The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-03-23

quarters or an hour alter the f1rSt alarm
was sent in the southwest wall of the
building, so feet in circumference, fell
in, burying II men under il. Two of
them were instantly killed, third died
a short time after being taken out of the
debris, and the others were all badly
hurt, one probably fatally. AID but one,
John Bowen, were employees of the Wa
| bash.
The dead are:
K. III. Bohlman
J. ]. Preston.
John Bowen.
The injured are:
! f. II. Howard, head bruised, face sut,
slightly burned, will recover.
John Leary, leg broken, avn crushed,
skull fractured, may die.
Patrick McDOnough, skull fracturedt
shoulder broken, will recover.
Martin Greenburg. head cut will re-
cover.
+. Harry Zimmerman. legs spTained,
4 body bruised.
Louis Brecker, head bruised, shoulder
sprsiNed.
Henry Gerding, head bruised and cut.
I. c. Lauer, head and neck sErained,
head cut.
NFnlANuAIN4Al A1aeAAel@ ol-thf 'A@Ns
The first alarm OF the fire CAME ny
telephone to the district offices at 10A0
a. m. When Fire Chief Mayor rea ched
the fire he saw that there was danger Of
the flames reaching the oil house. re-
pair shops and the Wabash eleva tor.
all in close proximity and BE inn ne
diately sent la general alarm
Meanwhile the roads fire E@frL'a ny
!,
ering the flames from the sasUctu re
which menaced the Oh house, and Il he
fire at this point waV held fairly n
check. The roof was already ablsaze +,
and threatened to collapse every mo
ment, butt the falling Of the walls Fras
not at this time anticipated. The ErOn
| braces. supporting the roof expanded in
- e intense neat. nj the arzliE fSarne
! 0vering. gave way witlaa mEltfiesa Eoar.
+ falling in On the stalled engines
WALL. GAVE WAB-
| AT this moment the goutllgeesl wal,
! Is feet high and Is inch thioss WAS seen
to totter outward from the literal pres
sure of the falling roof, and d yell went
I'D to apprtse the dremsa Of theiT dan
ger There were Is men at work i'm this
portion Of the b1ildinE- The warning
came too late, ana IL firEsneni were bur
| led in pile of brick several feet high.
! That only two were killed Oatnigh5 was
nothing short Of mira3Eloust Streams
| Of water were poured on the smoking
| debris andas soon as possible tAe work
( of rescue began Preston and Bowen
were buried completely. and wspe dead
some time before their nOd6ss were
reached. They were badly crushed
.af
| BohIman was taken Dut IN an. l1a00@-
s,cious condition and reraoWed -. hil
home, where he died few hoUrs adsaa-
wards.
BY this time half dozen 8hystasas3'
! had, REACHED the scsne and. attention
was directed towards carrying cat sa'
| injured. Iseary was found to be sh'
worst sufferer, ana it was Teamed M
} would scarcely live out the day. TIL
/ others, though badly used W., Wa prob
ably recover
The property loss is estim ated at $500
900. probable insured. The Mound hons
which had capacity of 2@locOmosiVe
( contained only six engines and the )
/, al e all badly damaged.
Sc FIRE AT MIEWAUKEE-
{ Milwaukee,, March n--Fire shiss nForl
o ing in the Norris bu8ulnS, large DIle
structure. on East Water street, cause
y ( damage % the builGlng and contents G
timated at $4,000. The premises we
r occupied by a bicycle manufacture
a fipm, this Wisconsin, Iron & Wire WoHs
d, the Milwaukee Brass Company and 4
+. National Lime Rock Company
- NEWSPAPERS BURNED QUE
81 cleveland March 1.-THE Wortnin
ed \ ton block. at the corner of Ontario al
ge Noble street, occupied by the Wor
nc newspaper plant and the A. n. Aello
I'm Newspaper Company, was entirely
Az stroyed by fire soon after O'Clock Il
sy morning.
WAREHOUSE IN ASHES.
St. Louis, March 1T.-Early this me-
r ing the storage warehouse and eleVa
-. of Hugh Rogers & Co, dealers in s
Ivy and grain, at the corner of the levee q
Bremen avenue. was burned, causing
'ity loss of 5000 600. Fully insured.
ast INFIRMATORY BURNED.
Minersburg o., March 1.-THE HolI
for county infirmatory, near this place, '
Pal I burned this morning, causing loss
A s25, 900; insurance. $1,000. The 46 inma
CHIT OF the institution View reseue1 Win 81
difficulty.