The Irish standard., 1894-04-14
NINE BRAVE MEN.
They Die While Fighting Fire In &
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The Roof Falls. Carrying the Firemen Inte
= Fiery Furnace List nj the Dead
and Injuresl--The Properly
S: Loss Heavy.
DIED WHILE ON DUTY.


MILWAUKEE, April 1O.-Nine french
met horrible death IN fire which de-
stroyed the Davidson theater on Third
street between 4 and a m. Monday.
The big stone building. which con-
tanned the finest playhouse in the
city and the Davidson hotel, was
burned to the ground in the
midst of binding storm Of rain and
sleet, and in the final crash Of falling
root and walls several companies Of the
fire brigade were thrown from the top
story into the pit Of the flaming fur
mace The disaster is one Of the most
frightful that has befallen the city
since the Newhall house burned down,
when scores of lives were lost The
Davidson block was one of the most
imposing in Milsraukee and the pc
cuniary loss of the fire is estimated at
between $500, 600 and $3.50, 900.
The Victims. .
The following is list of the dead:
Third Assistant Chief August Jansen, 261
Eighth street; Frank McGurk, lieutenant
truck company No. 4 and acting captain No. IA,
1877 Park street; Fred Kroesschmuer, p'peman
bell, OF the hreooat Foley, II Twenty-seven
street; Allie Ries, company No g. killed by q
falling ladder; James c. Freeman, lieutenant
company No 4: Frank Whine, chemical No. 4,
found IN balcony of theater; Thomas Morgan,
engine company No. i; John Farrell, chemical
No. 2
Names of the Injured.
Seven of the injured fremen were
taken to the Emergency hospital and
a number of others were removed to
their homes:
Charles Schunk, captain chemical No q COM
pound fracture Of leg and hand and severely
bruised about the head; John Yeo pipeman
No. 1. badly burned about the head and arms:
Frank Schroeder, No B. back badly spratned
and head cut Fred Mauhr, No. B, foot crushed
and back sprained; Patrick Linehan, captain
No t. collar bone fractured and internally in
1ured; Lieut.. Curran, No /, internally injured,
probably fatally; John Crowley, internal In
1uries, may recover.
A Total LOSS. .-.
The valuable scenery and property
of the Lilliputians, whose ten days en-
gagement at the theater was to close
on Wednesday, is all gone. Manager
Rosenthal of the company says it was
worth $4,000.
Tl00RGO 10 n T. seIy DSAbHs
Shortly after o'clock, when the fire
was seemingly under control, the
thealer roof on which score or
more fremen stood as they fought the
flames, vert down. and the brave men
were carried with it to the floor
of the auditorium below. Some were
extricated from the furnace of flames,
in which the whole interior was now
enveloped, by their. brave and more
fortunate comrades, who risked their
lives to drag out the prostrace
forms of the dead and injured
men. Six or eight men were
soon brought out and those who
were able to speak said there were ten
or more in the ruins, where living
death awaited them. For these poor
fellows there was no chance. The
burning roof had fallen on them, and
they were roasted to death, if they had
not been killed outright in that terrible
plunge from the root.
a cry OF horror went up from the
fremen who saw the awful catastro-
phe. The members of the insurance
patrol were covering up the seats in
the parquet of the theater when sud-
denly light was seen through the
roof above. The men in the theater
ran back just in time, and the next
moment the roof fell into the parqdet
of the theater. Several of the men in
the theater were caught by the falling
tim hors