Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-11
AMONG THE RUINS.
Dead Bodies Found, ChaTFOd and In
possible 10 Recognize
Ten THOUSAND SPECTATORS.


CHICAGO, July 1.-THE cento' .,
attraction ut the Woild's Fair touHy u
samethinr not down in tho gniuo
t,tka. IL Ia the ruins Of the colu SLOT
cue building, which was oufheu YES
,.,dav with such fearful results anu
- Of life. Ten thousand people
gathered around the debris this morn
I'M, watching the search which silli
goes on tor the bodies Of the victims.
Early this morning the remains Of
thre, more unforlunates were recovered
from tho ruins, 40 badly ohated
Az 10 make recognition impossible
though II Is not believed that they are
the bodies Of fremen, owing TO the
locality In which they were found
being some distance from the deadly
sniokostnck around which the Inn
perllpd ffemen huddled on the cupola
igicouy. and covered with mnsH Oi
twisted ateAmpipes aud machinery
which Ind fallen from above. From
tnp fact that ono Of the bodies bad ON
n leather belt carrying pair Of pin
GERS. a IA believed the victim IN an
electric llneman. This discovery
orens the question how many persons
besides the fifemen lost their lives In
thu burned building. The total Of
dead bodies 10 far recovered number
fifteen, but the search IN the ruins has
thus far been very rligl on account Of
the huat aud confusion, and there IL no
doubt that tho list ia still Incomplete
The Columbian guards on duty attho
-. huNA rnnENunNlN
maintained that several World'a Fair
visitors aud electrical employees aud
other workofs were caught in the
flames, and today's discoveries lend
color 10 their contention. Its certain
thatn number OF visitors and wOrkmen
were In the building Ut the time the
fire broke out. IL has therefore been
decided to make n minute examinn.
ton the ruins, foot by foot, IA rapidly
us possible.
The electric light company had =
number Of men In the lower part OF
the building stringing wire when the
flrc bfoke out and several Of these aTc
still mlasiug. Four Columbian guards
are stlll unaccountod for.
There are nj least a hundred people,
who have mitsing friends or relatives,
around the ruins this morning, trying
to Identity the bodies discovered. In
humorous instances These are Worlds
Fair visitors, whose friends do not even
know that they were IN tho neighbOr.
hood OF the building, and II II Therefore
probable that most Of them will turn
up safe.
Many Inquiries came from Spring.
field, lils., IA TO the fltc OF Lieutenant
John II. freeman Of fire company No.
|. There Il no longer any doubt as TO
his fate. He was one ni the fret TO
reach the top Of tho burning shaft
consequently one Of the first
victims of the fire. His oharred
body has been recovered and
In some way identified 10y
G mrad,s, though the features Of
the form were uurecoguizablc. Free
man only entered the World's Fair fire
department few weeks ago. lie
was for many years chief fire marshal
OF Springfield, but recently lost his
position through change OF admins.
tfaton. IL has been definitely ascrr.
tanned that only eleven fremen lost
their lives. They are rs follows;
FIREMES DEAD.
Captain James Fitzpatrick,
Lieutenant J. II. Freeman,
William Denning,
T.. II. Bron,
Captain Javes GArvey,
John Mcbride,
John Cahill,
Caul Schroeder,
Captain Il. T.. Page,
Lieutenant ChRs. Purvis,
James A.. Smith.
There are three unidentified bodies,
known, however, not 10 he flremen.
nRTN anNauIaaV ~ NaH lgt IhA
hospital aud elsewhere. Of these L.. J.
Flank, fireman, will probably die.
Among the wounGeu nTe;
THE WOUNDED.
Cant. Thomas Berry, arm broken;
viii have TO be amputatsd.
Marshal Murphy, chief OF the
Worlds Fair ilre department, eighty
iulurod;
Marshal Kenyon, chief Of tho bat.
talon, bruised;
Three Columbian guards who went
ny the deadly oupOla 10 help the fire.
men 10 draw up he hose are missing
ana II II supposed shared the fate Of the
hfomen.
The examination Of the remains Of
thenttuctute this morning reveals its
himsy character ana many blame the
ftANNiAANANAA wv W NNlh' n
talr for allowing It to go up In that
form.
II IL said that tho council Of I'D.
miniaIratiOn has been warned time
ani again Of the dangerous character
Of the structure, including once by
Marshal Murphy, and that the council
To cut down the expenses order the
withdrawal Of the Columbian guards
on duty there, In spite Of the protest
from the commander. But for the
favorable direction Of the wind yester-
day, It's believed that nothing could
have prevented the fire from sweep.
lng right through the White CITY,
Inc council OF Naturalization
has been In secret session all the
morning and from the tone Of the
volcea heard from within, It Ia evident
me session WAS stormy,
Director OF Works Burnham WAS
teiore the council nm hour.
lie declined 90 sny what was asked
OF him. IL Is not doubted that the
NE was under consideration.
A coroner'a jury has been impaneled
aud viewed the hOdlrs, after which II
q aaau HNHa.