Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-12
DIGGING FOR THE DEAD. :.
The Full List of the Killed May Never Be Known.
OTHERS THAN FIREMEN PERIsHED

Risht-EmpIoyees In the Building Un
 accounted For-Ths Relief Fund sweIIi
 to Over ss, 900.
 CHICAGO. July 1e.-Ths break of day stil found the ruins of the cold storage build ing unsxplored. and 1t is just beginning tc be realized that the full extent of the dis aster cannot be ascertained until the noun tain of rubbish is sifted and carted away At some points the accumulation of debris is 15 to % feet high, and it Is impossible te know how many charred bodies may rest beneath until these heaps have been thor, oughly examined. The search is necessarily slow and tedious, owing to the vast amount of iron and machinery that en cumbers the ruins and the inextricable net. work of rods and bars formed by the in tense heat.
 In all, 1S bodies have been removed from the ruins. Besides these, three flremen died at the hospital. The point near the smokestack, where many of the unfortu, nate men were seen to jump, is covered with tangled mass of steam pipes and charred timbers, fully 20 feet high. It Is now definitely known that a number ol workmen employed in the building ascend ed the fatal tower with the firemen, and how many of them were lost no one knows. The last seen of R. A. Drummond he was with three or four other workmen on his way up the tower with fire extinguishers. Before they could have had time to reach the top of the ladders that scaled the in. terior walls the whole mass toppled over.
 The managers of the military tourna- ment now being held in the Stock pavilion have informed the director general that they will give a benefit performance foI the families of the firemen and Columbian guards who lost their lives in the fire yes terdRy
 Certain employees having obtained per mission from the council of administra. tion, have set apart Thursday, July 1S, as day that all employees and passhold- CTS entering the gates of the exposition shall, at their option, drop the usual ad- mission fee of 50 cents In a box at the gate. This contribution ia not compulsory, but donation by sympathizers for those who have been left in want by the confiagration
 Charles T. Yerkes. the street car mag nate of this city, has written to Director General Davis, suggesting that the exposi- tion company donate a certain days re- ceipts to the families of the victims of the fire. If the company will do this, MT Yer kes says he will pay S2, 500 for an admission ticket on the day the exposition people agree to set apart. He believes other Chi cagoans will follow his example.
 Resolutions of Regret.
 In regard to the disaster, the following resolution was adopted by the Worlds fair council of administration:
 Whereas, In view of the appalling disaster resulting from the burning of the cold storage warehouse, wherein many brave men sacrificed tAeir lives in the heroic discharge of duty and whereby wives have been made widows and children orphans, 1t Is eminently fitting that the council should give expression to Its sonse of the great sorrow occasioned by the calamity and of its heartfelt sympathy with all sufferer thereby; therefore.
 Resolved, That this council expresses its sin cere sorrow at the death of the brave men who, with the survivors, ,battled so rnanfully and cour ageouAly with the devouring flames, and tc whose successful efforts is due the fact that the 9onnAEration was not larger and the destruc 6on greater.
 Resolved, That we tender to all sufferers. and particularly to those who are now in the dark ahAdow of bereavement and grief, our sincercsi gympathy and condolencc and desire To attest Our admiration for and appreciation of thf marked manifestations of heroisn and personal bravery which were so signally displayed by Fire Marshal Murphy and his associates as well As by the members of the Columbian guard and others in their several lines of effort, whose parnes are not yet known.
 The unknown dead will probably never be known, but efforts are being made to day by the aid of powerful machinery tc lift the network of freezing pipes, allow. ing the fireInen to delve still deeper for the remains which. 1t is conceded by all. art certainly wedged below Probably by night the anxiously awaited truth will have been reached.
 Missing Guards Turn Up.
 The four Columbian guards who were reported in the list of missing have been beard from. John Malloy and H. V Brown put in an appearance, while c. k Irvine and Charles Fechter reported to Captain Smith. They were ordered Mon. day to report to different captain, but in some manner thesorter miscarried, and as the guards did not report at the company headquarters to which they had been or, dered 1t was of course concluded that the men had gone down to death in the big finder box.
 One thing seems quite evident, however and that is that the bodies discovered are not the remains of the firemen. The local fly in which they were found seems to prs clude this possibility. All the firemen whc lost their lives were huddled in the dread. tul fretrap at the top of the shaft, and as they fell victims, one by one, to the flames their bodies fell somewhere within the cir cle surrounding the smokestack.
 Those recovered were evidently not the remains of any who jumped or fell from the tower, because they were found at a somewhat remote distance from this point and under B mass of steam pipe and ma. chinery that must have fallen from above. That gives color to the fearful apprehen. sion that the firemen were by no means the only ones who fell victims to the flames, and the public is disposed to doubt the declarations that employees and visit. ors were out of the building before the conhagration had reached a dangerous stage.
 The Relief Fund Growing.
 Subscriptions and offers of substantial help came steadily to President Higin- bothRm, who sat at his desk in his shirt sleeves saying little about the calamity. but working hard. He acted as trustee of the relief fund
 The total amount of the subscription fund amounts to over $5, 900, but it will not stop there by any means. The spirit of aid for the suffering families is abroad, and everybody is anxious to contribute his or her money. The CllF Dwellers company will give performance for the benefit of