Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-30

ing rnpidity Biting at the windows of
the hotel. the flames made ,,,o,r -.
into the roo,,s "7s
iraor,,...,,, a"u men hhulnB such
iirGt s,,s,ii, material as bedding and
of lie i ad,.n' increased the Wild riot
T ~ ouVance Room after room, he
shrieIinr occ,S ~ tstr9r-strleken and
mass OF IRE. and added 10 tbs sg M 40 s,n tne
cent display which thousands from ali
Yssts ot lhe city had gathered In a
INC yy,,,. |,a
About
o., c,.~,.,-. ~ poruoh OF the wall
'"''e' street as wen as section
On common street, fell I'm and a small
portion along the Gravicr ga, r.u 80,
ward vyreckirs- ~,
n.,ra,, 'Nou' nity Telegraph
by a. m. the last OF the interior OF
the building t11mbied In t.a,,t,,. ,,,,t,.
the st, Charles walls intact a. co.
Ter street the flames were ea,t,,, ,,,,,t,.
way into three buildings which infer-
vened the great wall OF the hotel ara
the old Union bank nj Tho corns,.
These buildings on Grayier street were
occupied 10y u number Of bualness
firms engaged in the insurance ana
machinery agency business. Fortu-
nately for the interest OF these firms
the iiremen appeared on the scene ana
saved the valuable books and papers
NO IRE that has ever been known
IN New Orleans was accompanied by
greater showers OF sparks, which were
carried by the wind a distance OF three
or four blocks
The Losses.
The loss Is estimate, a, er,,,, conn
ooo -, 800 no 80, ~ i'V'l N'VV'-
H''ueA tle st Sharles
~, '"sis ale other losses Inc hrst
,,so ',u''u,iie " pe ishi'eu was NO
r tUy 'iuE,er atreeS; the ssouha moor &C
company, and the upper doors as n
boarding house The building was
Quilted in short time, several ladies'
being rescued from the third story by
the police No. III Gravier street. was
also damaged. Nos. l5S and 100 COM
merce street We're almost destroyed
and l62 and 1854 considerably damaged.
Nearly all the buildings IN the rear Of
the ST. Charles hotel were more or less
damaged by fire and water. Alexander
Levy, tailor Turf Exchange. the ticket
and freight offices Of the Texas and
Pacific railroad, loss $4,000: barber
shop, Rusenhelder & Henrik, shoes;
c. Smith, shirts; Tepolin, tailor. A..
Bonnie, shoes; ticket Office Of Louisville
and Nashville railroad company; Pied
mont railroad ticket office, w. S..
Brown, coal. Beneath the rotundn of
the St Charles was the handsome bar
owned by the widow OF Leon La
mothe.
At noon today men @ero set TO
work removing the debris IN search
Of the bodies OF the missing. The man
who was killed by leaDing from the
building was John HileS' a paRer'
" Us " MUM
li,e I'rs' 81 C""'leS ho'e' was pun
IN 1905 the WORK Oh co'ls,l ueI.oh nav
'hs Dee'i ooii'ii'e'leeu II. 300 i"u V,s'
OF the building was S6OO,OOo ana the
grounds 800 900. The dining room was
one OF the highest finished in Amer
lea, the ceiling being composed OF the
most beautiful domes for chandeliers
,T,bn cciiing and walls were handsome
10 frosrned Nv Canovn nepbew Of the
,yraat italian scuiptor nnd the build
inp contained some handsome statuary
;TbIs buudinr was DESTROYED by Are
a., iee
al ,,, io''i ,it.,t,,,. nj, tt. ,a,,, t,toi ,,as
- t,,,,,tS,,t,,s5 ana Tho buudln,.
~, 1,,,,,iot,d Voc NO onc dsatrcyed
- ,,t,,tt a, thc tI,cc n nttrnrted
.,,.,il7,, ,t,,.,,,,,bo,,t H., y,rria 10
-, 20 tt,s cact tbet n vyos tbc tlnest
S,9.tlI a., ia ,rcrid and Inc flrst great
H..
ho.Sl III tlu uilsSu Ssot.n' ~. ,,,,,.,
ne ne" pul'ulu5 Voc "a IA 49,,
style ana hicIlitec'ute US tis V,U nv nv
wlth the sNeep'lon Oh ne S ,qp,. IN ~
new hotel was ieueeu ny -, ~
dreth nan, elegantly htteu up al lu
opened Tor business IN less theii year
after the IRE.
Historic Pnrlor "P."
Then followed n long era OF pros
-. ~, ,,,,, ana tho
perry lpr VIC s."'e' Wv -.
hotel. From 1881 to the time Oh the
discovery Of the FIRE last night the
,,t.,ort, briidirs, 1vss closely asaociated
i,.t,t ~, t'isinr,, ~ mis- state ana CITY.
~, ,,orior "pH iieOferson Davis and the
iaadpIng sontbern politiolans met and
s,,r..'5 mon tbe eourae 10 be pursued
a. ~ Ggnrisstnn convention 81 1860,
as ~ si,ca then tbe nee OF hundreds
a. asn,rnnts for public honors were
seated In the historic precincts. Since
the wal. the 81. Charles was ihe etnt ,,1l
POM Ot eTv,E IN h,'i ~ retmnda Demo.
Gratis, Republicans and members Of
every political party have met 70 ex-
change views ana 70 dlseuss 'ile "' ha,s
OF the stare ah9 n"t . st t 'i c,,,,-res'
occupied py ~ iess siln ~ ~ -, .,,,t,,,
slonhI lhVestka.lvn uoi,,ii' ,.l,,t,,s,, 70
to understand that ShAo'i9 eu'iu,,io 1919, ~
affairs wnleh AZ tnst u' nm, = III
known over the country Us liN i+'u.e-