Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1884 — Two Men Burned and a Theater Destroyed. [ARTICLE]

Two Men Burned and a Theater Destroyed.

A special telegram from Leadville, Colo., says: About 2 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the Zoo Theater, a three-story brick building on State street, and spread with such rapidity that the whole building, with three or four frame houses, was destroyed before the flames could be controlled. During the conflagration two firemen, named J. W. Mallory and Charles Sawyer, were caught by a falling wall. Sawyer was with difficulty rescued from his perilous position after being badly burned, and he will probably die. Mallory perished in the ruins, and his chaired body was found about 8 o’clock this morning. A miner named McCune was also caught by falling walls and burned to death. His body was recovered about noon to-day. The building originally cost about $46,000. The total loss is about $75,000, with little or no insurance. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.