Show FIREMEN KILLED BY TUMBLING I WALLS AT DISASTROUS FIRE Christmas Brings Usual l Number of Blazes in ill inDifferent l Different t Sections SectIons With t. t Some Loss of Life tr ft NEW YORK Dec 26 In In a n fIre firo which through five factories hi In the river front district of or Brooklyn after 1 this morning three firemen 4 were 1 killed three were badly Injured J. J end And more moro than damage damase was done I it Beginning among the Inflammable 1 I materials In the plant of or Arbuckle Ar- Ar buckle bucklo Bros nt at Plymouth and Bridge within half an hour the flames I wem shooting from all al the buildings I nd all the available fire engines of or Brooklyn with Chief Purro Purroy In charge f were vere ere trying to save Bave t the c district J Thomas Thomas a watchman In the Arbuckle plant was passing down the when ho saw a n ribbon of or flame fiame hoot out of ot a a. rubbish heap on the first I. I moor floor Almost before he could gasp the the entire first floor noor was In a R. blaze He Hev He v Jumped from Crom a n. window and before he 2 ad crossed the street flames were t r. 1 from the windows Before Defore the i firemen remen had arrived the third and fourth fourth floors had hall caught When Deputy Chief Chic Murray arrived he sent In a n. third and fourth alarm and nd when Chief Purro Purroy arrived a n. half half- hour tou later he ordered engines and flue flue- 1 boats from flom the Manhattan M side of ot the river to help With lith the arrival al of ot water tower No o. o 6 Battalion Chief Coppenger took charge of ot It and ran It directly under one of at thc 1 Sud Suddenly the wall was seen to bul bulge e at the third star story and before the men inert ment t could move more it crashed directly down don on onI onI I I L Ithem them Four firemen and William McP Mc Mc- t P Cooley a R. citizen were vere burled buried and the k water tower and ladders were smashed to kindling wood r T Ten minutes ater later the first of ot the men I p. p t. t were taken out This was the battalion chief unconscious fous and ta fatally tally hurt McCooley came next Thomas McCarthy McCarthy McCar McCar- thy who will die It Is 15 thought was W wasS was'S S 'S found half halt under a n wheel of ot the tower also alro unconscious The bodies of at Thomas I t Jeffries an and Thomas were found near together I SPECTACULAR BLAZE I I i DESTROYS TWO HOTELS IN SCHENECTADY N. 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N Y Dec 26 The The Maxon laxon block opposite the Union station here was totally destroyed b by fire to to- to day The fire which probably was wast wasI t I caused b by an overheated chimney was wasa r a spectacular one The total loss Joss was insurance about The he principal portion of th the building was as used as ns a a. hotel In an adjoining building al also o was a a. hoteL The occupants pants ants of both were aroused and re removed re- re moved mo In safety b by the firemen and oth oth- ers Some of or the hotel guests were compelled com corn f to flee In their night clothes FIVE HUNDRED SHEEP ROASTED BOASTED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT OMAHA Dec Dee CO r At rAt At noon yesterday ester a the shop buildings of ot the tho Union Stockyards Stockyards Stock Stock- yards company compan at South Omaha burned together with 00 OO sheep entailing a a. loss lose of ot V Tho fire is supposed to havo have started from a n cl cigar stub dropped In tho the I barn tarn b by one of tho the workmen Tho structures tures wore were of ot dry wood and a high wind windi wa was blo blowing ln at the time timer The flames i spread rapidly and two of ot tho the barns by TOO 00 teat feet In Ia size were a a. mars S of ot names within ten minutes from tho the time the alarm was turn turned d in An effort was WIlS made to drive out fOO fOOl sheep but 6 of or them 1 ran back Into tho the fire nn and were burned J toSS OF BY 1 BLAZE IN BUSINESS i PART T OF BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON Iii Dec Dee Fire broko broke out last lost night In tho the twiddle middle of ct the building occupied d b A A. Nicholas Co dry goods and ladles ladies furnishings destroyed that structure and was W only prevented from licking up the tho double store II tot of C. C V V. em wholesale and retail etall dry by the hard work of ot tho firemen iThe J buildings were wre now nov and as RS nearly fireproof as 08 It was WM possible pos to make mako them to this IB S attributed tho tact fact that the there fire SIre re spread no ho no further y H. H The loan lasH on the NI sto stock k which j was ras valued at to total The Klem Kiem tock of Is badly damaged by moke and water and it 18 Is difficult to i tho the loss 1089 tonight Tho rho building adjoin Ins tho the Nicolasa building building- to tho the west west was WILlI empty and as the wind was WIlS In tho other direction the loss on that tilro will not exceed The Tho total loss lossi 1 i not bo be tar tam from T 1 Charles A. A Drams Brains Assistant Chief tell foil from from a ladder while lighting fighting tho ho Humes liames nd was badly injured |