The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-04
Flames Said to Have Incen.
diary Origin Stopped Before
They Destroy Magnificent
Library Wing of Building.
SIX WOMEN ARE BURNED
TO DEATH IN NEW YORK
Three Known to Have Perish.
ed in Hotel Blaze at Allan.
tic City and Several Others
Remain Missing.

lhN Evening Herald LEASED Wire
Ottawa, ont. Fec. I Two women
aud thrc" men are known ~ have per
shed iu the fir" when swept through
the central portion Of Cenada's mag.
nifl,eui parliament build NIX last
night destroying tn. chaE,ocrs Of
commons aud senate several others
AZ, reported missing and II lie feared
they aTc buried in the rum
Al night long firem.n, police and
soldiers fought To save the &c 0o0. 900
structur, They were successful, saw
ing the beautiful library building and
the east and west wings of th. main
cdticc.
Immediately after the flre started a
report was spread broadcast that II
was caused by tho explosion of an
nccndiary bomb The irc started In
the reading room, of the house of
commons and several persona assert
I'D that n was preceded by an cSpio-
sion which knocked down several per
sons The bomb theory w1s. how.
eyer rejected today bv Colonel Sher-
wood. commissioner Of dominion po-
lice who insisted that the . nflagra-
ton was accidental
The two women who lost their
lives were Mime. Bray wife OF II \
Bray ol quebec. aud Nine MORN.
vile uf Louis Morin of Bcaucc. que.
The men whose bodies are NJ II buried
m the debris are Alphonsc Desiardins.
"a dominion policeman; Alphon" bes-
iardiuH he uncle. an empluyc IN tn.
k.h
winter.
Among those reported missing IN ".
B Law, % member Of parliament tor
Yarmouth. y S. Mr.. Law Is under
stood TO have been At the house ~
the time the fire broke out and has
not been seen since
j T.. lnplant assistant cl.rk of the
commons. Is also among those re-
ported missing
The parliament huildins was rated
as one of the finest gothic structures
on this continent II covered four
a. res un parliament hil
several persons who were burned
og Otherwise hurt are IN hospitals to-
dag one uf the most severely In
iurod is Martin Burrcil, minister OF
agiicuiiur., who WAS burned about
the head
colonel John Tutris, who com.
maudod regiment of canadians In
The battle uf ~ Julien in Flanders
hastily organized fire brigade ~
members of the house and attendants
and fought the flames with lines uf
hose Iu tn" Corridors nut CoLld make
no h,adway The blaze spread 80 fast
mat when th" Ottawa tire department
arrived the building was doomed. Aid
was summoned irom Montreal but a.
q special train viih fire apparatu1
and COMPANY 81 firemen sas leaving
that city abo1t midnight the can VAS
opuut,rm,nded
The parliament building ~ ludei q
central building with tno Wings. In
ana go feet IN length, with tower
3io feet high and Horarv building in
the rear n was erected IN 1865.
vas of rrcsm-uolu'rd sandstone. and
stood on blun r.siug 100 sr"t above
the o,tSWu river
colonel Sherwood saws there h aD-
soiutcl3 no ground for rumcrs thai
the fire was of inccudiaTy origin
~ started right under the nose Of
poll. emau he said.
Thr nrc spread Win amazing ra-
pidits bat this may ne explained by
the contents Of the rooms such se
papers ana light tables
The accepted explanation of the
start ot the nrc VAS given bs the po.
lIcrmau who was on duty al The sem
die entrance. tic said he discovered
blaze bon a Pile of newspapers in the
tesdirg room tricd 20 pat I put with
ghenica' eNtinguisher. ana, fatlinR,
IAN for heip when he returned the
IRE had swept through The room.
AnotlOr policeman who was at tho
commons entrance To- the reading
room insists thrre was an explosion
IN the chamber which burst The doors
and swept him OF his feet