The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-12-12
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NIINNEApoL1s, Nov. 30.-The 7f:bnne
Office was burned tonight, and it is
expected thu: from tan 10 twenty people
lost their lives. Shortly afer eleven
o'clock q portion Of the wall on Fourth
Street fell and number of persons are
believed to have been buried underneath.
Five men, more or less injured, have
been taken into drug store in the
vicinity Of the fire and three others have
Just been carried into Il restaurant near
by.
The Tribune building is on the north
east corner of First Avenue and Fourth
| Street.
Those known to be dead are Harry
Colwell and ~-4 McCutcheon printers
in the Tribute Office. They were killed
by jumping.
There we're nearly one hundred persons
employed on the aevvath Auor where the
fire broke out.
Among the killed is Mr.. James IT.
Igoe, the Associated Frcss telegraph
operator, who was on the seventh floor.
On this floor were situated MARI OF the
Tribune staff, editors, reporters, and
conpositors.
The only body yet identified is that of
John Olsen, q merchant, who haa gont
to the composing rooms to see about
"positionn for an 'sad." He jumped from
the top floor and was killed instantly, his
body being shockingly mangled. Seven
bodies have been already taken out, but
no more names are yet known. The
Pioneer Press Minneapolis) force we're
on the sixth floor, and some fears are
entertained regarding their safety.
However, the most of the loss of life
seems to have been ID another part Of the
building.
The fre started in law Office on the
third story of the building about 10 80.
The elevator man noticed the smell Of
smoke and called the attention of scme
of the persons around tho building to it.
The cry of FIRE was raised and several
persons went down stairs from the sey-
enth story to investigate and then returns
ed to work. Before long the smoke
began to fill the narrow stairway, the
only one in the building, and everybody
began to make leisurely preparations to
depart.
No immediate danger was feared, and
the only exits from rhe building, which
we're supposed to be fire proof, were
narrow staircase wide enough for two
persons to come down abreast, the eleva-
tor, and single fire escape at the north
end of the structure. Several persons had
made their escape in The mean time, but
in less than ten minutes the flames sought
the elevator shaft, which, acting as a
mammoth fue conveyed the flames to the
top story, and soon the editorial rooms,
on the same side of the building where
the fire originated, were seething mass
of flames. In few minutes the fire
reached the other side, where the com
posing room was situated.
A general alarm was turned in and all
the engines in the city responded to the
call. The imprisoned printers gathered
at the windows in the south end and
shrieked wildly and despairingly for aid.
"Hurry the ladders !" was the awful
"Hurry the ladders, for Gods sake +"
shrieked the men with all the veheme.
neDce they could muster.
] The vast crowd Witnessing the awful
sight shouted buck words of encourage.
ment. The long ladders seemed to move
up at seail's pace but Was finally rested
in position and the terrified men began
to descend, the flames making steady
entertainments upon the corner into
which they had been driven. The life
nets were brought into use, and some
were saved in this way.
The sparks are flying in all directions,
and adjoining buildings, occupied by the
Ideal Restaurant, Stearn & Van Wrinkles
saloon, and McCrystle's tailor store, are
doomed.
The Tribune building was s yeard old,
a seven story brick structure, valued at
| 100000.
Milton Pickett, in charge of the Min.
neapolis Office of the Pioneer Press, is
sUppuSou W udFc oSCA loops
! w. E. Myles, the agent of the Associa.
ted Press, was among the killed.
! MINNEAPoLIs, December 1.-At tue
morgue lay five bodies. That of Prof.
Olsen has been enclosed in plain pine
coffin. On the floor are the bodies Of
Jerry Jerkison, compositor on the Tri.
bane, a young man shortly to be married.
Beside him were two bodies, so .bloated
and burned, with blood oozing from their
terrible wounds, that thus far they have
not been recognized. On the table are
the corpses Of Robert McCutcheon, a
compositor, and Milton Pickett, repor-
ter on the Pioneer Press.
/ Jenkinson endeavored to make his es.
cape op the heavy telegraph wires. F[e
clambered down short way but was
unable to retain his hold and was obliged
to let 60 and dropped to the ground, and
when picked up he was dead.