The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-07-13
ASEaRCH FOR THE DEAD
Twelve Charred and Blackened
Bodies Found in the Ruins.
TRYING TO SHIFT THE BLAME

The Council of Administration Inclined TO
Hold Durnham ResronsibIe-on tho
other Hand, the Council Was Warned,
but Removed the Guards.
CHICAGO, July 12.-The most con-
servative estimates of the number killed
by the fire shrinks slightly. The dead
are now known to be 12, while two suf-
terers are lying in the Emergency hos
pital gasping away the few hours of life
which are yet allotted them. The num-
bered dead include those who died in
the hospital from their injuries and the
unfortunates whose charred and black
ened trunks were taken from the mass
Of debris. The unknown dead will
probably never be known, but efforts
will be made by the aid of powerful
machinery to lift the network of freez-
ing pipes, allowing the firemen to delve
still deeper for the remains which, ii Is
conceded by all, are certainly wedged
below.
Following is list Of the dead: James
Fitzpatrick, 81 years old, captain En-
g1ne Company No. 2; John H. Freeman,
lieutenant Company No. 4; William
Denning, Truck Company No. 1; N.
Hartman, lineman Phillip P. Breen,
Truck Company No. s; Captain James
A, Garvey, Engine Company No. 4;
John Mcbride, pipeman, Engine Com
pany No. s; John Cahill, Truck Com
pany No. 8; Paul Schroeder, Truck
Company No. s; Burton e. Page, cap
tRin Truck Company No. 8; Charles
Purvis, lieutenant Engine Company No.
4; John A. Smith, driver Engine Com
pany No. 4.
The fatally injured are: L. j. Frank,
Engine Company No. /, expected TO die;
Sigmund Nordrum Engine Company
No. 2, cannot live.
The four Columbian guards who were
reported in the listof missing have been
heard from. John Mallery, H. V.
Brown, G.. E. Irvine and Charles
Fechter have reported. They were
ordered to report to different captain,
but In some manner the order miscar-
ried, and as the guards did not report
at the company headquarters to which
they had been ordered, it was of course
concluded that the men had gone down
to death in the big tinder box.
1t is believed that possibly some en-
ployes and some visitors perished in the
fire. There are reports yet to be heard
to the effect that Henry Geduldig, fore
man of the painters in the cold storage
building, is missing, together with car
penter, John Campbell, but as many
others who were thought to have been
lost have turned up, it is presumed that
these men have escaped. Marshal Muir
ply Is convinced that there are more
bodies in the ruins. He said: 1--WE
have accounted for the firemen and
lipeman. But what Of those carpen-
ters and painters? The joint was full
of men when / went up there and
noticed particularly two men carrying
little blast stoves used in soldering.
They, as was the case with the carpen-
ters, did not realize the extent of the
danger and were standing around"
1t is said that the council of admin
istration is inclined to consure Director
of-Works Burnham, alleging careless
ness and may cause his discharge. On
the other hand, it is said, that the coun-
Gil had been advised of the unsafe con-
dition of the building by Chief Murphy
and his assistant, James Fitzpatrick,
who lost his life. 1t is said that
thoy indicated joint letter to the
council, apprising them CT the shell like
construction Of the building, and of the
unsafe arrangement of the fire shaft in
side the plastered tower. But in spite
of this, it is alleged that the council in
their endeavors to reduce the operating
expenses of the fair, less than two weeks
ago, ordered a reduction of the guard.
Tbis devolved upon Col. Rice no altern-
atiye but to call men in from the tops of
buildings, where hundreds have been
stationed solely to watch out for fires,
and place them in the buildings guard
ing the exhibits. He was compelled to
recall the guard from the tower where
he had been placed after the tower
caught fire 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
1t was soon beyond control
Judge Jenkins, in the United States
circuit court, handed down a decision
in the suit brought by Wanamaker &
Brown TO restrain the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition directors from opening
the fair gates on Sundays. The decision
Is defeat for Wanamaker & Brown,
the court holding that the complainants
have no standing in a court of equity.
The issue was on demurrer filed by
the defendants alleging that the COM
plainants as stockholders had elected
the directors and could not now ques-
lion their discretion. Judge jenkins
this position, throwing the