The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-01
In i FUNERAL PYRE.
TIE Minneapolis Tribune Build
ing Burned a. Night.
Mcsoug full Of coapsEs.
rsnses Lives Lost. EneIudInx Twe News
y@vsv msn-Ths finsnriaI Loss -
Least : M1sioKs

Msrsxarerrs. Noz S.-Fire wss Dis
covered on ne shir aoor q re Tribune
bnslsisg ABBOTT lcs2S p. M ana
soon The entire euslsing WAS wrapFea
III flames. On The seventh nooz Nas
sssuasess the Tri5afa< staH, esfit0rs, reporters
arid eumposEiors. A aumbxr Of empsoyes
10 attempting 70 escape inmfed IRON tsse
pfn.soNs number 81 lives we're % :.
and ii midnight seven bodies havs been
snsen sat of the rusna. The Gully one yet
identified il that 81 Prof. Dion. Of Yer
usslison. Dakota, apiTersity. who had gone
"a - fssend. lie jumped from The TOP
foov and aas fnstantIv killed.
The huilsitne il al eight story ore At the
corner 81 first avenue and Fourth street
II So occupied b. he Tribas,s star teseri-
inr edition o. tie TsEhuasl. the Minneapolis
otIsce 81 the Rnnes ESess sna Esenfag jour
mai. ksssdes large neuhes Of tue other
otssces The TFssss1ae esiig0fial force was on
sc seventh door snd their composing
rooms above IT, On these two floors there
were nearly q hundred persons employed
when the IRE broke out Access TO the
building Is by way Of an elevator. around
which Is q narrow ana dark stairway
wound. AT night this stairway waa the
only means of ingress or egfess. The 5saiid.
fnr might Be called a veFifahse IRE trap.
ard danger 90 those loca ed there has been
often commented upon.
The IRE broke out on the third floor and
soon The nppsr floors we're cut of FROM the
street. The budding vas on the corner
and the adjoining bindings we're only one
story fn hight. so no means OF escaps
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flames cut OF the escape Of the Pioneer Press
force on the sixth floor as vel ~
The 9Fsbsssss folks on seven ard eighth. Re-
Porter Barnes. Of the Pioneer Press, bad
narrow e-cape from shs building and left
behind him Milton Pickett, assistant city
editor. ard one OF the Oldest men IN the
service OF "a pader. Pickett sas lost IN
the barning building. The Tribune force
suffered most. thev being located higher
up and had lees warning u their danger.
jane y Igue. night operator Of the As
eoeleted Press. met With sad death. He
vas at work on the seventh floor when the
report OF the fire was received. and mime
diately stopping the head office AZ Chicago
and asking for a minutes time for in
yestIKation. be returned % the instrument
apparently thinking be vas safe, and told
the d nding operator 70 continue. In q
moment he said he would have 20 skip. and
found too late that escape was cut OF
He jumped from the sevenih-story window
and Was 80 badly injured that he died be.
fore reaching the hospital. He leaves q
family. An old man, Pierce, printer. was
also killed
One report says ten are killed. bat up 20
midnight only six bodies have
been taken from the ruins, which
were then failing In. Those known 70 be
dead are Assistant City Editor Pickett. w.
e Miles, agent Of the Associated Press:
James r. IRoe. Associated Press operator:
John Oh en-. president OF Vsrmillion. Da-
kaia. college; QueEry, ColHell. McCuscheon
and Pierce. printers.
A general alarm was turned in and the
engines In the city responded 20 the cali.
The Imprisoned inmates gathered in the
windows on the south end. and shrieked
wildly and despairingly for aid. Hurry
the ladders. for Gods sake" was shfieked
With all the vehemence and power Of
men in anguish. A vast crowd from the
opposite side, seeing the fire wresk its
work, shouted words Of encouragement TO
the Bremen in their strenuous endeavors
80 hurry them up The long ladders
seemed 10 move up snaii's pace. bat we're
finally rested in position. and the crowd
began 70 descend,
Another. whose name could not De
learned. appeared At the wiadow aud not
seeing the ladders the tlremen we're raising.
sppaYantly lost his senses, and
drawing a revolver frem his pocket.
placed IL 10 bis head aud hred, failing
backwards into the flames. W. H. Hav-
ner and W. II Williams. Tho latter fore
man Of the composing room. were taken
of Just In time 90 escape the cloud 81
nAmeA that swept the window in which
they were standing Williams was badly
husnest Jimmy kohier, messenger boy on
che fss5sssss i said IA Be missing.
The pa lding burned with such ranldify
that the occupants were eaveioped in the
flames and smoke almost before they wers
aware az ik The sixfy-fve men working
on the seventh door made = dash
IN eoay for the staifway.
They made the run safely and
rot out. The rest made frantic efforts "a
set through the blin8ing smoke and ire,
These we're cue of 1T the fourth ao,sr and
bumped To the pavement Three ct them
WEfe stt&tN NBFA ANU ktAN &N0Nf bAN NAS&sf1i
A. ]. Rlethens. proprietor OF The Tfssaae
saws be heard che cry u Gre. and started
dawa D. investigate. on the third door hs
found the ssau,es haFstins out OF ths unlon
Isemxae rooms. Some men we're trying
unSmeeessiaiiv ta sahaue them. lie Jumped
into the elevatar 10 eet the frs exssu,
gnlsheF. which be supposed WAS On tbs
fourth hepr. and started Up after il
Before reaching the supposed location o,
he extiagal, her hs aas Ia snsocasea b
the asHse sHsekp ana Compelled 10 sesv,
che hssslasng. Whseh speedily eafnea aowm
Mr. Bisshens + 81 the opsniaa that e.ever
lives hzvs eeen lnst
The easire Building AZ this writing. less
than ~ kaur i > saass 81 ruins, SpArki
are assar III ali directions. and the al
}asnaax AsssaSns$, oeeas.E&a hv a YexsAur
AM, Saaooa and tailor store. are doomed
TIE Et4Ass-s budding Nas = ave-veas.oil
hFiek structure aaA wss valued Is Sesos.
TIE lass wlsl probably reach s.. 90. 80. Ia
smrasee nes sMgerssgues.
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feotesssaF Olsen = saegssea IN = pan psai
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1sekiss0sl. = eompasssor On Ia
Tt4Aus<. a yceag man wko wa
shosfIy ~ Se married. RsSsst,
him are tsn bodies 80 h.efvst ard aarne
with alSNst All s.sx ae from terriase woanas
fAss thas tA- have Essen aaFra
exnlrea, 0n tsa takes are IA
eofkses ef neasrt Mofaas cheese
a renspssltssn. ard Mslsaa Pickett. 4 ne
rns8ee Ga the PNsns~ FAsss Jenksasaa en-.
ssesxaeal 80 n.Rke as esEassa o. the hsawy
telegraph wtfeS lie es4nsAesea asNa
khe.a SIS. nuf waS nnaae 10 FezASn 81
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