Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-11

parties sought were visitors 10 the fair, but %
their friends were usually uncertain - 70
whether the missing even visited the cola
storage building yesterday il was thought thss
several OF these viii turn up all right
LIEUT.. FREEMAx's SAD FATE
Many inquiries have come from Springfield,
ILL.,, as to the fate Of Lieut. John II. Freeman
of company No. /. There is no longer any
doubt as to his fate. He was one Of the first to
reach the top Of the burning shaft, and Was
consequently one of the earliest victims Of the
nre. His charred body has been recovered in
some way and identified by the comrades of the
dead man. though Of course the features ana
form are now unrecognizable. Freeman only
entered the worlds fair FIRE department fe.
weeks ago and was q comparative stranger hera
He was for many years chief fire msrshal cf
Springfield, Ill, but recently lost his positioa
there on change Of administration. 1t has
been definitely ascertained that but eleven fire.
men lost their lives.
THE DEATH LIST.
All the Others have turned up either safe CO
injured, and the complete list Of dead iremea
is as follows:
Lieut. h. Freeman, William Denning Philip
B. Bron. Capt James A Garvey, John Mo-
Bride, John Cahill, Paul Schroeder, Burton Z
Page, Lieut.. Charles Purvis, Driver John A.
Smith, Capt. James Fitzpatrick.
lueTc are turtt DOults IN aQuluOn 70 lIG
above that have been found and which are ur.-
recognizable. 1t is known. however, that they
are not firemen. as all the missing hremen have
been accounted for.
At the hospital there are but four patients--
all fremen- They are: l. j. Frank, Frank
Bilenberg, Sigmund Nordrum and W. p. Mn
honey.
Frank will probably die, as he is very seri-
ously burned, but the others viii recover.
The rest Of the injured have been removed
to their homes.
REscUyNe THE BODIES
Soon after daybreak this morning . company
Of fremen from truck No. l6. under command
Of Marshal King, twelfth battalion, went to
work with ropes, picks and other appliances on
the black mass Of wooden wrecksge from the
cold storage warehouse TO clear 1t away In Their
sad search for persisted comrsdes They knew
where the remnants OF bodies were to be found,
for they had seen the victims leap from the
north side Of the tower nearly 100 feet through
q lake Of roaring fame.
At $50 O'Clock the workers begrimed and
half dead with fatigue, came upon the cinder-
like trunks Of four human beings. There was
not enough left TO ascertain il the bodies were
those Of fremen. guards or workuen employed
in the building. The trunks were found close
together on the first foor at the northeast end,
showing that the victims had fallen partly or
wholly through the roof after leaping from the
tower OF 0eatn. ana nad Deen rOasted IKE rate
In the seething furnace when the whole roof
followed the tower into the pit Of fire.
The blackened pieces Of bone and flesh were
taken IN the ambulances to the Emergency
Hospital until the dead wagon came to take
them to the Hyde Park morgue.
The firemen listlessly returned TO their labors
and pulled down all the standing wall on tis
north side.
MANY HKARTBENDIye scESEs.
At the Emergency Hospital there were hears-
rending scenes this morning. Wives, mother
and sisters Of those who had gone down in the
sea of flames came to inquire If there vas n u
some mistake, II any Of the missing had beon
heSrd from alive. and some who had evidently
| lost ali hope even asked IL the cbarred bodies
had been identified SC that they could 90 AWAY
and grleve with the poor consolation that tae
desouring flames had not done their worst
One OF the most pitiful cases was that o'
John A. smith. driver Of Engine Company No.
2, stationed At the service building. His motbeI
and sister came with tears Of grief to learn :