Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-03-16
GREAT FIRE
IN CHICAGO
A Repetition of the Great "Chi-
cag0 Fire" Was Threatened
but the Flames Snbdued.
HOTEL GUESTS JUMP BELOW
Many People are Sacrificed in
Terrible Death to the
Thirsty Flames.
TO DEATH OR BURNED
HOTEL GUESTS JUMP BELOW
DASHED TO DEATH OR BURNED


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CHICAGO, March l6 "A number q
people were forced to jump from tn,
| upper windows by fire in the building
occupied by the National Music com.
pany and C0nover Piano company, on
Wabash avenue and Adams street to
day.
Dashed to Death.
Edward Binns, cashier for the Sweet
Wallace company, leaped from tn,
sixth floor and was dashed to death
Two others are reported killed Tht
number injured is said to be fifteen
Several explosions occurred. There
was panic on the crowded bnsines:
Estreets in the vicinity.
| Between Fifteen and Sixty Fatalities. s
CHICAGO, March 16.--The fire wa.
brought under control before noon
The fatalities, according to the --latest
estimates, will not be more than fifteen
Estimates rs high as sixty we're made
but it is believed that these are much
exaggei ated.
Hotel Guests Jumping Frantica1ly.
The guests of the Wellington hotel
across the street from the fire, were
with difficulty restrained from jumping
into the street. A number of people
in the burning building did jump, some
being killed outright. Fifteen others
were III jured in jumping. The greatest
loss of life occurred among those who
did not even have chance to get to
the windows.
Heavy Explosions.
The front of the building was blown
out by terrific explosion followed By
several others in rapid succession. The
entire building was quickly covered
with flames. 1t seemed impossible
that anyene in the front part Of the
building, who did not jump, could havs
escaped.
Removing the De d-Their Names.
The police could. scarcely carry thu
dead and injured to places of safety or
account of the dense crowd.
The dead, as far as known, are
| Miles A. Clark, who jumped from thu
fourth floor, employed by the W. "A
Olmstead Scientific Co; an unidenti-
fled man taken from. 2l5 Wabash
avenue, who burned beyond recogni'
| ti9n.
w. A. Olmstead, president of thu
! Olmstead Scientific company, ran K
the rear of the seventh floor when tEt
explo ion occurred and has not beer
seen since. 1t is thought that he il
buried in the ruins.
CHICAGO, March 16-Further name!
of those killed are: Charles Anderson
en- ployed by Sweet, Wallace & Go.
Phillip Farley, employed as piano
mover by Conover Piano Co., Mist
Kate Carney, forewoman of the Ma
tioDal Music company, believed to have
perlshed in the flames after helping t(
safety fprty girls in her charge.
The Mangled and Burned.
The injured are: Samuel G.. Snyder
4 employed by Sweet, Wallace 60 Com.
pany, burned severely: e. A. Wise, EN-
4 ployed by Sweet, Wallace & Company
burned severely; III. b. Cunningham
employed by the Northern Pacific
Express company. head and body
burned; Mary Lapere, employed BY
Il sweet, dlldcb ~ fOOupdb3t uuf Nv
while descending the fire escape; Her
4 man Oyerman, fell from the fire escape
burned, and internally injured; cploret
waiter In Kohlsaat 81 Company
restaurant, leg broken. by 9 fallinI
| wall; Policeman. Rogers was ovefcoml
by smoke and was taken to the count.
hospital.
| CHICAGO. March 16.--Further in
ljured are: David 6chaefer, arm
4 broken while trying to catch a ma
who jumped from the sixth floor; J osi
Baxa, jumped from the second stor
window, ankle sprained. body bruised
| Engineer w. II, Murphy, burned abou
1 the face and shoulders; Andrew Nash
ton, employed by w. A. Olmstea
/ Scientific company. face and hand
| burned; Fred Smith, driver for th