The record-union., 1893-07-12
special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.


CHICAGO, July 1.-THE fall Of night
still finds the ruins of the cold storage
building unexplored, and it is just be-
ginning to be realized that the full extent
of yesterdays disaster cannot be ascer-
tanned until the mountain of rubbish is
sifted and carted away. In all thirteen
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins. Besides these. three firemen died
in the hospital. 1t is now definitely
known that number of workmen en-
ployed in the building assembled the fatal
tower with the fremen, and how many
Of them were lost no one knows. The
last seen of r. A. Drummond was when,
with three or four other workmen, he
was going up the ladder into the tower
with fire eXtinguishers. Before they
could have reached the top the whole
mass toppled over.
Early this morning the remains of
three more of the unfortunates were re-
covered from the ruins so badly charred
as to make recognition impossible,
though it is not believed they are the
bodies of firemen, owing to the locality
in which they were found, being some
distance from the deadly smokestack
around which the imperiled firemen hud-
died on the cupola balcony, and covered
with mass of twisted steam pipes and
machinery, which had fallen from above.
From the fact that one Of the bodies had
on leather belt carrying pair of pinch
ers it is believed the victim was an cleo
trio lineman.
This discovery opens the question how
their lives in the burned building? The
total dead bodies so far recovered num-
Der fifteen, but the search in the ruins
thus far have been very slight, owing to
the heat and confusion, and there is no
doubt the list is still incomplete
1t is certain there was a number of Wis
1tors and workmen in the building at the
time the fire broke OUT therefore it has
been decided to make minute examina-
ton OF the ruins, foot by foot, as rapidly
as possible. The Electric Light Company
had number of men in the lower part
the building stringing wires when the
ire broke out, and several of these are
still missing Four Columbian guards
are still unaccounted for.
At least one hundred people who have
the ruins this morning trying to identify
the bodies recovered. In numerous in
stances these were Worlds Fair visitors.
whose friends did not even know thew
were in the neighborhood of the building,
and it is therefore probable that most of
them will turn up safe.
Many inquiries come from Springfield.
H., as to the fate of Lieutenant John II.
Freeman of Fire Company No. l. There
IS no longer any doubt as to his fate. He
was one Of the first to reach the TOP of the
burning shaft, consequently he was one
OF the first victims of the fire. His
charred body has been recovered and in
someway identified by comrades, though
The features and form were unrecogniz-
able. Freeman only entered the Worlds
Fair department a few weeks ago. He
was tor many years Chief Marshal of
Springfield, but recently lost the position
through a change in the administration.
1t has been definitely ascertained that
only eleven tiremen lost their lives. as
follows:
Captain James Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant
j. II. Freeman, William Denning, P. B.
Bron, Captain James Garvey, John Nc
Bride, John Cahill, Paul Schroeder. Cap
tain b. Z. Page, Lieutenant Charles
Purvy, J. \. Smith, John Campbell, Ed
ward Fowler, Jasper Stanford. r. A.
Drummond, John Murphy and Charles
Hutton.
With the exception of Lewis J. Frank.
all the injured are in fair way to recoy-
cry.
fTbera ara eovan+oo,, ,,-o,,,-,l.1 :. A,
hospital and elsewhere, and of these l.. J.
Frank, fireman, will probably die
Among the wounded are: Captain
Thomas Barry, with an arm broken.
which will have to be amputated: Michael
Murphy, Chief of the Worlds Fair Fire
Department. slightly injured and Mar
shall Kenyon, Chief of the Battalion.
bruised.
Three Columbian guards, who went I'D
the deadly cupOla to help the firemen
draw up the hose are missing, and il is
supposed they shared the fate of the fire.
men.
An examination Of the remains of the
structure this morning reveals its fimsy
character, and many blame the Construc-
ton Department of the Worlds Fair for
allowing it to go up in that form.
1t is said that the Council of Admins
tration had been warned time and again
Of the dangerous character of the struc-
ture, including once by Marshal Murphy.
and that the council, to cut down ex-
penses, ordered the withdrawal of the
Columbian guards on duty there, in spite
OF protest from the commander.
But for the favorable direction of the
wind yesterday it is believed that moth
ing could have prevented the fire from
sweeping right through the White City.
The Council of Administration has
been in secret session all morning, and
from the tone of the voices heard from
within it is evident that the session is a
stormy one. Director of Works Burn
ham was before the council an hour. He
declines to say what was asked him. 1t
is not doubted that the fire is under CON
sideration.
The heavy financial loss entailed by the
cold storage fire caused the owner of the
Hercules Iron Works to make an assign
lnent this morning. The company also
owns a plant at Aurora, Ill. Its assets
are $500, goo and liabilities $4,000.
Yesterdays fire caused loss of 500, 900
which the company will have to stand, as
she insurance companies recently can
celed ali risks on the structure.
The President Of the Hercules Company
saws the plant is unincum bered and the
assets are sufficient to meet all liabilities.
The company viii continue in business.
Is mill NOT rebuild at the Worlds Fair