The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
THE BURNING TOWER.

o'clock, charred stump bearing no re-
semblance to human form. Another
was found fifteen minutes later and at
frequent intervals until eight had been
recovered. at the approach of night
the work was discon tinued on account
of the dangerous condition of the ruins
and lack of light.
THOUSANDS OF WITNESSES.
The awful sight was witnessed by
fully 10000 horror-stricken visitors to
the fair The crowd shuddered, and as
the men jumped or fell on the roof,
some killed outright and others
manned and mangled for life. c~ies of
20! O! Isn't that awful!' were heard
on every side. A good many women
evinced their emotion by crying olt-
right, for it was one of the most pitt
full sights ever witnessed There were
good many men in that crowd who
cried like little children and some were
SO overcome by their emotion that they
almost went frantic, the sight was so
heartrending.
THE BURNED BUILDING.
The cold storage warehouse was situ-
ated south of the Transportation build
ing annex, close to the Stony Island
boundary and not far from the Sixty
fourth street entrance. II covers a
ground space of 100 by 255 feet,
and it's exterior was severely plain, hav-
ing less ornamentation than any Of the
other exposition buildings. The ware
house was fitted out with a complete
apparatus for the manufacture of ice
and for cold storage. It contained
restaurants and cafes and the roof was
arranged for promenade, while the
big tower which cost the life of the
firemen was used for an observatory.
The entire building was totally de-
stroyed. 1t cost $3.50, 600 and was stored
with meats, fruits and wines. The
whole loss will probably reach half a
million. It was built and occupied by
the Hercules Iron Works company,
manufacturers of refrigerating ma
|chinerY.
MORE BODIES FOUND.
CHICAGO, July 12.--Early this morn
ing 1t was learned that ten more bodies
had been found in the ruins of the
worlds fair cold-storage warehouse.
Nine Of these bodies are of men
and one of woman. The corpses
of the dead lay piled all in
heap near the foot of the ele-
vator shaft. When the searching party
discovered the remains u crowd of NOR
bid spectators surrounded the fire lines.
The enormity of the unexpected find
staggered the fremen who had made
the fearful discovery.
Thirteen bodies were found during
the day, and those found as narrated
above bring the total number up to
twenty-three. Individual Identified
ton is possible in but four instances,
and most of the bodies recovered will
oe buried by mourners who know not
which of the human cinders was their
son or father or husband or companion.
AID FOR THE LIVING.
Numbers Of subscriptions ofogenerous
amounts for the relief of the families
OF the dead fremen are being sponta-
neously made by large-hearted citizens.
Boxes have been placed at various
points about the city and the worlds
fair grounds for the reception OF
subscriptions, and money is being CON
tributed in other ways. Subscriptions
are coming in from fire departments Of
other cities. The Trocadero manage
ment has kindly come forward with an
offer TO donate the entire receipts.of
the performance q week from next Sat
urday. to the dead iremen's families. Il
Several private contri buttons Of s., 900
have been received, Messrs. Ed Part
ridge, Potter Palmer and Byron =.
Smith being among those send
checks for that amount Phil armour
will contribute largely IS the fnni