The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-21
Two Persons Fatally Injured
and Property Loss Of
$35O,OOO
.F|REMEN WERE HANDICAPPED
While One Fire Was Raging Two
Others Broke Out and Force
of Men Was insufficient.
Chief Frustrated.

Dallas, Tex, April 2o.-Two persons
fatally injured, Fire Chief Magee pros
trated and property loss of fully SS5O,OOO
is the result of several fires which occur
red shortly after O'Clock this morning.
At that hour an alarm was turned in
from the Dorsey printing establishment.
located on lower Elm street and In very
short time one of the fiercest confiagra-
tions which has visited Dallas in years
was in progress.
To add to the troubles of the firemen,
several other alarms from different parts
of the city were turned in, each following
closely upon the other. After fighting
the fire for two hours Chief Magee was
prostrated and command was turned over
to an assistant. The chief was rescued
by the police from the flames and was
unconscious for several hours. but Is re-
ported out of danger. Fireman VIII
Spur of Company No. was struck In
the face with a brick and 1t is said fatal
ly injured.
Boys Skull Fractured.
The young son of fire Chief Magee'
who was sleeping at the Central station.
was found on the floor Of the engine room
with a fractured skull after the fire had
been controlled. 1t is supposed that the
lad had attempted to slide from the bunk
room to the enginee room on one OF the
iron poles used by the firemen, and fell
to the floor below. He will probably die.
The Dorsey printing company, one OF
the largest establishments of the kind
in the southwest, was totally DESTROYED.
the loss being about $20o, oo0-s 80 Tar as
learned this loss is one-half covered by
insurance. The plant had been burned
out three years ago and rebuilt on
much larger scale. While the Dorsey hre
was In progress and more than half the
fire department was engaged there, a sec
ond alarm announced a fire on Lamar
street, near Collins, close to the immense
agricultural district. A high wind blow
ing from the south saved the implement
establishments and the adjoining railroad
property from destruction, but twenty
other buildings were completely wiped
out by this blaze. Half of them were or
binary business houses and the remain
der boarding houses and dwellings The
Griffith Lumber Company's yard ignited
from this source and this company Is
one of the principal losers in that sec
ton of the city.
Losses on Lamar Street.
It fs estimated that the losses in the
Lamar street district will aggregate $780,
Ooo of which Griffith & Co. sustains $4,000.
with insurance of 1000; Crowdus & Co..
hides s80c0 half insured; Wilson Il Co.,
$4,000, insurance small; Yeargan. storage
company, $4,000 insurance not known;
Wertheimer g. Son, bottling works, $4,000,
only partly insured; Keating Implement
Company. loss heavy. but not accurately
known. About a dozen smaller mercantile
and manufacturing establishments were
DESTROYED, the losses In each case being
from $1,000 to 5000. with light insurance.
part of the contents of the boarding
houses and dwellings burned was saved.
but the losses are estimated to be fully
$4,000.
w nile In6 TWO Die HTSp Woio hoBAhbf oh
alarm came in from the residence district
of Fisher Lane. in South Dallas, two
miles distant. This fire destroyed four
cottages worth $4,000, the insurance on
which cannot be obtained tonight.
Insurance men are positive that the
fire on Fisher Lane was incendiary. and
the police and fire department are strong
ly inclined to believe that all were due
to incendiaries.
The Dorsey printing establishment will
be rebuilt at once and the management
announce that there will be little inter-
ruption to their business.
Another Fire In Texas.
Dallas April 20.-A telegram from
Nacodochez, Texas, late today stated that
six brick store buildings, a frame hotel
and two dwelling houses were burned
there this morning. Loss estimated a.
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