1893-04-21; Clare Sentinel (1892)

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IS" ITS I51STOSY.
A HOTEL BURNED.
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c-apa Sn tneiE* iMgiit Clotliess—Several
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&aro or three men standing opposite
iLssMe's restaurant at about 9:30 Monday evening, talking over the clay's
c-fjsnts, were startled by a flash like an
.^rqgSosion in one of the front rooms on
' tAe second floor of the "building. Al-
saost at once the .whole upper story
■was in flames. The flash, of fire, .the
shriek of fire whistle and the rattle of
"the hose-cart followed each other in
•craick succession. Soon, three streams
were playing on the fire whicli in an
'incredibly short time had communi"
■cated to .every room on the second
floor. Hundreds of people thronged
the street in a short time, as most of
them had not yet retired for the night*
but were still discussing the disasters
of the day and now had another
brought to their very doors.
The building belonged to Ed Pratt,
being a part of the old Exchange hotel'
property, prrt of wnieh was moved to
Second street some time ago by EL
Orth and after being rebuilt and fitted
is now the Central hotel. The remainder, a two story wooden building,
was not in excellent repair, but was
-occupied on the first floor next to Geo.
Dawson's brick building,, by Ed Pratt's
saloon. The remainder of the lower
i floor and all of the -second floor was occupied by A. Laekie as a bbarding
house and restaurant, having a good
share of patronage.. At the moment
the cry of fire was raised, Mr. Lackie
was going from the kitchen; where the
girls were still at work, to the dining
room. He rushed partly up stairs but
turned to go for a pail of water, then
remembering that his son Jame's wife
and children were asleep up stairs, he
quickly turned again and dashing
through the hall and up-stairs sitting
room, which were already afire, he
kicked iii the door of the sitting-room
bed-room where the mother and children were asleep. Then as he shut
the door behind him the flame caught
-jfUhe paper of the bed-room s_nd set it
^ on fire. There was.neither chance to
return the way he came or time tb
dress, but in their night clothes they
were hurried out of the window upon
the roof of the-back kitbheh, Lackie
pulling a bed quilt after him which he
threw over their shoulders.
He took them as near the edge of
the roof as possible and then he himself jumped down; a distance of about
.12 feet, and got ci ladder which was
near the back fence.. By means of
this the others descended to . the
ground.
Meanwhile at the' front of the build-
* ing an old gentleman named Lemaine,
who occupied one of the front rooms
Tip stairs, was trying to escape. The
-fact that he was lame as well as old,
jhindered him. He was already badly
. iburned about the hands and with difficulty he opened the window and got
f©n the Outside. He was afraid to drop,
but City Marshall Parrish, who stood
fcelow Mm calling to him to let go,
finally pursuaded him and he let himself drop and was caught. But as
Parrish caught him, partly by the
wrists and arms, the burned flesh
came off in his hands.« Lemaine was
takento the Central kotel where he is
now.
While Lemaine was getting down at
V ithe front, four boarders rooming up
staiE« and asleep at the time were ar-
xoused and jumped from the windows
On the side toward the Husted block
where there was a vacant space. They
had n-civt time to dress but jumped with
their elothes in their hands and put
them on after reaching safety.
3utOrvis Alger did not fare so
rwelL His room was an inside one with
a window opening into a hallway instead of out of doors. "When he noticed
the fire he grabbed his pantaloons and
rushed into tbe hall and down the
stairs, holding the pantaloons before
his face for protection. His shirt was
burned off hira and tlie hair from his
head. His head, back, hands, legs and
feet are badly burned. He was taken
into Dawson's saloon next door where
Dr. Carpenter attended him. He is
getting along well considering the extent of his injuries^ but is not yet out
of danger.
Tlie dining room and kitchen girls
who were still at work could not get
up stairs to save any of their effects.
Nothing from,the upper story was
saved by any one, the flro was all over
the building so soon. Down stairs
some of the furniture and kitchen and
dining room dishes . and similar articles, were carried out.
The most of the equipments from
Pratt's saloon were taken out.
The fire department was out in full
force, not a man absent, the first time
in years. They worked like beavers,
and although they could not save. the
restaurant, which burned like matches,
they saved thousands of dollars of surrounding property.
There are stairs on the side of the
Dawson Brick building, next the fire,
leading to A. W. Mclntyre's office.
Early in the fire Geo. Dawson placed a
sheet iron shield in front of the door
at the head of these stairs. This
doubtless saved his building from fire
on the outside.
Wben the fire was at its highest and
the Husted building had caught fire in
the roof, the occupants of this building began to move out. Mrs. ISew-.
green's restaurant is on the first floor.
Ered Sewgreen, whose leg was taken
off at Earwell in the afternoon of the
same day, was removed to the Stern's
house, and the furniture moved out
upon the street.
. Monday morning the contents of
Pratt's saloon whieh were rescued,
were moved into the room vacated by
Mrs. _Newgreen in the Husted block
and was soon running as usual. The
Husted block is at present owned by
C. H. Sutherland, who has partly bargained for it to be torn down, as it ,is
a menace to the city in case of fire and
is not rentable property. Six years
ago in dead of winter it caught fire in
the upper part and the fire boys well
remember their fight with "fire and
ice. It is reported that Ed Pratt will
rebuild with brick.
LOST A LEG I
FiEED   NEWOKEEN     OI.    C3-ABE,   KUN
OVEB BY THE CAKS.
He liad. been to Farwell to see tlie Wreck
—Knocked down by the through, freight
*   when about to return.
At about four o'clock Monday afternoon while excitement was still high
in regard to the T. & A. A. wreck,
word was brought to Clare that Ered
ISewgreen, a lad of about 15 years, had
been run over by tbe.cars at Earwell.
Fred and several other boys walked up
to Farwell to see the wreck in the
forenoon, and a little ^rhile before the
F. & P. M. 3:42 train toward- Clare
came in,' went down to the depot.
While near the depot the east-bound
through freight came by at good speedy
not stopping. Fred was near the
train. Some of th e boys say he caught
hold of a car ladder, but others deny
it. At any rate, he was thrown down
upon his face and the cars passed over
his left leg, which was bent up in such
a manner that the wheels crossed both
above and below the knee.' The toe of
his right shoe was also cut off but
without hurting that foot. He ■ also
received cuts upon the head. „ He
pulled himself away from the track
and the agent and others carried him
into the depot.
Dr. Kelley of Farwell was not far
away and was at once on the scene.
He held the arteries until some one
brought his instruments from his
offlce. The leg was amputated at the
middle third of the bone above the
knee. The passenger train had mean
time gone by and when the leg was
dressed, 'Gene Cogswell's engine, which
was working in the Farwell yard,
brougnt Fred and his attendants to
Glare.
Fred's mother is a widow, who with
her two daughters have kept a restaurant in the Husted block. When
the fire of the Exchange hotel occurred and the Husted block was threatened, Fred was removed to the Sterns
house where he is now" getting along
nicely under the care of Dr.   Sanford.
A snug little purse was raised by
Clare's citizens for Fred's benefit.
Church,   Lodge   and Society.
The Ladies' Aid will meet. at the
home of Mrs. J. Brayman, next Tuesday at 2 p. m.
- The Ladies' Cemetery , Association
will Mold a special meeting' at the
home of Mrs. C. Friedeborn, Monday,
April 24, at 7: 30 p. m. Fvery member is kindly-requested to be present.
The Ladies3 Union will meet next
Friday, April 28th, at the home of
Mrs. W. H. Goodman. A full attendance is desired. The society was
kept busy last week at Mrs. Jas. Tatman's and all enjoyed the meeting.
Mrs. Beeum and Mrs. Smock of Dover,
were present. Beverends Long and
Field favored the society with a call.
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A TEBftlBIJS ACCIDENT QST THE   T.  &
A. A. NEAJR FABWEIX, MONDAY.
THREE MEN KILLED!
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Seven or Eight Badly Injured—Cause of
the Wreck—Foreman of the "Wrecked
Under Arrest—The Engineer   Skipped.
At about 9:30 o'clock Monday morning the terrible intelligence reached
Clare that a frightful wreck had occurred on the T/& A. A. road beyond
Farwell. by which several were killed
and more dangerously wounded. The
tidings were brought by a special engine from Farwell, which came to get
surgical assistance. Soon .nearly all
the physicians of Clare, accompanied
by quite a number of business men
and the Seiotinel scribe Were speeding toward the scene of disaster. At
Farwell every one but the surgeons
and reporter were compelled to alight.
Two and one-half miles beyond Far-
well the wreck was reached. There,
stretched upon boards near the track
with faces covered by old coats, were
two lifeless forms, while iri the two
cars which were burning furiously
upon the track, was said to be another.
Back at Farwell at a hotel were six or
seven injured, some reported fatally.
By inquiry at the time, and facts
brought out in the inquest which was
held Tuesday morning by Prosecutor
Wickham before Judge of Probate Mc- j
Lellan at Farwell, it was shown tbat!
a freight wreck had occurred near the
south end of Lake George Saturday j
night, by which several cars were de->
railed, but no one hurt. At about 1
o'clock Monday morning Engineer Geo.
Ringer, in charge of the wrecking
train, was given an order dated 10:30
Sunday night, to proceed to the wreck
and work within!) a mile of Lake
George, pickingup the wreck of Saturday, night. John Hurt of Owosso was
in charge of the men on th-e wrecker,
abopt 20 in number. When the wreck
was cleared up, instead of waiting for
a special order to go elsewhere, according to rules, and sending out flagmen,
the engineer started for Farwell .oil
whatheknewtobe the running time
of the north bound jnorning passenger^
The fireman testifies that be asked
the engineer if he had received orders,1
and the reply was that he had. 'But
no such orders were given. The foreman in charge of the men, John Hunt,
was not a conductor. The engineer
had sole responsibility. When within
a short distance* of where the wreck i
occurred the fireman told the engineer
that he could*see tbe smoke of the passenger but the engineer contradicted
him. The wrecking train was running toward Farwell with the wrecker
ahead and the engine at the rear„i
When 2i miles Irom Farwell * and
rounding a curve at 8:30 a. m., the
wrecker running 2o miles ah hour
struck the engiile of the passenger,
which the testimony snows had been
brought to a stop by the engineer and
had moved backward at least a rod.
The engine was driven half through
the wrecker and tbe latter set on fire.
The engine lost its pilot, headlight,
stack and breastplate, but * was not
otherwise damaged. Two men. were
pulled out of the wreck dead. They
were Wm. linger, of Owosso, married,
aged 25; Isaac Bushnell, of Owosso,
unmarried, aged 57; while Seth Card,
of Owosso, aged 23, was missing. His
skull and some bones were found in
the afteiyioon when the ruins were
cleared away. Frank Thompson of
Else was worst injured, having his leg
badly broken and was otherwise badly
cut. John Pickering of FarWell was
severely injured. About two years ago
he had a bole punched in his skull on
the F. & P. M. At the. present time
he had been sick and this was his fiirst
days' work since getting out. Fcjur
'others were injured less severely, besides one receiving a broken arm and
Serious injury about the back. The
injured* were taken te Farwell where
they were cared for. The dead were
taken to Undertaker McLellan's to
await the inquest. Foreman Hunt
was placed under arrest, but Engineer
Binger could not be found. The inquest as stated found the engineer at
fault. 3?he continuance oi the case is
set for May 10th.
Killed at Harrison.
Deputy Sheriff Parrish received a
telegram from Harrison, Monday,
stating that Joseph Pollard had been
killed in the woods at Hackley &
Hume's by a falling tree and requesting that Pollard's parents be notified.
They reside a mile east of the Catholic church in Isabella county. The
body was sent to Clare. Joseph was
about 22 years old and a son of James
Pollard,
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