Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-03-17
\ FEARFUL HOLOCAUST.
Eleven Persons Burned 20 Dsath
in the Bowery Mission
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wv NuHx. March 10 The Tiowcrv
Mts,iun l-i-ins houss.. Ins Il,lvery.
Nas destroyed hy fr, a. an early hour
Yesterday utrrninx and at lsast n
lives were l">t. The property iu>> Is
Si5"st There wcrv ~ i,-igrr- in the
building when the nrc started ami =.
rapidly did the flames spr~ad that
many II thcm were unable ~ ss.-ape.
~ tss a. m. chief Cr,,lScr annauncr.l
that the ire was under coutr5l and n.
lives lost.
searrh - the ruia,. however. rv-
s'Aict ln the discovery of n t--iies.
ans q : h..iicvesi that several ussrc are
s,iii N the debris. The cause u the
nrr - unknown
Numi-r fue EsNcry i~ ou- ~ the
i->t known Ioirinx huuSs-s IN tha,
th"r,'ughfarc- IL = callstl TIN. I-,wery
Mission is-igiug hours. and j. ,.susi u,ts,i
by the Christian Herald In the base
usrnt ~ the building there b, a cheap
restaurant. while the gr1und hs-sr b.
u>'-l exclusively FOR mission purp-ss.-s
gys>rHsi servier> having i-cn held th,r,.
daily for several years The four
uPp~r npprs wcrr fitts,i Up a. a chap
lpsigIng hous.c. with as-,s,sz4uI.riatiou-
for $50 males. wao paid Is. - ar -
evnts each according - the i,-cation VI
the r,-pniS,
saturday night aimss>s every t,-i WA
o'rcupicd At I'D o'cl.-ck yesterday
morning one - the lalsrrr, di~.r,vers,i
g. l
thir'i fiuur hut before he hal tirns. o.
alarm the hou>s-. the trr was .ayn hv
pa,>ers-hy H. this tine ths aanie.
had eaten their wav - IN tsp - th,.
bai.ding. and werc bursting thrnu ..h
th- r>sf. Nhsn the slarr,i v,aS given
and thu innate aroused viii .ssns.
Of excitement ensus'L Many - th.
ls-i<srs bssauIc pauic-strirken- They
rushed into the Railways amt fell osrr
each uth-r VA their efforts 10 reach the
str,-ct
Tho.., on the lower f.-sr, x,is - tht
strsyt safely by the stairsavs. while
ths'ss. Ou this aPP-r hepr. zropei thvir
Uay shrssu<h the biinsiius ,sss.is- -
the Hsetal hre GAP in the frsat uf tas
buiiding-
Thasr who mate their vav 20 the
ssr'-ct by thc hrc s>-ap--s were str--r-
nsiaIiy burned hy the cxs,-ssivr h.at ~
the irsu lssi.irr,. 1hich iu many pia-s,
hzd hss,,Eix rvd hot froaa IN. aanls..
within
In the m.anti m. thrre alarms ~ arc
had ts-sn s.-nt In and In a few ninut.s,
/ the hrcmen wvrv hu>y d~iuwinx ths
hailsiinr with torrvutspf water The
tinally ,Es7--~,ic,i ia keeping the mr.
within ths iimits u tn thrse upper
/ stortes % the strurtnre. large dr.
/ tail ~ palicc Nsre qairlly >umrnansd
te the >esne in charge - Inspect
L eru>s and the rs>srvrs were called
frpu the dovs n-taxu prvetnetS. This
fur'e 81 ptiieers hai difiis-uit uurk L.
/ keep the vast crowd in cherx A. well
a. Ia help the aafort innate l.sigcrs-
Many naked anl iujurs.i we're cared
for BY peoplc IN thr vicinity and at-,ut
- II them were accommodated Al the
Eldri.ige poli-c station s.,ane thrce
blncks away. several of til-- mist slss-
titute were brpnght 10 the station
houss in patrol wagons anil au their
arrival they were partially cla,hsd hy
mcInbcrs Of the forys and kinsi-hcarts,,I
neighhors.
After the tire had h.sen extinguished
sufficiently that search - the piaee
was P.nssiblc. the police and frsmeu
entered the building and the work %
SEARCHING for the victims Vas begua
SEVERAL hosiies were found near the
windows On the two upper frors.
where they had hssn stricken down
while attempting 10 make their way -
the tirc escapes
~ many hniies were found in the
early >tags-> of the searrh that Sonie
estimated that over ~ perslnS must
have heen killed However. th.. OH
ecrs fortunately overestimdtesi the los
Of life. and II bodies in all were fland
Some Of these were discovered in the
small roons they had occaPis.si. while
other> were under the Railways and On
the stairs Of the fourth and d fth fiDors.
All Of them were naked and most
II them were burned and charresi be-
yond r,.,oguition-
IL i thought by the police that only
one os these bodies will b., eventually
identified This ono i designated a.
Ne. To- IL WAS found in r,s,n On the
hith da-sr. la the sane room thers.
Sas satehsl-and il = thought that il
contents may lead 10 the Identification
of the body
~ ss-on a. the h-,dies werc carried IA
the street they were transferred to the
poliee station and by hall-past four
o'riock IN the ua,sruins the p-oliee rclin-
quishe,i their searvh-
Coruner Larva. after i.alsing At the
h..iis> at the station. gave n permit for
their removal to the hospitals
Manager >arsieussn. of the Christian
Herald who has tirect charge ot tbs
mission and the lodging hou>s. eallesi
at the EidriAge station later ant told
the oaierr in charge that he woulei
bury the dead The loss on the build
ing hy are is estimated at .. and
the coaseuts are damaged 10 the eN-
tent of S5.epD. Loss entirely covered
by Insurance The building. which i-r-
iongs to the Chester estate. Is leased by
the Bowery mission-
FOUND DEAD.