The morning call., 1894-04-13
BURNED TO DEATH.
How Many Men 1t Is Not
Known.
BUT FIFTY ARE MISSING.
There Is a Chance Also That All
Escaped.
BUT FIFTY ARE MISSING.
FOUR WHO JUMPED WERE HURT.
Total Destruction of the Great GIu-
cose Plant of the liam
Inns.

BUFFALO. n. Y. April 13.-The D ant
of the American Glucose Company burned
last night. The loss will be S1.000 900,
with insurance of S5S5OOO. The works of
the company consisted of an eleven-story
brick building. used for the manufacture
of glucose; an eight-story brick building,
used as power-house and as place for
making the ca tie feeding product; an
eight-story brick building, used as re-
finery, aud an eight-story storehouse.
The fire was discovered in the dynamo
room of the main building, shortly after
7 o'clock, by the engineer. a general
alarm was turned in and the firemen rushed
out. In ten minutes the whole building
was Oh fire and flames were bursting
through the windows and darting from
the roof. There were, perhaps, 125 men at
work tonight and it will not be known
until census OF the employees is taken to-
morrow whether one man or fifty were
cremated. 1t is known that some of the
men escaped by the fire escape and that
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 Huugarians. They may have been
burned or escaped, it is impossible to tell
now. The chances are, however, that
several men were burned to death. As it
is 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 mnules the walls began to
fall. They fell at frequent intervals, until
inside of forty-five 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, and the flames
crept across and igni ed the feed-house.
Meanwhile the City FisE-market just
across the street caught fire. Five firemen
were sent inside to fight the flames and
number of streams were turned on the
oof. The building was low, long brick
ne anu the fremen made long fight to
save il, but portion of the blazing wall
fell on it and started the roof to
burning. The firemen inside did not
know of this and no one told them.
The consequence was that in a few
minutes the roof fell and buried five fire.
men. Three of them escaped with but a
few bruises, but John Weber and Lieuten-
AM Roy Schrader were not so fortunate.
Weber was taken out unconscious. His
face is badly burned, some OF his ribs are
broken, and he has also internal injuries.
He may not recover. Lieutenant Schrader
had his back and legs hurt.
The feedhouse was mpletely destroyed,
the walls all having fallen by 10 o'clock.
The refinery and the storehouse also went.
and by IL o'clock nothing was left of the
mammoth establishment but a few walls.
The glucose works were owned and con-
troled by G. j. HamliD. the famous trot-
ting-horse man. and his sons. After IL
o'clock the progress of the fire was checked
and at o'clock it was completely under
control.
The situation at midnight was such that
it placed all the Surrounding property out
of danger from destruction. Fireman
Chris Lang was compelled on account of
the danger from falling walls about mid
night to jump fron the roof OF one of the
low buildings to the ground. He escaped
with broken leg and slight injuries. No
further serious accidents have been re-
ported up to this hour, 80 A. N.