The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12

jumping to their doom, the heroic mar
shall seized the rope and started down.
A ladder had been raised, but was al
most twenty feet from the end Of the
rope. He dropped and caught on the
end Of the ladder. Capt. Fitzpatrick, an
old personal friend of Marshal Muir
ply and who has worked on the Chicago
fire department with him for a score Of
years, was on the roof. Seeing there
| was no chance to save his old COM
rades life, he sprang forward and was
| soon at the top of the ladder. A shout
Of admiration and encouragement went
up from the multitude below. The
heroic captain started back with his
friend, but was enveloped in flames.
| With an energy OF despair ne clutched
his comrade and slid down the ladder to
the roof, where he fell PROSTATE. Both
Murphy and Fitzpatrick were uncon-
scious. They were lowered to the
ground and taken to the hospital. and it
is doubtful IL either will recover.
The Tower Fails.
Scarcely twenty-five minutes had
elapsed since the fire was discovered, but
so rapid had been it's progress that the
entire tower was burned away and it fell
with an awful crash, carrying with it
several firemen, who were playing on
the flames with the hose from the roof.
A large quantity of linseed oil was stored
on the top floor and when the tower fell
it crashed through the roof to this in
fiammable fuel and then the flames rolled
up high in the air. AS the firemen fed
from the roof one, of them picked up the
mangled form of one of the unfortu-
mates who had jumped from the balcony
and carrying it to the edge of the roof,
dropped it to the ground, thus saving it
from cremation. AS yet the body has
not been identified as the face was
burned black. Many of the unfortunate
firemen who lost their lives might have
been saved had the department been sup
| piled with nets. They could have
| jumped from the tower to the roof and
been saved by the nets.
Seeing that It was a hopeless task to
attempt to save the building. and as all
| who escaped alive had left the roof. the
firemen now directed their efforts 10
keep the fire from spreading. The
worlds fair stables just south of the big
warehouse were burning and the fire had
spread to the roofs of several hotels
across Stony Island-ave. With good
deal of effort the hotels were saved, but
the stables were burned to the ground.
| In less than two hours from the time
the fire started the big cold storage
| smoking ruin. 1t is doubtful if any of
the bodies will ever be recovered, so
| furious and terrific was the heat. The
| building being of wood and added to
| this the barrels Of oil made the fire one
| of the hottest the department ever
| fought. A complete and accurate list of
| the dead will be difficult to obtain as
| many of the bodies were entirely de-
| stroyed and not even the officers of the
fire department will know who of their
men are gone until roll-call.
l The Dead and Injured.
Following is a list of the dead and in
| jured as far as known at 10 O'clock. The
work at the burned building is being
carried on in utter darkness. owing to
the complete destruction Of the electric
light wires. Six bodies-all of them
| burned beyond recognition-have been
taken from the debris since s o'clock.
WILLIAM DAVIS, killed by leaping
| from the cupola.
WILLIAM II. DEMING, terribly
burned and crushed by jumping from
| the cupOla.
PHILIP BREEN, was on cupola
| when the roof fell
JAMES GREEN. fell through the
| roof into the flames
BURTON. r. PAGE, captain Of the
worlds fair fire engine company No. 3,
killed by jumping.
| JAMES A. GARVEY. captain world s
fair engine No. l. burned to death.
| JOHN MBRIDE. leg broken body
horribly burned, died in hospital.
Capt JAMES FITZPATRICK, as
| sistant chief worlds fair battalion, arm
broken. body burned and crushed in fall
ing, died in hospital
J JOHN CAHILL, buried in ruins.
| PAUL SCHROEERD, buried in ruins.
Unidentified lineman working on cleo
| trio light wires, buried i'm ruins.
Lieut.. JOHN II. FREEMAN, buried
in ruins.
The following firemen are missing and
are undoubtedly dead:
G. II. BLAISDELL
| NJ. DIXON.
w. A. HUFF
| A. L. OTTO.
| NJ. S. BONFIELD.
w. CT. STURM.
LIEUT. MOLTER, truck No. 16. died
1 IN the hospital.
CHARLES PURVIS, lieutenant OF en-
gine No. 4.
JOHN a. SMITH. driver engine COM
| pany No. 3.
Four Columbian guards, names not
known.
Injured.
w. P. MAHONEY, both legs broken
badly burned.
E. j. FRANK, leg broken and body
burned may die.
| FRANK BERINGBERG. badly burned
and internally injured, will die
s. NORDRUM, burned and bruised
Capt. THOMAS BARRY of worlds
fair fire boat, badly burned arm crushed
and amputated, may die.
| JOHN DAVIS hands and face burned
| WILLIAM LENEHAN, face and head
burned and leg mangled.
MARTIN KIMBALL of st. Paul. Co
lurnbian guard, hands and arms burned
|, H.BRECKENRIDdE of Fir Castle, Va
Columbian guard, face and hands badly
burned.
Marshal JAMES L. KENYON. chief
battalion No. 2. leg badly cut and man.
gIed.
F. H. DONAHUE, Columbian e.iard
slightly burned.
NJ. MURRAY, burned and nearly suffo-
Gated.
| w. C. FISHER, eyes and face burned.
WILLIAM II. LUNCH, scalp wound.
NJ. $. HAMAN. hands scalded.
/ q. Il. FRENCH, right foot crushed.
FRED GOETZ right h,p broken.
Dangerous fire Trap.