The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-01-03
A HOLOCAUST.
A Lamp Explodes at an Entertain
 ment and Fires the Building.
FORTY-OyE LIVES REPORTED LOST.
A Big Fire in Louisville, Ky, Causes Loss of Over S2OO,OOO-An old Her init Frozen-A Special
 Car Burned.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Dec. 2o--News has just reached here that at Silver Lake, Ore, on Christmas evening, while large party was attending a Christmas tree, lamp exploded and, setting fire to the building, forty-one persons were burned to death and tif- teen injured. While the festivities were at their height someone climbed on bench, from which point he ex- pected to get a better view of what was going on. In doing so his head struck the lamp hanging from the ceiling, over turning it. The oil Immediately caught fire and everything in the room being dry and of an infamable nature, the room was soon mass of flames some one shouted: "Shut the door and keep quiet; it can be put out" By this time the confusion was so great that people began scrambling to reach the door. Women and children were trampled under foot and as there was only one exit to the hall and the fire being be- tween the majority of the crowd and the door many rushed headlong into the flames. Silver Lake is small vil- lage of about 100 inhabitants and it is 15O miles from the nearest telegraph office.
 BIG FIRE IN LOUISVILLE.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 29.-Fire broke out between 12 and o'clock this morn- ing in the five-story building of Stucky- Brent !S Co.,, general merchandise, on Sixth street, between Main and Water. Three alarms were quickly turned in, as the building is located in the busi- ness part of the city. The entire de- partment was soon on the ground, but the fire spread rapidly, soon gut ting the Stucky-Brent x Co. building and communicating to the rear of the five-story building occupied by J. Il. Quasi & Co.,, boots and shoes, and Bare ford, Lawson x Co.,, millinery, and burned its way through to main street. In a short time this building was also completely gutted and the tiremen en. deavored to save the adjoining build ings. The losses are: Stucky, Brent & Co.,, Ss2, GOO; J. II. Quest X Co.,, $lo0 900; Hereford, Lawson & Co.,, S40,00O, all fully insured. The weather was bitter cold and the firemen suffered consider ably, being compelled to stand in pools of water while fighting the flames.
 AN OLD HERMIT FROZEN.
 WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 20.-Emil Lame, a hermit for dozen years in a canyon in Beaver county, No-Man's-Land, was found frozen to death in his rude hu3 Thursday. A Catholic crucifix was grasped tightly in one hand and q rosary in the other. He was 90 years of age and was said to be an illegiti. mate son of one of Bonaparte's mar shals. The hovcl he lived in contained nothing but rough table and bed, with few cooking utensils and about fifty volumes of French religious books.
 A SPECIAL CAR BURNED.
 HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 0.--The Ne maha," special car of General Manager Robinson, of the St. Joseph X Grand Island, was burned yesterday between Davenport and Edgar. The occupants barely escaped with their lives. losing all their clothing, valuables and pa- pers. The fire is supposed to have started from the overturning of an oil stove in the observatory.