HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1893-07-14, Page 5.Patti tire. at the Vilaeleld',d flair,
Gesiaitae, July 10. floe destruction
•by•fire of the cold storage .building at
the World's Ir':lir grounds thio after.
'neon reeniting in the death of nearly
410 persons and threatened the distruc-
'tfern of the White City, The•stxuc-
tttre'+wlts 250 feet tont; by ,150 feet
wide and was coustruotedeentirely of
•+stud eeoverad over with • staff. The
naiu.body of the building wets , five
-stories high. In too -.centre of this
Bose the smokestack in the ellape•of a
•cttpoia. It was at the top of this
cupola that the fire was discovered.
IMiptt Tits Tolima,
'Marshal Murphy saat•in.:a, call .for
tallefire, companies to turn out. With
abouts 40 of his men Captain i:1+ i•tzpat-
wiok••climbed up the stay anaryiladders
inside the tower to the ..balcony , and
ifrom there ropes were lowered • to haul
up the hose. Only nue hose Jlad••beeu
,hauled, up when a gust of wind.•oaused
tile:;fle/nes to break out in an alarming
manner about ten feet from the top
of the cupola. Meanwhile :.the tire
thail eaten its way down through the
net •work of timbers inside -the • atrue
iture and
d'UNCONSCIOUe OF TtIlita uHANGER,
ithe?firemeu were standing as it were,
mot the shell of a burning volcano.
'The .fire bad been ht. -truing scarcely
.twenty minutes and the firemen .were
pulling and hauling at the •ropes, when
,suddenly the flames burst out around
,the•.base, of the cupola in •a .peefec
+hall, 'So sadden and so furious offs
the••outbreak and so terrible ewes _: he
iepeotacle that for the ruument 1;the
.crowd stood there i
'rmztA;tlsrlxED WI'rH tla5RQB.
eStrougewen wrung their bands;iu a
hysterical ,Manner, and snores oof
twotne.u.fainted. All alike were:power-
,less to.aid the unfortunate Alen . im-
prisoned on the balcony 15th from .,the
grouted. ...All the ropes save .nue ,on
the.norih -•side of the 'tower :,were
-burned away in an itistanxt. ache
,hasecfnoas the chemical' engaine .twith-
•stood:tit eebeet, however, and •spr•iugiug
;for ward; John. Davi caught IItold .of vit
;and•slid•.down to the mane recifeoflthe
*warehouse, whet" tie faintest away.
ale 'fame :.and vhands were terribly
.burned,'.hut: the physicians sayihe .aids
'recover. •.
i•'Et$ARFUL SCENES.
Tlwo °f•.his fellow firemen atiternpted
tto follo4h.it>yr, but before they .•were
half ,sttty down the hose gave tattt;,anai
•theildropped,into the seething mass Of
sure rand were. lost and the multitude
Wow gave.,utteraneo to a groan •of
picketing ,horror. Another of .the
i!su,prisoned:men started down tile acme
ou Nee .nortb.side of the tower, And
i:east ,rtl:tnost.reeched the roof when it
gave sway, seal„he fell, striking oat this
head. He wss ,instantly killed. There
remained, according to the ,steno sof
various speotatore, from 25 to 30 meson
ou the tower. They were hopelessly
.}3EtY0RL+I E• 1ACH OF HELI'.
The longest ladder fell short of
reachiaag theta ;by a full 40 feet.
Death .of a moat awful ]rind was fast
approaching.
At this tarnibleenoment Capt. Fitz-,
patrtcl;'e ,ta11 ,fossae .and white helmet,
appeared in front of, the siren, who,
were huddled ttogether on the narrow'
balcony. appeared to he address-
ing his heave &ollotwers. What he said
will probably nevetabe known, for he
alone of old the ruele aroundh im at that
.luotnent escaped aline, and hes injuries
are such that it is doubtful whether he
will ever recover consciousness. As
he ceased to -speak;. one of the men
crept around the buming balcony to
the east and returned a moment later
with a rope. ft was nastily fastened
tQ the railing around the baloony and
thrown to the roof. (.)apt. Fitzpat-
rick pointed to it. The foremost mail
seized it and started to slide dowu,but,
ere he was half way down the oruel
flames rolled up, and he was
Su'ALLOwno BY 'kII5 Aiwl= VOLCANO..
Another tried it and met the Ramo
fate. One after mother five of the
Men at this moment sprang from
the balcony to the roof and were kiIl-
ed. Seeing his men ju►npiug to their
doom, the .heroic captain seized the
TOO and started down. A. ladder had
been raised, but almost twenty feet
from the end of the rope. Re jump-
ed and caught on the end of the lad-
der,
Marshal Murphy, an old personal
friend of Oapt Fitzpatrick, and who'
has worked en the Ohicaao fire depart -
Meat with lenge for a score of years,
was on the' roof. Seeing there wad a
chance to save his old comrade's lite
he sprang forward and was soon at tlhp
top Of the ladder.
A MOM' o ADMIRATION AND I.:Hearht
A iENICHT
went up from the multitude. Itelow.
The beroie marshal started back with
his friend, but Was enveloped in flames,
Witll the energy of despair he clutch.
ed his ooutrede and Otis down the:
ladder to the roof, whore be MI pros.
trate,
Both Murphy and Fitzpatrick were
unooieoions, They wore ,lowered to
the ground and taken to the hospital..
Scarcely 25 minutes had•elepsed since
the fire was discovered,but so rapid had
been its progress that the -entire tower
was burned away and it
VSLL, WITlt aN AwditiLiCi1t0St,I,
eatryiug with it several .firemen alto
were playing on the flatness wi•.Ui hose
from the roof, There was a wild
scramble to get off the roof, A large
quantity of linseed oil was stored on
the top floor, and when the tower fell
it crashed through the roof to this
inflammable fuel, and theiflalnleseolled
up high in the air. An the firemen
fled from the roof one of them :pinked
up the mangled form of one of the
unfortunates who bed .jumped from
the balcony, and carrying it to the
edge of the roof dropped at to the
ground,thus saving it from• cremation.
omeean's LOSS.
The Dotniuiou of Canada loses
about $3,500 by the .lire. Three
hundred. boxes of fane•ehoese, a large
quuntity of roots and vegetables, and
sonic large Restigouchefftiver salmon,
belonging to the Government, were
stored in the building, and were, of
course, a total loss.
District Coutaeil, i$..'Jreof'.T.
The District Council E. T. of T
met In the Temperance Hall, .Exeter
D. D., Bro. J. E. Tow in the chair
After the preliminary exercises, busi
nese was cowtneneeed. A •"communi
cation was, read ee holding Count
Demonstretlon when it was•.moved b
Bro, Baker, seconded ,by 'Bro. ,Lewis
that a committee be fornuedtto arrang
a Convention of .the.ather Wemperauc
organizations in the esennty, also tha
the District Councillor coneut•unicet
with the Good Templar.,.the,.,Sons o
Telnperarice aaacl .the W. .0. T. U
Carried. The repent •af'.the &Distrio
Councillor was then read, ;;giving
a
very eucouragiug .revietw of .the ;pro
grecs of the Temperance .can.se, als
some good advice as to •future .work
:The report of the :committee ttee .,on th
distribution of reports and ,,paper
.suggested that &,eewinitttee'beetormed
in each Council to iprooere,subacribers
for the "Weekly revel/lei” .and also
to obtain tracts and distrt/rute them.
.The report on T•emtperauee :was„ lrrven
by,Bro. Muir, who stated .that i]1',50
.,was the number of Royal ,Teinplaars in
this District and also •suEgested ttthat
representatives be sent .to the meeting
of the Grand. Comae!! and that Tem-
perance speakers he,olttained tin orelea
to make sure that every vote rfor lllro.
/ethnical/ethnicalwould be polled.. the ,report
on Coreerpondeuce and Memar;als was
;presented by Faro. Vaen,ater ,whoerp-
.gested that we request the Grand
°enncil,to memoralize the Il�Awinion
it)ounci to change the ;taw of ;per,aoa
having to be a wember of the Select
.11Degree before they cars :holes otiice of
!fi.,C. in ai.'i•oyal Degree. Bro. el. i1 .
Smith, ofuhe Emerald 1°rio,prssea.tted
a report on "The state of the Oevrl•er."
He suggested that every Royal Tear -
pier become a member of the Select
Degree. It ,was moved and seconded
that Bros. W H Kerr .Potter and
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THE WING 'AN TIMES,. AMY 14, L893..
Gtrr ee,
A Song ,Cervine and, entertainment
on .Friday evening, July 1.4th, in the
Methodist .ohuroh, Gorrie, under the
auspices of the Epwortlh League, to
w•bigb all are ;nutted, .As this is the
last 'service under the management of
the ,present social committee no patna.
will de spared to !nake it a pleasant
mad 'profitable evening. A hearty
welcome as extended to all.
West Wawanosh.
(On Saturday week, Alexander
Woods, of the 12th concession, breath,
ed his last. The deceased was a strong
athletic young man, just in the prince
of eiferan$'to:all appearance destined to
see a ripe old age, but the frutlity of
human nature and the certainty of the
seripturat warning "in the midst of
life .we are in death," was never more
fo'soibly :illustrated than in this sad
ease. 'IVIr. Woods had worked hard
all•day at;ploughing and in the evening
wasin the act of bitching the horse to
the'buggytto go to Lucknow, when he
was •soticlunly seized with a severe pain
in his side, and after about seven
hours•of•intense suffering, the spirit of
the-strongg,robust man had passed to
the .great beyond. The immediate
oause•of death was the bursting of a
blood vessel, and although threw
doutorstwas there in a short time Both -.1
ing could be done for the unfortunate.
man. 1He leaves a wife and three
small.ehildren who have the heartfelt:
sympathy of the whole connuunity int'
their great bereavement. 1!k. Woods'.
was only•in his 89th year; and was al
man 'universally liked.
Mr..tTohn Thowpsftn, 6, eon., had ti
stack df •hay burned by Q,igltteting'
later.
The Masonic grand lodge ,afOanatia
will.ineet.at.Ot•tawa on Wednesday,
Jule ilio.
Last year,more than 18,04e visitors'
were 'reeeivod at the farts of the
Ontariq Agricultural College.
0 The'Earl.df De:•by will :sail tfor
• England ?from. Quebec on Saturday on;
e the Serdiui•an.
Mr. A. Miscatvpbell, M. P P, luta
been renominated for the LegislazJ re
by the tOonservatives of East Simone.,
Mrs. 1'41.aeQueen, widow of the late
D. S. M.e.i ween„judge of the.aeuntty:
of Oxford, died Sunday afternoon at at
ripe old sage.•
Mr. W ''MeQueen, B. A., of Breve-
field,
reve field, has theme appointed matheasaatassl;
r' master off :Brookville Collegiate
Institute.
The direetors.of the World's Fain
have appointed „A. JF. McLaren ,rxf:
Windsor, s' le;ejudge of the cheese and:
butter exhitatts during.July:
In Back di; tCo's tile yard at Drayton;
.on Tuesdayafternoon Ia obt. Patterecr:n;
%Met his life through sisverel tons of
.lay fol ting vet ,him.
The damage: ibyy ;Friday cyclone in
owais
calculeted at $866,000. Total
/number of de:atdts .reported 63 with
leprore than a hundred iujtered.
?etaenale be a committee to arrange $wenty men ateti .women sof a
yacht -
subjects to bsdisctes 1atesG•aee
t•
sfin Party,
were 'drowned of the
r*atst coast of Engl.-tend on Sa�eurdny
ing b
ref District Council at beaforth, r,' y
It woe moved send seconded that the
thanks of the District Council be
tendered to the Exeter people for
their kindness atad also to the trustees
of the lames street Methodist ehurch
for the flee of the basement of the
church for' the afternoon session.
Carried,
RtIssimn FLETCHER,
District Secretary.
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Hew to Got a "sunlight” Picture.
Send 25"Sunlight"Soap wrappers(wrap.
per bearing the words"Why Does a Woman
Look Old Sooner Than a Bean") to Lever
Bros., Ltd., 43 Scott St., Toronto, and you
will receive by post a pretty picture, tree
from advertising, and well worth framing.
This is an easy way to decorate your home.
The soap is the best in the market and it
will only cost one cent postage to ,send in
the wrappers, if you leave the cede open.
Write your address carefully.
The Sons of Scotland ore consider-
ing the matter of a union. association
from the camps in I{urnn and Br:uce,to
hold Caledoniath games annually, the
Ogee of meeting to be chosen eaoh
year. A meeting of the delegates was
held at Lucknow last week and another
meeting will be held at Ripley in a
few days to complete arran genients.
The general cm -menthe of opinion in
North Bruce is that Mr. H. T, Potts,
of Arr.in, will be the tariff reform
candidate for the House of Cenunon5
at the nett election. It is questionable
if Mr. McNeil would pare tie face the
nUtsic in that °Vent, So says the
Port Elgin Times.
ttie capsizing of tbe,ir boat i:1 a squall.
Rebecca Wilkiusoe, of Brawusvalley
Incl., says : "I heti been in a rlistresse,
condition, for three years from Nervoud
aces'. Weakness of the Stomach, Dv,'spensia
atnd:Ifedigestion until my health -was gene.
1 had been. doctoring constantly without
relief. 1 bought one bott;Le of South Am-
erican Nervine, which done me more good
than away $50 'worth of doctoring I• aver did
in my life. 1 would advise every weakly
person to use this valuable and lovely rem-
edy." A. trial bottle will convince you.
Warranted at Chisholm's drug store,
Mr. Wilson Taylor, B. A., of the
Stratf'trd Collegiate Instituto staff,
has resigned the position of • hnathe-
matieat master there, and accepted a
better offer from the Chatham Board.
Fairville, the suburb of St, John,
N. B., which was nearly wiped ont by
fire, a few months ago. was again the
scene of a conflagration biauday.
Some twenty biiitdiugs were destroyed.
The Belleville intellit;encer is print-
ing a listt of persons in the neighbor-
hood who etre over 80 years, Forty,
four names were in Saturday's list,
those of Irish extraction leading, Bug.
lish neat and Scotch third.
leer over Plftyi Years
As 050 Aso wsar,.Trtinn SEW:v .—Itrs. ;Vin.
i10ty"s St.Othine Syrup hos boom used for over fifty
yders by millions of mothers for tltelr chitoren while
taethirr r, with perfectsueeess. It soothes the child
soften* the guns, allays all pain, cares wh)d collo.
And is thebest remedy for Dlarrhese. Is pleasant to,
the tasty Sold by AruggiSts ht every part et the
World, t entvfllve Cents a settle. Its value is
lnealeulablo. 13o',onto and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Seething Syrup, and take no other kind,
ONn I NJOYS
Botts, the method and results evhen
Syrup of rigs is taken; it is pleasant
antlxefreshiug to the taste, andacts
gentlyyet promptlyou the IEidneys,
Livernnd Bowels, cleanses the sys-
• tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
oches,aucl fevers and cures habitual
constipation, Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its hind ever pro
d::tcea, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
xtfl''e ts, prepared only from the most
alealthy' and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend.
it to all and have made it the mast
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75c
'bottles by all Leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may not
:have it on hand will procure it
-promptly for any one 'who wishes to
-try it. Manufactured only by the
:C; L I1 ORRIA FIG SYRUP CO
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SAN t*RANCISCO, CAL.
L.CAUISVILLE. KY. NEW 1r6 3IS.51.
A sensational. ease took place at the
;Brantford Police Court Monday, when
two men named :ironk and Donovan
were charged with levying $10 black-
mail
lackmail from H. E. North The evidence
showed that Mr. North, with a lady
companion's was walking on the out-
skirts of that city on Friday night •at
9 o'clock, when the accused accosted
them and threatened to disgraoe the
girl unless they were given $10.
North was accompanied by one of
thein down town to get the gooney,
while the other held the young lady.
,North gave the pair a fictitiouseheque
and subsegneetly had than arrested.
The accused were°givens two months
-each in jail. It is claimed that eronk
•has been at this sort of thing for
months,
(Grants: Secretary Mason of the A. F.
.and A. ii1., Canaan, has issued the
following circuler letter to the
brethren: I have much pleasure in
'informing you that as a result of
'further .correspondence with the
aeneralrpassenger agents of the Grand
'Ohrunk.and Canadian Pacific Railways
delegates•to Grand Lodge wit; receive
a return•ti•xket free instead of one-third
provided•that 300 delegates or over
:are in attendance at Grand Lodge.
;;fire :North American 'dill Bonlda.mg
Company of Stratford ask that town
for e".:aemption from taxation foe ten
•37ears and for free waeor fee the sane
period, in ttou:ztdor,itntl, of real,w.iEdanT
their works. `1'1;1- lee rte of tfie core -
pasta ;amount lei $6011, not? the water
rates Ito •`,',.''175 per .iu• 11.41
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This worid-renowned Soap stands at the
head of all Laundry and Household Soap, both
for quality and extent of solos.
Used according to diroetions, it does away
with all the old-fashioned drudgery of wash
day. Try it; you won't be disappointed.
SUNLIGHT SOAP has been in use In
'Windsor Castle for the past 3 years, and its
iuunidacturcrshave boon specially appointed
sOAPMA.i 1PS TO TH.131
ov;1;Iter
ANTE®
PORE AND TO
USICONTAIN
CHEMICALS
£wielia sit tiollt 11 .610
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LANDS FOR TAXE
Ontario)BY VIRTUE, of a warz'ant issued by the slayer, mid
Town of Wingliazn, ;Corporate Seal of the'l'own of Wingham, to ins directtad, h
To wit: I date the Twenty-third clay of .Joon, 1893, commanding me
upon and sell the lands mentioned in the following lines, for arrears of taxes due t
I hereby give notice that unitise such arrears and alt costs are scow, t paid, 1 shall y
to sell midlands or so much thereof as may bo nocessary for the payment of the
and costs thereon, at the Council Chamber, in The said Town of Wingham, on
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TUESDAY, the Thins Day of October, 1893,
At the hour of. TWO O'OLOOR in the afternoon;
Quanity
of Land.
Street, Survey.
Boland S Leet to Davis
Josephine W Foley's
I9 olntoelt N 1'. >!'isber's 1-5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
24 feet
24 foot
Leet & McKay's 1.5
Leet & Davis' 1-10
,t 1.5
1.5 acre
..
„
Scott S C. T. Scott's
,r .1
.1 1,
Victoria S E, Bower's
44 rt
Francis W
92 Carling E
John N
4'
1-5
Taxes. Coats.
0320
47 07
11 72
8 00
11 72
0 00
0 00
4 80
4 80
10 07
1 42
5 00
0 09
$175
0 50
4 95
2 00
2 CO
4 25
2 00
2 00
2 40
2 40
5 10.
1 75.
2 2)
2 80
10
10
151
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n
7
7;
21
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9.
JOHN DICKSON, Treasure]
Treasurer's Office, Wingham, June 23rd, 1893.
S A. WALLACE
MILLINER,
--�--w�,
ding country that her stock of
Begs;to a e to the people a
..,
surro
liner)°
is complete in,'1 the ia' est novelties
in
HATS,
FLOWE
FE HERS,
R} BONS,
L.' , CES, &L.
ISS A. ALLACE,
Meyer's Brick Bloc,
\Vinghaut,''larch '>0th, 1803.
TWELVE
10 to 20 per Cent. re-
duetiom •on all
;SUM EU PRINTS.
�...• IS
SPECIAL REDUCTIONS.
FAN CY ;'..A.RASOLS
at actual
COST PRIOE.
Black and Colored
GLOVES in Lisle,
Taffeta and Silk at a
reduction of
20 PER CENT.
The balance of our
1 ;stook of Summer
.DRESS GOODS
Iy
,sway be.(nw'co t,
A LADY'S FINE
DONGOLA
SHOE.
reduced from $1.755 to
61.25.
Tweed and Worsted,
Suiting acid Panting
Made to order at 15 to
20 per eent. less than
any other house in
town.
SHOT SURA RS
and
FANCY le SPOT v
A
SI1.Ii`Sf,
for Blousing and Trim-
mings et greatly re-
duced prreee.
1 Pure Linen TOWELS
reduced to Se. each,
Pure `''able Linens• from
20e., upward.
..+1011..7.11 CIRRtin., ,0.1.,
204) Until for rll.•t.
and Boys. No two
alike. From 40c., up
wards, woraYfrom $3
to $3 Fully heft of
actual cost serine.
RIBBONS and LACES
et lower prices than
any caber place in
town.
Lamensavericaftumbrecux
All sizes in Men';; and
Boyd' Fxney
SUJ:iMEr, SHIRTS
at cost and l=ss,
Not arm. I. mammon ta
N uslins and Curtain
Nelt*4 will he cleared
out at less thane cost
previous to sit? Clc�ta]t-
ulg.
1 . PATTERSON,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,
12173Ertg(UAEXPILIVII 9 CO AM"
3. have just received a full supply of•Christrnas goods. ennsistie•n of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE
hid Jewellery of alt kinds and latest designs.
BIG BARGAINS GAINS Frohn Now Till Ohristm
All goods bought ft,t cash and we tan dell as ant. at th . 1,e
ellenpef, sliest
IB•erltinlitg irtoknattly Doe neet1 Satisfaction Ouarant
't(xive roe e t;etll
NI PAT"TERSON