The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-14
LIVES Losr IN rnE BUFFALO FINE.
Twelve lrsr Ni-.ise ard Their Bodies ne
ueyea ts ne In the Ruins.

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BUFFALO. April 13-The loss by the burning
OF the American Glucose Company's works on
Scott street last night Is estimated at S1.ooO.-
000 and the Insurance at about 100000
Some eighty men were working In the main
building at the time. and OF these twelve are
unaocounted for. Eight persons were injured
By the fire and we're taken to the hospital. They
are:
JAnrs YouNo an employee Of the works. badly burned
about the face and hAnda
wiLLAn hAuRier Pole. supposed to be an employees.
both legs broken aud internally injured hurt By jump
ing Y,i from "inoow.
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Ion, ST., living 4, ~ u,I,on .,,.., i...,.o, an.
brui.. over IN. LETT ere.
LOUIS IT. scnRorpxr. neutensn, Of the nre company
No. l. spine injured back bruised by falling roof Of
WILLIE Krllr Of Ensin. No. 10. living at II. Miami
Jo,,rH II. w.psrs fireman Of Engine No. 1. and iyins
At $50 OAK .,r..t fac. badly SCREENED on. RIB bros an
Of n'h market
ankle. caused By jumping to escape falling wall
r,. .., -..I ,-
II was aubdued one Of the greatest Industries
In the country wa, in ruins' Tbe rsnnsrv and
ar. the onIy nuaInss senssss, Ins
but both were Quilted and the machinery wa.
when the men OF the night shift were getting
20 WORK ana the MAJOR part were on the upper
floors. The fire was discovered By the engineer
in tho dynamo room and nd, was doubtless due to
whole western end Of the rs. and MD second oor.
half an hour the great main building was a
The flames spread to the other buildings.
and leape a across the street 10 the Eli strest
market and the fish market. The former s', was
n,oins p m 'nS and mh was
danger. but the fremen kept the flames from
gaining a foothold there. At 2 o'clock this
HmpIoyees ssS that thess wers aiou. sebtv
men at WORK %" In nth the main buiIdine. Tsers
So in the 1h ,h SoI % be-
the S5y hPbse o. the force IN he
sixth, seventh. ana eighth doors. On the two
top noors probably 40 men were employed as
corn down TO the erindins depeYtmsnts on thee
floors below. Two men Ieaped from windows
into The canal dozen more were taken
sra mare umpsd IN rom %fnd o. oS sbs third
and fourth oSn s snS sSS Saf . SH' %
EN- ployees who were at work on the ton foor
Of the main building. are positiye that mum.
Der OF men perished. King said he Thought Al
least q dozen Of the men seccumbed to the
hamee He could mot tell who any 81
them were. Most OF tn ian were Polea and
they registered on the payrolls, he said, under
English names He WAS positiye that acme of
the men on the si~th. seyentb and eiubtb
floors aid not get out. The men who iumped
from the Windows were hemmed in ON the
second and third stories by the adyaneins
flames Seeing that assistant &c could not reach
them In time they took the lean Two struck
In the canal and were rescued but the others
fell on the towpath and were badly Injured
The injured nremsn were Working in the fish
market when o wall fell on that structure.
burned BY rush OF flame. but their injuries
are not serious
counted for, and IL seems almost Certain mat
tn y have perished In the ire. The names are:
Lon, Coz M. ssr.aas .,,..,
Joas PLuny 100 Tow a nd street