The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-12
Remains of Twelve Persons
Taken From the Ruins Of
Chicago's Fire.
A Number of Other Bodies Be.
ieved to Be Still Buried
in the Debris.
subscriptions to Relief Fund
for Victims Families Rap
idly Coming In.

romeo OF CQ0 Cal8m1Cy WHICH SnrOuO0O
the handsome White City in gloom, the
most conservative estimates of the
number of killed shrinks slightly. The
dead are now known to number IL,
while two sufferers are lying in the
emergency hospital gasping away the
few hours of life that are yet allotted to
them. The numb ered dead include
those who died in the hospital from
their injuries and the unfortunates whose
Charred and Blackened
trunks were taken from the masa of
debris now adjoining the space near the
Sixty-fourth street entrance. The un-
known dead will probably never be
known, but efforts will be made by the
aid of powerful machinery to lift the
network of freezing pipes, allowing the
firemen to delve still deeper for human
ity, which it is conceded by all is GER
tainly wedged below. At daylight
Marshal King and 20 laborers were at
work on the ruins. They used their
implements well and by Z o'clock three
bodies were recovered from the ruins,
but they were so charred and disfgured
As to Be Unacceptable.
One thing was quite evident, however,
and that is that the bodies recovered
were not the remains of firemen. The
position where they were found seems
to preclude this possibility. All the
firemen that were killed are huddled at
the north corner of the shaft. The
bodies recovered were evidently not the
bodies of any who jumped or fell from
the tower, for they we're found some
distance from the tower under mass
of steam pipes and machinery that
must have fallen from above. On one
of the bodies was found leather belt
to which was attached pair of steel
pinchers, thus practically proving the
remains to be those of lineman. That
gives color to
The Fearful Apprehension
that the fremen were by no means the
only ones who fell victims to the flames,
and the public is disposed to doubt the
declaration that employees and visitors
were out of the building before the con-
dagration had reached a dangerous
stage. The search work went on with
but one short intermission until 10 min
utes past when one more body was
brought to the surface. Like the 9TH
ers it was charred beyond recognition,
the only remnant of clothing left being
patch of linen the size of book
which chung to the small of the back of
the victim. The body was taken to
Rolston's morgue where it added one to
the death column.
Twelve Bodies Recovered.
At o'clock the picks of the work
men let light on another body. It was
found just under the edge of the net
work of pipes and was extricated with
difficulty. The body was broiled all to
pieces and Identification was out of
thought. This makes the total bodies
recovered H. Lewis Geddes, the painter
of the cold storage building, is missing,
together with John Campbell, but many
who were thought to have been lost
have turned up and it is presumed that
these men have escaped.
The Relief Fund.
Subscriptions and offers of substan-
tial help came in all day to President
Higinbotham, who sat at his desk in his
shirt sleeves, saying little about the
calamity but working hard. He acted
as trustee of the relief fund. The total
amount of the subscription fund al
ready amounts to $4,310. but it will
not stop there by any means. The
spirit of aid for the suffering families is
abroad and erybody is anxious to con-
tribute his or her money. All kinds of
schemes are being devised, and num-
Der of entertainments have already
been arranged. Charles T. Yerkes, the
street railway prince, has written a
letter to President Higinbotham sug-
costing that the directors designate
day at which all the receipts at the
gates shall be contributed to the re-
lief fund. Mr.. Yerkes' idea is that pur
chasers of tickets be allowed to pay as
much over 30 cents as they felt inclined,
adding that he would give 1850 for
his ticket.