Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-17
HORRORS OF A B|CF|RE
Continued from first page.)

Gleasvn made one trip to the seventh
| floor, carried down q -Goad of women
| and although the smoke was ROLLING.
through the bslildEng in Ebnse Clouds
ne started up again. At Iuhe r-Mrth floor
he stopped to take on a crowd Of girls
from THE Vuoms u he Nsttional Music
| company. man attempted to force
MS way into the elevator, but Gleason
| showed him back into this. hail that th1.
Women might have the first chance
Inc man never came out, and proIoa DIV
| met death in the hln<4S
After reaching thu bottom ,N-itny p,,<
I"a1 of girls Gleason was about 10
start up again when the supports on
ule elevator machinery "a the top of The.
smart caught fire. and seeing that thew
| would give way before his STOW ,,ev,,
tor ccl!d make another trim. he r.,va
It up Az S>''
AT the rear ST. John dtd equally good
! WORK put was not able to make more
I pian one trap as the fire swept tirl,yuuc,h
| attacked the front In, less than tom
minutes after the explosion that started
| the 1ite. all escape for the inmates by
lne stairs ants elevators was cut Off
!h"re remained only the Windows and
t:.e slhSle fire escape. a narrow iron
ttIES no over is inches from s.de to
side. ~
I'Ms Was specify covered with a
STRING OF people. some on me side. SOME
on tie other. Many of those vino rrm,19
not reach TIN, fir. ts,-a,,a ,,,H, , 800
| WAY tn mo f,,,,t rsr,l1,a, '1iV 'Ilei'
out of uhes<, that Clark. smith ', - Rvs "us
hlrted themselves 10 death
Ozark was brpkkeepSr, fC, the Ohm
stead scientific Company, on the sew
| enth floor ,,lli 1..lin,InaS ~ ~. ~,
u, uks i'm the safe He nIfc,ht 49, ~
IHped mad he run upon the first alarm
re was hrst seen at ONE OF the seventh
showed himself IN a w,n,,.r% If 49,.
sixth floor Til. fire Wis ,Ins. ~, ,-.,
him. the floors and Walls htyo, =, W,
We're cruslns = wn arIrit va ~. ~. .at,,
death to in wIl,r, he wa Tha,.
was no possibility of ,,.N, AM, y. ,.II
his only chance 'Irhre,, sscNn,1s 100
lle was dead c,n tn. n;yenIant t-l,,v.
| Miles A. smith :, .,"as,n.,, e.. ms,
Gl.S;ead Scent tic ,Snmra,,, 'i ~
I5er,,3 from ;, ,yir,in,, -, ~ "'se'
He hestated some linz. hefnr. a 'i,u.
the leap hut NIX ,,,,rl, un,f.,n,s .'n s,,n
it was his only nm. n, ,,,,. r.>,'
killed irls y dy being horrjIl.. ,n,,n..It1'i
,i:flyar7 ~ f,l ~; .:m.- HW!'S"s".
Sr, IT, sav, nth..,,. ~, ,aSt-'" 20 nus d
hooks from harm w.. n,,pn ~, . .,!s
th,. alarm, ran f., Ans ,,,n ~. .St. q. ~
I, warn the ,,nn',ya,,s -, ri, ~, 49,,
YES ''' ''''
w. A. Olus,ead. presi;..nt of ,h.. +,
| A. GLmstoal S;c.antftir CH,,rr.,,,,.
81 through the. SIKH t,.,o: MN ifyn.r hi.
| emptoyts of me-, r,.r'a 60, =, @ ~
ward rear of bu;lLiny ar,, was nor sam
| to leuve " "
! he th.n y,,sr.,, t.,c1, "a 49,.
"a there! his /, oils and ,amn1,, .b:.rn
into the vault. Then Ne sJ.,,~tcd f.r
the st,lt,wav, Bun The tI.,n.s w.. ,',b.ta,,
Of HIM ard he turned lack Thtr,. yaS.
nothing hut the wn,;nw ann, w., 49,
| he went He .,n;,n;,ar,Al urnp 49,, ii
and stood Their. in vtaw ~ mo -,
h.:uw CNar, and Sn,,t ~, i,,3 o,, :"
| beiaulr-l ih,. pavement v-;tb ,b.,y 49,
bh,sr The building was :, rSn,,ns,
scethi,- mass of flames. ANA Hinz.s
face ana hand. yy,ara h,1I,. al,nr,a, -
fore he iumyys.l ~. nmnasra.1 t; ~. ,,.,t
te-- but a few s.rortfs th.n ~. 80,
shot downward through a lln,,d nf
flame and smoke und in tIhta 1ravsna W
a breath he was as Ifelsss as ,tha stl,,f-s
over which his blood ana hn,rrs 49,
bepattereN
Katherine CARNEY th., r,,.,von,. ,f
the National Music Cn,nnnnv Who wa.
,houe.ht No t.,vs ~ i,,,,, "H'o VS.
,eri the l,,MlIrne nv wv, - e.
escape ''''e i''e
\ fireman t-rstfno,,fsi;,aa 1r,,S..vf Nv =,
daring rescue. YIt was mon ;, 1,,i7,r
c,ust. TO ire ltpnlinr Xh51n he hs., -
tl1v. rh, Gr--,7,n s,N q mo-, -; - :. - ~
dow az nm fifrj, s,. -; -. q -" ~
antnate form 1,h9, ~. w., 'l'S an WI ~
about to throw tbs. 1lnr,,nsLfI,,s hnn,,,
beng lint, tt.- street in ,ba ,.,in 49,
Of s,,I-rg the cn,n fr'r s'.,
roasting vas -yiiaot M, 49, u,,
roaring s,4 ,hnt M y,"i,.a ,,.,rI, 80 ,,;
Purttn- III, nj ,,o,,3s ,,s " ~,
w,,f; until h.. Of nsai7T 49, ~
lgaced him-,1if un,.n - 49,, -. e' tlli
uhcn waved his arms fn,. mr.. r.s.c,,s, ~
drop the unconscjous man 10 MIN, WIN
La shock thar nto,,,v ltn.is ~ . ~ wen
! fireman from his nosiTf,r ~, -,
tie man struck ,h. FIR. fi"i,t.tr e., y.
i!I NOT GET AWAY from ~, IL 49, 49, =,
the ,lncGa;ttous man rhrn,,,, ''Tn NV w
sv,,vinw 49, ,l.,'H. o''i" W ,he