The herald., 1895-01-02
THE HOLIDAY HORROR
Revised List of the Oregon Fire Vic
tixps


PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. IA letter to the Asso-
ciated Press from Silver Lake, Ore, gives the
number of people burned to death in the Christ
mas ia atty as 40. Fully as many more were
injured, some fatally.
The complete list of the dead is: Mrr. Judith
Ahshier, aged 43; John Fl. Buick, 81; David
Buick, A; ]. j. Buick. 33; LEILA Janet Buick. 5:
Z. A. Bowen, %; Fred Busick, 8; Mrs. L. Cos
hoy, 53S; Mrs G. Toward, 40; II. Howard, s.;
Bessie Howard, 2; Woodford Heart %; Ada
Hearst, 49, Ira Hamilton, B. Laura McCauley,
IS; W. C. Martin, SO; Mrs W. c. Martin, SO;
Mrs. w. M. ousley, 81; Lille Ousley, 25 Bruce
Ousley, %; Hazel Labrie, ; Mrs. B. L. Smelling,
50; Easton Smelling, 3; frankie .Hornins, s;
Mrs. M. j.. Paine, 40; Robert small,
Russell lWard, /; Frank Ross. %; Mrs. Belle
Phillips, 43; Lille Phillips; F. B. West, So;
Mrs. F. II. West 54; Bertha West, .; Herbert
West, 3.
Fatally injured-Robert Smelling, Ray Ward
Mrs. Thomas Labrie George Paine, Charles
Hendricks, Bert Gowdy, MIS- Charles Hamil-
children of Mrs. Egli.
serouly injured Four Buick children, Jack
Henderson, L. Coshoy, Clara Smelling, Mrs G.
Marshall Mrs. 4. Hornine and Mrs. l.. Buick.
Many of those who persisted were burned be-
yond identification
About 200 persons were in the h all, alto
gether. All had met at Chrisman Brothers
! hail to hold a Christmas tree festival. While
the presents were being distributed, George
Paine, young man, started 10 go to the door
walking on top of the seats. His head struck q
large Rochester lamp. The lamp began to
swing to and fro and he caught hod OF 1T with
F., his hand to steady 1t. The lamp began to flash
! up. Francis Chrisman took the lamp, which
| held about gallon of oil, out of the bracket
| and started for the door. Someone knocked 1t
! out of his hand and it fell on the floor, 1t was
| knocked around and kicked about several
times.
| In attempting to extinguish the flames the
| oil was spilled on the floor and the fl ames
and across the rear of the building where the
| only outlet to the hall was, cutting off all
| egress. panic followed and but little Thought
was given to the screaming women and chill
| dren 1t was case of the survival of the
| strongest number of persons got out at one
| of the two windows in the hall. A ladder was
| then placed at this window and a few more
were saved. Soon the entire building was en-
! veloped in flames shutting off all hope of es-
| cape sor those still in the hall. The fearful
| calamity has Frustrated the whole country
| Every house in the village is hospital.
| People have come 100 miles to minister tC
| the injured and inter the dead. There was
nothing left by which to identify the victims
and the mes were gathered up and all buried
| in one grave
James Small a well known stock man of the
county, had started east with a band OF horsei
and had reached Burns, Harvey county when
he heard that his son was one of the victims o.
| the fire. He started to return Immediately and
| in ~ hours he covered distance of 200 miles
on horseback. He returned Just in time to sec
| the bones OF his son laid to rest in the common
grave.