The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-07

PLANRINTOS. :. o. Oct s-one OF
the worst disasters IN the history % the
srats occurred last mi9nlght. wnen seven
lives were lost ~ The burning % fhe girls
eorinlfory a. the state industrial school.
IRE dead are:
TILLIE HOOPER. instructor.
MABEL T0BERT. aged 3. of Sioux Falls.
BESSIE MERRY. aged a. Of Hot
Springs.
IDA WARNER. agsd ls. Of watertown.
CHRISTINA BERGMAN. aged Il. q
Yauktou
NELLIE JOHNSON. aged IL. Of Graf
ton. \. p.
LILLIAN WEST. aged Z. Sioux Fails.
TIE burned structure vas 81 wood, three
stories in hssgat and was oat recently com-
plsfea. The origin cf the fire il unknown
The HatchHan saw the flames bursting
from tae upper windows. while be was in
building some distance away. There vas
10 fire fghting apparatus AK the schoo!
and. the buildings being over = mile from
town. no al3 could BE- rendered. Ia
sa0rt time the entire annex vas enveioped
in flames and in less tran twenty minutes
from The tEne me IRE was discovered the
building vas destroyed There were 20
persons IN the school. who escaped tn their
nigh; clothes with The greatest difficulty
search for the bodies vas commenced
as soon possible. and late this afternoon
all had beer recovered. Each was burn
81 oegond recognition.
The loss i $500
Rad Ffre at the stock Yards.
CHICAGO OCT. s.-Fanned by a strong
wind from the west. fire broke out ia
the Dexter pavilion az the Union stock
yards this afternoon. spread 20 the dis
trIcf between HnIstead street and Union
avenue and Fortv-thlrd and Forty-fiffh
streets. demoilshsng business houses and
residences
, ne worst sufferers amoug the residents
were those living along Halstead street,
between Foriy-third and Ferty-four1h
streets Business houses and residences
alike al of tkem frame structures. fur
uishsd ready material for the flames
whlch ragged from O'Clock untn ) o'clock
and then yielded 20 the vigorous work of
the FIRE department. The total damage
20 the pavilion II estimated at more than
s50ss. bat r. may exceed that sum. as
the exact number of horses burned IN the
Ere Is not known. and a calculation % the
amount of feed stored IN the pavilion =
Set 70 be usde.
A number q persons we're injured dur
ing The FIRE. ard one man. according 20
ar emp,oys q the stock yards, was burn
ed 20 death.
The injured
Patrick Casey. smploye Of the stock
yards. not serious
Maurice Maloney. fireman. overcome by
smoke and heat.
r C. Sheeaan. broken leg.
Henry Walsh. ema,oyc 81 stock yards.
slightly burned
WHiam popohae. nreman. injured by
faIlaE timher. wiI recover
Horses Narrotsiy Escape.
The Dexter park pavilion stands only a
Ha aF "a
market Which IS an .mmenss frame sf-
fa.r. covered by huga dcme. For tae
latter buId.uE 90 nave caught are would
have meant the destruction sf The gveste
portion ~ the stock yards.
The pavilion contained 5a0 horses. sud
g, was with the greatest difficulty that
they we're rescued Patrick Casey. Hn
ewpioye - the steck yards 6iscnv re3 ths
fire. and. zfter Turning .n tha ssaru. rau
with three CsHaYa 0iaus info the pavilion
% release the horses. Many ~ thar were
ia pens and if was easy 90 tern them
loose 6af a VsFy 8 Eercut tring 90 Eet
them eut ~ the building
Casey ans BIS eompant0us narrowly
esrg peG Acin@ trawpIe8 10 4es-h hv the
wat&eusd hrsues Rs taey erEcsvcre5 So
drive chem through fae doors casey was
krorked dow7 one~ and badly nr5.sed
ara HENRY WALSH Who wss also -ry5nz
60 release tse horses vas laiura8 in sre
same manner Nefshey man was serious
ly hart hewever Is was Eoaod .u~ossl-
Die fo Ees q single eerse ~ leave ,ns ua-
v30c ucrN ere rn hT wslu Strength b
6raExrd ore th-ouea ts@ toorwsv. ana
fher che others Fotewes rsntf.v Tra
e mos spread 80 ~spstiv ,hst not su ~
taen could - saved
Losses Dexter Park r2vHo- cons ss-
irg ~ sigaf harns Saaa5 see7 .a tH- rs-