The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-22

Washington, Dec. 20.-The boys re-
form school of the District of Colum-
bia, located some distance outside of
Washington, caught fire at 3 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, and the main build
| ing, in which were housed 300 boys,
! was totally destroyed. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000 No lives we're lost.
AS soon as the alarm was sounded
the guards Immediately set about res
cuing the boys, at the same time sum-
moning to their aid the police reserves.
1t is not believed that any of the
prisoners got away from the institu-
tion. In fact, most of them rendered
valuable aid to the members Of the
fire department IN the effort to save
the surrounding structures, and, it is
said, were under control Of their
guards from the start.
The cause of the fire is not definitely
known, but 1T is believed to have re-
suited from spontaneous combustion
among some goods stored on the fourth
floor of the building.
Wreck, Death and Fire.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 20.-A spe-
cial from Reading, Kas., says: Santa
Fe train No. II was wrecked at Bad
ger creek bridge, about five miles west
of Reading, at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The tender left the track, derail-
ing all the baggage and express cars
and the first two coaches. One eX-
press car turned over and caught fire,
in which one of the messengers was
killed. His remains were recovered.
The engineer and two other messengers
were seriously injured, the latter ia
tally. No passengers were injured.
Santa Fe officials claim that it was
clSarly the work of wreckers, and offer
a reward of $500 for the arrest and
convictioE Of the perpetrators. This is
the fifth wreck within six months near
Reading.
Fatal Wreck In Oklahoma.
Lawton, Okla, Dec. 20.-One man
was killed and one other fatally in
jured as the result of railroad wreck
at Waurika at O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing Three trains were checked by
small wreck on the main line Of The
Chicago, Rock Island & Guif. The
southbound passenger stood at the sta
ton and the regular freight behind. A
second freight, without bein fleggel,
ran into the first one from the rear
and smashed che caboose to splinters
killing Jack Carnes, conductor, and IA
tally injuring the brakeman The
track is demolished and nearly the en-
tire train of 20 cars is wrecked.
Men Were Blown to AtDma.
New York, Dec 20.-Six men we're
killed and more than a dozen injure
in a dynamite explosion in an eXcavl |
ton for new building opposite tn
Waldorf Astoria hotel at Fifth avenue !
and Thirty-fourth street.
The explosion was caused Ey som !
wCrkmen who started to redriil par
TALLY drilled hole, in which s5vela !
sticks of dynamite had been LEFT. {
About twenty men we're at work in |
the vicinity of this particular hoe !
Some of them were blown to atoms i
There were 80 men at work in the en-
tire excavation.
Rescued From Their Burning EOme.
st. Louis, Dec 20.-Mrs. Victoria |
Carter and her daughter, Irene, Is !
years old, were rescued from death in
their burning home, 1927 Cook avenue
early Tuesday by William Shay aged |
81 of 1923 Cook avenue, son of As
sstant Fire Chief Shay. He carried
Mrs. Carter. half conscious and help
less from terror, down the stairs, and
on his return, bore the daughter down
ladder, by which he had entered the
5econd-stCry window.
Working to Rescue EntOmbed Men,