Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-12-09
ST. LOUIS BIG FIRE.
The Sawyer Paper Factory and
Other Plants Burned.
4 BAD WRECK ON The SANTA FE.
Three Trainmen Killed and Twenty-Sia
Cars Demolished Wholesale Poison
Ing Ut Hospltal-A Bicycle Rim
Factory burned.

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cred In the F. O. Sawyer l. Co paper
factory on Locust near Third street st
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
within an hour the establishment wal
in ruins and . number Of adjoining
buildings were badly damaged. The
general loss Is estimated at over $780,
900. Just how the fire started 10 not
known, the flames suddenly bursting
from the second floor Of the Hve-story
building. 1t contained highly In.
fammable matter and was soon q
roaring furnace, the fire communicat.
Ing across the narrow street TO the
Economic Bindery plant, the Young.
Mckinney Printing company, Wood.
ward.Tiernan Printing company and
Higgens Map Printing company. A
general alarm had been turned In, but
the network of wires and the narrow
ness Of Locust street at this point pre-.
vented the flremen from getting
actively at work at the seat Of the fire.
At 1880 o'clock the walls Of the paper
factory fell, crushing in the Mckinney
company's plant. At five o'clock the
flames were under control. The fire
continued to burn all night, however,
feeding upon the printers ink and
paper.
A BAD WRECK ON THE SANTA Fin.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Dec. "A. G.
Wells, general superintendent Of the
Santa Fe Pacific, has received definite
information Of a wreck on the Supai
hill Monday night. The accident oc.
Cured near Mcclellan siding and the
train got beyond control. Twenty.
five loaded cars, one empty car and
two big mountain engines few the
track and what was left of them was
destroyed by fire. The body Of Engineer
Watson was dug out OF the wreck land
turned over to the undertaken ut Flag
staff. No traces of the bodies OF En-.
gineer Newton and Fireman Sperry
can DO found and their remains were
evidently consumed by fire. Conductor
OKelly is slightly hurt, and Fireman
Ford, who jumped just before the
engines flew the rails, is considered
dangerously injured. The Westing-
house air brakes failed to hold the
train going down hill, and the hand
brakes were absolutely useless. Su.
perintentent Wells considers it one of
the most costly wrecks in the history
of the road.
POISONING AT A HOSPITAL,
GALLlpoLIs, O., Dec. 1.-Two hundred
and fifty patients at the Epileptic hos.
pital were poisoned yesterday by toxic
poisoning, it is presumed. Dr. Rutter
and his corps of physicians succeeded
only after u desperate fight in checking
the outbreak without a fatality AS 1t
Is, some of the patients are still in a
critical condition. Dr. Rutter is not
apprehensvc, however, believing that
he will be able toallay the evils Of the
poisoning. The presumption among
The hospital physicians is that the in
lection came from some article Of
food eaten by the patients, and the
meteorological department is making
/ rigid analysis of the food cooked
Turing the past few days. Some think
/ drug was placed in some Of the |
,ictuals, and that, with the disruption |
'xtant at the institution over the |
Wholesale discharge of employees, has
nut the institution in the throes of |
treat excitement. The poison is sim
lar to that which happens OCCASION
lily from eating Ice cream that has
'red toxic poison.
BICYCLE RIM FACTORY BURNED.
MARIETTA, O., Dec. 1.-The u. j,
Iobdell bicycle rim factory was burned
o the ground last night Large quanti-
les OF benzne and paint were saved,
t great risk to fremen. The ruins
re burning dercely yet The loss Is
$4,000; insurance $40, 900.