Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-22

enco1ra gingly to her to hold on, but a
high red flame reached out just then
and licked her face and in an instant
her body was rebounding from the pave
ment. She was Mrs. Foley, a widow
and when picked up she was dead.
on the same floor, hanging from an
other window was another woman ana
salvation in the shape of ladder was
almost within her grasp Wnen her
strength failed and she went twirllng
down to death. She was Mrs. Kane
The firemen and police worked like
heroes, and to their energy was due
great saving Of life. At least a dozen
women and girls were carried down the
ladders or dragged out of the Corridors
the officers and f1remen going INTO the
midst of the smoke. The fire burned so
fiercely by this time that no detailed
search of the building could be made
and from what can be learned there
were many girls and women on the
three upper stories, either lying in faint
ing fits or overcome by smoke. Tue
flames ate down through three floors 50
o1iclIlv that the Western Union Tele-
e.raph Company, the Jessup & Goppner
Crockery Company and the Van Zandt
e. Jacobs Collar Company had no time
to save anything.
After the fire had started, an adjoin-
ing house caught from the falling of
nortion Of the roof, and from it the
small buildings on the south caught
About o'clock the f1remen heard
shreks coming from the two-story
building on the south. They discovered
an italian peddler named Frank ROssl
pinioned by the legs under heavy
beam. Three policemen started to as
sist him and, with a fireman, worked
for three-quarters of an hour. They
had Just about gotten him loose when,
with roar, the great south walls came
crashing down, and the hOrr1t1ed spec
tators saw the brave little group buried
from view. When the smoke and dust
cleared there was a rush of willing
workers, and in q little while the men
were taken out. All were injured and
had to be removed to the hospital. The
italian will probably die, but the police
men, while badly hurt, will recover.
Superintendent Willard of the police
force says he saw a number of girls at
the windows who never came out, but
fell back into the flames.
One fireman who was working from
the rear saw three girls with their arms
wound tightly about each other turn in
their frenzy and jump back into the
flames.
The total loss by the fire is from $780,
900 to 100000, with about 100000 insur-
ance. The flremen worked tonight with
the thermometer below zero and suf-
fered very much.
Two cOrOners were summoned and a
jury was impaneled to care for the dead.
The following is the list of unfOrtu-
mates obtainable up to II o'clock. The
dead are:
Mrs. Margaret Carroll.
Mrs Foley.
Mrs Robert Kane.
The injured are: Miss Day, badly
hurt; Annette Harrington, badly
burned; Lillian Oathout, burned; Ma
ME Rourke, burned; Lille Kreiger,
badly bruised; James Quinn, crushed
under wall, will die; Mrs. Johnston
badly burned, will die; Frank Rossi
bruised; Policeman Burke, bruised by
falling walls; Policeman Watson
bruised by falling wall; Fireman Nc
tIullt5 u uIStu ny 1dllIiS wall, IJOt NlC
Hull, severely bruised; Nellie Hull, bad
ly bruised.
The missing and probably dead are:
Mamie Banks.
Kate OConnor.
Miss O'Neil
Miss Heberscher.
The superintendent of police said at
midnight: THE returns from the var
ious precincts show that there were at
least Is persons missing with the five
already known to be missing, that will
make % lost in the ruins"
a GRAND RAPIDS BLOCK BURNED
Contained Offices, Business Firms and