Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-15
RAPID AND DEADLY
Work of a Fire at the Garden
City.
A SMALL BLAZE, BUT iEY FATAL.
Seven Persons Sen, to Their Long
Home by Fire That Was Out
il Twor'y Minutes.

Eighteen Persons Taken to the Hospital,
Five of Whom Are Severely Injured
One Man Who Jumps to Death in the
Sight of Thousands-People Rescued by
the Firerlen in Their Night Clothes-Tbe
Minneapolis Blaze-Other Fire Losses.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE list of victims
of one of the most fatal fires that ever oc-
CURED in this city, considering the prop
erty loss, is given below:
Dead-Harry Godfrey, aged Z. son of
jag Godfrey, of Buchanan, Mich, face
and chest burned and sufTOocated; found
dead on the floor { T his room.
Edward (or J. " Short. a street ven
der - years old, jumped from third story
window and died at once; has a wife in
Lafayette, Ind.
Mrs. Fannie Reed, a / employe of the
Great Eastern hotel at SiXty-frst street
and st. Lawrence avenue, % years old; a
widow and recently from New York,
taken from a third-stOry window.
Phillip CronberG, 81 years old, Of Little
Rock, Ark, skull fractured by jumping
from a window; died at the county hospi-
tai in the afternoon.
William Ullery, l. years old, a nephew
of Jay Godfrey, Of Buchanan, Mich: died
at the county hospital in the afternoon.
Daniel Tucker, employed at Hawthorne
rack track, % years old, found dead in
hallway
unknown man. about 81 years old dark
hair nd mustache. medium height, may
be c. a. Taylor, of Hot Springs, Ark:
died at the county hospital.
Injured-R. VI. Morton, Sycamore, H.,
chest crushed, three ribs fractured and
internal injrsies; Jacob Friedman, travel
ing salesman, burns on feet and hands:
Mrs. F. A. Coons, Lake City, Mimi.
shoulder and back burned; Annie Coons
Is yeas old, daughter of Mrs. Coons
burned on face and hands. partly suffo
Gated. All OF the foregoing will probably
recover
The following were slightly injured
Flora Coons, 10 years old, daughter of F
A. Coons, of Lake City, Mimi, Sigh,
burn on arms: +. A. Coons, of Lake City
MINI, hands cut by glass in breaking
window sash while attempting to escape
F. Howard, of Nashville, Tenn
face scorched; Ole Palmer, Of Minneapo
lis, ankle sprained; outs Rogers, Of
Leesburg, Va, hand lacerated by
broken glass Harry De Vail, of Colo
RADIO City, Colo, partly suffocated; Fred
Meyers, Chicago, struck by falling glass
eleven scalp wounds; Hattie Ahrens, Chi
cago. left arm broken. Joseph Ahrens
Chicago, arm cut by falling glass; JAY
Godfrey, of Buchanan, Mich, hardware
merchant, burns on head and shoulders
Grace Godfrey, 13-year-old daughter OF jay
Godfrey, slight bruises; Mrs. J. Godfrey
burns on head.
Damage Done In Thirty Minutes.
The fire was remarkable, as stated
above, for the loss of life that resulted in
short time and with little damage to prop
erty, the total loss not going above &, OOO
The building was the Senate hotel, nea,
the corner of Madison street and Fifth av
enue At the time the fire broke out-be
tween and o'clock a. m.-the street.
were full of people and five minutes afte
the smoke began pouring from the win
dows there were 10000 people packed il
front of the building The second anC
third floors of the building were occupied
as lodging house, those floors being di
vided into small rooms by pine partitions
narrow hall running the length of tn,
floor which is about 125 feet. The storie
were low and it is principally from tn
panic among the guests, of whom Their
were thirty, that the loss of life occurred