New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-07-12
Suspicion That Several Beside Worlds
Fair Firemen Lost Life at
the Fire.
Three C0rpses Found in a Different
Part of the Building-One
Lineman.
One Hundred Persons at the Cold
Storage Building Looking For
Missing Friends.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, July 15.-
The most interesting exhibit at the
worlds fair grounds is one not SEIZED
uled in the official guide book. 1t is
the ruins of the cold storage structure
destroyed by fire, and 10000 people
crowded around the debris eagerly
watching the search for dead bodies.
Early in tho morning three more dead
bodies were recovered from the ruins,
but they were so much charred and dis
figured as to make recognition abso-
lute]y impossible. One thing seems
quite evident, however, and that's that
the bodies recovered are
Not Those Of F'iremen.
The LOCALITY in which they were found
seems to preclude this possibility. All
the tremen who lost their lives were
huddled in one place-in the dreadful
firetrap at the top of the shaft, and as
they fell victims, one by one, to the
flames, their bodies naturally fell some
where within the small circle surround
ing the smokestack. The bodies just
recovered were evidently not the re-
mains Of any who jumped or fell from
the shaft, because they were found at
somewhat remote distance from this
po;nt and under mass of steam pipe
and machinery that must have fallen
from above. On one of the bodies was
found a leather belt, to which was
attached pair of steel pinchers, thus
practically proving the remains to be
those of lineman.
Color to the apprehension.
The discovery gave fresh color to the
fearful apprehension that the firemen
were by no means the only ones who
fell victims to the flames, and the public
at once became disposed to doubt the
declarations made by the supervising
fremen that all employees and visitors
were out Of the building before the con-
hagration had reached a dangerous
stage. The total of dead bodies recov-
cred at this time reaches Is. though the
search in the ruins was thus far very
slight owing to the heat and confusion.
There seemed no doubt the death list
was still decidedly incomplete.
The Columbian guards who were on
duty at the scene of the disaster have
constantly maintained that several
worlds fair visitors and electricity men
and other workmen were caught in the
flames. and the unexpected discovery of
the bodies under the ruins. and the fact
that one is undoubtedly that Of line
nlan gives credence to their declara-
tons. Certain it is there were numer-
Gus visitors and workmen in the build
ing at the time the fire broke
out, and the statements of the
Columbian guards that many of them
were caught in tie flames was received
SO seriously that it was decided that
minute examination foot by foot of the
pyramid of ruins and debris would be
made before the day is out. The Elec-
trio Light company had number of
men in the lower part of the building
stringing wires at the time the fire
broke out and several of these are miss
ing.
-Four Columbian guards were unac-
counted for and their companions are
naturally very solicitous as to their
fate.
Many Are Missing.
The worlds fair officials claim that
they, are not responsible for this. de-
Tending themselves by the assertion
that as the cold storage warehouse was
concession and constructed as a
nriHata enternrisa Or exhibit tho