The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-18
BURIED UNDER
FALLING WALLS
Awful Fate of Gallant Fire
men at Toledo,
Ohio.
THREE MEN ARE KILLED,
A Dozen Others are Badly
Injured.
Hard Work of the Firemen to Pre-
vent n Spread of the Flames, and
Than One Hundred Thousand Dol
Iars-SeveraI Sorro.vfuI Scenes.

of the Wabash Railroad company, in this
city, located at the foot of South street.
on the dock. was burned to the ground
between 10 and II o'clock today. Three
quarters OF an hour after the first alarm
was sent in the southwest wall of the
building, sixty feet in circumference. fell
in, burying twelve men underneath it.
Two of them were instantly killed. a
third died a short time after being taken
out of the debris and the others were all
badly hurt. one probably fatally. All but
one. John Bowen, were employees of the
Wabash. Dead:
r: H. Bohlman. skull crushed. Internal
ly injured.
]. j. Preston. back broken, skull
crushed: killed instantly.
John Bowen, skull crushed; internally
injured; killed instantly.
Injured:
F. H Howard, head bruised, face cut,
slightly burned; will recover.
John Leary. leg broken, arm crushed;
skull fractured; may die.
Patrick McDonough, skull fractured,
shoulder broken; will recover.
Martin Greenburg. head cut; will re-
Harry Zimmerman. legs sprained. body
Louis Becker; head bruised. shoulder
Henry Gerding. head bruised and cut.
7. c. Lauer, head and neck sprained.
head cut.
With a MufIed Roar.
The first alarm of the fire came by tel
ephone to the district offices at 1910 a.
of the neighborhood round-house saw a
small flame burst out of the cupola of
the building, and he ran to the office of
the general foreman directly across from
the round-house and notified those in
charge. General Foreman Howard sum-
moned the company's private fire depart
ment, consisting of fifteen men, TO the
scene. and stream of water was direct
ed towards the blazing cupola. a heavy
wind was blowing and the fire soon ale
its way down to the roof of the round
house. fs-i--- ~
When Fire Chief Mayor reached the
fire he saw that. there was danger of the
flames reaching the oil house, repair
close proximity, and he Immediately sent
in a general alarm.
Meanwhile the roads fire company had
directed its efforts toward smothering the
flames from the structure which men,
aced the oil house. and the fire 1T Iilis
point was held fairly in check. The roof
was already ablaze and threatened to col
the walls was not al this time anticipa-
ted. The iron braces supporting The roof
expanded in the intense heat and the
frail frame covering gave way with
engines.
Then Walls Tottered.
At this moment the southwest wall, Is
feet high and IS inches thick, was seen
to totter outward from the literal pres-
sure of the falling roof and a yell went
up to apprise of their danger the fifteen
men al work in this portion of the build
ing. The warning came too late. and
of brick several feet high. That only two
were killed outright, was nothing short
of miraculous. Streams of wacer were
poured on the smoking debris. and as
4tan
gan. Preston and Bowen were buried
completely and were dead some Tina be-
fore their bodies were reached. They
were badly crushed, Bowers features he
ing unrecognizable Bohlman was taken
out in an unconscious condition ard re-
moved to his home, where he died a few
hours afterwards.
BY this time half a dozen physicians
had reached the scene. and attention was
directed towards carrying out the injured
Leary was found to be the worst suf-
ly live out the day. The Others though
badly used up. will probably recover.
Had Stubborn Fight.
The firemen had a stubborn fl ynt with
the now doomed roundhouse, he neavv |
Wind greatly aiding the stubborn flames. |
At noon the fire was. practically lu.der |
control. after destroying all that was /
of the building.
The property loss is estimated AT 500 = |
wv, PROBABLY insured. Tho :ound-house. |
lives. contained onlv six engines. and !
these are all badly damaged
A wheeling & Lake Erie coal car and |
4 Baltimore & Ohio box car were also /
Late tonight. two more men were
found who were injured by the falling
wall They are ]. Finley, an engineer,
Of Andrews. Ind; George flowers. ma |
both in the employ of the wa
bash. Finley is quite seriously hurt
his chest crushed and he sustained a
severe scalp wound. Towers has a
fracture of the left leg and is more or
less bruised.