Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-22
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Ouch Property Destroyed aud PeOpll
Fatally lDjurSd.
fIRENEN BURIED IN THE RUINS
A Brave Captain saves q Llfo Amid thu
Cheers Of the Ihrong-A Long
List Of Injured.

CHICAGO, Nov. ga disastrous
aro broSe out At Van Buren, sns
Market street this morning. Severa
persons were Injured.
Nellie Turner jumped from n third
story window; she was Internally In.
ured and will die. Kil,io LAndgrsf
Jumped from n fourth story window;
was internally Injured, ami probably
viii die. Harry Nell Jumped ffom
the fourth story; internally injured
and may die.
TIE FIRE started In the seventh story
Of the Terra Gotta building at 278 to
27s Market street, extending Ia az"
to Won Buren, street. Toe fret ami
second floors were occupied by Stein
& BVits, clothing; the third and fourth
oy Henry Newman, clothing, the
NIB, AmaEon Clothing company;
sixth, Fallows * Co., collars and cuff;
seventh, TOwn.end d Gale, clothing
anu dty goods, aud the National
Thread company,
The building will bs entirely des.
troyed with It's oon.euia.
Each nfm employed women who
were thrown into panic. Before
some OF tho girls could be restrained
they climbed ouG OF the Windows anu
Jumped.
one Of this iirst 10 sppear at the third
story window was Nellie Turner. Shs
screamed for help. some onn ON tue
ground shouted for her TO Jump. Bhe
ie;t tho window. A moment later sue
| appeared at another, near tue fire
escape, climbed upon the ill aud COM
mnncci 10 descend. Ofllcer FlAherly
was on the escape between the irsi
and second stories nnd when no saw
tho girl bOvo started up 10 aid her.
She suddenly lost her balance an fell
hozdlUng to the street. Officer
Finhetty tried 10 catch her, but could
no. reach hur.
me building cost slSo,ooOi insured
for $4,000.
Toe nrn owning tho building 10
kub, Nathan * Fische.
rne door In tue burning building al
Van Buren, aud franklin streets fell
NJ O'Clock, burying the members OF
tue engine company number .. Gov.
vtsl are supposed TO have been Killed.
The fire started on the fourth door,
It 10 thought, In rojms occupied by
Stein d Biers. Thirty girls employed
thsre made frantic Efforts TO escape.
the iAnitor led all VINO would ACCOM-
pauy hun TO tho main stairway aud
/ they reached the street Without In
| Jury. Those VINO Temaiuod behind
Jared worse. Cigar hollar, employed
| by Stein & BleTs,ra q tho fourth story
window overlooking Van Buren, street,
threw up tho sash, climbed out on the
! ledge, clinglng with one hand 10 the
| narrow strip OF NooI on the outside Of
the sash. Sue saw few feet below
her u ladder on which two nrrmen
81 OH anu prepared to Jump.
await, DOM jump" shouted Cap
tain HermansOn, VINO had almost
| reached tue window,
Great volumes Of smoke poured out
| Of the window ana hl times ;hs gifga
/ form was entirely UbscuTed. 70 the
| hundreds Of persons Watching. seconds
Stoned like hours. Cheer alter cheer
went up Tor Captain Hermanaon a. no
| climbed. He almost reached the win
| dow when he heard the gfl scream
/ And Jaw her reel aud release her mold
on the window aiding. She had beer
overcome by smoke and fallen. Cap.
tain HurmAnson bfaceI himself and NJ
tho unconscious form dropped, he
p.zsi u with his right arm. The
effort nearly cost him his own life, ioi
he narrowly escaped falling. From
| hundreds Of thtoatH cheers were heard
an this brave captain descended tho
ladder with the human burden. Tho
girl wah unconscious, but the PHI yaician
said Sue would recover.
To the list OF injured the following
arc Edded: Aggis McLain, Hattie
Brennan, Edna Ritter,, Mary Pinto,
Olgo ksllar. All were overcome by
smoke, but will recover. John Gruen-
heimOr Is missing.
BURIED IN THE RUINS,
The loss on the building aud to the
tenants 10 estimated at from $3.50, 900
to 100000. The building was valued
at $3.50, 1000.
A few minutes before l O'Clock the
second and the third tioora fell, carry.
ing with the first, on which CaptAiu
Louis Feline, his lieutenant anu four
line men OF Engine Company wep
working. They were buried In thu
basement and It IL believed wero
killed.
The fIemon buried by tho falling
wall are: Captain Louis Feline, Patrick
Mcdonald, Martin Down, John Prem
dsrgast, David MoNally anu Martin
SheTriok.