Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-28
streets. Eleven dead bodies have

streets. ELEVEN dead bodies have
been removed already.
The Williamson,Hunt immense fur
= niture establishment has already been
entirely destroyed. and the fire Ia
now rapidly making its way To the
great Wanamaker building. II 1t is
not speedily checked IT. will be the
worst fire in the history OF the city.
All efforts possible are being made
10 suppress the fire. which has a
big lead
II is thought many more bodies
VIII be removed from the ruins this
afternoon.
The fire started at 1890 In an Inn
mense furniture store, and in a few
minutes the blaze was pouring from
every window. The building was a
nine-story structure. and it was i'm
possible for the inmates on the upper
floors to jump to safety. Many OF
the Inmates. however, jumped. and
when the fire department arrived on
the scene there was mass OF dead
and dying people on the sidewalk in
front of the burning building. On
the firth story. in plain sight. one un-
fortunate man was burned to ashes.
The dead We're quickly removed
and the injured were taken to the hos
ptas The exact number persons
who were injured is not known. but
| 1t is thought 1t will reach over fifty.
| The exact number of the dead Will
probably never be known.
| Just before noon the fire crossed
Market street and caught in several
| large buildings. These buildings
were almost entirely destroyed. but
| the fire was prevented from spread
| ing further.
| The scene around the fire was heart
| rending in the extreme. The wives
| and children of the employees of the
furniture establishment were almost
hysterical in their grief and In endeav.
| oring to get some news of their loYed
| ones Several women tainted while
standing gazing at the fire. An extra
squad of police was necessary to keep
| the great crowd back
| p. NIT Is now estimated that
| seventeen persons lost their lives in
the fire. The total number of in
jured cannot be ascertained. The
fire is still burning, but is now under
control The loss will foot up over
half million.
|AoHlNGTON, Oct 25.--The in
quiry court room was again crowded
this morning when the hour for con
vening arrived. Seats were at
premium long before the members OF
the court appeared.
| Promptly at II o'clock Admiral
Dewey raped for order.
l ~. t.. ,,,.t., .,assx,
witness today, and by his testimony
much additional light was thrown up
on the case. Previous to the admi-
rails appearance upon the stand sew
eral witnesses who testified yester-
day were recalled to correct or amend
their testimony. Among these was
Lieutenant Commander Harlow, and
upon questions from Judge Advocate
Lemley he said that on the night of
July an officer on the Brooklyn had
sent message through n megaphone
to the Vixen on board of which he
was at the time to the effect that
great activity prevailed in the harbor
of Santiago. This message was TAX
en- by the Vixen to the commander in
chief Admiral Sampson. The next
After Captain Clark had been re-
called for the purpose of correcting
his testimony of yesterday, Admiral
Schley took the stand. The admiral
said he had not bombarded the earth
works at Cienfuegos because he was
convinced that such bombardment
was unavailable. Subsequent events
proved his judgment correct. The
admiral stated that he received a dis
patch on May 27 giving him positive
information that the Spanish fleet
was In the harbor.
In referring to the Colon incident
Admiral Schley said that in his tudg-
ment he considered it dangerous to
Coal. and In substantiation said he
had signalled Capt. Phillips Of the
, Texas, asking that officer II he could
coal. Phillips replied: 81 can try
The impression left upon Schley's
mind was that at that time even he
was uncertain. He said that on the
, following morning Phillips had sig
nailed and both the Texas and Mer-
rimac had sprung a leak. The heat
p was reported to be also intense. The
! men were exhausted and the doctors
: had recommended tnht on tnis hccouht
, operations be suspended. Admiral
4 Schey then brought his narrative up
to Santiago. and said that in that con-
' nection he had regarded orders OF the
A department concerning the probable
presence of the Spanish fleet at San
t tiago as more OF suggestion than
/, mandatory order. He considered II
!. would take them little while to get
It back in any event He also consid-
II cred that the proper maneuver would
be to proceed westward to the basis
q OF Havana and Key West. His
v squadron arrived of Santiago on the
@ evening OF May 20. He placed his
4 feet Ave or six miles out and kept II
n there day and night.
l. He sent the Marblehead closer In
Is with instructions to keep close eye