The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-05
'THE last Sad STORY
DR.. Bernard DAILY Writes From
Silver Lake.
PREVAILS EVERYWHERE
Many of the Injured Will Be Grip
pied for Life and Others
Will Die.

Klamath Fails Or, Jan. 4.-Ex-Rep
resental.ive DR.. Bernard Daily, who ler
for the scene of the Silver Lake disaster
writes from Lakeview, under date oi
january l, giving hurried, but accurate
details of the Christmas eve holocause.
He says:
81 shall endeavor to give you all thu
dal1a in my possession, which will be
accurate, having been noted by mer
upon the scene after the fire. but, ow
ing TO the fact that 1 am very busy
professionally, l cannot take time tc
write of the disaster in detail, clothing
1t with rhetoric calculated to bring tears
of grief and sorrow for the suffering
and disconsolate people of Silver Lake
l shall, therefore, note briefly the facts. .
The following lare the facts ais stated
by Mr.. DAILY:
The population of Silver Lake and
the valley surrounding was about $50
The building that was consumed by
the fire contained about 100 people when
the fire began. The fire was caused by
Someone striking lhls head against a
lighted lamp, causing the oil to tal0e
fire afber it was splashed out of the
lamp by the jar Just at that momen
the people Became 50 frightened thai
another lamp which was setting on am
organ in another part of the room, was
4 n ,-our,, ~, 4e,a do,o,. and
building, being built of. pine lumber
caught flie so rapidly that It's interiol
was in blaze in less THAN two minutes
and in six minutes from the time ir
took fire, it was so far consumed that
all life within was extinct The list of
the dead, as given by the doctor, is as
follows:
Mrs. U. F. Abshire, David Buick. j. ]
Buick, DeAa Buick, Ed. Bowen, Free
Buick, Mrs L. Coshow, Mrs. JEFF How
ard, Harry Howard, Bessie Howard
Woodward Hearst, Mrs. WOODWARD
Hearst, Ira Hamilton, Laura McCauley
w. C. Martin, Mrs. w. C. Martin, Mrs
DIR. Owsley, lille Owsley. Bruce Ows
ley, Hazel LAbrie, Mrs. DR.. Smelling
Mrs. Gus Schroeder Esther Schroe.
der Mrs. Jane Payne, Robbie Small
Samuel Ward, Mrs. Dave Ward. Etts
Ward, Mrs. l.. G. yWElliamsL Henry
Russell Ward, Frank Ross
Mrs. Phillips, Jessie Phillips, Frank
West, Mrs. Frank West, Bertha West
Mrs. John Bruick. and May Horning,
The list differs from that published
N the Astorian last Wednesday, in tho
respect:
Ada Bell Hearst is not among the
lead; Mrs. John Bruick is added to tn,
list, and Esther Schroeder, and not Els
ton Smelling, is one of the dead.
Seriously injured-George Payne, Mrs
-nbrle, Roy Ward, Robert Smelling, |
Maggie Smelling, Mrs. Ward, Mr.. EN-
rick, Mrs. Charles Hamilton, Mr.. ia
,oby.
About twelve others were more or less
injured but none or them seriously
Vioh the exception of few bones thai
we're buried together, all of which wer,
,uried in one grave, the bodies were
burned to ashes. The dead
IS classified, would be as follows:
Seven grown men, all of whom lost
heir lives in the attempt to save 9TH
RS; fifteen grown women; two boys be.
ween the ages of and TO- and sixteen
title ones, under the age of 6; total
lumber of dead, 40. The Owsley fam
ly lost fifteen members. The West
amily all perished. except one litllt
oy. Some of the injured have lost their
yes, and some will lose their hands;
While some, in all probability, will not
urvive. AS all the medicines Of the
lace were consumed by fire. the in
ured had no relief In "a medical way
ndl DR.. Daly's arrival about twenty
our hours after the fire. The distance
4 over 200 miles was made by the doc
or across mountains of snow, with the
thermometer below zero. This is 9
eat which has never been accomplish
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