, 1865-06-09
T1.E DECEASED FIREnEI.
Inquest ON lhe Bodies of <ssiss and
1falnor, K1iled Mt the FIRE OF
"Wednesday Night-The EFt-
dcuCe-Eafehni Herr
CtuBureds

An ipuutet va. held yesterday morning At the
..Lopc John" engine bouac by Coroner WAGNER.
on tie bodies Of lgn.tz Gc!ss and John TEsnoE,
the mi L KILLED at the great are On South Water
street IN Wednesday night We present here
With the tctlricny t-leo before tos cofoaffs
Jury:
Il j, GiNtspit, sNorn.--1 am Atestaot Fire Aar-
.hall for tt~ N9st DIVISION; wus acquainted ~1th
lcpatz Gelst, dsee.ssd; b Tss plpsm3ra On rs re-
% charge oi the Fire Department at the fire on
"Wednesday night, subject to The orders OF the
Msrslsl 81 The soutb Division; The IRE vas on
st,ecis; / th,rE ihe 1te broke out about hs1fpast
eight O'Clock; when arrived on the ground
vent Into the alley in the tcaF ot the burning
fhe Sof,th Side Mar.hal, who had not arrived at
tbn1 lime. assisted Mr. Herr afterwards. kept
ny position thrtc or four houre; made mp my
from The s1cs between Like snd suuth Water
Streets. WIS WY dangerous. cautioned nil fire.
men 10 be wary Of th,t wall, a. 1t wac liable to
ia aSout baif psss elcSrn O'Clock had occasion 10
20 to Ihe river to request the engineer Of the
aFrark Sherman to run his engn= as lightly as
RS.,p9tih ihe Tnnees eS don te
street t1d ha:loins-" joint John: The boys
nrc aiI ktJlod!'' Immediately vent b.ck Into tie
to1ad that The w saS, 5P0Fso
irc into tie ssley the hrst 1nan met Was Mtf-
shsl Utrr; be was sttcEering towaEds nc ana
caught him ss be wes about TO fau. Hc asked me
ia takc him where there was doctor, ann did
70, aad then retursd 70 the rims and assisted tn
pe,tirc out The rest Of the men. J. learned, On
going tsck. thst JohE Ttaioos vas , dead and Y"
Shay, esptain Of the Frank Sherman" told NE
that iCnntx Geiss WIS srong thu missing. I ssw
Mr.. Bsrry brought out; slso Mk. John Agnew,
Geist. con'l know anything about the origin
Of tht fire. The men bnslcd under the 1utrs OF
the wa.l were tEdersd to 70 to the place by MAJ
5hsl daaa Ansn' ns1 a; ro1sdrea ths a:z rsry
eytn II ford~rsl ty q superior officer. did NOT
ete Mr.. Hcrr III the alley previous to the lnlline
IN Of ,he wall, to ;he hsst Of ny recollection.
De.r the ~sl' while standing; the hre WAS then
under compete esn!se,on: dM pot esu;
taon @ Aatrat. IL Herr M Mtees'd,ng the vail. because
Norris y. Shay. cspssin ci the steamer :. Frank
Sherman urdeI oath, ratd that he vert tnto ihc
alley in ihe 1eaI Of tss ise; md, as he was ap.
vail eszektne; he esied ta tae@-"Leok o1t,
ai:ey. When The c1a.h WIS over, be ruslcd ior.
wsrd Into the Eu NJ and assisted Ia .cscmnE those
buried. They tound lsassz Get-s buried fonr
could and should have fcen avuided, AZ toeie was
no ne:c.aity for ordering the men into eueh
dangerous place. He tid not know ~ whose or
NINian II. Aashan. rfpenan On the "Frank
Sherman" testified under oafh that be had charge
Of The pipe Of bis stcamer IN the elicy, and While
aea'net going 100 near the building; that when
be (Mr. Gi!eapie,} Assistant Msrrhsl. wen' away.
Charleston. Of the Nrrth Dir1slon, ordered them
Into The building, which order they refused to
o1ey ; hut when shortly after Mtr>hhl 1ierI came
round tpd gave the osser for them to advance
furihtf into the building u.cy obeyca. a. be ~ss
ncline Le Chill Nsrshh1 in The nbtenee OF 4r+
Barrta. About five nlIu:cs after the aavauce be
heard tht cett wall crack. and uPon LOOKING up
ssw 1t 1ullIng be jumped h,ck nbout five feet
VII. n II came down with crash. H. was not
much II 1lrcd by 'hc !all!n. bF.cksisnd cx:z1c,ted
himself without much difficulty,
Nests ,E Fvf1t, who wa. Assistant Fi:e Ma.
eLrs for sIx Yum pccs1ou. II MF. AeEts sp2oint-
N, ut. ttated thai be wss present At The are On
Wcdre+dny's night and was in the alsey when the
wall fell In. III srak just goi.c to wt:1 asrsass
Herr vt e1 tht rstLsnopre 0ceur.ct, ue ss-ls.td
II 1sks1e ont tLr victims. To Il. ccrooet's j=ry
te .ia,tt t.S' x E-ey IL. MI. VIZ ccsAs: a.