The morning call., 1895-01-14
MANY BITTEN By JACK FROST.
Fierce COnaagratiOn at Bradford,
Pennsylvania.
NARROW ESCAPE OF HOTEL GUESTS.
During the FiereeSt of the Gale Women
Sprang From Windows and Two
We're Badly Injured.

BRADF ORD, Pa, Jan. 13.-During q
fierce blizzard and with the thermometer
registering degrees below zero fire broke
out in the Sheehau House at GAS this
morning.
1t spread rapidly, soon consuming that
and three adjoining wooden structures,
and before it was Quenched proved one Of
the most destructive fires that ever oc-
Cured in this section. The guests in the
Sheehan House and those near by had
only time to escape with their lives. and
when they reached the ground were, In
some cases, badly frozen before they
could reach places OF shelter. Many had
narrow escapes from cremation.
Two of the women IN the Sheehan
House, Mary Callahan and Mary Dorean,
Jumped from the second story window in
their nightclothes and sustained serious
injuries. Although Miss Callahan's left
wrist and ankle were both fractured in
the terrible fall she dragged herself
through the snow to a place of safety,
almost perishing in the cold. Mrs. j. f.
McQuIshton rushed from her room with
her clothing and hair. on fire. The fire.
men barely saved her from cremation and
her husband was badly burned about the
hands in working with the flames.
At least 100 of the fremen had their
ears, face or hands frozen more or leSs Sc
yerely. Rober! Ssce and Andrew Heme
of the Citizens Hose Company are SO
badly frozen that tonight their condition
Is critical.
Owing to the fierceness of the gale 1t was
an exceedingly hard fire to fight, and for
"a q 49, \
go.
Starting In the Sheehan House, the
flames quickly spread to the Peterson and
Leonard buildings, all wooden structures.
In twenty minutes they were all In ruins.
Next the large brick block ON the corner
of Mechanic aud Main streets. owned by
NJ. A. Rosen berg, was attacked. 1t was
tptally destroyed, as was the Nusbaum
block and another large building. An
alley running back from Main street, land
intersecting with one from Mechanic
street. formed square in which the fire.
men succeeded in coufining the blaze. The
origin of the fire is as yet unknown.
Considerable time was lost in getting
water oD account of the severe cold
weather, which froZe soEe Of the drips in
the hydran,s. The fire spread rapidly to
the adjoining wooden buildings occupied
north by Mrs. Peterson, who lived upstairs.
and was the owner of the property.
The ground floor was used as bar rber-
shop by Stephen Foley. In the rear was
livery-stable owned by the Barnsdall
brothers. On the south side were /.
Routhstein. clothing store; S. Fellow,
barber-shop; q. Gardell. fruit store; John
Fitzgbb butter store. and Egbert &
Ryan, the corner store. These tenants
were in what is known as the Columbia
block, owned by d. F. Rosenberg. Most
of those named in the Columbia block
saved their goods. Egbert & Ryan will
suffer heavy loss by water. which dam
aged a good portion of the stock not saved.
The fire extended from the rear to the
store of Nusbaum e. Steinberger, grocery,
and Main street; RossteiD's pawnshop,
Main street: photograph gallery over
Rossten's store; Smith Bros grocery
store, 9 Main street. All these buildings
were gutted. The extent of the contia-
grafton takes in two buildings on Mechanic
street, south of SO Mechanic street. the