The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-12-12
The Louisville Fire.

LOUISVILLE. Dec. a.--Gangs of work
men have been busy in the ruins of the
fire on Main street all day since the
flames were subdued, and are still busily
engaged. At Mennes' candy factory, 81
West avenue, where 100 men were en-.
tombcd by the walls, there is a pile Of
wreckage in the street of broken floors
and rafters. LaIorcrs are still digging
toward the cellar in search for the bodies
of the missing. The mass is still
s%moulderine and there is no hope for
any. At the Boone Paper company, $50
Main street. the dangerous walls that
first delayed work were thrown down
this afternoon. 1t is in the paper com
pany's building, instead of Bambcrgcr.
Strong " Go. s. as first supposed, the
missing tlremcn are now supposed to he.
The hose they were working stretches
out into the street and serves as a guide
to the scarchers. They are hufrying out
blocks of hlackcncd paper with sonc
faint hope that one or two OF the men
may be still alive. wcdgcd in between
he huge plies Of paper that filled the
cellar. But steam and an occasional jet
of flame breaking out show there is ut
tie chance.
Crowds gather about the ruins but
are kept moving by the police. They
can only see the blackencd fronts Of Ave
Of the leading business houses of the
city and in the dim light Of the narrow
entrance men moving small portions of
the smoking mass within. At ten O'Clock
the body OF Charles Kemlulc, Il partner
of the firm, was reached at the candy
factory and ii little later two bodies sup
posed to be those of Clara Rouch and
VIM. Hulsemcier. This leaves three
more supposed to he in the ruins at dis
point. The bodies, as fast as they are
recovered, are removed to the nearest
undertaking establishment and there
await Identification. The four p sitiyc-
ly identified have been taken to their
woe stricken homes to be prepared for
burial. The dead recovered at MEME IL
Cos are: Lulu Klein. Carrie Luckhardt.
Barbara Bell. Amanda Dickey. William
liuIscmcicr. Charles Kimmlc and Clara
Rouch.
LOUISVILLE. Dec. o. The missing and
certainly dead at the Doonc Paper COM.
pdhs az i'hi -i''it' 'DdiIi l)ui hti. VIII
Davis, Tony Schlick. all of No. ! Hook
and Ladder company.
At MEME d Co.'S: Ida Belle Parker.
james Munwellor. Thomas Rockolder.
worked at Mcnne's. were also miss
ing this afternoon. but their relatives
have not been heard from tonight.
The injured are: Katie McGarycy. LEG
broken. internal injuries. Theresa Holt
haus, bruised head. face. and arms. Ed
ward lningcr. body bruised. Lille
slightly bruised. Mai.
Hughes. seriously cut about the head.
Nutall. engineer of %"ivcs." inter
nal injuries and injurncd about
the hips and spine. Patrick
laddcrnan on No. | Hook
and Ladder company, badly cut about
and arm. Allen Grimes. candy
mrker. interim! injuries. Henry Weather
ford. fireman, spraincd wrist. Fire
Hughes has not conclusion of the
brain, although unconscious several
hours after he was first hurt. The report
Frank MEME was caught in the
arose from the loss of Kimmlc. a
partner of MEME.
How the fires originated is still uncer-
tain in both cases. There were only two
office fires at the Doone paper company's
building and it is certain tho flames or
at neither Of these. At MEME
4 Cos a number of fires were burning
but none account for the starting of the
confiagration.