The Dickinson press., 1893-07-15

hic1So, July lO.-thi,awu vas visited
Yesterday hy the most lcr.i:r storm il
mas experienced for several wears rh,
wlid hi]w almost !. hurricane ,nd the
ram fell in tonrnts. The earlier part of
'he day was we'll nigh perfect. lnullrsS
ana with Il cool gentle, h,..,Z.. blowing
OIL Lake Michigan. The storm Gather .,l
'h IN" l"rlh ad west with marvellous
niirkihSS. Nobody MnS luukiuw for il.
OF tNl"cilng it. All ut once ii VAS Ii, re.
ana til" next minute il WAS swrrpii,- over
the city. lrvrlin= trees and spreading
death ami destruction among tho nr,ny
pleasure boats which were out umu L.; k,.
Michigan. Owing to the beautiful wealth
rr dulUlg the morning and afternoon
liieSe We're more numerous than usual,
Many narrow escapes from Heath were
experienced. hut so far us known the
loss OF life is limited to four, and all
"t them were lost hy the capsizny of ;l,r
sailing yacht chesapeake. which was
overturned about two miles from shore.
The party "n the boat consisted of rnr
people. and of these. four were .lrowlc,l.
The dead are Ethel Chase, rhcmis,m.h,s
Timlmlls, Harry NARROW, William Il.
Cnrnire.
The others were rescued. The liz" saw
ing crew rescued IL number of people.
~ Is possible that others were drowned.
rugs Ill the llarl'or were busy for Il time
Ill picking up row boats, and ho loss
than six people were saved in the hurhor
alone. hut no lives were lost. At the
worlds fair grounds little damage was
done To the buildings, but the passrn-,rs
lntt
llaa IL close call, and the balloon itself
after being brought to earth was blown
INTO pieces. and the pieces were carried
out of the grounds. There was a manic
on the fair grounds but no one WIS in
jnrrl
1T is reported! that the sloop Sea Gull
Is missing She had on hoard at The time
OF leaving the dock ten people. The srop
wa> seen just before the storm and moth
ing has been heard of llrr since.
Chicago, July ll.-A mmbrr of fire
yesterday afternoon. The n!I lorly,.
warehouse just south of thu SIXTY fourth
street G"tr e ught fire in the top of the
cVrol;l. which lisr> fully 200 foot from the
ground. Through this rupolu tl, chimney
passes. The rlll'nla is built of wood over
laid with staff, and is highly ,rli,ilnutc,l
with r"lun rs and pillars. Near tho top
is landing. The fire brol.. ont about
thirty feet above this.
AS soon as th" iirrlnrn arrived :huut
thlrty-fiv" or forty of them climbed M
the ladders to this landing. aud were nrr-
lGlllnG I" throw streams of water GiI tl,.
burning portion. when the fire. which had
eaten its way inside he staff 10 !, point
below where the irrmrn stood, broke ont
with volcanic frrocity on all si,l,.s. An
exclamation of horror went ,lp from the
lips of 100000 people who had assembled
about the building TO SEQ the lire. Five
of the men saved themselves by Sliding
down the ropes. Before others could
follow the ilanrs had burned away tIn.
ropes.
The unfortunate fellows who remained
hnl,llrd together ON the north side of the
cnpnl;l were doomed. 1t was bryun the
reach Of any of the ladders, aud the
crowd stood horrnrStrickrn and helpless
to r,scu" the hnplrSi crew. The fumes
ran higher and higher until the men we're
almost concealed from view
At this moment one of the iirrmrn
sprnng far out into the open air aud WIS
dashed To pieces on the roof fully :@hty
feet lmlow. Another and another followed
his example, craZrd by the awful heat,
and doubtless Irrirrring to be killed hy IL
fall than burned to death. When five
had jumped the upper portion "f the
cupol;l gave way and the remaining fire
men We're swallowed up in the s"riling
,,f hmm In, II .t,p
was entirely consumed. causing Il loss rf
Sj5o,Rm. Several other buildings We're
burned, but the loss is not heavy.
Ih" following is a list of those who
met death, tll" missing and injur"l
Killed Capt. James Fitzpatrick. acting
chief Columbian fire dcIpuriulrn John
Mcbride. driver Company No. =; William
DrnninS, lrurkman, No. $.
Missing-Gapt. Gnrvcy, Fire Company
No. 1; Capt. Page, Fire Company NO
3; Lieut.. Iurvis, Fire Company no. 4
Phil Rl,en, pilrnan. Company No. s;
Lieut.. Freeman, Company No. !; John
Smith. pipcInan. Company No, .: Pau
Schroeder. truckrnnn. Company No. 8
john Cahill, trIrknnn. Company No. =
Sergeant Donaldson. Columbian rllnrd
four Columbian guards; IL. Strand, Com
mlny No. !; Henry Gcdntdig, furrnm OF
painters in cold storage building.
Fatally Injured w. A. Mnhon"y. lad
lrrmnn, Company No. !, internally and
legs and feet fractured.
Injurcd-Cart. William Barry, fireman
Frank Birlrnbcrg. fireman: Sig. NorIrlm
fireman; Lewis Frank; NJ. Murray, gIinid.
George Davis. guard; w. G.. Fisher
William Lynch, +. j. Donovan, q. s
IIayman. q. Il. French. Fred GGtlz
Frank Faulkner. fireman; Capt. Kennedy,
Company No. D.
-Four other fremrn. hands badly
burned treated ut emergency hospital
and taken away by their friends before
their names could be nsc.r,ainrl.
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.
Clc"go. July l2.-I'hr bodies of ten
men have been Recovered from the ruins
of the cold St"ra&" warehouse at The
worlds fair All were horribly burned
:" hat it WaS impossible to .v"n attempt
to identify them. The fonr Columbian
guards are still missing. and II is i:'',:ht
that their bodies are uu'lvri."afh til. ms 50
of d, Iris. This. with tll"'" VIII" 'li,'d III
the hospitals. makes th" total fatalities
Scvcntrrli. as far is known. although III.
full cNtrit of III" death dealt ont may
never be asr"ri;,l,ch. I.onS j. Frank.
fireman of I.n line Company No. >. lies
in The emergency Ii ~i'i'hl in Il critical
condition. and the doctors fear he may
die. With him are also S":,w;rd Nor
drum. another fireman from the sam,
company, and Frank Rielcnhrrs and w
l.. Maionry, iircmen of Engine Company
No. !. They are not III danger of dyin.
from their injuries. These four are al
that are nj the emergency hospital to-day
Capt Thomas Barry. Of Track NJ" $
was taken to Mercy hospital and the 9th
ers to 81; l.ukc'S hospital. All will re-
cover Should Foreman Frank succum
to his burns, Engine Company No. .
| stationed mt the service building. Wi
los" three of its men, Capt. FiiZpatric
and John \. Smith being already on tn