Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-23
GIRLS FATALLY HURT
Panic Stricken in a Fire. They Jump or
Fall from Windows.
FIREMEN BURIED ~ DEBRIS.
They Are Caught Under ~ Failing
wall After Flames Are Extinguish-
.d-Oue Taken Out-Four Thought
SIN fu Ruins.

CHICAGO. ILL. November PA dis
astrous fire OF suspicious origin. that re-
suited in many injuries. some OF them
fatal. nearly destroyed the big seven
story structure facing Franklin and Van
Buren, streets. al 8 o'clock this morning
The injured are.
kITTIE LANDGRAFF. jumped from
fourth-story window: fatally injured.
JOHN GRUENHEIMER, fell from
fourih-story; fatally injured.
NELLIE TURNER. perhaps fatally in
jured, taken home.
OLGA KELLY, internally injured; fell
part way. and was caught by rrenan.
SUSIE KEIDEL. internally injured; fell
Oh the ladder. and was caught by fire.
man.
MARY PINK, EDNA RIPPARD, Ell
LEN RIPPARD. ROSE GRACE, AGGIE
MILAN, and HATTIE BRENNAN. all
overcome by smoke; rescued By ilremen.
City-lnspector HASS. overcome by
smoke while attempting TO rescue girls.
HENRY NELL. left arm injured. taken
to the County Hospital.
The flames spread with fearful rapidity'
and shortly after the alarm was given the
windows OF the four upper stories were
belcbing out volumes Of smoke ana
nam.s Smoke and nsme ahO illled the
halls and eevstOr-shaft IN the lower
stories. and the only hope Of the occu-
pants lay in the fire department..
PANIC.
When the first engine arrived at least
twenty girls. nearly all employees OF
stern, Rlers q CO.. appeared at fourth
story windows. wringing their hands. ana
screaming madly for some one 10 rescue
them One man. John Gruenhemer was
among them, trying to quiet them, ana
help them 10 safety. Gruenhemer after
rescuing nearly a dozen girls, finally fell
four stories. and was fatally injured.
The nremen quickly threw ladder up
against the building. but ii did not reach
| within six feet OF the imprisoned girls.
Il was. however. the only one to be had.
Two OF the girls became demoralized and
| iurped from the windows. The others
/ were all helped down 20 the fircmen on
! the ladder by Gruenheimer. Gruenheimer
/ started to crawl down TO the ladder. but
| lost his hold, and fell four stories To
| the sidewalk.
The fire was discovered IN the rear OF
| the building on the fourth floor by the
| ianitor. who charges a man named Buel
/ with setting fire 10 the building Inc
building is l. shaped, and fronts on van
Buren, and Franklin streets. The fire
spread rapidly from the junction OF the
Two buildings through both of them. Be
/ fore the flames We're overcome the four
upper stories had been completely gutted.
! and all the stock in the building was
totally destroyed.
BURIED N THE RUINS.
! he kftflH.
I ing after the rsmes had been extin-
guished. when the walls collapsed. and
i've firemen were buried in the ruins.
one was taken out alive. but apparently
fatally hurt. Four are sill buried IN
the wreck. believed to be- dead.
Following are 1he victims buried In the
ruins.
Lieutenant PATRICK J. O'DONNELL
Peoria and Eighteenth streets.
JOHN DOWNS. plpemsn. Company No
. Wallace and Twenty-ninth streets; mar
ried.
| GEORGE SHERRICK. Thlrty-eighth
street and Lowe avenue, pipemah Engine
Company No. ..
JOHN PENDERGAST. married. Canal
and Thirtieth streets. pipeman Engine
Company No. ..
Taken from the ruins:
DAN MNALI.Y, Emerald avenue and
| Thrty-!irst street
The principal losses are:
ON building owned by Kuhn. Nathan
/ Fisher. 10000.
Stern x Biers. 5000
Tootal. Broadhurst x Lee, $1,000.
National Thread Company. $1,000
s Rosenberg. SEQ.
T. < Bernheimer q Sons. $500.
The total loss is estimated AT about
| 10000 well covered by insurance
kittie l.andgraff. who jumped from the
7 fourth story Of the building, died at the
hospital this afternoon.
BODY RECOVERED.
Early this evening the tremen dug IRON
! beneath a pile OF charred tlmbeis th'
body OF Lieutenant o DOnnell Of Engin'
Company > f. vas horribly mutliated
with the exception OF the face. which wa:
D Recognizable.
ruins. and the htrmtn are hart ar worn
trying 10 recover them.