Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-13
SWEPT BY FIRE.
The Beauty of the Famous Court
of Honor Marred.
Flames Destroy tho Casino, the Peristyio,
Music Hall and Part of the
Manufactures Building-Loss
About S1,OOO,OOO.
A FIREMAN KILLED.

away that building, the flames surging
through the handsome Peristyle, leav-
ing trail of blackened columns and
crumbled statues including the hand
some quadriga which surmount-
ed the arched entrance to the lake.
and leaving in ruins the magnificent
Music hall, leaped across the broad
avenue and wrapped in their embrace
the huge Manufactures building, with
its mountainous roof, destroying hand
some pavilions therein and valu-
able exhibits packed and await
ing shipment. One fireman was
killed and several others injured. The
fire, which it is thought was started by
tramps, was not tsxtinguished until
o'clock this morning, after burning
| fercely for eight and one-half hours,
and destroying property roughly esti-
mated at sl,oO0,OOO.
The interior of the Casino, with its
| open center court and balconies, all
made of oil-fnished wool, fed the
| greedy flames, which seemed to reach
| every corner of the building at once.
When it was seen that the fire could
not be checked in the Casino. the force
was concentrated on tine Agricultural
building and Peristyle. Extension lad
ders were raised to the top of the classic
bridge, which formed one of the most
beautiful architectural features of the
court of honor. 1t was while mount
| ing this ladder that Fireman Mewers
| of engine company 81 fell. The ambu-
! lance was called and he was carried to
st. Luke's hospital, where he died soon
, after
Marshal Green sent score of men to
the Peristyle. He knew that if the fire
! once reached it it would go to the Music
hall. A dozen streams of water were
{ directed against it, but the Casino wall
fell in and the exposed timbers of the
Peristyle blazed up at once,
The fire did not move rapidly. 1t ate
its way to the north deliberately and
| with an obstinacy which nothing could
stop. 1t drove the tremen before it,
and gradually neared the Music hall.
The fight was made where the Peristyle
and Music hall come together.
The flames crept along unchecked, at
tacking the handsome Music hall at
the north end of the now ruined Peri
style. The fire was burning over the
platform of the auditorium before the
firemen knew it All efforts, however,
were unavailing. Soon the building
was mass of ruins.
The flames leaped across the broad
avenue between Music hall and the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts edifce,
and at S:45-three and a quarter hours
after the start of the fire-the enor-
nous building blazed up.
Soma Sno,.lyS boJ acoanaJ ba ,-;o;
lance of the patrols on the promenade.
They had crept beneath the boards,
and, famed by the wind, had devel-
oped into flame. They burst out al
most simultaneously at four diff
ferent points-three on the east
and one on the west side.
AT 1:S0 o'clock this morning the fire.
men on the roof had succeeded in cut
ting hole over the Tiffany exhibit. A
rope was lowered and lead of hose
was hauled to the promenade. Then a
triple-siamese was made and three en-
gines were coupled on and sent a col
umn of water to the waiting men on the
roof. With this stream where it was
needed the fire was soon placed under
control. At 3 o'clock the fire was out,
after burning eight and one-half hours.
The killed and injured at the fire are;
William Mackey, SIS Forty eighth street
pipeman engine company No. 81. Fell from
ladder on Peristyle; internally injured and died
at Mercy hospital
The injured:
| Capt. Frederick GetZ, truck company No. 10:
fell from roof of Manufactures building: lef,
leg broken, chest badly injured and internally
hurt; removed to emergency hospital
| Eugene Durand, watchman In the French
section of the Manufactures building; struck
on head by plank; badly cut and bruised; taken
| TO emergency hospital
Capt. Charles Tobey engine company No
Oh fell from east gallery to floor: burned about
body and legs; removed to emergency hospital
The exposition company did not lose
q cent on the Casino, Peristyle and
Music hall The Casino was built by
the Columbian Casino company, which
had secured a restaurant,concession, and
the Peristyle and Music hall had been
transferred to the South park com.
missioners.
The French exhibit, which was 10.
Gated just south of the center of Man
ufactures building, was the first tc
succumb to the flames. This exhibit
was originally yalued at $780, 900, but
the larger portion of it is said to have
been moved out Among the losses
enumerated are the bronze statue oi
war, the imitation jewelry display
Gobelin tapestries, Beurdelois' exhibit
of mosaic and inlaid furniture, the Dore
bronze vase, Bon Marche dress exhibl;
and library of French books.
Among other losses in the Manufac
lures building there We're 1000 cases
destined for the midwinter fair at Sar
Francisco. These cases had been col
lected from all parts of the grounds
from every foreign exhibit at the fair
and had been stored in the Manufac
, lures building to be rewarehoused by
customs officials and be shipped in Gus
/ toms custody to California.
New State Committee.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 1O.-The dem
ocrats of Indiana elected new state
committee Monday by cong essiona