Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-11-27
THE FLOORS CAVED IN
A Fire in Chicago Killed Five
People.
AND TWO OTHERS WILL die
pahle Among GirIs on tbs Z upper Floors
Caused Two Bnfortnnssss 20
Jump 20 the stroex.

Chicago. Nov. 22.~-The interior of the
I1xchange building. seyen-story strue-
ture aRxAe corner OF Van Buren and
Fr@AEin streets was destroyed by Gre
today. entailing a loss OF $3.50, 900 upon
the owners and tenants Of the building
and causing the loss OF ave lives. the
fatal injury or two others and injury
Of AK 0taer people
The fire started in the building, TIA
TO 77e Market street extending in an
'Ls TO Van Buren, street
The FIRST and second floors were oc-
cupied " Stein a Beirs. clothing; third
and fourth by Henri Newman, cloth
ing; NTH, Amazon Clothing Company;
sixth Faliows q Co. collars and cuffs.
seventh, Tuwnaand g. Gale. clothing
and 'dzg soodz and National Thread
comfpatAys
The dead are;
Patrick J. o'Donneil, lieutenant Of
engine No. 2.
Martin Sher61ck. NMffE
John Downs. plpeznan.
John PrendsrEaat pipeman.
An she flrepsen were crushed by fail
Kitne LandgraR Jumped from the
fourth story WINDOW and died at the
coanty nDsHifaL
Ee anharnd ares
Harry Neih jumped from the fourth
story. viii die.
Nellie Ts.fas tanspsd rdm tas shiFd
story. win de.
Aggle AfcLain.
Olga kAlaar.
Hattie annnn.
Edna HSSRert.
Mary FfnlEy
The latter two were overcome BY
smoke. but win recover
Daniel HcNaliy. the driver Or engine
company No. was buried beneath
the debris, but win recover.
PANIC AMONG GIRLS.
II was fAw minutes hagore O'Clock
this morning when Rose Brace, en-
ployad by Stern q Blers, on the third
floor. noticed an odor OF smoke She
stepped into q hallway. saw that the
corrlizonA1 were rapidly filinE with
Mmake. and then gave an alarm. Thir-
~ girls were working IN the room.
Instantly there was confusion. Al
though every effort was made 10 check
the frightened girls. several opened
the windows and climbed out on the
Nellie Turner. She screamed for help
and some one on the ground shouted
FOR her to jump. she, however went TO
another window. where a FIRE escape
was. and elimbed out Those On the
street watched her movements with
great anxiety. She grasped the es-
cape and swung herself on from the
stone ledge upon which she had stood
and hundreds on the street below cheer
cd her. She commenced 10 descend.
Oficer Fiaherty was also on the IRE
escape between the frAt and second
stories and when he saw the girl above
him he started up toward her. He was
too late. She suddenly lost her balance
and fell. Offlcer Fiaherfy tried 20
catch her. but could not reach her. She
was picked ND unconscious.
RESCUE OF OLGA KELI4AR.
Tha fire started en- she fourth floor.
a Is thought. Thirty girls employed
there made frantic efforts TO escape.
The 3anltor led ali who would accom-
pany him to the main stairway and
they reached the street without injury.
but those who remained behind Jared
worse.
Olga Keliar. employed by Stein q
Blera. ran 10 a fourth story window
sash and climbed on the ledge. ellngina
with one hand 20 a narrow strip oi
wood on the outside Of the cash. She
saw a few feet below her 4 ladder on
which two ilremen stood and prepared
80 Jump.
''Watf. don't jump" shouted CaptaiT
hermenEon, who had almost reacheS
the window Great volumes Of smokl
poured Out of the window ana Il time
the girls kofan was entirely ohAcnrad
To hundreds Of people watching. tn
seconds seemed Ike hours. chear affe
cheer went Mp Tor Captain marnans0l
as be climbed. ne had nlmaat reanheI
the window when Ne heard kha @is
scream and saw her FseI and reIeaa
her hold on the winaow siding. gh
had been overcnma b. gile smoke anl
fell
Captain Hermanson hraeed himneli
and mA the unconscious form dropna
he selzed Il with hia rsEht arm. RI
EFFORT nearly caaG aim hln own life. fu
he narrowly escaped falling. Ernf
hundreds of threats cheers were hear
as the brave captain descended the Lad
der With hia human burden The gii
was unconscious. but 4 physician aas
mhs would rseeygE.
FLOORS FELL in.
shortly before j o'clock s larre a,
on the fifth fiooF fali tc tha fourth. ~
rying Il and Tie third second ana A..
with IT, Five men. members 81 enasF
company. 80. 2, were wnrninm I'D q
second door aud Were buried h6nea
the mass of brick. an were killed 81
nmniei AlcNaliy. After neaxls an hour
work the re1cueHa had opened 6 d
sagewng through lhe pile OF aehr
and succeeded Ia EettinE close eAuus
4 where the fl1euaen were buried 70 &
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