The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-12
Several Bodies Of Employees Of the Cold Storage
Warehouse Supposed to Lie Beneath the
Debris of the Fallen Tower.
Evidence AcrumuIating that the Burned
Structure Was q Veritable Fire Trap.
Exposition Authorities Warned of Its Danger
ous Condition-Money Flowing In for the
Relief of the Victims Families.
TWELVE DEAD AND TWO DYING.

after the occurrence which brought sorrow
to the White City the most conservative
estimates of the mum ber of the killed shrink
slightly. The dead are now known to be
twelve. while two sufferers are lying in the
Emergency Hospital qasping away the few
hours of life w hich are yes allotted to them.
The numbered dead include those who died
in the hospital from their injuries.
and the unfortunates whose charred and
blackened trunks were taken from
the mess OF debris now adorning
the space near the Sixty-fourth-street en-
trance. where on yesterday stood hand
somely whitewashed structure. The un-
known dead will probably never be known.
but efforts will be made tomorrow. by the
aid of powerful machinery, to lift the net
work of freezing. pipes, allowing the fire.
men to delve still deeper for bodies which,
it is conceded by all, are certainly wedged
below. Probably by noon tomorrow the
anxiously awaited truth will have been
reached. The known dead are:
JAMES FITZPATRICK, ffty-four years Of
age, captain engine company No. 2.
.JoHN H. FREEMAN. lieutenant company
No..
N. HARTMAN, lineman.
PHILIP T. BREEN. truck company No. 8.
CAPTAIN JAMES A GALvEY. engine CON-
JOHN MCBRIDE, engine company No. 8.
JOHN CAHlLL truck company No. 3.
PAUL SCHROEDER. truck company No. 8.
BURTON f. PAGE. company No. 3.
CHARLES PURVls, lieutenant, engine COM
p1R5 JOHN IN 4. A. SMITH. driver. engine company
No. 4.
The fatally injured are:
l. II ER M TAD
to die tonight.
sIGMUSD NoRDRUM. engine company No. 2,
cannot live twelve hours
The Columbian Guards who were re.
ported IN the list of missing. last night,
have been heard from. Fire Marshal Mur.
ply. who was errOneously reported dead,
is not seriously injured.
MORE BODIES IN THE RUINS.
At daylight Marshal King and gang Of
loborers were at work in the ruin. BY z
o'clock eight bodies were recovered, but
they. were so badly chsrred and dlsfigu
as TO make recognition absolutely i'm
possible. One thing seems quite
evidenr, however. and that is that
the bodies are not the remains
of firemen. because they were found at q
somewhat remote distance from where the
firemen fell. and below q mass of steam
pipe and machinery that must have fallen
from above. The public is inclined to
itors were out of the building before the
fire reached q dangerous stage. One more
body was brought to the surface at
ten minutes past 4. Like the others,
It was charred beyond recognition. At
O'Clock another body, burned beyond rec
ognition. was found just under the edge of
the network of pipes. and was extricated
with difficulty. There are reports yet to
be heard to the effect that Henry Gedul.
dig, foreman of the painters In the cold
atOrAQ0 tOQ6fhar WI
q carpenter, John Campbell, but, as many
others who were thought to have been
lost have turned ND 1t is presumed that
those men have escaped.
Marshal Murphy is convinced that there
are moro bodies under the ruins. He said
to-day: I'VE have accounted for the fire.
men and q lineman. but what of those car
penters and psintersi The place was full
of men when L went up there. and noticed
particularly two men carrying little blast
stoves used in soldering. They, as was the
case with the carpenters, did not realize
the extent of the danger and were stand
ing around.
On the ruins of the site of the huge cold
storage pavilion. to-day. were several
signs that had remained unscorched. aud
attracted the attention of tho gaping
thousands. On the east side of the build
ing. standing out in bold relief against q
mass of blackened timbers. was q sixteen.
foot sign which announced that
''ioe skating" of the finest kind
could be had on the roof. causing the Wis.,
itors to look for the imaginary roof which
had gone up in tho smoke. AT the north
east corner of the building was noun tain
of smoking timbers, from the center of
which protruded another sign which an.
nounced with CHASTITY saroasm: This
building strictly fre-proof. Erected by
the -"
BUILT OF INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
The ravsges of the fire amply served to
ba hc<o
infiammable condition Of the structure.
The thin layer of staff that gave an appear
ance of marble solidity to the building has
dropped off. and discloses a framework of
light pine and laths at points where the
usual visitor naturally supposed sup
ports of stone or marble exist
ed. Even in the unconsumed portion
all the supports and timber are found to
be light and apparently entirely made
quate TO q structure of that magnitude. OF
course all this Is now visible TO the naked
eye, and 1t served to arouse the spectators
to pitch of intense indignation to-day.
The assertion is general that the worlds
fair management Is not wholly without
blame for the disaster. Time and time
again, it is said. world was sent to the
council of administration of the dangerous
condition of the cold.etOrage warehouse,
but they paid no heed to 1t. A few weeks
ago the worlds fair officials issued
an order Withdrawing the guards on
duty there. as the company operating
the warehouse refused TO pay for them.
Colonel Rice objected stTeDuonsly to this
move. and went to the council of adminis-
tration and told that body the building w as
q fire.trap and that IT should not be left
unprotected. The council. 1t 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 whloh the structure
was built. He told them how it endau-
gered the worlds fair buildings. IL q
tire should break out in the warehouse
with strong west south wind 1t WAS
Liable TO sweep over the entire White City.
This undoubtedly would have been the
case yesterday bad the wind not been from
the northeast. Less than q hundred feet
east of the warehouse stands the building
of the Penney ivania railroad. Close beside
this is the Waukesha building, and ad-
joining this is the railway shed and the
terminal station. To the north is the great
Transportation Building and so on clear
across the grounds stand the white palaces
of tho fair.
THE INQUEST POSTPONED.
The inquest on the Victims of the fire be.
gan to-day. The scene at the morgue.
whore the inquest was in progress. was q
horrible one. SWarms of people some