Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-30
FOUR LIVES ARELOST
wnun KILLED ny nrLoHyns
AND ornERs lsSunnD.
Tir- start. In tho Portland sietss
and spread. Win areat nap,a-
s,y, Leaving hut Litn. Of the
nu.Ineu. Portion standing,

Cripple Greek Col. Aprn 2o.--A FIRE
which broke out In the Portland hotel
shortly afternoon today destroyed
about All that was left OF Cripple Creek
after the great conilagrntion Of last
Saturday. -Four persons We're Killed
by explosions and at lenat fourteen
injured. several OF them fatally The
flnmes today spread with great rap
idlty. and although strenuous efforts
were made to check the passage OF
the fire by blowing up buildings they
proved OF no await. An Of the prlnci-
pal buildings ara In ruins and nothing
IL left OF the town proper except ths
railroad nations aud a few acattercd
houaen The nro ragged nercciy all the
afternoon and only diod out tonight
FOR lack OF fuel on which 70 feed. The
burned district Ia aa follows
Between Meyers and Warren and
Secofld and First, one block. Meyers
to PiasSs PEAK avenue and between
Second AM Il streets, ten books, From
the alley bttwecn Meyers and Bennett
no TO Eaton, three and one half bioeien-
All the buildings on Mayera. between
Second and Third. are standing
Tho origin OF inc IRE appears to have
been purely accidental. though the
general belief iB that Il wnA incendiery.
There has been talk 81 orcdlting sat-
urday'a iiro to such origin and this
one coming 80 ciope upor II gives riso
10 suspicion. The facts appear 70
discredit the suspicion.
Frank Angle, the Portland chef.
cannot be found, II 10 reported thar
q pan cf grease on the range hiazed
up and caught tho grease soaked
boards nj the baci. Tho entire side OF
the wal. was ablaze IN an instant.
Bessie Kelley. one OF the wnltfgAles.
says she had gone into the Ill., y Tor
an order at lunch tlino, She nsN;yn,mes
running up the walls ana belilveI GNey
came from outside the bnildiug. .,pr
par ntly from the Chicago Cafe ID
Joining, She rushed from the klirher to
the once crying "l0lrol' The other
occupanta Of the kitchen had not nos
ticed the house TO be on f,fe.
/. n J. tnenyc, the clerk OF the Port
land, says when the girls came out Of
the dinning-room they rushed up Htairs
toward thelr sleeping rooms over tho
Kitchen. There was an outsida stair
way IN the area and this was then
fun OF smoke and flames. AZ hurriedly
az possible the hotel wan emptied OF
~ guests The girls who haa gone UP
Into their rooms had scarcely time TO
get back with safety. Hc had no idea
how the firn started. There were nearly
1oc guests In the house Nothing was
hnvcl.
The IRE department was poweriess.
The big winter reservoir on churchiii.
IN the north end OF the city, was lows
cred TO within a few feet VI the bots
tom by the drain which flooded tha
rtroetg, though Its effect upon tho fire
wn6 ANAL. Dynamite WAS the mfet
powerful ally Of tile hrcmen, but even
Il failed 70 check the spread OF the iire
at any essential point. The reservoir
was IN open ground. Many flocked to
II from the residence portion to the
north OF tho CRY and thu scene about
II beggars description. Below the fire
WINS burning over fully seventeen
blocks OF buildings and It's swift APP
proach street by street could b
Tha insurance VIII DO fully three
times M much mn Saturdays loas. ono
company estimates Il NJ ilve times AZ
much and says every agency wna load
"a With risks. In tudnys district wers
crowded the refugees from the previous
Are and with them most OF the goodn
that had been saved, one million doll
,nrs sccinn large amount 70 nscribe
TO the loss yesterday. on hufriediy
and chcaply built mining camp. but
there can be no question that todays
loss viii more than reach these figures,
At a1h tilis evening a car OF provfs-
ions was brought IN and turned over to
the ycllcf committee for distribution
tomorrow. This car Is furnishcd by Mr.:
stranon exclusively while 4 number o.
other Colorado Springs citizsns made
IN another cat. Tho relief commits
tee had many applications for aid to-
night Special trains are being run out
rf The camp by both railroads and arr
going out loaded. Many people VIII nnd
Ahnltcr IN Victor. Anaconda and neigh
| bDrinr towns tonight. Many VII 70
| out 10 Colorado apringe and Denver.
| Tonight the IRE 70 finishing its wcrk
and the town Is lighted by the flames
from dnb5ia not yet extinauiehed. city
| about $50 apecin. policemen and Conn
many g. Second Regiment. G. n. a., hnA
| niao been utilized. Many saloons were
| looted aud firm hand was necessnrS
10 restrnin tho crowd.
The Times. journal aud Frorpsrtop
ofliecs were al burned down, 5f ,''.,.