Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-13
CHICAGO FATAL FIRE.

1 Death of Another of the Injured Fire men-FaIse Reports of the Finding
 of More Bodies-Missing Persons. CHICAGO, July 12.-Louis J. Frank, 6 pipemsn, who jumped from the tower of
 the oold-storsgs building during the fire on Monday, died this morning at the Elmer
 gency hospital, in the fair grounds. He l was among the men who were caught on
 the tower and jumped to the roof below. His face and head were bruised and he suf-
 fered severe internal injuries. He had since the fire.
 The search of the ruins of the cold stor. age building was continued this morning. The extreme confusion of the wreckage, caused by the network of iron and rods,
 makes the work very laborious and slow,
 and the search can hardly be completed be-
 fore the end Of the week. A rumor that
 ten more bodies had been discovered in
 the ruins was untrue, and appear to have
 been founded on the discovery of large amount of refrigerator meat that had fall en in heap after the fire and was mistaken for human bodies.
 Dr. Robinson, chief of the ambulance service, said at 10 o'clock this morning that no bodies had been taken from the ruins since 5 o'clock last evening. He believed, however, that there were more bodies under the wreckage, and this statement was strengthened by the intelligence that the list of missing increases instead of diminishes.
 The latest report of the missing indicates that Robert Blenhuber, a Marquette, Mich capitalist, Is among the number of the dead from the fire. Mir. Tergett of Craw- ford, Ill with whom MT. Blenhuber was staying while visiting the fair, called at the morgue to-day in hopes of finding some trace of his missing guest. He was not successful and now fears that the missing man Is among the unrecognizable dead.
 The following persons, in addition to the known dead, are also missing:
 Joseph Campbell, a carpenter; seen in the building a few moments before the tower fell
 Archie McCsrthur, ten years old, em- ployed in the building; seen near the ele- vstor just as the tower fell.
 Bernard Murphy, boiler maker; seen to enter the building during progress of fire
 To-days's work in the ruins resulted in the finding of one more body through the cAOItS UT tuo IWO UIOtueEs Ol tuc SlcSllus The body was that of R. A. Drummond, superintendent of the Hsrter Electric com psny.Dsvid and Robert Drummond were up- on the scene at o'clock this morning eI- pecting aid in the prosecution of the search for the body of their brother, which they as- serted would be found near the stack, but only twelve men appeared to begin work, and these were taken to another part of the ruins. The two brothers, therefore, took off their coats and proceeded them selves to search the debris near the stack.
 About 4 o'clock, after toiling all day in an atmosphere of stifing stench, they lift ed huge joist under which they perceived parts of human body. They called for help. Two or three Columbian Guards and g customs inspector arrived and the party went to work, digging under the body and loosening 1t in few minutes.
 As they lifted the body, almost bare, 1t split nearly across the middle. The legs were chsrred and the trunk was in fear full state of decomposition, while the head was devoid of hair. Disinfectsnts were sprinkled upon the remains and they were laid on board and taken out of the ruins. Then the two brothers recognized the re- mains ss those of their missing brother. The remnants of the form were taken to the morgue.
 The search work went on until 5:30 without any more bodies being discovered, when operations were suspended for the night. A force of men was engaged dur ing the afternoon in removing wines and fruits from the cold storage vaults. The list of the known dead now number four teen. The missing numbsr four.
 Up to this afternoon $12, 3S6 had been to the relief fund ,and subscrip tions are still rapidly coming in. It is hoped the total will bs swelled to $100,-- GOO, ss the board of trade alone promises SIG, 900 and various large companies have lists under way.