The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-14
FIREMEN BURIED IN RUINS.
THREE OF THEM WERE TAKEN OUT
 DEAD OR WERE DYING.

Debris Tt Was in the Most Dangerous
 Location in the City-A General Alarm
 Sounded and Help Summoned From
 Other Cities.
 Lynn, Mass, Feb. 1S.-At tonight
 fire was discovered in the basement
 of the hardware store of William Henry
 Hutchinson on Monroe street Two
 alarms were sounded The firemen
 found a brisk fire burning and clouds
 of smoke pouring out of all the lower
 windows The building was of wood
 and four stories high. After fighting
 the fire for three-quarters of an hour
 the flames suddenly appeared through
 the roof and almost simultaneously the
 building collapsed like an eSgshell.
 The front on Munroe street fell into
 the street, and the side fell into an
 alleyway toward the adjoining build ing which is of brick A cry of hor
 TOT went up from the spectators as a dozen firemen were buried in the debris in the alleyway, Willing volun- teers sprang to the rescue, The flames
 were dangerously near the spot where the men lay buried and all the available streams of water were brought to bear on this point It was a horrible spec tacle and the stoutest hearts quailed. In a few minutes three bodies were pulled out, placed in the police am bulance and taken to the hospital. Then hose wagon backed up and another fireman was placed inside and taken to the hospital
 1 ly, and in half an hour or more eleven firemen had been taken out Three of them were dead or died in a few minutes after being taken out. Their names were: Captain H. L. Skinner of Chemical No. 1; Thomas Murray of Engine No. 3, and John Dolan of En- zine No. 3. The injured are A. c. Moody of Hose No. 3, shoulder dis located and internally Injured; Leo Hitler. of Hose No. 3, shoulder dis located and otherwise injured; George Middleton of steamer No, 3, back in- jured and severely burned; William Minton of Chemical No 1, badly crush ed; Nihcolas Weber jr,, of steamer No. 3, sprained ankle and internal in- juries; William R. Hunt of Hose No, 4, back injured; Charles Corson of Engine No. 4, back injured and badly crushed.
 general alarm was sounded as soon as the building collapsed and the flames then shot high up in the air, the loca- tion being the most dangerous in the city and the one most dreaded by in- surance men. Following the general alarm a call for help was'sent' to Salem and steamer was sent over Swamp scott also sent a steamer and Nahant sent two hose compalies.
 The flames communicated to the three story wooden building adjoining, occu- pied on the ground floor by Peter Don nelly, wholesale and retail shoe store. with several smaller firms in the upper stories. This building was soon doom ed and the heavens were lit up by the brilliant light of the flames. The in- f1ammable material in Hutchinson's hardware store so fed the flames that water had but little effect.
 In the rear of Hutchinson's store was a three-story fireproof brick building used as storehouse ana Quilt on ac- count of the inability to secure insur- ance on the wooden store. This brick storehouse backs upon the Boston and Maine tracks and 1t served as check to the flames, keeping them from cross ing the tracks and communicating to the nest of wooden buildings on Harri- | son court The buildings on Monroe street, opposite the point where the fire | started, were once thought in danger, | and a stream was directed on them to keep them wet down.
 ft,,nr ia hut io the flames jumped across a narrow al- | eyway to the wooden building occupied | by Thomas J. Ready dealer in new and | furniture, and in fifteen | minutes this building was doomed. The l Ready building was four stories high. | The flames burned fiercely and the fire men struggled manfully, gradually | gaining the mastery, and at 10:15 they | lad the fire under control, although | hey were pouring in an immense l amount of water. A wooden building hree stories in height adjoining the Ready building was partially burned, md the fire was checked there. This building was occupied on the ground loor by Jessie l.. Arwell dealer in pie ures and frames. At 10 o'clock the police and ffremen were still digging in he ruins for more bodies. It was then .eported that thirteen had been taken ut and of this number five had died or were taken out dead.
 The total loss will be about $100,000.
 Some of the injured and dead were m a ladder at the time the building collapsed, and the others were on their ,nees directing streams into the base nent of the Hutchinson building.
 The fact hat there was no wind was
 decided advantage to the firemen in ghtihg the flames.
 Captain Skinner leaves widow and hild Thomas Murray was about years old and unmarried. ohn Dolan leaves a wife and several hildren.
 The trains on the Boston and Maine oad were held for over three hours, as mes of hose were run along the tracks oth from. Market and Washington treets, It is reported one fireman had finger hopped off by an axe in the hands of (
 man who was helping to clear away | he debris and rescue the firemen. At midnight several hydrant streams ere plying on the ruins There are ( lree dead firemen, names as given bove. There are nine injured, instead r ea1,ay tba twO additional heiner Setb l