The evening world., 1894-07-25
|UR|ED IN
| fiery RUINS.
rec Firemen and Over Two
Hundred Horses Perish
in Washington,
| |ELVE BUILDINGS BURNED.
.ze Started in the Knox
Stables and Spread to Many
Dwelling Houses.
I've MEN BADLY INJURED.
rave Fire.Fighters and Policemen
\ Overcome by the Intense
Heat.
E MEN BADLY INJURED.

tBy Atsociated PressJ
EASHINGTON, July s5.-Clanging
Us, roaring flames. rushing engines,
shing walls. agoniZing shrieks of
-ses that were perishinS in the fiery
rnace-such was the scene that was
esented to eye and ear at Knox's sta
les, at B and Second streets, and the
|ther buildings in that block fell prey
10 the destructive element early this
morning.
Not since the big fire in the Patent
|Offire, many years ago, has the Fire De-
partment of the District had to cope
with so fierce confiagration. Worst of
all was the fate of five brave tiremen,
who were crushed under the falling
walls. Four men were injured by falling
walls and timbers and these were
promptly removed to the Emergency
Hospital for treatment. Three of the
fremen lost their lives.
Over 200 heavy draught horses, nearly
all of the Company's express wagons
and the contents of the large storase
building were burned. The Adams Ex-
press Company's stables, adjoining the
Knox Building to the north, were almost
Ientirely consumed. About $50 horses
were in the Adams Express Company's
stables. but all were taken out by the
hardest kind of work on the part of citi-
gems and policemen.
Eight two-story houses in the alley
north of the Knox Building and two
small frame houses back OF the Adams
stables were destroyed. Six or eight
other residence houses were more or less
40 m opl tnhA al l. 10 lr
In Second street. was crushed by falling
walls. The total loss will exceed quar-
ter Of million dollars. The bodies of
the following named. all fremen of No.
Company. have been recovered:
SAMUEL Il. MASTIN.
MICHAEL FENTON.
DENNIS DoNOHUE.
One Of the Knox stable employees was
burned and may die. Fully a dozen
frement and policemen were overcome
Ply heat and had to be carried to
places OF safety.
j. G. WILSON. 525 Eleventh street.
fo TtMHs' broken rsI sI leg. ,,,ru,n,,
bue. southwest. sprained back. seriously
LEE BELL. 1902 I street. northwest.
PuTHcu ABOUT nanQS ana race.
JAMES A. HOOPER. truck A. lacer-
EpWARD GAH1LL. citizen. shoulder
broken.
pass on B or second street for the i in.
tense heat. The firemen were obliged to
throw water on each other repeatedly
before they could approach within work
who had to hold lines Of hose on the B
etreet front of the Knox Building were
obliged to lie on their stomachs and
was the Sest wso hsd
10 help drag the hose about. were
obliged to remove their outer clothing
hnd to be frequently drenched with wa
About ten minutes before three a por-
ion Of the wall OF the rear. of the
ADAMS Building, fell into the alley and
s the pack ers exit THE smsn she
D thereW t was a cry Of horror: 1t
Eas true. The members OF Hose Com
lany No. and several men Of other
he building Flames were all about
hem. They could not escape without
Fire Chief Paris rushed to the rescue;
Malt dozen lines of hose were turned
bon the burning mass. which had
Illen In front Of the exit: As the bricks
Sboled slightly twenty fremen and as
lany policemen rushed Int into the buiid build.
II the Knox Building were tottering.
At any moment they might fall and
rush the smaller Adams Building under
In . moment the rescuers emerged
from what was thought to be a death
pit. In their arms they, dragged the
bodies OF three injured firemen. They
kubjected to such heat that they were
Ilmost baked alive. Their comparatively
Fninjured comrades were also. scorched
Ina n singsd; AZ were dragged back to
Two minutes after the party came out
The upper floors OF the Knox Building
ank; the wallis trembled, then fell with
{trSction was indescribable. The charred
tesh Of the brave firemen who lost their
lives. the buring carcasses Of horses. the
she's and smouldering remains OF the
aies, the silverware and valuable pic
Lres OF others, and the sealskins and
winter garments OF many ladies of
fashion,, and the ruins OF the buildings.
were mingled In mass of debris.
q With the fall Of the walls the fire was
practically under control, but the heat
Eas greater than ever, and firemen and
policemen began to succumb. 1t was
he residence houses in the vicinity, and
The firemen, now completely exhausted.
PAD to be relieved every four or FIVE
The eight two-story frame houses on
HE north alley were allowed to burn.
water and hose could not be wasted
Upon them. The occupants had long
lsince left them. and for fifteen min
Istes bricks had been crashing through
Jhe roofs. Mitchelrs blacksmith shop
Iesught fire. No firemen could go near
Henongh to II to play water upon II:
n FIRE started from the roofs of all the
esr dwellings Ladders were brought
Sto use, and citizens and policemen
eok the places OF the exhausted fire.
Stn and kept the fire from spreading
ne hay and light material with which
HI stable dwellings were filled made
,nerce fire. The flames darted high
40 C me air. and made the Capitol, sew,
M blocks away, stand out on the hill
sSSnsl the black sky, like building
%ted In flames.
n me police reported that some laborlnG
&c M sa were also lost In the building, be-
=, ny overcome by smoke while endeavor.
- 80 save some of the property and
tMiS from the offiee. but this report
'Tra not be verified,
Ia ms.e warehouse and stables occupied
ID 49, block; The lire was discovered
M 30 O'clock. A number OF mel
Ia Sleeping In the Knox building ant
EsMak ned by smoke. They found
) kpSnure rear OF the second floor OF the
In names and had hardly time Il