The herald., 1894-04-13
A BIG BLAZE VISITS BUFFALO,
American Glucose Company's
Works Burned.
Several Mammoth Brick Structures
Destroyed.
A Number of Workmen Thought GO Havs
Perished in the Flamss-FIre-
msn Crushed by Failing
Waits-Hsavy losses.
By the AssocIAtaa Pres.

| By the Associated Press
BUFFALO. N. Y, April 12.-The plant
OF the American Glucose company
burned tonight. The loss will be about
$1,00O.000. The works OF the company
consisted OF an History brick building
used for the manufacture OF glucose and
an eight-story brick building used 90 q
power house and as place for making
the cattle-feeding product; an eight
story brick bnilding used as q refinery,
and an eight-stofy stofehouse.
The fre was discovered in the dynamo
room OF the main building shortly alter
z O'Clock by the engineer. A general
alarm was turned In and the tiremen
rushed out. In 10 minutes the whole
building wae on fire flames were burst
ing through the windows and darting
from the roof. There were perhaps 125
men at work tonight. II will not be
known until q census of the employees
is taken tomorrow whether one
man or 80 were cfemated. IL is
known some of the men escaped
by the Ere escape and some of those on
the lower stories jumped into the canal.
A great many OF the men at work ON the
upper floor were Germans and Hunga-
rians. They may have been burned or
escaped, 1t Is impossible TO tell now.
The chances are, however, that several
men we're burned TO death. As 1t is,
four OF the men who jumped were hurt.
These are:
John Young, workman, hurt about
the head and face.
Two Poles. names unknown, severely
injured.
John Stein, severely burned.
In 15 minutes the walls began to fall.
They fell at frequent intervals until in
side Of 40 minutes there was but one cor
ner standing.
The main building was connected with
the power and feed house by an elevated
bridge over Scott street. The flames
crept across and ignited the feed house.
Meanwhile the City fish market, just
across the street caught frs. Five
firemen we're sent inside to fight
the flames snd number of
streams were turned on the
root. The building was low, long
brick one, and the fremen made good
tight to save it. but portion OF q blaz-
ing wall fell on it and started the roof to |
burning. The fremen inside did not |.
know of this and no one told them. !
The consequences were that in q few
minutes the roof fell and buried five
fremen. Three of them escaped with
but few bruises, but John
Weber and Lieutenant Roy SchrR.
der were not go fortunate.
Weber was taken out unconscious. His
face is badly burned, some oil his ribs
are broken and he has also internal in
iuries. he may not recover. Lieuten~nt
Schrader had his back and legs hurt.
The feed house was completely de-
Htroyed, the walls all having fallen by 10
o'clock. The refinery and the store
house went, and by IL O'Clock nothing
Was left OF the mammoth establishment
but few walls.
The glucose works we're owned and
controlled by O. J. Hamlin, the famous
trottings horse man, and his sons. After
IL o'clock the progress of the fire was
checked. At O'Clock it was completely
under control. The loss is $1,000, 600;
insurance, $685., GOO.
The situation at midnight was such
that it plNced ali the surrounding prop
erty out of danger from destruction.
Fireman Chris Lang was compelled on
account OF the danger from falling walls
about midnight to jump from the roof
OF one OF the low buildings TO the ground.
He escaped with broken leg and slight
injuries. No further serious accidents
have been reported up to this hour, 80
n. m.