Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-14
FIRE FIGHTERS SUFFER
Battled With Flames While a
 Blizzard Was Raging.
ONE HUNDRED WIPED BY FROST

ONE HUNDRED WIPED BY FROST. A Hotel and seven Other Business Build
 ings In Bradford. Pn., Destroyed by
 Tire-Fircmen Worked With the McT-
 cury Eight Degrees Below Zero.
 BRADFORD, Pa, Jan 14.-Fire broke out in the Sheehan House here, and before the flames could be controlled the district hetween Mechanic and Barbour streets and Main street was destroyed. The flames spread so rapidly that the hotel guests and the occupants of the houses in he burned district barely escaped in theiI night clothes The firemen were greatly handicapped on account of the blizzard. and tho victims of the fire suffered intense ly from the cold weather. The loss is esti- mated at S25O. GOO Eight buildings wcre destroyed. The extent of the Contlagration takes in two buildings on Mechanic street south of 9y Mechanic street, the Columbia block tho Nusbaum block. NJ. Rothstcin' . pawn broker store and smith Brothers grocery. A number of firemcn are suffer ing of frozen hands and feet.
 Two of the women-Mary Callahan and Mary Dorean-jumped from the second story windows in their night clothes, and both sustained very serious injuries. Al though Miss Callahan's left wrist and ankle were both fractured ill the terrible fall, she dragged herself through the snow to a place of safety, almost peTishing from the cold on the way.
 The flames destroyed the house owned md occupied by Mrs Mary Peterson, and that lady, with her two daughters. saved none of their possessions hut the night clothaS in which tIlCv pSCHupd
 4 Blizzard Raging.
 \ furious blizzard was raging at the lime the fire was first discovered and the thermometer stood at \ degrees below zero The tiremen immediately responded to the general alarm sent in, and in d very short time had eight streams of water playing the rapidly spreading blaze.
 The Peterson. Shechan and Leonard buildings, fronting on Mechanic street. which were all wooden structures, burned likc tinder, and the flames rolled from them with fierce energy against the largo h. !Ck block on the corner of Mechanic and Main streets, which was owned by Mir, D. F. Rosobcrg This structure was totally destroyed, as were the Eushaum block, q large brick building. and the Rothstcin and Smith Brothers building fronting on Main street
 In the smith building, when IL was ablazo from foundation to roof and it was thought every body was out in safety, Mrs, T. F. MCQuiSton. one uf tho occupants, rushed from hor rooms with her clothing ind hair abiazc. Tho firCmen saved hcI from cremation. Her husband was badly burned about the hands in working with the flames and before tho fire was CNtin guished had his hands and cars frozen.
 At least 100 of the lirrmcn had theiI unrs, face or hands frosthittrn more ol less severely Robert ~isco and Robert lclme of the Citizen Hose company are s, badly frozen that their condition is crit i'aI
 tee fully an inch thick frozo on the fire in"n's clothing placing them in an armol that impe,ici their work materially Ow ing to the tlrrcrnrSs of the gale it WaS aI ,\, ncdinglv hard fire to fight and for t4mc it sromcd that great portion of th, town would be wiped out. An alley run min, back from Main street and intcrsect in., with one from Mechanic strcrt formcl ! luare, in which rho 1ircmcn succeeded i'll conflnlng tho blaze, The origin of tn, lirc is as yet unknown.