The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-08
BURNED TO DEATH.
Four People Lose Their Lives In a
Fire in Chicago.
BUSH FIRES RAGING IN CANADA.
The Immense Pulp Works, Owned Prin'
clpalIy by Secretary Alger. burned
sixty Miners Cabins Destroyed
at Dawson by q Fire.

Chicago, July -Four people are be-
lieved to be dead beneath the tottering
walls of the Western Paper Stock COM
pany's plant which burned yesterday
The dead: Bartholomew Sparkien-
wectz, so years old; Julius Ostowsky,
so years old Mrs. Josie Doyle, 81 years
old, and Steifanie Bagdcis. Courageous
work by several resulted in the rescue
of large proportion of the 100 women
and 20 men who were employed in the
building, but eight of the more impet-
uous and frenzied ones were badly
hurt in escaping from the blazing
structure. All of the injured women
were taken to st. Luke's hospital,
about 200 feet from the scene of the fire.
The fire is thought TO have started
from spontaneous combustion among
some old rags in the basement. The
building stood at l452-145s Indiana ave.
nue. aud was a four story brick struc-
ture. The flames quickly spread to the
upper floors by way Of the elevator
shaft and stairway. The highly inham'
mable nature of the stock caused the
building to fill with dense smoke, rem
dering escape difficult for the EN-
ployes on the three higher stories
The occupants of the building be
came panic-stricken and rushed to the
windows. Those who went to thu
front, where there was a fire escape
were able to make their way to th'
sidewalk by a ladder from the secon'
story. On the south side Of the burn
ing structure, however, many of tn
frenzied women leaped out of tn
third story windows to the roof of
shed. 1t was at this point tina
most of those injured suffered
On the north side of the builC
ing several women escaped dow
ladder raised by Mrs. Georg
Caldwell and Mrs. Rend, resident
of the neighborhood. Josie Kuta, on
of the girls employed in the pickin
room, says she believes several of he
companions failed to escape from til
building. Sparkienwectz was last see
rushing from toward the elevator sha
on the third floor, but, being old an
feeble, he was borne back by Il
frightened women and men and hi
not been heard of since. He was for
man of the establishment.
President Frederick c. Tyler, Of Il
,, Western Paper Stock company, sa
the loss of the concern would rea'
$50, 900 on the building and $50, 900
$40, 900 on the stock The building W
insured for S2l,OOO and the stock I
S12 900.
BUSH FIRES RAGING IN CANADA.
Quebec, Can, July 4,-Bush fires lia
been very disastrous in the provin
,, during the last two days. At Ora
!, Mere, where immense pulp works a
y owned principally by Gen. Russell
= Alger, the chip conveyor was destroy
= as were also some cars OF coal belol
ing to the Lower Laurentian railw
N and some telegraph poles. The dana
cannot at present be ascertained. i
: town of earthly has been entirely
's stroyed and 400 people were rendel
~ homeless. The loss there Is $500
70 with but little insurance. The will
" :, of Mitchell, on the Inter-Colonial r
,Id I way, was also badly burned, but
al partly saved.
n. MINERS CABINS DESTROYED AT DAVIS
~ Seattle, Wash, July News o
as fire at Dawson in which 60 mint
40 cabins were burned with their conte
m was brought here yesterday by
10 steamer Humboldt. The total Loss
vn estimated at $4,000.