Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-04-01
ChlCAGO'S FATAL FIRE.
wild Rush For Life of Working NJ
and Women.

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and Women.
Chicago, March 2S.-Firc destroyed
the Armour curled hair and felt works,
Thirty-first and Benson streets, last
night. caused property loss of nearly
100000. injured II employees, one IA
tally, and endangered the lives Of 400
others who rushed to escape through the
binding smoke.
The injured are: jeremiah Steele,
jumped from third story window, legs
and arms broken, will die; Joseph Kuda.
badly injured about the legs and body;
John Rhodes, jumped from second story
window, leg broken; George Moshcr.
fell down elevator shaft. right shoulder
broken; August Schombcry. ankle spraln-
ed and scalp wound; Mamie Ryan. face
and arms burned; George Schwartz,
hands. face and head bruised; Nclli..
McNab, hands and face burned; PAM
Rosomicr. both hands burned and left
side Of head scorchcd: Harry Lee, fell
from second story window. scalp wounds.
Late last night it was found that Sin
people who were iii the building when the
fire broke out are missing, and it is prob
able that the majority of them persisted.
The missing are James Flanagan. Will
lam ellison, Ella lIcnnil Wright, Thorn
as Mitchell, Dennis Shcehan and john
White.
Employees on the floor on which the fire
started said that nail, which caught IL
a picker" caused friction. igniting the
inflammable material with which the ma
chimes were fed. Flames spread TO bales
OF curlrd hair, and i'll three minutes the
entire floor was dense with binding
black smoke. Men and women left thcl:
posts in frantic rushes to the exits.
Many ran to windows and descended by
the FIRE escapes. but most OF them CROPPED
through the smoke to the first floor and
out the corner entrance.
Jeremiah Steele was bending over his
carding machine when the blaze broke
out Stitlcd by the smoke he staggered
to window, swung over the sill and
hung by his finger tips. Meanwhile fire.
men stretched Il net and shouted to
Steele to drop. He did so, but crashed
to the stone sidewalk.
Convict's Scheme Discovered In limo
Columbus. O.. March 2S.-Convict Otis
Hurley was detected yesterday at the
pententinry as he lay in wait for his
former victim, Miss Daisy Spraguc,
whom he attempted to murder in Sep
TENDER last. Hurley had been in soil
tary confinement and wore ball anil
chain. but with the aid of steel saw
he severed his letters and cut his way
out of the cell. When discovered he was
in hiding on top Of safe i'll the Office
where Miss Sprague is employed us
bookkceper He was armed with Il still
letto made OF half Il pair of scissors.
Hurley is serving - year sentence for
his former attempt upon the young
-lady's life, with whom he is cnamored.
A Klondike For the Paris Exposition.
New York. March 29.-An important
corporation has just been organized un-
der Canadian and New York auspices to
exploit to the world Mt the Paris expo
sition a perfect representation of life and
work in the Yukon territory. including
all phases of mining, by men direct from
the Klondikc. An exact counterpart will
be built, representing portion of the
main street of Dawson. There will be
Indian villages, dog teams, together with
moving pictures. the latter to he the re.
suit Of an entirely new machine which
Thomas a. Edison is now contracting.
Arrangements have been made to have
on exhibition S5,000,000 worth Of gold
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