The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-09
KNOXVILLE SWEPT BY FIRE
Some of the Largest Houses 10 the
City Destroyed.
SEVERAL PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH.
Others Were Badly Burncd ana
Druiscd-Loss of Property ono
and Onc-hnlf millions.

very heirt VI inc Guy. lncluulng some OF
tho largest Wholesale and retail business
houses in the South. wero destroyed. Tho
losses are variously estimated at from one
to one and half million dollars with
about so per cent insurance. The loss Of
HE is very uncertain, as the hotel regis.
ter, in which fifty six people were regis
tered, was burned. The proprietor of tho
hotel said he had five or six guests who had
not put In an appearance, a. H.. Weeks OF
Locke. N. Y, drummer for Rochester
stamping company. is known to have per-
ishod in the flames H. W. Hopkins, st.
Louis drummer. was last scen in tho burn
ing building In sufiocating condition,
w, H. heppart, sN-socretary OF tho
chamber OF commerce, saved the life OF
John Bagle, an old farmer. by dragging
him to a window and letting him out on
the roof OF another building. Keppart
jumped one story and was injured. When
the rircmun thought ell the inmates Of the
house had escaped. woman with an infant
III her arms rushed 10 the rear window and
screamed for help. a net was quickly
stretched and the woman asked to drop tho
child out, but as the smoke almost cholted
her, she told them that II one had to die
both would die. The woman was finally
rescued by the fircmen.
stor,s ,h me rir a,r %" en o mn'' woss .nS
stift wind made the flames very ugly,
and the department was Inadequate,
In the wholesale hardware store of W. w.
Woodruff 90, large dynamite explosions
occurred and .cores of neople were hurt ly
,,yius hr,r,, and glass II became mecca
sary al last to have the walls of one build
ing blown down nv cannon 10 s,on the mad
career of the fire. mounted howitker
OF the Knoxville legion was called into
play aud n load of canister did the work,
at tho game time tearing up somo resi-
dences In different portions Of the city
The city authorities. realizing that tho
fire department was unable to conquer the
flamc-, telrrrarhed to CHATTANOOGA for ns-
sistanco, An enelac was placed aboard
flat car and started the run OF il5 miles,
made by Engineer Robbins in 100 minutes
breaking the record When the engineer
arrived here the fire was abount under
control and the CHATTANOOGA bays did
little work
cabinet maker, T. c. Dyer, fell dead
from fright \ man named Robinson from
Pulaski Tenn. ia supposed TO be another
Victim He was registered in the hotel and
has not been accounted for.
large force Of mon are ut work clear
Ing AWAY the debris tunieht and searching
for bodies
To street car lines are comrletely tied
M and all tho electric COMPANIES have SUI
fercd
ono Knoxville architect received orders
for plans today for eleven buildings to
,alo Tho n,oces Of tho onos burned
Ali the buildings ARE to be replaced at
onco
Tho loss.. aud insurance ns piven ont
tonirb. are nE fnlows. McNuIty Grocery
comp,ny loss Si5 900 insurn,ica $1,000, Me-
Nul,v building loss Si5 900 insurance
iAoo. Hotel Knox. furniture and fix
nrisroc & 60 dry goods stock loss 5000
0o0 lssurauoe sll5. 900; Daniel Briscoe
Bros & Co. building. loss 10000. nsur-
npro S36 On0. "a u King A. 90 insurance
agents loss s5b00 insurance $4,000: Me-
Nulty q McGheo. building. loss SIS 900. in
s,rnuco mono. s. H. Newman g. Co print-
ora lose Sj5 ono lustrnncc s1b 900. W w
Woodruff hardwnr, building LOGS s42. 900.
traurnrco stO 0nO. CulIcn q Newman.
loss 100000 insurance s2b.-
GOo. / a. Cullen huiIdinp $40 0OO. iusur-
,nco NOT known. ucneror Doyle g. Ar
,oId clothiny Ioss $50 oOO insurance SIS
ooo Al IL Arnold building loss $4,000.
,,s,,rnnce SIN 400. NJ f. Ross a Co groc-
arles l,os sGn ooo insurance $40 ono. M L.
p,.s t,,ii,ltn,, Iosa St5 0oo Insurance sm
oo6 W w Woodruff A M hardware
losy s1OO On0 ineurance $40 900, w. w,
wnodrnfr h,,l,iipv Ioss 80 o0O Insurance
4 n ann M,rn,,,, e pnhinson bats seh 400
Inur dry
,nss Tx ooo ,ns,,ronce sao ooo. !, 8 PAYNE
,,ni,a,mn ,oss sqo ooo Insurance ak 0oS.
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a COO 6on rs,,,anco n,,'o. Gnr1or3'
l,,'a ,rar. d.,ae ,o.s 600 oo0'
a',rn,,, coo Soo snn;ord ch,m,horl,in q
y. ~ ','N' III , siz 900 ,n,',rano.
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'ippo' C,y S.ap,ss D"''u' s,,, loss So vJ,d,nr
'urahre non", & ~, McHiIl's Zoo o'''"'Ae'
'araht, luas tlp'ovo' ih'ul "n,e s'vV Y ,.oro
The ioioWlhb 'osses ~ pt"'e $50 ,ha
'anscd pS INTENSE hcan anu ""'''' '"'
'uiiulhgs wprr noe o"nnuu srooo. In,
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,urance soopo. NJ, ~ Ars n,h eo,, LOSS
'oVoo insurah ss,1 aI"pi III. ','rns "eh'sh
rom $4,000 to ssyo9, iu,iy inSuieu pog,.
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