The Columbus journal., 1898-03-23

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East Broadway, used AZ lodging and
I boarding house by Iuiners in tho en-
ploy of the Anaconda company, wasen-
tirely destroyed by Ere which broke
out shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning. So far as known two men
are dead from injuries received in jump
ing from windows: another II dying
and 20 are missing, while search Of
the ruins may disclose the fact that
many transient lodgers lost their lives
also. The casualties were as follows:
Dead.
MATT DOYLE, aged Il, miner at the
Mountain Con, jumped from third story
window. turned over in the air and struck
On head.
FRANK ROHDEy, aged 40, lately from
Portland, Ore, jumped from third story
window, turned over and struck ON head
and shoulders. fracsurinx his skull.
DyisS.
HUGH DOYLE, aged 20, miner as Ana
oonda mine. started to lower himself
from third story by means Of an impro-
vised rope, which parted 80 feet from the
ground. He WAS just recovering from the
effects Of q broken leg through an acci.
dent q month ago.
Injured.
Pat Galligin, went down with the third
door when 1t collapsed and was rescued
by firemen, badly burned
John I. Carter, a stranger In tho city,
got out by means o: :: tire escape, badly
burned and cut by glass.
J. j. COnroy. burned on hands and frac-
tured bones by leaping to ground.
Barney Reynolds, fra ctured right leg;
he found escape cut on and made \ roDe
Of his blankets. l. broke when he was 20
feet from the ground.
Mike Judge, right arm broken; he had
rescued Patrick Boyle, who was hanging
by section Of imprOvised rope that had
broken from the weight of Hugh Boyle:
He and three companions made another
rope. The Others got down safely but the
rope broke with Judge.
John Irwin, burnei about the head and
face and cut by glass; hs jumped from
the third flOOr, but Was only stunned by
the fall.
Two Hundred Escape.
There were 259 men and women in
the building when the fire broke out.
OF these it is believed about zoo es.
capped without injury. The fire started
in the bakery house in the center of the
building. The blaze was first discoy.
cred by Billy White, Jack Yuck and
Jack Dooley. They summoned the
watchmAn and rushed to the upper Dor.
ton of the building shouting that the
house was on fire. By this time the
fire had broken through the first floor
and smoke filed the hallways. Dooley
and his companions realized that there
was no time to lose and they began
kicking in the doors. The men thought.
fully awakened the women first. The
alarm had been turned in and the de-
partment responded promptly. When
the firemen arrived the ladders were
run up, but not before many of tho
frightened people had jumped. Others,
including all the female help, were
gotten out by the firemen. On tho
side of the building many had made
ropes of their bedclothes and sought to
escape in that way. Some of them sue.
ceeded, but in other cases the ropes
broke and the men dropped many feet
to the ground.
As fast as the inmatesl were rescued
or jumped, those injured were place
in vehicles and carried to the different
hospitals. Those injured slightly or
uninjured, heto0k themselves to the
houses of neighbors and friends in
order to secure some clothing. No one
saved anything but what he or she had
on at the time of the fire. This made
it impossible to obtain q full list of
many who were slightly hurt. Tho
night was bitterly cold, the thermome-
ter registering five below zero. As long
as there appeared any chance of people
being in the building the 6remen de-
voted themselves to saving human life.
It was only after there was no further
chance to do this that they began work
on the fire in earnest. The fire had
gained such headway that two hours
after it began the walls had fallen.
The Hale house belonged to the Ana.
conda company. It was built in 1895
at cost Of so. 600, and with the furni-
ture and belongings of the lodgers, the
lose will reach fnllv 4IO6l OOO