The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-23
BURIED IN THE RUINS
OF the Big Chicago Structure are Many Brave,
Noble and Self Sacrificing Flremen,
WHO FOUGHT TO SAVE PRECIOUS LIVES.
The Fire of Suspicious 0rigin-GnI-
liant John Grucnhci,icr Falls Four
stories and ~ Fatally Injured
Scores ofGiris Suffer from injuries
White Mnny Will Probably Die.

Chicago, H., Nov. GA destructive
iire of suspicious origin that resulted
IN many injuries, some of them fatal
nearly destroyed the big sevem-Story
structure. facing Franklin and Van is,i-
rem streets AT . o'clock this morning.
The injured are:
Kitte LundgraG. jumped from the
fourth story window, fatally injured
John- Grucnheimer. fell from fourth
story; fatally injured.
Nellie Turner, perhaps fatally injured.
taken home.
Olga Kelly, internally injured. fell
part way and was caught by :ire-
man
Susie 1leidel, internally injured;, fell
on the ladder and was caught by IL
fireman.
Mary Pink, Edna Rippard, Ellen Rip-
pard. Rosa Grace, Maggie McInin and
iiattie Brennan, all overcome by smoke:
rescued by Bremen.
CITY Inspector Haas. overcome by
smoke while attempting to rescue girls.
Harry Neil, left arm injured: taken
TO the county hospital
The flames spread with fearful rapid-
lly ana shortly after the alarm lyns
sNeh The windows OF the four uppcr
stories were helching volumes Of smo,;o
ana iihmes. Smoke and flames also tili
yu me hAiis and elevator shaft in the
lower stories and the only hone of IN.
occupants lay in the fire dcpartmrnt
men the first engine arrived. at leafs
twenty Eiils nearly all employees of
Sterns, Eers & Co., appeared at n
iourih story window. wringing their
'i ,.nus ana screaming madly for some
one 10 rescue them. One man. John
'rehnclmcr. was among them. trying
~ nuict them and help them 10 sufoty
Nruehhclmer after rescuing nearly
uoZcn girls finally fell four stories ana
W. m"s ih,lily injured. The trcmen quick
u H.. ."lvW lev, u mdder up against the build
ms, Dut ii did not reach within siy
ieet OF the imprisoned girls 1t wns.
however the only one to bc had ,rvo.
ol me girls became demoralizcd ana
Jumped from the windows Tie others
were aii heIped down 10 the fremcn on
me ladder by Rrrnheimcr.
Brcnhcimer started 10 crawl down
TO me ladder. but lost his hold ana rrIl
loui stories TO the sidewalk
INC lire was discovered in Tho ro,r or
.nc M, nuiiuihs on the fourth floor by the
1thit"r. who charges IL man namrd
.rt nuci VIII, setting fire to the building
me building was |. shaprd ana fronts
on Van Burcn and Franklin siron,s
ne IRE spread rapidly from the iInc
iloh oil the two buildings through hoib
i'ciorc the flames were overcome tho
Iour upper stories had been complete
- Eu'tc", ana all the stock in the build
ing was totally destroyed
Ihc ircmen started to leave tho
Dnliulng after the flames had been cy
tlGGniShcd when the walls collapsed
ana I'VE iremcn were buried in Tho
ruins. One was taken ont alive b1,
nppnrcntly fatally hurt Four are still
buried in the wreck, believed TO hc
dead
Following are the victims buried in
the ruins:
Lieutenant Patrick J. O'nonen. peo-
ria and Eighteenth streets. marricl en-
ginc company No. o
John Downs. pipcman, company No
=, Wallace and Twenty streets.
married
Martin Sherrick. 2S3S Lowe avenue.
pipeman. engine company M =.
John Pcndcrgast. married. Canal and
Thirticth street. ppeman. engine com
panY. No. -
Taken from the ruins:
Dan McNallv. Emerald avenue and
Thirty-trst street.
The principal losses are:
On building. owned by Kuhn. Nathan
& Fisher Sl0O0nO
Stein & Biers. $50 0G0O: Tootal Broad
hurst n Lee. $4,000: National Thread
Company, $4,000: S. Rosenberg. $1,000
j. s. Rcrnheimer !e Sons. $4,000
The total loss is estimated at about
100000 well covered by insurance
Kttic IandCraff. who jumped from
the fourth story Of the building. died
at the hospital this afternoon.
Early this evening the firemcn dug
from beneath a pile Of charrcd timbers
the body. of Lieut.. O'Donnell. Of engine
company No. >. II was horribly mutt
lated with the execution of the face
which was recognizable. Three bodies
remain embodied in the ruins and the
frcmen are hard at work trying TO re-