The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
AHORROR AMONG TYPES.
MANY LIVES LOST BY THE BURN
ING OUT OF a NEWSPAPER.

The Ten-story Building OF the Mime
anous Tribune Proves a Death Tran
Editors, Photographers and Composi.
tors Cut Of from Escape, Leap to
Their Death.
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, Nov. S0.-The
Tribune Office was burned tonight, and IL
is expected that from ten to twenty people
lost their lives. Shortly after IL O'Clock a
portion of the wall on Fourth street fell.
and a number of persons are believed to
have been buried beneath it. Five men.
more or less injur ed, have been taken into a
drug store in the vicinity of the fire, and
three others have Just been carried into a
restaurant near by. lie Tribune building
is on the northeast cor Ger of First avenue
and Fourth street
KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
Those known to Oe dead are: Harry Col
well and D. M.cCutcheon. printers In the
Tribune office. They were killed by jump
ing
One unknown man lies in Circkler's drug
store. He Probably worked on the seventh
floor OF the Tribune building.
There We're nearly 100 persons employed
on the seventh floor, where the fire broke
out.
The only body yet identified is that of
John Olsen, merchant who had gone to
ton for an ''ad,n He jumped from the top
and was killed instantly, his body being
shockingly mangled.
SEVEN CORPsES.
Seven bodies have already been taken
out, but no more names are yet known.
The Minneapolis force of the Pioneer
Press were on toe sixth floor, and some
fears are entertai ed regarding their safety.
However, most of the loss of life seems to
nave been III another part of the building
Inc hre started in a law Office on the
third story Of the building, about 1920
CLOCK. Inc elevator man noticed q smell
OF smoke, and called the attention of some
OF the Persons around the building to it. A
cry OF fire was raised, and several persons
went down stairs from the seventh story to
lhYeFt tigate, and they returned to work.
BAD EXITS.
Before long smoke began TO fill the mar
row stairway, the only one in the building,
and everybody began to make leisurely
preparations to depart. No immediate
danger was feared, d the only exits from
the building, which was supposed to be fire.
proof, " ere narrow staircase, wide enough
tor two persons to come down abreast, the
elevator and single fire escape at the north
end OF the structure
LEAPED UP THE ELEVATOR
Several persons had made their escape in
the meantime, but in less than ten minutes
the flames sought the elevator shaft, which,
acting as m immoth flue, conveyed them
to the top story, and soon
the editorial rooms, on the same side
Of the building where the fire
originated, were a seething mass of flames.
In few minutes the fire reached the other
side, where the composing room was siuu-
ated. A. general alarm was turned in, and
all the engines in the city responded to the
cah. The imprisoned printers gathered at
the " indows in the south end aud shrieked
wholly and desqairingly for aid
CRYING FOR LADDERS.
Hurry the ladders!" was the awful re-
frain that b irdeued the air.
Hurry the ladders, for Gods sake!"
shrieked the men with all the vehemence
they could muster.
The vast crowd witnessing the awful
sight shouted back words Of encourage
ment.
Along ladder seemed to move up at snail's
pace, but was finally rested in position, and
the terrified mon began to descend, the
flames making steady elcroachments upon
tne corner into which they had beea
driven. Life-nets were brought into use
and some were saved by this means.
Sparks are flying in all directions, and
adjoining buildings, occupied by the Ideal
restaurant and S5earn 81 Van Winckels
saloon and McChristle's tailor store, are
doomed.