, took occasion to thrcate
the socialists in n manner which provoke
sensation among his hearers. He sait
''You may be assured of our assistaac
when the battle begins for the existenc
of society and the preservation of propert,
When the bourgeois stands in the froE
row to resist the attacks Of the lawless til
soldiers Will come to their rescue" l
view of the fact that General Won Schoei
field Ia in the confidence of the emperor th
effect of his speech is far greater than
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