The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-06
FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES.
WHOLE COMPANIES MISSING AT 4
 FIRE IN CHICAGO.

Ono of the workmsn Saw n Man Run
 ming From Building Which Was soor
 in Fiames-Tho Fire Spread With Greal
 Rspidity-sevorai Buildings in Ruins.
 Chicago, July 5.-what Is left of the guided statue of Columbia, near the eastern end of the court of honor, the central point of interest for thousands of visitors to the exposition last sum- mer, tonight looks out upon waste of ruins and ashes.
 The six large structures which formed the boundaries of the court of honor were destroyed by an incendiary fire early tonight.
 The buildings destroyed were the Terminal station, Administration, Manu- factures, Electricity and Mining build- ings, Machinery hall and the Agriculture structure.
 The Art gallery, which has been re- ohristened the Field Columbian mu- scum, and the Government buildings were saved together with the minor buildings south of Machinery hall and tuc ABTlCultuThl Duuulub.
 The fire started almost simultaneous ly at three points, so selected as to af- ford the best possible opportunity for the spread of the flames. In each of these places. on the second floor of the Terminal station, the southwest corner of the Mechanical Arts building and on the southeast corner of the Manufac- lures building, a man was seen running away from the grounds by passers-by or members of the gangs of wreckers who are at work tearing down the buildings. just before the fire broke out.
 One man was killed and one injured during the progress of the fire.
 At S:25 the roof of the immense Man ufactures building fell in with re- sounding crash that was heard for blocks.
 The Mining and Electricity buildings are connected by spacious subway. used last summer as a conduit for the intricate system of electric wires that connected the various buildings. A group of spectators were standing di- rectly over this tunnel at about 7:30, when its roof caved in, and two men, Edward Anderson and Edward J. Bas- sett, were precipitated into the fiery furnace below. Anderson, who was em-, ployed as a bookkeeper by Marshal, Field & Co.,, was burned to death. Bes- sett was rescued by @ policeman, but he was severely burned about the limbs and the lower part of the body.
 By 10:30 the flames had spread from the Mechanical Arts building across the Grand Canal to Agricultural hall and that building was doomed. The f1famen were prevented from drawing water from the lake by the intense sheat from; the Agricultural and Manu- factures' Buildings. The Court of Honor was almost entirely encircled by a roaring mass of flames. The firemen had some time before abandoned all efforts to save any of the six big buildings to which the fire had spread and directed their attention to saving the Government building and Transpor- tation building.
 Q At midnight engine No. 19 and five of the crew are missing, and it is reported they have been burned to death.
 Hook and Ladder No. 18 and all the members of the company are also miss ing.
 The people who had come from dis tant parts to view the grand scene and had taken positions on the movable sidewalk, which extends into the lake of the Casino and Peristyle, had a narrow escape from being burned to death or, choosing death by drowning. When the fire caught in that direction they stayed too long and finally had to be rescued from their perilous position by boats. Five thousand dollars worth of books and papers bought at the fair by D. c. McClenaby of Chicagoa and store in the Philadelphia cafe, were destroyed in the burning of the cafe. The total territory burned over was eighty acres.