The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-13
MANY .FIREM EN- DEAD.
TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST ON THE
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS.
Fire In One, of the Building at the
\ Exposition Results Fatally to a
Number ,of Firemcn and Column
bian Guards.

Chicago, July IA number of fire.
men lost their lives at the worlds fair
yesterday afternoon. The cold storage
warehouse. just south Of the Sixty-fourth
\ street cote, c.ught fire in the top Of the
.copola, which rises fully 200 feet from the
ground Through this cupola the chimney
passes The cupola is built Of wood over
laid withistaff, and is highly ornamented
with columns and pillars. Near the top
is landing. The fire brok., out about
thirty feet above this.
~ AS soon as the 1iremen arrived about
thirty-ive Or forty of them climbed up
y the ladders to this landing, and were pre-
4. pairing to throw streams of water On the
burning portion, when the fire, which had
ten it's way inside the staff to Il point
below where the fremen stood, broke out
with volcanic ferocity on all sides. An
exclamation of horror went up from the
lips of 10000 people who had assembled
about the building to see the fire. Five
of the men saved themselves by sliding
down the ropes. Before others could
follow the flames had burned away the
ropes. ""~ .-.-@
The unfortunate fellows who remained
huddled together on the north side of the
cupola were doomed. 1t was beyond the
4C.tCA VI any VI Tie luuucTS, sluu Tue
crowd stood horrorstricken and helpless
to rescue the hapless crew. The flames
ran higher and higher until the men were
almost concealed from view.
At this moment one of the hremen
sprang far out into the open air and was
dashed to pieces on the roof fully eighty
feet below. Another and another followed
his example, crazed by the awful heat,
and To ho lii ri 1>x-o
fall than burned to death. When five
had jumped the upper portion. Of the
cupola gave way and the remaining fire.
men were swallowed up in the seething
i mass Of burning timbers. The structure
was entirely consumed, causing a loss Of
: $650,0OO. Several other buildings were
burned but the loss is not heavy.
The following is a list of those who
met death, the missing and injured:
Killed--Capt James Fitzpatrick, acting
chief Columbian fire department.; John
Mcbride, driver Company No. 8; William
Denning, truckman, No. 8. y j s..~ T.
Missing-Capt. Garvey, Fire Company
No. 1; Capt. Page, Fire Company No.
3; Lieut. Purvis, Fire Company No. 4;
Phil Breen, pipeman, Company No s;
Lieut.. Freeman, Company No. l.; John
Smith, pipeman, Company No. ,; Paul
Schroeder, truckman, Company No. 8;
John Cahill truckman, Company Nc. 8;
Sergeant Donaldson, Columbian guard;
four Columbian guards; H. Strand, Com
pany No. 4; Henry Gedutdig, foreman Of
painters in cold storage building.
Fatally Injured-W. A. Mahoney, lad
derman, Company No. 1, internally and
legs and feet fractured.
Injured-Capt. William Barry, fireman;
Frank Belenberg, fireman; Sig. Nordrum,
fireman; Lewis Frank; NJ. Murray, guard;
George Davis, guard; w. G. Fisher,
William Lynch, T. J. Donovan, 4. S.
Hayman, G. B. French, Fred Gcetz,
Frank Faulkner, fireman; Capt. Kennedy,
Company No. S.
-Four other fremen, hands badly
burned, treated at emergency hospital
and taken away by their friends before
their names could be ascertained.
Several bodies were recovered from the
ruins, but they could not be identified.
The death list will amount to twenty
five, and possibly many more.