The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-01
IS AGAIN FIRE SWEPT.
Remainder Of Cripple Greek
Reduced to Ashes.


Thousands AFe Homelsss and scores e
Merchants Are Rulned-Four Lives
Were sacrificed and Flfissn Persons
InJursd, Some Being Fatally Hurt
DulidinEs Blewn Up with Dynamits
10 atop the conaagrAtios.
CRIPPLE CREEK, April sO.-This town
has again been freswepi. destroying
fully 100000 worth Of property. ren.
dering thousands homeless and running
merchants by the score.
-Four persons were killed BY explosions
and about ia injured. several Of them
fatally hurt.
The fire started yesterday Just after
noon IN the Portland hotel. and de-
stroyed about al that was left Of the
place from last Saturdays FIRE.
The origin Of the fire appears to have
been accidental. though the general BE-
lief h that Il was incendiary.
The burned district is from Meyers
and Warren and Second and First
streets. one block; Meyers to Pixies
Peak avenue and between Second and
B streets, 10 blocks; from the alley BE-
tween Meyers and Bennett up 10 Eaton,
three and one-half blocks. Al the
buildings ON Meyers between Second
and Third are standing.
The flames were famed By n stiff
hFeess and spread with great rapidity
and although strenuous efforts were
made 10 check the prugress IL continued
10 spread and consumed building after
building until nothing Is left Of thetOwn
proper save those buildings ON Meyers
between Second and Third streets, the
railway station and few scattering
houses.
The FIRE department worked tho en-.
gines a. long a. the water held out and
rcsorted 10 dynamite and giant powder
and blew MP buildings. This even
failed and the Ere checked itself BY
having nothing to burn. The reservoir
was drained in a short time and was the
only source from which water could b
secured.
The reservoir was In open ground.
Many hocked 10 Il from the residence
portion 10 the north Of the city, and the
scene about Il beggas description. Be
low the Gre was burning over fully II
blocks Of buildings. and H. swift ap.
proach, street BY street, and house BY
house could b. watched.
Hundreds Of people are homeless,
moneyless and without clothing. save
what Il on their back. The citizens
here refused help after Saturdays Ere,
but win now receive any assistance in
the shape Of money, clothing or prOvis.
tons.
City Marshal James Marshall Sworo IN
about 100 special policemen and Com.
pany g Of the Second regiment, Col0a.
do National guards. was also utilized Il
save the goods from being stolen.
About 20 arrests have been made fol
theft and other causes. Stolen hQuol
was plentiful. Many saloons were lootet
and firm hand was necessary 10 restrain
the crowd.
One unknown man was shot ant
killed by an officer while carrying Oh {
lot Of stolen articles.
The Ference and Cripple Greek rail
road had fatcArs al the disposal Of mer
chants and were kept busy hauling good
beyond the reach Of she FIRE and 20 safl
shelter. Cars filed at Cripple Croel
wuc hauled 10 side tracks Al otho
places.
The Time. Journal and Prospeetor Of
fees were all burned down, leavin,
Cripple Greek without a newspaper.
Relief 10 the sufferers has been for
warded from q number Of Colorad,
towns and many people have been takel
10 mining camps and adjacent towns 3
b. cared for.
DYNAMITE USED lNDlscREETLV.