The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-30

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lu' "o'A III tno 1eie'i'A' "0u,o u''s. -, ~
OF the east side tlis morning. Ihe
famos broke out in o six.story 'sWeat
shop" Mt o9s RIverton street. Three
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man, is dying. At 81 Goerck street 4
aix.story tenement was burned, O dozen
f,nI,,os va,o d,,von ont manic strickeu.
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anu SlGVVV uatnaec "us u'"''
The RiVerton street house was occu'
pied almost wholly BY sweat shops.
Ths uscond aoo, wos rsed as A syna.
- $3.50 "., III y, 49, ~, a.,
H0gue anu d p"Fs'ou Vi suo 'u''u 4oc'
as Hebrew school for boys. 1t ia
claimed that nobody lives In tho house,
but there wero at least eight men In
the building when tho flrc broke out.
II they wero watchmen, as it is claimed,
thoy did their work badly, for three OF
their number are dead aud a fourth
cannot bo found. Ho ran away when
tho alarm was sounded.
The RIvinvton atreet Gro occurred at
2 O'clock. It's origin Ia unknown. Az
tbe flames burat from the building a
man was aeon 10 rush from IL and run
in the opposite direction, Several per
eons called after him, but he paid no
beea and was Lost sight Of.
the flames started in the tailor chop
nj Fabricns Iayine. Soon after tho fire
beoau Loyinos watchman, Hermann
Eocraon, was climbing down tho fire
escane- Whom be cot 10 the frat floor
he iumpeI 10 the around. lie was fol-
lowed by three others, who camo from
dlfieront floors.
long before the fret engine reached
Tho niacc, the buildino was wrapped in
aames from tho rround tioor 10 tho
roof The building was dangerously
incnted, ho;np In the centre Of the He.
brew tenement distrirt. with tall crowd.
cd tcnemcnts on either aide. Three
alarms wore sounded, Ladders were
set mn ocainst Tho burning building but
thov oniv reached 10 tho third floor. Il
vns snnnosed TINT everybody wns out
of tho building. hut a youth about
eighteen years old appeared upon a
fame enveloped Gro escape Of tho 9th
floor. Tho people below shouted en-
conroonment 10 the lad. but mid could
not ranch him and tho crowd below
watched os tho bov seomed to be roast.
inc alive,
FiromHn Tiuothv Collins attemptetl
to reScuc him He Ind come mn tho
ladder Init n few rounds whom the bow
climbed over tho escape and dropped.
Twice ho tnrnod in tho air before he foll
snnarelv ON the shoulders OF Collins.
Down both wont TO tho pavement. Tho
Inv was killed bv the fail. The fireman
wSs nnconscious and Injured Internally.
He will probably die.
The i,rcmon worked from the roofs OF
bniidinvs on alI aides and succeodod In
confinins Tho flames 10 The one build.
inc INT this was guttod completely.
Altar thr,e ho,,rs' WORK tho firernen on
tered tho building by tho roof. In tho
shon of .1osenb schackman. the room
from which ,be Ind had iumped TO
dsath The fIrcmen found tho bodies OF
two man Thev wore living side by aide
nm nm a little tailor's bench and had eyi.
Son,lv ham asInon when oyercome by
smnLs % N Thsv wer, father and son. and
tho % hov who iunpod WINS another son.
Tho man was abont forty.fiye yenrs old,
thN M hov about sixtoen. Both bodies
had hecn scorchcd bv tho flames. Int
t%o % foces wero recognizable. The throo
oIwa.S Slont in Tho shop. Tnoy had no
o otSsr home. schackmau. their om.