The record-union., 1894-04-13
BIG FIRE AT BUFFALO.
PLANT OF A GLUCOSE COMPANY
DESTROYED.
Not Known But What Many Lives
We're Lost-Monetary Loss One
Million Dollars.
special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
BUFFALO, April 13.-The plant of the
American Glucose Company was burned
last night. The loss will be about 81, ,000,-
600; insurance, $3.50, 900. The works of
the company consisted of an eleven-story
brick building, used for the manufacture
of glucose, and an eight-story brick
building used as power-house and as a
place for making the cattle-feeding pro-
duct; an eight-story brick building used
as refinery, and an eight-story store
house.
The fire was discovered in the dynamo
room of the main building shortly after
I o'clock by the engineer. A general
alarm was turned in and the firemen
rushed out. IN ten minutes the whole
building was afire, and the flames were
bursting through the windows and dart
ing from the roof. There were perhaps
rs men at work. Whether one man or
fifty were cremated, it is not known.
Some OF the men escaped by the fire
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 Huns,
Whether they may have been burned or
escaped, it is impossible to tell now
The chances are, however, that several
men were burned to death.
Is it is, four of the men who jumped
were hurt.
In fifteen minutes the walls began to
fall. They fell at frequent intervals,
until inside OF forty-tive minutes there
was but one corner 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 Uta City fish market,
Just across the street, caught ire. Five
firemen were sent inside to fight the
flames, and number of streams were
turned on the root. The building was a
low, long brick one, and the tremen
made good fight to save it, but por
ton OIL blazing wall fell in on 1t, and
started the roof to burning.
The firemen inside did not know of
this. and no one told them. The conse-
uuences were that in few minutes the
roof fell and buried five tiremen. Three
of them escaped with but few bruises,
but John Weber and Lieutenant Boy
Scraeder were not so fortunate. Weber
was taken out senseless. His face Is
badly burned. Several ribs are broken,
and he has also internal Injuries. he may
not recover. Lieutenant Schraeder had
his back and legs hurt.
The feed-house was completely de-
stroyed, the walls all having fallen by 10
O'Clock. The refinery and storehouse
went, and by ii o'clock nothing was left
of the mammoth establishment but a
few walls.
The glucose works wore owned and
controlled by G. j. Hamlin, the famous
trotting horse man, and his sons.
After II o'clock the progress of the fire
was checked. At l o'clock 1t was COM
pletely under control.
The situation at midnight was such
that it placed all the surrounding prop
erty out of danger from destruction. Fire
man Chris Lang was compelled, on ac-
count OF the danger from falling walls,
about midnight, to Jump from the roof
of the low buildings to the ground. He
escaped with broken leg and slight iu-
juries. No further serious accidents have
been reported up to this hour, l:30 A. NJ.