The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-11
CHICAGO'S Crime.
The Burned Building q
Mere finder Box--Were
Visitors Lost?


Worlds FAIR grounds is one not sched
uled in the official guide pook. 1t is the
ruins Of the Cold Storage structure yes
terday destroyed by fire and 10000 people
this morning crowded around thu debris
eagerly watching the search for dead bod.
les. Early this morning three more bod
les were recovered from the ruins, but
they were sc badly ohRrred and dishg-
ured as to make recognition absolutely
impossible. One thing seemed quite evil
dent, however. and that is that the bodies
discovered are not the remains Of fremen.
The locality in which they were found
seems to preclude this possibility.
| THE DEADLY SHAFT.
All the flremen who lost their lives
were huddled up In one piace-in the
dreadful fire trap at the top OF the shaft,
and as they fell victims QUE by one to
the flames, their bodies naturally fell
some where within The small circle sur
rounding the smokestack. The bodies
today recovered were evidently not the
remains of any who jumped or fell from
the smart because they Were found at a
somewhat remote distance from this
point and under a mass of steam pipe
and machinery that must have fallen
from above. Ga one of the bodies was
found a leather belt TO which was at
tached a pair of steel pincers. thus prac-
tlcaliy proving the remains to be those
OF a linemau.
DREADFUL sURMIsEs.
The discovery gave fresh color to the
fearful apprehension that the tiremen
We're by no means the only ones who fell
victims TO the flames and the public at
once became disposedlto doubt the declar-
ations yesterday made by the supervis-
ing foreman that all employees aud visl-
tors were out of the building before the
conhagration had reached u dangerous
stage. The total of the dead bodies re-
covered at this time reaches fffteeu,
though the search IN lhe ruins was th us
Tar very slight owing to the heat and
confusion. There seemed not doubt that
the death list was still Incomplete.
The Columbian guards. who were on
duty at the scenes Of the disaster, have
constantly maintained that several CHI
cage FAIR visitors and electricity meu
and other workmen were caugat in tile
flames. and the unexpected discovery OF
the bodies under the ruins this morning.
add the fact that Que is undoubtedly that
of a lineman, gives credence to their
declarations. Certain 1t is there were
numerous visitors and workmen In the
building at the time the ire broke out,
and the statements OF che Columbian
gaurd that many OF these were caught In
the flames was received SO serious that 1t
was decided q minute examination foot
by foot of the pyramid OF ruins and de-
bris would be made before the day is
out. The electric light company had a
number Of men In the lower part of the
building strluginz wires at The time the
fire broke ont, and several OF these are
missing. Four Columbian guards were
unaccounted for this morning, and their
companions are naturally very solicitous
as to their fate and whereabouts.
MORBID CROWDS.
All through the hours of last night
while the search for the dead was going
on n morbid crowd of sew eral hundred
people hung around the scene, and this
morning the %facination of death
attracted thousands more peo-
ages of the fire amply served to dem
onstrate the unsubstan5ial, fiimsy and in
f1ammable condition of the structure.
The thin layer of staff that gave an ap-
pearancs of marble solidity TO the build
ing has dropped off and discloses a
frame work OF light pine and laths at
points where the visitor naturally sup
posed supports OF stone or marble ex-
listed. Even in the unconsumed portion,
all the supports and essential timber are
found to be light and fimsy and
apparently entirely inadequate to a
structure OF that magnitude. OF course
all this is now visible to the naked eye,
and 1t served to arouse The spectators to
a state OF Intense indignation today.
mot RESPONSIBLE"
The Chicago Fair officials claim that
they are not responsible for this, defend
ing themselves by the assertion that as
the cold storage warehouse was a couces-
sion and constructed as q private enter
prise or exhibit, the Chicago Fair
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able for the loss of life. At least one
hundred peepleSuho have missing friends
or relatives were around the ruins this
morning seeking to indentify the bodies
discovered. In numerous instances the
parties sought were visitors to the Fair
hut as their friends were usually uucer-
tain as to whether the missing even Wis
tied the cold storage building yesterday
1t was thought probable that several Of
these will turn up all right.
1t has been definitely ascertained that
but eleven iremen lost their lives. All
the others haue turned up, either safe or
Injured. aud the complete list Of dead
firemen is as follows:-
James Fitzpatrick, fifty -four wears
old, captain Of Engine Company No. 2,
compound fracture of arm, crushed
shoulder, burns and Internal INJURIES:
died at Emergency Hospital at nine
O'Clock last night.
John ii. FREEMAN, Lieutenant engine
company Mol.
William Deming, truck company No.
8. terribly burned aud crushed by falling
from the tower. died in the Emergency
Hospital last night.
Philip d. Bron, Truck Company No. 8.
Captain James A. Carney, Engine Com
pany No. l.
John Mcbride. No. 5.727 Sherman
street, compound fracture of tho right
leg, and Durnf on arms. head and body;
died at the Emergency Hospital at eight
O'Clock.
John Cahill. Truck Company No. s.
"a Schroeder, Truck Company Nos.
Burton E. Page. Captain Truck Com
pany No. 8.
Charles Purvis. lieutenant of engine
company No. 4.
john A. Smith. driver engine company
No. 2.
BEYOND RECOGNITION.
There are three bodies III addition to
the above that have been found and
which are unrecognizable. 1t Is known,
however, that they are not firemsn, as
all the fremen have been &C
counted for. One IT the un-
recognized was undoubtedly an
electric light %linenian. but the identity OF
the other Jwo is eutlrely in doubt. At
the hospital there are now but four
patients, all tiremen. They are
l.. J. Frank lof Engine Com
Of Engiue Company No. /, Signiund
Nordrum, of Engine Company M. 2, aud
| w. P. Maboney of Engine Company No.
Q. Frank will probably die, az he Is very
severely burned, Il the others will re-