| Show A IRE IN D I 1 A fr I 1 1 1 large dry goods house I 1 completely gutted EIGHT LIVES LOST IN THE FLAMES I 1 4 the fatal leav of two men from a fifth story window losses will beach reach I 1 nearly a million t 1 1 A detriot mich nov ov 23 one of the 4 worst fires detroit has experienced in in many vars today completely destroyed A the five story building occupied by edson moore A company wholesale dry goods and damaged several ad I 1 jacent bui buildings dings causing a total loss of three roen men employed by the dry goods firm lost their lives in in the flames and five others who are missing 40 I 1 are also supposed to have perished thedeas the dead are james mckan IcK av bradley A dunning and ed genther gentler hie the missing edward N voit volt patrick I 1 markey daniel A baker henry 10 Ri rider derand and charles IV kircher tho tile fire started at 12 SO and in in half an hour 1 I 1 the building was completely gutted long before the engines responded I 1 i two men were seen on the window sills of the tile fifth story the crowd shouted I 1 don dont t jump dont jump there theres s help I 1 coming 1 A bile bale of juto was placed below the 1 window on which bradley dunning was wall A perched driven by the tile flames which roared around him he sprang P lindemon lin dedon I 1 the bile bale and fell to th the sidewalk an ambulance carried him to the hospital I 1 where he died the fremen firemen spread a net to catch mckay who fell into it I 1 ilia in I 1 11 11 ich that lie toadied too died soon a after I 1 t e ale I 1 being t taken to the tile hospital I 1 A another n et her man was then seen near tho the 11 upper window ilia strength apparently gave cave out for after an effort to I 1 I 1 raise himself f he lie slowly sank back and I 1 disappeared from view view he ile is is thought I 1 J to have been edward 1 genther after the fire became evident genther rider voit markov baker and I 1 kirchnert Kirch were missing it 13 is thought the flames started in in alot a lot of cotton I 1 11 I 1 bitting batting on the top floor used for pack ing james L ldson edson senior senior member of the firm said the loss on the stock would be about well covered I 1 by insurance rince john J bagley bagleys s tobacco 1 works suffered a loss of 25 covered bovere I 1 by insurance insurance the loss to the detroit J lithographing company is estimated at 20 insured speck fur furnishing goods were damaged to the I 1 amount of insurance insurance 2500 25 00 1 the mer hants hotel was damaged 3 IV several other concerns suffered I 1 minor minor loes losses 11 |
