The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-07-13
MANY FIREMEN DEAD
TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST ON THE
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS.
Fire In One, OF the building mt the
Exposition Results Fatally to .
Number of Firemen and Colum-
bian Guards.

Chicago, July IA number of fire.
men lost their lives at the worlds fair
yesterday afternoon. The sold storage
warehouse just south Of the Sixty-fourth
street gote ought fire in the top of the
cCpola, which rises fully 200 feet from the
ground. Through this cupola the chimney
passes. The cupola is built of wood over
laid with staff, and is highly ornamented
with columns and pillars Near the top
Is landing. The fire broke out about
thirty feet above this.
As soon as the tirelnen arrived Gbout
thirty-fiye or forty of them climbed up
the ladders to this landing, and We're pre-
pairing to throw streams of wafer on the
burning portion, when the fire. which had
eaten its way inside the staff TO point
below where the fremen stood, broke out
with volcanic ferocity Oh all sides. An
exclamation of horror went up from the
lips of 10000 people who had assembled
about the building to see the fire. Five
of the men saved themselves by sliding
down the ropes. Before others could
follow the flames had burned away the
ropes.
The unfortunate fellows who remained
huddled together ON the north side of the
cupola were doomed. 1t was beyonl the
reach of any of the ladders, and the
crowd stood horrorstricken and helpless
to rescue the hapless crew. The flames
ran higher and higher until the men were
almost concealed from view.
At this moment one of the tiremen
sprang far out into the open air and was
dashed to pieces on the roof fully eighty
feet below. Another and another follows ed
his example, crazed by the awful heat,
and doubtless preferring to be killed by a
fall than burned to death. When five
had jumped the upper portion of the
cupola gave way and the remaining fire.
men We're swallowed up in the seething
mass of burning timbers. The structure
was entirely consumed, causing loss Of
!! $3.50, 900. Several other buildings were
burned, but the loss Is not heavy.
The following is list of those who
met death, the missing aud Injured:
I<ilIed-Capt James Fitzpatrick, acting
chief Columbian fire department; John
Mcbride driver Company No 8; William
penning, truckman, No. 8,
Missing-Capt. Garyey, Fire Company
No. !; Capt. Page. Fire Company No.
8; Lieut.. Purvis, Fire Company No. 4;
Phil Breen, pipeman, Company M. s:
Lieut.. Freeman, Company No, L; John
Smith, pipeman, Company No, =; Paul
schroeder, truckman, Company No, s;
John Cahill, truekman, Company Nc, s;
Sergeant Donaldson, Columbian guard
four Columbian guards; Fl. Strand, Com
papy No: 4; Henry Gedutdig, foreman Of
painters in cold storage building,
Fatally Injured-W. A. Mahoney, lad
derman, Company No. /, internally and
legs and feet fractured.
Injured-Capt. William Barry, fireman;
Frank BieIenberg, fireman; Sig. Nordrum,
firemani Lewis Prank; NJ. Murray, guard;
| George Davis. guard; w. g, FisneF.
| William Lynch. =, ], Donovan, ti =.
Hayman, G, B, French, Fred Goetz,
Fpank Faulkner, fireman; Capt. Kennedy,
Company No. 5.
-Four other iremen, hands badly
burned, treated at emergency hospital
and taken away by their friends before
their names could be asceFtained,
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.