The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-02
sAcRIFICEDT0 GREED
The aTribune- Building Had
But One Fire Escape.
TWENTY-FIVE LIVES WERE LOST.
gov Brave M-n Nee their Desth-A
sysli- seana Thrang ussea1iss
Thels Battle sor Life.

and n1kt1fnE GEnf1as - 81 ttAee tSt@-tsse -
tie eiFhf-ssofy brick 7rS5uss building, N
which, until soaay. bare seea printed three
aalfs aud 5 weekig newspaper. and where
was ioea 81 ! naEaE,er 81 offices. Al today
. ccssstantIs changing and sFer-inereasirg
ssovd q egafNeers throufed the streets
astehing tsse efforts u the Bremen 70 SUB
due entirely tss aafaea, which trey brought
un.ser csatfol about o'clock this morning.
The haisalng has been considered dam
eerOus for same time, Is loose construction
permitting the heavy machinery 70 jar the
i hole busidinK There was but one fiFe
eaCape aud IL sss e. he end Of the build
ing wbers IRE ragged TIE asscest- The single
stairway wnA sFlsal, narrow and dark and
wouna around shs elevator shaft Three
years aso the inadequate Gre proseciion o.
sae building sss a considerably awifated
naatter being taken np BY the trades ana
lahor assemblies and carSfsd finally 70 the
city osIiesaEs, an attempt being made 70
have the building properly protected or
condemned. bot nothing came q i.
wnnAg rms FIns STARTED.
pos SOME time thu Union League club
room. nhere the FIRE started. has not been
used. and the origin Is a mystery. THIS
room Il Gloss 70 The elevator shaft. and the
breaking 81 = window IN the efforts % sz-
ssnquieh ths flames made draft which
qaiekly carried the IRE % the elevator and
cor "a tie escape u those WAc had delayed.
A feN broke through the Sliding smoke and
scorehing flame. but Others sought - escape
elsewhere, being 1t the south end Of the
building while the solitary fire ese&fe Was
81 the north end. The printers wereeuton.
4 number ~ them csssabed out of ghe vim
dows and caung 10 the lodges. waising for
ths help. WHICH m several cases, came too
late Their piteous cries attracted the At-
teatIon Of the Ersmen and numbsT 81
them we're saged while others fell OF tile
lodges or dropped from telegraph and tele-
phone wires down which they trlsd 70 es-
cape. The sight Of the suffering. burning.
struggling men brought tears 10 the eyes
Of the bravest
now osk nRAyE LIFE WENT OFT.
One Of the nsast pathetic incidents was
The attempt Of James IgOe 10 escape. he
had rot clear of the building and was
gradually working bis way along the wires
10 safety, while the erowa below anxiously
watched bis brave attempt TO save 70 bis
wife and four little ones their brsadwinner.
But bis strength failed. and a groan went
np from the crowd as he was seen to slip
and fail to the roof OF q hoilerhouse, re-
ceivlng fatal injuries. lie was lifted gently
aud carried 70 drugstore, but died in a
few moments, breathing last word of
ieYing cara Tor bis family.
anE tKvKx BopTEs RECOVERED.
seven bodies were found last night, al Of
which have been identified. They we're:
Miiton Pickett, assistant city editor Of the
Isaae<v Rsss. James Igce. Associated Press
operator; Waiter f. Miles, night agent
Associated Press pro f. Professor o son,
PRECEDENT Of the sonth Dakota Uniyer-
sity; w. III. Miilman. commercial
editor 81 the Tribune, and Jerry Jen-
kinson and Robert McCutche0n. COM
poslsnrs Other bottles are known 70 be In
the building. but how many Is unknown.
nK FaKrgnRKp pEATH ny rHK PISTOL.
Two men who could not be identified
were seen 70 shoot themselves before the
flames reachsd them. and today the body
Of q man caught Ia the ruins is in plain
view from Ninth street IL is believed that
the number Of victims viii reach twenty,
and perhaps twenty-five. bat until the
debris cools of. positive Information can
not be ebtained. The last man OF the T1ib-
wae editorial stan TO leave the building was
Managing Editor Williams. lie was badly
burned about the head and hands.
now TnEl Mer THEIR pxArH.
Mr.. Msislams gives the following state
ment % how several of those named above
lost their lives. miles and Whitman, to-
eether with number of printers. started
down the sire-escape. blast Of hot smoke
aud slanIe struck Millman and be lost his
hold and fell. knocking Miles or Both
fell 10 the sixth floor. where they struck
and knocked eli Pickett aud Professor
o. an. The four men in falling struck
against the lowest platform of the
fFe-escape and bounded away from
building aud were dead when
they struck the ground. When Williams
star Ted dewn the ladder she tire was burn
his hair and hands and be nafrowly escaped
the fate Of those who preceded him. The
rrsn sefS on the ladder escaped with slight
burns. Egoe and JenkinSon sought 10
escape ~ The wires. AeCuteheon jumped
from the window se<sRe toF the extension
ladder. sWt lis hands slipped and he gcll 20
90 the pavement. ret vas stretched To
eateA him hat DC wAs too heavy sor il, and
striking the gFauma. was fatally injured
- far As leaFned nsna 81 hose in the bail4-
ing wers quite seriously bruised in escaping.
bat il Is hot shonsht their injuries are dan
gegoas.
CTR or Ex THK FLAsxs.
Anton J. Dahl. book binder. was Oh the
uppef door sud + believed 30 among the
loss, The elevator mRn. vko uasic ustee
trips after che 1Fe hrese out. says he sax 8
man cusae gron an ossloe and sry 10 escape.
lie saiisd, and drawing a revolver the an
fortunate isllaw shot himself. He Thoughts
saSs Nas Dahl.
Chieg ststsen. 81 the Gre department.
lasd TIE hlasae sar the loss 0f lie GA the
iaek u ssFe escapes. iie Said the DEPART.
nasaf et5 ~ passihle 81 save the lives
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temrts - efiag aewn he occupants * tas
graeY Euor wagse tAv elevator shaft wAs an
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reopss "a The esEhsh a'0eF when sha eseApe
was cat or Sic took a csapls az wumeu
up IN TIE esevatsF n teW naiaases bsf0ge
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core doNa aeAa.-
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hass heea considerably Seaaeea fFem last
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