The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-15

The Director OF Works a. the Iuir tnllcu
Before tho Council Of Administratioh.
A Rumor That Burnham WIN be Bo-
moved-Tho Bodies Recovered.
WORLDS Fam GROUNDS, CHICAGO, July
f2. The Council Of Administration met
in secret session at the Administration
building yesterday, all members being
present. The horrible catastrophe of Mon
day, Of course neoessitated the oonvening
OF the Council, which contends that If The
cold storage building was unsafe or had
been condemned, they had not been noti-
fed to that effect. The Director Of Works,
Mr. Burnham, and his assistant, Mr.
Graham, were summoned to appear before
the Council, which they did.
The Council is inclined, it is said, to Sc
verely censure Mr. Burnham, and thi re
are rumors around the big domed build
ing that he viii lose his official head.
From the other side comes the intelli-
pence that the Council had been advised Of
the unsafe condition Of the building by
Chief Murphy and his assistant James
Fitzpatrick, who lost his life in the
burned structure 1t is said that they in
dited Joint letter TO the Council, appris-
ing them Of the shell-liko construction of
the building, and of the unsafe arrange
ment Of the fire shaft inside the plastered
tower.
But, in spite Of this, 1t Is alleged that
The Council, In their endcavors to reduce
the operating expenses Of the Fair less
than two weeks ago, ordered a reduction
Of the guard
This devolved upon Colonel Rice no al
Tentative but to call men in from the tops
Of the buildings, where hundreds have
been stationed solely to watch out for
fires, and place them in the buildings
guarding the exhibits. He was compelled
to recall the guard from the tower where
he had been placed after the tower caught
Ore the first time, along with men from
the roofs OF other buildings and the result
Is the fire gained such headway before
being discovered that it was soon beyond
control
1t is considered by some that this mat
ter cannot be settled by the Council Of
Administration and that the final placing
Of censure will be done by a higher body
probably the National Commission, acting
on the authority Of the United States Gov
ernment The Council has heard OF the
story and has itself to shield. In doing
so they will probably order the removal Of
Director Of Works Burnham, the accredited
assistant Of Director General Davis. Mr.
Burnham will, should this occur, no doubt
appeal to the Director General, and he, as
creature of the National Commission,
may order Mr.. Burnham to remain.
The Council of Administration and Lo-
cal Directory recently agreed to make Col.
Davis Director General de Facto, but the
National Commission has not yet acqui-
esced in this move, and here is seen where
the trouble lies in the final bestowal Of
censure
In all thirteen bodies have been removed
from the ruins of the burned warehouse.
Besides those three frsmen died at the
hospital, making sixteen lives known
to have been lost as a result Of the FIRE
The point near the smoke stack where
many Of the unfortunate men w ere seen
to Jump is covered with a tangled mass of
steam pipes and charred timbers fully
twenty feet high.
The names OF the unfortunates who lost
their lives in the fire are as follows:
james Fitzpatrick, 81 years Old, captain
Of Engine Company No. 2, compound
fracture Of arm, crushed shoulder, burns
and Internal injuries; died at Emergency
Hospital.
John H. Freeman, Lieutenant Engine
Company No l.
William Denning Truck Company No
4, terribly burned and crushed by falling
from tower, died in the Emergency Hos
pital
Philip B. Bron, Truck No, 7.
Capt James A. Garvey, Engine Com.
pany No /.
John Mcbride, compound fracture Of
the right leg and burns on arms, head and
body; died at the Emergency Hospital
John Cahill, Truck Co. No. 8.
Paul Schroeder, Truck Co. No 8.
BurtonE. Page, captain Truck Co. No. 8.
Charles Purvis, lieutenant OF Engine
Co. No. 4.
John A. Smith, driver of Engine Co.
No. 2.
There are three bodies in addition to the
above that have been found aud which are
unrecognizable. 1t is known, however,
that they are not flremen, as all the miss
ing flremen have been accounted for. One
Of the unrecognized was undoubtedly an
electric lineman, but the identity OF the
other two is in doubt.
AT the hospital there are but four pa
| tients-sll fremen. They are l. j. Frank,
OF Engine Co. No. 1; Frank Billenberg, Of
Engine Co. No. /; Sigmund Nordrum, OF
Engine Co. No. 2, and w. p. Mahoney OF
| Engine Co. No. 2.
Frank will probably die, az he ia badly
burned, but the others will recover.
The following injured have been re-
moved to their hOmes:
Thomas Barry, Captain Truck Company
No, s. arm crushed and severely burned,
requiring amputation.
f. J. DonOhue, Columbian Guard,
slightly burned
Marshal Murphy, Chief OF Worlds Fair
Fire Department, foot slightly injured
W. e. Fisher, eye injured by flying fire
brand.
". Lunche, scalp wounds.
G.. S. Haman, scalded and slightly in
! jured in left arm.
G. B. French, punotured wound on
right foot.
Fred Goetz, confusion Of the hip.
! John Davis, Truck Company No. Q,
hand and face burned.
William Lonekan, driver Truck Co. No
4 10, head burned and scalp wounds.
Martin Kimbell Columbian Guard. st,
1 Paul, hands burned.
H. Breckenridge, Columbian Guard cut
and bruised slightly.
Marshall Kenyon, chief Battalion No .,
leg bruised.
The managers Of the military tourna-
ment now being held In the Stock payil-
ion, have Informed the Director General
/ that they will give a benefit performance
for the families OF the hremen and Colum
bian Guards who lost their lives in the
nre,