The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-10
FALLING WALLS AT A BIG FIRE.
SEVERAL KILLED AND MANY IN
JURED AT PITTsBURG.

Explosion of whisky Blows out the
WRIIs-FalI Into an Alley Crowded
With Firemen, Policemen, News
papermen and SpcctatOrs-one of
the Dead n Captain of Police.
Flames Threatened Wholesale De-
vastatiOn But Finally Conquered.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 10, 2:3O a. mat $50
six-story cold storage house of the Chau-
tauqua Lake Ice Company, and before the
flames were subdued this morning at lis
o'clock nearly 100000 worth of property
had been destroyed, at least six lives lost
and many people badly injured.
The fire, in point of fatalities. is the
most serious that Pittsburg has had in
and a general alarm was sent in. Other
alarms quickly followed, and at midnight
the Allegheny department was helping.
At Has an explosion ofwhisky occurred,
which blew out the Mulberry alley wall
with terrible results. At the time the
alley was filed with firemen, policemen,
newspaper men and others. Many ere
caught by the falling wall.
Many people were injured by flying
bricks and beams, and all the ambulances
ana patrol wagons of the city are in con-
stant service.
The following is list of killed. so far
as can be learned tonight:
POLICE LIEUTENANT A. ]. BERRY.
who was acting captain.
WILLIAM SCOTT JR., aged 20, son of
William Scott, president of the Chautau-
qua Ice Company.
His brother JOHN, aged is, is missing
and is supposed to be buried under the
ruins.
MRS RIFE, aged 80 years
STANLEY SIZE, aged Is years.
DAVID LOVELESS aged 35.
The injured so far as known now are:
CHARLES SIMON, a travelling sales
man from Cincinnati badly cut on head.
WILLIAM eF'ELMING, hurt by falling
beam, may die.
DANIEL MALONEY, carried through
to the cellar, but found his way out; hurt
internally.
CHARLES JONES, bridge builder, bad
ly cut and hurt internally.
WILLIAM d. DISMUKE, a puddler,
head and shoulders badly cut.
MARY DISMUKE, his wife, hurt inter-
nally
DAVIS STUART. badly cut on head.
CAPT X. A. BROWNE, building in
spector, both legs broken.
ROBERT ROSAMOND. lieutenant en-
gine Co. No. 2, leg crushed, necessitating
amputation. body bruised.
OWEN K. FADER, compound fracture
of right leg
GEORGE DOUGLASS, thought to be
internally injured.
OWEN MULLEHAN, scalp lacerated.
WILLIAM FLEMING, contuslons on
body.
JOE IIEADLEY, body and head cut.
KIT WILSON, Paducah, KY, head cut
ROBERT DAWSON, head and body in
jured.
The telegraph, telephone and electric
light poles and wires at the corner of
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. fell shortly after the explosion and
killed an unknown man.
Just after the explosion the large
warehouse of w. A. Heveler e.
Co, situated on Pike street,
directly opposite the Chautauqua building
was ablaze and in a short time was be-
yond hope of saving.
Until the fallen walls can be cleared
away there is no certainty as to the num-
Der of victims.
The fire started in the storage buildisg
of the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company,
and the origin is unknown. The vicinity
Is composed of mixture of huge ware
houses and many private residences, the
inhabitants of which fed In alarm, car
rying with them, much portable house
hold goods.
There were frequent explosions, which
greatly added 10 the CONSERVATION and
alarm The streets were completely block
ed with people and they interfered with
the firemen, who were already handi-
capped in their efforts TO control the
flames on account of the windows and
doors of the burning building being strong
ly barred by heavy iron shutters
The following is the best list of losses
obtainable tonight: Hoveler Storage
Company, building and contents, S600,OO;
Chautauqua Ice Company, $4,000; Union
Storage Compant, 81 900 600; minor losses
$25, 900; making total loss of 81 1,775. 600 all
of which was well insured.
Some of the heaviest Individual losers
who had. consignments in the warehouse
are: The Economy Distilling Company
5000 barrels of whisky, worth $50 0l0
Monongahela Textile Company, wool deal
ers, 900 pounds of wool; Collins Cigar
Company, twenty-five carloads OF tobacco
Charles Williams, commission merchant,
twenty carloads of sugar.
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FIERCE FIRE AT FORT WORTH.