The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-01
VICTIMS or FiqE.

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troll Mica Husiucss Block ~ ven FIN
4 piOyes Of Edson. Moore = 90. L"os'
Their Lives Either by Jumping frou
che burning building ar by lnetDera'
sion- The Known Dead and tho Missing
DETROIT. Mich. Nov. 24.-Iiy the
burning Of the five-story iron front
brick building. 1876 to aoa jefferson
avenue. occupied 10y Edison. Moore a.
Co. wholesale dry goods. yesterday af-
tcrnoon. seven employees lost their
lives. "A fireman was badly injured. and
the monetary loss will reach in the
neigh borhood OF ssO,Ooo. The dead
are.
James Mckay. IL Park place.
Bridlcy A. Cunning.
Ed Genther, entry clerk; single. %
years old.
The missing are:
Edward \. viot, order clerk; IA
Catherine street
Pat Markey. 81 years old; wife and
three children.
Daniel A. Baller. clerk; 500 Clinton
avenue.
Henry Rider, packer; ss1 Theodore
street.
The Origin of the Fire.
The fire started between the fourth
and fifth floors at the rear Of the build
ing and spread with frightful rapdity.
The great ma ori ~ Of the employees
of Edison. Moore n 60. were at lunch
when the alarm was given. but there
Were eight or nine Of then. left on the
upper floors Those who were first on
the scene saw terrible sight. The
whole upper floors were mass If
flames On the window sill Of the
fourth window Of the fifth floor from;
ing on Bates street stood Bradley
Cunning. two windows south II him
stood James Mckay.
Don't jump Wait for the hook
snd-laslder-
Dropped to His Death.
But before the ladders could he
raised the flames rolled to she window,
ledge. where Cunning stood. He
bowed his head. graspcd the window
ledge with his hands and then dropped.
The people watching him had just
time tn throw "A bale OF Jute beneath
him. and il was no sooner in place
than DunniDg struck it. lie bounded
up like a rubber ball. and then fell TO
the sidewalk limp and manglei He
shortly after died from his injuries
\ second Victim.
The killing of James Mckay fol-
lowed in few minutes. When he APP
peared at the window. he made no sign
that he was staring death in the face.
For few moments he looked over re
lance below. as though won .ering
what he might do TO save his life
After this short hesitation. he threw
his feet cot ~ the window and sid
down until he was holding on with
only one of his hands On .,e
SILL He hanged this wa~ foe
several seconds before lie .'ele~~~d
his hold. The blazing fire was cura--
ing out of the window. wner dc SerTi-
fed man finally gave up al, nope Of
saving himself and slipped loose from
his hold. He struck on the easement
of the secozd window and partly
leanef over. This threw him 30 far
cut from -ie window that par. of his
l:od- a--uck On the electric wires be-
-. This partly turned him over
:gain. He struck on the sidewalk
within a few feet of the building.
He was unconscious when picked up.
and il was thought life was extinct
He lived. however. for n couple Of
hours after being removed To Elmer
gcncy hospital.
sank Rsek Into the Flames.
The awful spectacle Of Mckay's and
Cummings descent was hardly over
when another man was seen creeping
toward the upper window nearest the
corner. He was evidently on his hands
and knees. but suffocating in the dense
smoke. lie reached the sill, laid one
arm on il and tried to drag himself to
the open air just beyond He was too
far spent One hand he claspcd over
his face, and then sudden burst Of
fame closed around him. The horror
beholders saw his head drop,
his arm drag slowly back, and then he
sank from view.
Rsmos. 81 Greater Lose Of Ltee.
After the fire had been gotten under
cDntrOf anu une t<cILemeDL n0u SOme-
what suhsided. rumors Of greater loss
Of life became rife. The firm immed-
stsly opened a register at an al jacent
store and the rumors became certain
ties. as employees who Registered told
stories II their narrow escapes and
spoke positively Of the men they knew |
were ON the top floor when the fire
broke ont.
Missing and Probably Lat.
Edward L. Ebert was one Of the !
freight receivers. working on the eth |
door IF the building. at the time the |
alarm was giv-n. When he saw he had |
to run for his life there were still On |
this floor the 'ollowing people that he |
saw: Patrick NJ irkey. Edward Gcnther.
Daniel Baker. Henry Rider Edward |
vio;. Ebert says that hr had hardly |
reached the floor below w hen the roof l
fell in. and hs Is certain that the men |
could not haze followed his flight |
down. The OILY way that they could |
have escaped would have been by |
jumping. They conld not have jumped