Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

W0tor ON the debris ana trying 70 res
cue others of the unfortunates. But
soon no more cries were heard, and II
was evident that all who had not been
brought out must now be past hope.
The interior OF the auditorium soon
became q seething mass OF flames,
which the firemen vainly endeavored
to subdue in order to save their doomed
comrades. While the frantic men
floor of the parquet, the gallery be-
gan to burn, and while directing their
attention to this blaze another portion
of the roof fell, making the rescue OF
the imprisoned men impossible and
| adding more fuel to the fire.
The Dead.
CAMPBELL, ARCHIE, captain oi
fireboat Foley, unmarried; taken from
ruins dead.
FREEMAN, JAMES, pipeman No.
4, 32 years old; taken from ruins dead.
FARRELL, JOHN, chemical No. !;
taken from ruins dead.
JANSEN, AUGUST, third assist
ant chief of the fire department, 3f
years old, married; buried in the
wreckage.
KOSCHMEIDER, FRED, chemical
engine No. 2; taken from ruins dead.
MORGAN, THOMAS, pipeman No.
/, unmarried; buried in the ruins.
MGURK, FRANK, acting captain
No IA, married; taken from ruins dead
RIES, ALLIE, pipeman No. 8; fel.
from ladder; died on the way to the
Emergency Hospital.
WINNEY, FRANK, pipeman No.
taken from ruins dead and unrecogniza-
BILE.
The Injured.
CURRAN, JAMES, lieutenant No. l:
injured internally.
CROWLEY, JOHN; internally injured
by fall.
LINEHAN, PATRICK, captain No. A;
collarbone broken and badly bruised.
MAUKS, FRED, No. 2; knee sprained.
SCHUNCK, CHARLES, captain chem.
ical No. 2; left leg fractured, bruised
about face and body.
SCHROEDER, FRANK, No. 4; ankle
sprained.
YEo, JOHN, pipeman No. A; burned
about face and arms.
The first fatality of the fire happened
before the more awful tragedy on the
roof. Ollie Reis, q fireman, lost his
life while trying TO reach the roof OF
the theater before the roof fell. He
had put a ladder from the northern
wing of the hotel building, which is
two stories lower than the theater
proper, when the ladder swayed, and
he fell with it to the roof of the wing.
He was carried away and died in the
arms of his comrades. He was q mem
Der Of Engine Company No. 3.
Hotel Guests All Escape.
The guests of the Davidson Hotel,
which occupies part of the building,
fed panic-stricken from their rooms
when the alarm OF fire ran through the
corridors. They really were in nc
danger and had ample time to get out.
No one was injured.
John A. Davidson, sole owner of the
theater and hotel, lives in Chicago,
and was notified of the fire in time to
leave on the o'clock train for Milwau.
kee. The Davidson hotel and theater
were erected in 1890 and opened the
following year. The building was one
of the handsomest and most substantial
in Milwaukee.
The Davidson Theater, claimed to be
absolutely fire proof, wa; opened in
September, 1891, by the Emma Juch
Opera Company. Manager Sherman
Brown stated, as he stood watching
the smoke curling up to the studded
and frescoed ceiling which had been
his pride: "The original cost to John
and Alexander Davidson was between
$350,000 and 100000 The loss, of
course, is mainly on the interior. The
walls will stand when all else is gone.
There is no way to estimate the loss,
but it may be over half of the original
investment. 1t will be at least year,
hafnra
have no doubt the theater will be re-