Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-22
WORK OF THE CRUEL FLAMES
Chicago Visited by Another Destruc-
tive and Death Dealing Confagra-
ton this Morning.
BRAVE FlREMEN BURIED IN The RUINS
Girls Jump from Fourth Story Win
dows-H Heroic Deed of Capt. Her.
manson Saves Girls Life
Cheered by the Crowd
Loss 100000.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-In fire at Van
Buren, and Market streets this morning
several persons were injured.
Nellie Turner, jumped fror' third
story window; will die. ss-
Kittie Landgraf, jumped from fourth
story window; will probably die.
Harry Neil, jumped from fourth story;
may die.
Each received internal injuries.
The FIRE broke out in the seven story
terra Gotta building, Nos. 276 to 27S Mar
ket street and extending in an "L" to Van
Buren, street.
The FIRST and second floors we're occu-
pied by Stein & Beir, clothing; the third
and fourth by Henry Newman, clothing;
the fifth by the Amazon Clothing COM
pany; the sixth by Fallows & Co., collars
and cuffs; the seventh by Townsend Il
Gale, clothing and dry goods, and the Ma
tional Thread company.
The building will probably be entirely
an g. Fisher own the building.
Each firm employed women, who we're
thrown into panic. Some of the girls
climbed out of the windows and jumped.
Nellie Turner commenced to descend
the fire. essape. Officer Flaherty started
up to aid her, but he was too late. She
suddenly lost her balance and fell head
long to the street.
Officer Flaherty tried to catch her, but
could not reach her.
The building cost $l50,ooo; insured for
100000.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The fire started on the fourth floor, it
is thought in the rooms cupied by
Stein & Bier. The thirty girls employed
there made frantic efforts to escape.
The janitor led as many as he could
induce to accompany him to the main
stairway and they reached the street
without injury. Those who remained be-
hind faired worse.
Aggie Mclean, Hattie Brennan, Edna
Rittert, Mary Pinto and Olga Keller we're
overcome by the smoke, but will recover.
John Gruenheimer is missing.
Olga Keller ran to the fourth story
window overlooking Van Buren, street,
threw up the sash, climbed out on the
ledge, clinging with one hand to the
narrow strip of wood on the outside of
the sash.
She saw few feet below ladder on
which two fremen stood and prepared to
jump.
CAPTAIN HRRMANsoN A HERO.
"Wait. don't jump" shouted Captain
Hermanson, who had almost reached the
window.
Great volumes of smoke poured out of
the window and her form was entirely
obscured.
Captain Hsrmanson almost reached the
window when he heard the girl scream
and saw her reel and release her hold on
the window siding. She had been over
come by smoke.
Captain Hermanson braced himself,
and, as the unconscious form dropped, he
seized it with his right arm. The effort
nearly cost him his own life, for he mar
rowly escaped falling.
From hundreds of throats cheers we're
heard as the brave captain descended the
ladder with his human burden.
The girl was unconscious, but the ply
sicians say that she will recover.
SIX BRAVE F1REMEN BURNED.
The loss on the building and to tenants
is estimated at 100000.
A few minutes before O'Clock the Sec
ond and third floors fell carrying with
them the first.
On the latter were Capt. Louis Feline,
his lieutenant and four linemen. All
were buried in the basement and are
probably killed.
NAMES OF THE TIREMEN BURIED.
The frsmeu buried are: Capt. Louis
Feline, Martin Down, Patrick Mcdonald,
John Prendergast, David McNally and
Martin Sherrick.