Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-13
FATAL FIRE IN BUFFALO.
Six Bremen Injured, an Unknown Number of Lives Lost, and al,OOO,OOO Damage Done by the Burning of the American Glucose Company's Works.

Glucose COmpanS'S Works. BUFFALO. April l3.-The plant of the | American Glucose company was destroyed 1 by fire The loss will be about Sl ,OOO, GOO he insurance iS $5S5.0OO.
 There were perhaps l25 men at work | there when the tire broke out. It will not | be known until census of the employees is taken whether a single man or 90 men were cremated. It is known that some of the men escaped by the fire escapes. and some of those on the upper stories jumped | into the canal.
 A great many of the men at work on the upper floors were ignorant Poles and Ger | mans. They may have been burned, and they may not. It is impossible to tell now. The chances are, however. that several men ere burned to death. The works were situated on the Ham burg eRnAl. Scott. Perry and East and West Market streets.
 ! hey consisted of an II story brick build ing, used for the manufacture of glucose and starch; an eight story brick building. l used as powerhouse and as place for making the cattle feeding product, which i~ made from the corn after the glucose is extracted; an eight story brick building. used a. d refinery, and an eight story store . house.
 foor W ho Jum ped Were Hurt.
 The fire was discovered in the dynamo | room of the main building by the engineer, who was in the next room. He gave the alarm. and he and his fireman rushed out. In To minutes the whole II floors were on fire, and flames were bursting through the windows and darting from the roof The glucose company ordinarily employs q great number of men, but of late it has not been running at its full capacity, al though it has been working day and night shifts. Four of the men who jumped were hurt. These are:
 John Young, a workman: hurt about the head and face.
 Two Poles who cannot speak English, names unknown both severely injured; one with both legs broken.
 John stern, n workman; severely burned. e =
 The fire Spread with incredible swift ness In l5 minutes the entire main build ing was mass of flames. In 90 minutes the walls began to fall, and they fell at frequent intervals until inside of 45 min utes there was but one corner standing The main building was connected with the power and feedhouse by an elevated bridge over Scott street. The flames crept across this and ignited the feedhouse. This burned more slowly than the main build ing, but for all that it was but short time until the flames had complete con trol of the buildings.
 Meanwhile the Buffalo city fish market, which stood just across the street on the corner of Scott and West Market streets, caught fire. Five tiremen were sent inside it to fight the flames, and a number of streams were turned on the roof The building was long low brick structure, and the tiremen made good fight to save it, but a portion of n blazing wall fell on it and started the roof to burning fiercely. The tiremen inside did not know this, and no one told them. The conseuuence was that in a few minutes the roof fell in and buried the five tiremen.
 Five Bremen Injured.
 Three of them escaped with no other in jures than few bruises, but John Weber of Engine No. and Lieutenant Louis Schraeder of the same company were not so fortunate. Weber was taken out un- conscious. His face is badly burned, some of his ribs were broken, and he has also in ternal injuries. It is a question whether he will live or die.
 Lieutenant Schraeder had his back and legs hurt. Both were taken to hospitals. The feedhouse was completely destroyed. The refinery and the storehouse went next, and by midnight there was nothing left of the mammoth establishment but a few tot tering walls.
 The glucose works were owned and con trolled by c. J. Hamlin, the famous trot- ting horse man, and his sons. There is a branch of the institution at Peoria, Ills, and another at the foot of Court street in this city.
 Early this morning Fireman Chris Lang of Truck No. l was compelled on account of the danger from falling walls to jump from the roof of one of the low buildings to the ground, He escaped with broken leg and slight injuries.