St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19

been more burnt, the work of the res
cuers would have been easier. AS it
was almost solid wood, it resisted their
efforts. When Jones and Burkhardt
were removed late Monday night, all
hannah sounds from
Struggling. imprisoned Men
ceased, and the silence of death came
over the wreck and the reseuers in their
work. 1t was then known that there
were no more of the living beneath the
debris. Four others were still buried
in the mass-VoltZ, Lowry, Woodruff
and Stormer-but it was evident that
they were dead. The body of Robert
Lowry was found near Burkharit, and
was soon taken out. 1t was not until 9
O'Clock that the untiring efforts of the
rescuers again bore results. Then tn,
crushed and mangled remains of Tony
VoltZ were found and extricated. 1t
was about o'clock when the dead fire.
man was located. Some one no.
ticed hand protruding from the
debris near the front Of the store.
Quick work revealed his form in almost
standing position, leaning slightly
forward, with one hand clasped on his
head. 1t wouldappear that he had been
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hand there before the fatal blow came.
The most horrible of all was the condi-
ton of poor Espy StOrmer. whose dead
body was taken out at 2 :45 in the alter
noon. Wedged in by burnt timbers, the
awful death which lie met was appa-
rent. The upper part of his body was
crushed, and his helmet still rested on
his head, but one leg was burned off to
the hips and, the other foot was par
TALLY consumed. Through all the hOr-
rors of the night before, VIII en-
stretchers could not be brought fast
enough to carry away the injured aad
dead beneath the Pickering. .sicllly glare
of the oil torches, not once did the band
of reScuerS stand aghast as 1T did when
Espy Stormer's mansled and burnt re-
mains were brought to view. But the
Brave Men Nerved Themselves
anew, and, with firm. set features, they
tenderly lifted the remains and carried
them to an ambulance. When the am
bulance was gone the little crowd of
workers let their feelings overcome
them for the first time. For while
they stood about inactive, their hard
set features relaxed, and worn-
out looks came into their faces.
But it was only for short
time. They surveyed the great wrecked
mass for a few moments, undecided
where first to begin. They knew that
one man-Henry d. WOodruff-was still
under the pile, but no one could give
any idea of the spot where he would
probably be found. None of the fire.
men had any recollection of seeing him
before the collapse of the building. He
was missing. That was ali the informa-
ton that could be given. The
rescuers were reluctant to give up
to their hopeless inelinatiOns and
started to work clearing away
the ruins, piece by piece. In
few moments stream of men
were filing out with anything that
could be gotten loose and piling
1t up in front of the building
on the street. Bowen & Merrill's sal
wage corps Of young men. with delicate
hands used only to handling books and
stationery. were delving about in the
mass, aud carrying arm loads of books
whose beauty had been destroyed by
fire and water, to wagon to be carted
away. Commissioner De Ruiter, with
the energy that characterizes his work
i'll digging up the dead and living, COM
manded the force that thus began the
grea job that must undertake to find
the last one of the brave firemen who
answered their last alarm on Monday.