The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-11
The Search for the Dead
Still Continues.
A LIST OF KNOWN VICTIMS
1t Is Thought the Death List Is
Still Incomplete.


By Associated Press 10 The News.
WORLDS FAIR, CHICAGO, July /.
Ten thousand people this morn
ing crowded around the ruins of
the cold storage structure destroyed
yesterday, watching the search for
bodies. Early this morning three
more bodies were recovered from
the RUNE, but they we're so badly
oharred and distigured as to make
recognition absolutely impossible.
One thing seemed quite evident,
however, and that is that the bodies
are not those of the firemen. The
locality in which they were found
seems to preclude this possibility.
On one of the bodies was found
leather belt to which was attached
pair of steel pinchers, thus
practically proving the remains to
be those of linemen.
The discovery gave fresh color to
the fearful apprehension that the
firemen were by no means the only
ones who fell victims 10 the flames.
The electric light company had a
number of men at work on part of
the building, stringing wires at the
time the fire broke out, and several
of these are still missing.
Four Columbian Cards were un.
accounted for this morning, and
their companions are naturally very
solicitous as to their fate. The
total dead recovered at this time
reaces fifteen, though the search in
the ruins 80 far has been very slight
owing to the heat and confusion
There seems no doubt that the
death list is still decidedly incom-
plete. A minute examination of
the ruics, foot by foot, will be
made before the day is out. 1t has
been de tinitely ascertained that but
eleven firemen lost their lives. All
the others have turned up, either
safe or injured.
Many of those around the ruins
are people who have missing friends
or relatives, and who seek to
identify the bodies discovered. In
numerous instances these parties
were visitors to the fair, but were
uncertain whether the missing even
visited the cold storage building
yesterday. 1t was thought probable
that several of these will turn mn all
right.
The ravages of the fire amply
served to demonstrate the unsub
stantial, tlimsy and inhammable
condition of the structure. The
thin layer of staff that gave an ap-
pearance of marble solldity to the
building, served to arouse the spec.
tators TO state of intense indigna.
ton today.
The Worlds Fair officials claim
they are not responsible for this,
defending themselves by the asser.
tion that as the cold storage ware
house was concession and con.
structed as a private enterprise or
exhibit. the Worlds Fair authori.
ties should not be held accounta BILE
for the loss of life.
LIST OF VICTIMS.
The following is a list of the
dead and injured as far as known.
The work is being carried on in
utter darkness, owing to the com.
plete destruction of the electric light
wires.
Six bodies, all burned beyond
recognition, have been taken from
the debris since o'clock:
Capt. James Fitzpatrick, assistant
chief of the Worlds Fair fire
battalion, arm broken, body burned,
crushed in falling, di.d in hospital.
John Cahill, buried in ruins.
Paul Schroeder, buried in ruins.
Unidentified lineman, working on
electric wires, bnried in ruins.
Lieut.. j. II. Freeman, buried in
ruins.
The following 6remen missing
and undoubtedly dead: