The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19

The following is list of those who
met death, the missing and the fatally
injured:
Dead-Capt James Fitzpatrick, acting CHIEF
Columbian fire department
Lieut. Moulter, Truck 49,
John Mcbride, Ladder Company No 8
William Denning. truclSman, Company No 8
Unknown American, initials III W." or IN.
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Missing-Capt Garvey, Fire Company No 1.
Capt Page, Fire Company No 4
Lieut. Purvis Fire Company No l.
Phil Breen, pipeman, Company No. 6
Lieut. Freeman, Company No 1.
John Smith. pipeman, Company No
Paul Schroeder, truckman, Company No 8
John Cahil, truekmAn. Company No 8
Sergeant Donaldson, Columbian guard
-Four Columbian guards
H Strand, Company No. l. Columbian guards
Henry Gedulcn, foreman Of painters in cold
storage building.
Fatally injured-w. O Mahoney ladderman
Company No l, internally and legs and feet frac.
tured.
Death has never done such swift and
ghastly work at fire in Chicago since
the dark days Of October, 1871. The
horror of the spectacle will forever re-
main rs hideous nightmare in the
minds OF many thousands of men and
women who gazed upon it. The loss
of property will probably amount to
over S65,000, but nobody except those
who have suffered financially is think
ing of the money loss when all around
are evidences of the exposition's deadly
baptism of fire.
The sun was shining its brightest
from blue sky at 1880 o'clock yester-
day afternoon when the pleasure seek
ing people passed under the shadow of
the cold storage warehouse. Suddenly
boy saw tongue of flame escaping
from the cupola or observatory tower
which forms the top-most section of
the warehouse. From the ground TO
that first flame there were $50 feet OF
space. The boy gave the alarm and in
n few minutes the unflinching heroes
from the fire station at the Casino and
the terminal depot came dashing along
with hose cart, engine and hook and
ladder, many alas, never to return
alive. The altitude of the blazing OBJ
servation tower and its isolation from
the great main roof made the work of
the firemen hazardous and slow from
the outset.
Before the firemen got TO work, sew
eral painters, electric line men and
others employed in the building, as
cended by the elevators TO the main
roof and afterwards climbed up the
spiral staircase which was built around
the great death trap of n smokestack
until they reached the balcony under
meath the cupola. They found the
flames had gone too far 10 be smoth-
cred by the chemicals at hand. They
waited for the firemen TO Join them,
thinking they could be of assistance.
Capt. Harkness, Of the guards, ordered
Sergeant Douglas 10 take eight men up
10 the blazing tower and aid the fire.
men.
But the sergeant went and eight
guards followed TO do their duty. By
n strange chance all are alive TO tell
the tale and mourn the loss Of brave
comrades. Not so with the fremen.
They went out on the roof and hauled
mp the hose with ropes, to the first
story Of the tower on the east and
south sides OF the warehouse. Others
rushed up the spiral stairway TO the
landing next the blazing top and low
cred ropes on three sides for the men
below TO attach the hose TO. Until this
time the fire resembled the flaming
mouth Of small blast furnace and at
distance there seemed TO be no dan
ger menacing those brave men at work
hundreds of feet in the air. The ex.
perienced eye Of Chief Murphy in com
mand Of the worlds fair fire depart