The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-13

The American Glucose Co-'s WORKS NJ.
stroyed-Less 1000. 600.
BrrrALo. April 12--Ths plant Of the
American Glucose Company was burned
tonight. The loss will DO 81. coz, 0OD The
works of the company consisted OF en-
eleven-story brick building used for the
manufacture Of glucose. an eight-story
brick building used A. powerhcuss and
place for making the cattle feeding product,
an eight-story brick building used as . re-
iinery. and an eight-story storehouss.
Fire was discovered in the dynamo room
of the main building shortly after o'clock
by the engineer. A general alarm was
turned in and the firemen rushed out In
ten minutes the whole bull ding was oo
fire. the flames were bursting through the
windows and darling from the roof
There were perhaps i25 men At work to-
night. IL will not be known until . Gen.
sus of the employees Is taken tomorrow
whether one man or fifty werc cFemated.
Ii is known that some Of the men escaped
by the fire escape ani 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
Hungarisns. They may have been burned
or escaped, IL 10 impossible TO tell now.
The chances are. however. that several
men were burned 70 death. Az IL II, four
of the men who jumped were hurt These
are: John Young. . workman, hurt
about the head and face: two Poles,
names unknown. severely injured: John
Stein. severely burned.
In fifteen minutes the walls began Ia
fall They fell 81 frequent intervals, unit
inside Of forty.6ve minutes there was but
H.
vas connected with the power and feed
house BY On elevated bridge over Scott
street The flames crspt across and ien,sed
fish market Just across the street
caught fire. Five nrsmsn wsrs sent inside
to fight the flames and number Of streams
were turned on the roof The building
WAS low. long brick one and the firemsn
made . good fight 20 save II, but portion
Of . blazing wall fell on u and startsd the
roof burning. The firsmsn inside did not
know Of this. and no one told them. Tho
consequences wefs that In Q few minutes
the roof fell and buried fivs Of the firemsn.
Three Of them escaped with bat q few
bruises. but John Weber and Lieut.. Roy
Schrader were not % fortunate. Weber
was taken out unconscious. His face In
badly burned. all Of his ribs are broken
and he has also internal injuries. and hs
may not recover. Schrader 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 the storehouss
went. and at III o'clock nothing was Left
Of the mammoth establishment but q few
walls. The glucose works were owned
and controlled by C. J, Hamiin. tho
famous trotting horse man and his sons.
After II O'Clock the progress Of the firs
was checked. At l O'Clock the fro was
under control. Insurance, $ss5. 600.
The situation at midnight was such that
IL placed all the surrounding property oat
of danger from destruction. Fireman
Chris Lang was compelled on account of
danger from falling walls about midnight
TO jump from the roof OF one of the iow
buildings 90 the ground. lie escaped with
. broken leg and slight injuries. No fur
ther serious accidents had been reported
up 10 30 a. m.