Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-12
RUINS ARE UNAUTHORIZED.

l the Worlds. Fair Cannot be Aseer-
 tafned for Days-PowerfuI NTachin-
 cry VIII be Set at Work on Ihe
 Ruins to Aid the Firemen in Their
 Search for tine missfag-What Mar
 shaI Murphy Says of the Building.
 CHICAGO, July 1.-The fall of night
 etill finds the ruins of the cold storage
 building unexplored, and 1t is realized that
 the full extent of yesterdays disaster can
 not be aRcertsined until the mountain of
 rubbish is sifted and carted away. At
 some points the accumulation of debris Is
 fifteen to twenty feet high, and it is i'm I possible to know how many chsrred bodies
 may rest beneath these heaps. The search
 is necessarily slow and tedious, owing to | the vast amount of iron and machinery that encumbers the ruins and the inextri- | cable network of rods and bars formed by
 the intense heat. The point near the l smokestack where many of the men were
 seen to jump Is covered with tangled
 mass of steam pipes and ohsrred timbers | twenty feet high.
 It is now definitely known that number of workmen employed in the building 1 ascended the fatal tower with the fremen. R. A. Drummond, with three or four other workmen, was seen on his way up the tower with fire extinguishers. Before they could have had time to resch the top of l the ladder that scaled the interior walls | the whole mass toppled over.
 The dead are now known 10 be twelve,
 while two sufferers are lying in the Elmer gency hospital gasping away the few hours of life yet allotted them. The numbered dead include those who died in the hospital xI1s- s-.~ &l,- | whose chsrred and blackened trunks were | taken from the msss of debris. Efforts will be made tomorrow with powerful machinery to lift the network of pipes, allowing the iremen to delve deeper l for other remains, which, it Is conceded by all, are certainly wedged below. Probably | by noon to morrow the anxiously awaited truth will have been reached.
 The four Columbian guards who were reported in the list of missing have been heard from. They were ordered yesterday to report to different captain, but in some manner the order miscarried and the guards did not report at headquarters. There are reports to the effect that Henry Gedulig, foreman of the painters in the cold storage building, and Carpenter John Campbell are missing, but as many others who were thought to have been lost have turned up it is presumed that these men have escaped.
 In regard to the building Marshal Mur- phy says:
 II correspond in my official capacity only with Mir. Burnham, director of works I have sent him three letters in regard to the condition of the building, and have re- ported to him after each one of the four fires and recommended that something be done at once to prevent & recurrence of the affair"
 The worlds fair council of sdministra. tion today passed resolutions extending sympathy 10 the bsreaved, attesting high appreciation of the heroism of the dead and surviving and commenting to the executive committee of the exposition the propriety of making an appropriation to the fund for the sufferers; also, suthoriz- ing President Higginbothsm to present a medal to each of the survivors whose con duct was marked by personal bravery.
 Director of Works Burnham was before the council in secret session to-day. It is said he was subjected to a thorough cross examination as to the reports and com plsints he had received against the safety of the building in question The council contends that if the cold storage building was unsafe or had been condemned, 1t was not notified to that effect.
 John B. Skinner, president of the Her
 
 storage building, declared to-day that the building was the strongest on the fair grounds. The construction department of the fair, he said, supervised the work on the building and Director Burnham and his men were frequently at the place while it was being built. The city authorities are determined to have the worlds fair buildings inspected and to take measures to secure the safety of the public and of i Tlz inNi N1t tka~ lief fund now aggregates $4, 300.
 The assertion is general that the worlds fair management is not wholly without blame for yesterdays disaster. Time and again, it is said, word was sent to the coun- cil of administration of the dangerous condition of the cold Estorage warehouse, but they paid no heed to it. A few weeks ago the worlds fair officials issued an order withdrawing the guards on duty there, as the company operating the ware house refused to pay for them. Colonel Rice objected seriously to this mode and went before the council of administration and told that body the building was fire trap and that 1t should not be left un- protected. The council, is Is alleged, paid no heed to the warning but went ahead and withdrew the guards. Then Marshal Murphy made full report of the dangerous manner in which the structure was built. He told them how 1t endanger- ed ths worlds fair buildings. If fire should break out in the warehouse with strong west or south wind 1t was liable to sweep over the entire White city. This undoubtedly would have been the case had the wind not been from the northeast. The inquest on the victims of the fire began to-day. The scene at the morgue where the inquest was in progress was & horrible one. Swarms of people, some looking for friends and relatives among the dead, aud many more attracted by that morbid curiosity which is always manifest at fires and casualties, crowded into and around the charnel house. The first patrol wagon that left the grounds carrying the blackened remains of 8 fireman, was fol lowed by crowd of men and boys, and this seemed to be the signal for increasing crowds of others to make their way to the place.
 After the jury had viewed the bodies of | the victims, Coroner McHsle decided to | adjourn the inquest until Thursdsy next. The holocaust was ths principal subiect of discussion H. to-dsy's meeting Of the | national commission. Immediately after | calling the commissioners to order, Presi- | dent Palmer said that 1t seemed proper | that the commission should take some II action He suggested that the ssnse of the | commission be embodied in a resolution | that the chief buildings which are fre- quented or whose roofs are being ire l quented by the public should be inspected.
 He though that there were several build | ings from which, in the event of fire. 1t
 wonld be i'm possible to take people of the | roofs.
 Commissioner Barbour of Michigan, | presented resolution of respect for the
 memory of the dead, which was adopted by
 rising vote.
 On motion of Commissioner Mercer of
 Wyoming, resolution was adopted pro
 viding for the appointment of a special | ..a.aIt4ao xE fI,rr t, ;nrr,ont khn l,-,iiIinra