St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-13
DUG FROM THE RUINS.
BODY OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE EN-
GiKEER OF THE BUILDING FOUND.
RELIEF FUND MOUNTING UP.

OOO-A Wealthy Brewer OF
Marquette, Mich, Believed to
Have Perisned Two More
People Missing.
CHICAGO. July 12.-The list of VIC
tins of the worlds fair holocaust still
Increases. AT O'Clock this afternoon
| another body was recovered from the
ruins of the cold storage building,
swelling the death total to fifteen, with
large area of debris still UNEMPLOYED
The remains this afternoon recovered
were those of Ralph A. Drummond, con-
structing engineer of the cold storage
company. This was the only body today
| unearthed, the rumors that have been
frequent of CHASTITY finds being usually
based on the discovery of piles of
roasted meat that had formerly been
stored in the refrigerator. 1t is known
that at east two or three. and possibly
half dozen more bodies must be yet
in the ruins, as Michigan brewer, an
amateur elevator boy and a Columbian
| guard are still missing.
1t appears probable that the families
of the victims OF the fire will not want
for the necessities of life. Up to this
afternoon sl2,S25 had been subscribed
and subscriptions are still rapidly COM
ing In. 1t is hoped the total
May He Swelled to 100000,
| as the board of trade promises $4,000
alone, and various large companies
have subscription lists we'll under way
The Phoenix Insurance company, of
Brooklyn, sent check for $3.50, and
| several other small amounts have been
| received from other cities. Ex-Mayor
| Hempsted Washburne handed check
for $3.50 to Chief Swenie's secretary, and
| +. ID. Armour. Partridge d Co., the
Pennsylvania Railroad company and
| the Washington Park company have
| each contributed $1,000. A committee
of twenty, headed by Charles d. Ha-
mill, president Of the board of trade,
has been appointed by Mayor Harrison
to take charge of the matter
The inextricable confusion of the
wreckage caused by the network of
iron rods makes the work of searching
the ruins very laborious and slow, and
the search can hardly be completed be-
fore the end OF the week. A rumor that
eleven more bodies had been recovered
In the ruins was untrue, and appears to
have been founded on the discovery of
a large amount of refrigerator meat that
had fallen in heap after the fire and
was mistaken for human bodies. This
mass of charred meat was discovered by
a gang of wOrkmen. By the aid of
Il
section OF Statf-cOvered wall. As they
came forward to begin anew their bur
| rowing most
| Foul and Sickening Stencil
arose. A few feet from this surface
there lay shapeless mass of charred
and blackened meat. For a moment
they believed they had discovered a
large number of unfortunate victims.
The sight was so revolving and repulSive
that the strongest of them fell back
with faces blanched with sickening hor-
ror. This action excited the curiu sity
of the morbid crowd that hugs the
ropes eager to see some new and sicken-
ing sight. The wOrkmen returned to
the work, and as the first piece of flesh
was brought to the surface there arose
from the morbid men and women who
| pressed against the ropes an excited and
suppressed hum that made one think of
a buzzing brood of great, green carrien
flies. But when they learned that it
was not human flesh there was a buzz
and hum Of disappointment. The
charred carcasses were those OF sheep,
and not of men. 1t was the contents of
refrigerator.
A huge derrick has been erected to
aid the men in removing the debris.
The meats and vegetables that were
stored III the great storage house are
beginning to sour and decay in the rays
or the scorching sun, aud it is feared
that IL 1t is not Soon removed, an cpl
demic of some malignant variety will
spring up from tile ashes of the deadly
| pyre. Already the Odor is becoming so
fearful that the men find it difficult
to Work for any consecutive length of
| time in the ruins. The heat of the sun
and the stencil confined are too much
for human beings TO endure. A gang
OF railway
LabOrers Are at Work
cleaning the side track, which ran past
the place, of rubbish, and fiat cars will
soon be run IN to haul out the rubbish
aud wreckage. The only means the
workmen have to guide them as to
where the bodies may lie is the odor,
and as there is so much meat in the
ruins they are often mislead.
The best report of the missing indi-
Gates that Robert Blenhuber, a Mar
Quette, Mich, capitalist, is among the
number. Mr.. Tergett.o of Crawford, ILL.,,
with whom Mr.. Blenbuber was stopping
while visiting the fair, called at the
morgue today i'll hope of finding some
trace OF his missing guest. He was not
successful, land it is feared that the miss
ing man is among the dead. Mr.. Blen-
huber reached Chicago some days ago
from Marquette, and had spent the most
OF his time at the fair grounds. He was
specially interested in cold storage
plants, and was planning an investment.
Monday morning he left Crawford, Tell
| ing Mr.. Tergett that he should spend
the day inspecting the cold storage pa
vilion. His trip probably took him into
the least accessible part of the build
ing. and, not hearing from him since
the fire, his friends conclude that he
was caught in the big fire trap.
Lewis j. Frank, pipeman, VINO Jumped
from the tower, died this morning at
Emergency hospital in the fair grounds.
He was among the men who were
caught on the tower and jumped to the
roof below. His face and head were
bruised and the man suffered severe
internal injuries. He had been in a
dellriouS condition at the hospital since
! the fire. He, in his delirium called IN