Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01
ZEE |ll'lI'][ ] Y & ISIS OF LIFE &

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| N 'tL':' PEOPLE kNowN To.
q HAVE = 6 PERlsHED IN AspHll
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Al Eight:story Furniture Factory and.
Three adjoining Buildings Are Be
stroyed-M Many q the Victim. Die
lingering Death, in the Presence
t,of Thousands Who Arc Unable. To-
=litt :. Hand, Is Assist Them. .=.1,. 8
Philadelphia, Oct. 2s.-Nineteen
known dead and property loss amount
Ing to upwards of $500 900 is the awful.
result of a fire which occurred In the
business seetior Of the city. The NUM-,
Der of injured f,.not: known definitely,
but fully a score. Of vfstims were treat,
ed at various hospitals. Police and
fremen are delving into the ruins in
search Of bodies supposed & to have
been buried beneath the debris, as it
is feared that others besides the
known dead may have 1ost.their lives.
in: the flames. The buildings destroyed
were, the S-story structure, 1919 and
1921 Market street, occupied by Hunt,
Wilkinson & Co., uplolsterers 4 and
furniture deliverers, and three 3-story
buildings occupied by small merchant
men. The cause sot the@dre is UNI.
known: RI: ~ - ,..!. J.:
Such disastrous fire attended with
SO great loss OF life in such q brief.
period was never before known In this
city. Men and women died 9 linger-
ing, agonizing death in the presence
lot thousands OF spectators who were
unable to lift a hand to their assist
ance. The rear of Hunt, Wilkinson g.
Co.'s building faces on Commerce
street, a small thoroughfare. ON the
fire escapes at this end of the build
ing two men and a woman were slow.
~ roasted to death, while the horror
stricken throng on the street, below
turned sick at the sight In front on
Market street a woman, driven to des-
peration, leaped from window on the
top floor and was dashed to death on
the pavement. These are but a few of
the heartrending scenes attending the
confagration. Firemen claim to have
seen men and women, unable to reach
the windows or fire escapes, burned.
to death in the interior of the build
ing. If this be so little or nothing re-
mains Of these victims and it is doubt
full if any portion OF their bodies will
be recovered. T. = -:
Hunt; Wilkinson & Co.'s building
when the fire started were employees
and the 4 remainder were customers
gagged in putting the finishing touches
on the<new eighth floor. More than
half Ut the firms employees were on
the upper five floors and it was among
these that the greatest number
t. Were Killed and injured.
With the possible exception Of the
engineer, who is missing, all persons
on the first three floors got out Of the
building safely. =: ~ s. ~ r. T.. s...s
1t was. exactly 1920 a. m. when
Howard +. Street, 9 young man en-
ployed b. Hunt, Wilkinson & Co. OBJ
served flames shooting up the ele-,
I vator shaft from the basement He
was on the second floor and imme-
diately gave the alarm Ito the other
I employees. He then FASTENED. to the
fstreet to. notify policeman In the
meantime the employees OF; the elec-
trical bureau at the city hall saw
smoke issuing from the building and
transmitted an. alarm to the fire de.
| partment. When the engines arrived
the flames ha4senveloped the building
from top to bottom apd the intense
heat from this terrifying mass of
thames made it almost 7imppssiblaf1 for
the firemen to get within close range.
Of the seethfng furnace, Ignoring tie
flames for the time heing: the brave
fire fighters zdevoted their whole alter
| ton to the work 81 rescue. As scneE
OF them: stood within the scorchfng
heat Of the IRE with nets outspfe4df
to receive those who sleaped from tile,
burning s:Ibnildin their comrades
played lines of hose upon them. WheR.;
their. work In this. respect WAS ended
many Of the hremen we're completely
exhausted: Most IL the fatalities OF
Cured In The rear ~ tie bull ding. Al
IL by comfnal tie lhfA toT1ty so1
the, emp5dges il 6tedtn no 5Ioa0h
places ~ safety by9l peaAisof the Ere
escape on the Commerce straek and 4.
The structure Many uff &. ttlheu rem.
dered 6 practically Il tslnfi ii 4 x1f31ElftI
sditn fha sgfdjund i and sti,elB. I'M
co1spB~4nelnscleas .fKaM Ms ffAptelle,
hse md fall tn the RAVasls,
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