Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-05

! y tue nfnle-, Wnlrn tneN brougnt un D..
der control about . o'clock this morn
ing.
The building mas been considered
dang r ius FOR some time, i's loose con-
suu"ti"n permitting heavy machinery
IN jar the whole building. There was
hut one fire escape. ard il was at the
end Of the building where the fire
ragged the fiercrsf. The single st,iru av
WAS snirl, narrow aud caIk. ~ q
w"urd around the elevator SHAFT.
Three wears AGO Inadequate fire prrt.c
'iOn # the bnild'ug was cnrsiierah
agi'ared, the M ,Itsr had been taken
I Ip by ine Trades end Ialor assemblies,
and carried finally 10 the ritv ofiirials,
Z an aitsuipi hpiuE made 10 have the
u'ldlng prnr"'ly c,nnsr'ed or cow
dsmred, hrr "o'l ing came # Il. For
@nne time the Union league rluh,
Wher- the fire started. h7s not hsen
u'ed and e. u'riu isu mystrry. Tic
room - close In Moo, lrynfpr snoff. sod
the breaking n in- W n ibw m ~ ef-
. No'' 10 cN'In.uish me- flames g.ye "a
drair which quickly csrri"h me flames
~ lh- clevat aod rur fl tir eSnape
of rhose who hsd dsln e1. \ rrw
hr' k" THROUGH the - q NO snake and
s"1 r'ling hames, bot other sought
escape elsewhere. Bsinrnt The snuth
end If he hu lding. while ihp zolitrry
( fire escape WAS at the north Hu', the
ptin'sr- were eat ~. A numb.r Of
! them c'imbrd cut { ~" Window and
cluug to The l'dges waiting f,r hstn.
which in several ra,ps came too lste.
Their pitsou- crirs attracted the stten.
tiou nf the firrmen nni - uUg.h-r Of
them were saved, while Others fel off
the ledgts or dropped from the tels-
grsph and telephone wires, down
which ih'y tried toe-cBpp. The sight
Of the suffering, burning, struggling
men brought tears to the eyes Of The
bTavesf.
Ons of The most pathetic incidents
was the attempt of James Ig,e 10 ,s-
cape. He got clear Nof the building
aud was 2 adually working his way
along the caves 10 safety. while the
crowd below anxiously watched hi-
hrqve attempt 10 save nis wife aud four
little unes their bread, hut IT. strength
failed aud "A groan vent up from the
crowd a hs was seen IN slip end fall
t. The roof of hp boiler house, rectiv-
ing fatal injuries. He was lifted
gently and taken 20 a drug store. hut
he died in few moments, breathing
lat word Of loving care Of hi family.
Seven bodies wsre found last night
all If which have been identified.
They wer': Milton Pickett, asst city
editor # lha Pioneer Pres Jane. F.
Igoe, Associated Press operator; Walter
+. Miles, night agent Of the Associated
Press; Prof. Olson, presidant of the
South Dakota university; w. II. Mil.
man, commercial editor of the Tribune.
Jerry Jennison and Robert McCutch
con, compositors. Others are known
to be in the building. but how many
IL not known. Two men who could
not be ideutifi, d were seen to shoot
themselves before the flames reached
them, and to. day the body Of a man
caught in the ruins IL In plain view
from Fourth street. II Is believed the
number of victims will reach twenty,
and perhaps twenty-five, hut until the
debris cools off, positive information
caunot be obtained.
The last man of the Tribune edito.
rial staff to leave the building was
Managing Editor Williams He was
badly burned about the head and
hand. Mr.. Williams gives the follow
ing statement Of how several of those
named above lost their lives: Miles
and Mlllmau, together with a number
of printers, started down the fire ss-
care. A blast of hot smoke and flame
struck Millman and he lost his hold
aud fell, knocking Miles or Both
fell 10 the sixth floor. where they
struck aud knocked of Pickett aud
Prof. Olson. The four men in falling
struck against the lowest platform OF
the e.caps and bounded away from
the building and were dead when they
strlck the ground. When Williams
started down the ladder the fire was
burning his hair aud hands, and he
narrowly escaped the fate Of those who
preceded him. The printers on the
ladder escaped with slight burns.
Ieoe and Jenklnsou sought TO escape
by the wires aud McCuicheon jumped
from a window ledge for the extension
ladder, but his hands slipped and he
fell 20 the pavement. A net was
stretched TO catch him bat he was too
heavy for II, and striking the ground
was fatally injured. so far as learned
nine Of those In the building were
quite seriously burned or bruised in
escaping. but Il Is not thought Their
Injuries are dangerous.