The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-18
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Union Telegraph company. the Jessup
| and Coppner Crockery company and
the Van Zandt & Jacobs Collar manu-
factory had no time to save anything.
After the fire had started an adjoin-
ing house caught from the falling of
a portion of the roof, and from it
small buildings on the south caught.
About s o'clock the f1remen heard
shrieks coming from the two story
building On the south They dis
covered an Italian peddler named
Frank Rossi who kept a stand in
front of the building, pinioned by the
legs under a heavy beam Three po-
licemen started to assist him, and
with a fireman, worked for three
quarters of an hour. They had just
about gotten him loose when. with
roar. the great south walls came
crashing down and the Mortified spec
tators saw the brave little group
BURIED FROM VIEW.
When the smoke and dust had
cleared there was rush of willing
workers, and in a little while the men
We're taken out All were injured and
had to be removed to the hospital.
The Italian will probably die, but the
brave policemen, while badly hurt, will
recover.
Superintendent Willard, of the po-
lice force, says he saw a number of
girls at windows who never came out,
but fell back into the flames
One fireman, who was working from
the rear. saw three girls with their
arms tightly about each other, turn
in their frenzy and jump back into
the flames. Some of the women who
escaped tell of stumbling over pros
trate bodies and are positive that
score of girls persisted. The girls who
did escape live in various suburbs and
hurried away. SO that until the roll
is called in the morning the exact
number of missing will not be known.
Lottie and Nellie Hull, sisters, grasp
ed each other tightly by the hands ana
started down the stairs from the sixth
story. AT the landing of the fifth floor
they encountered wall of flame and
smoke Nellie had on only her corsets
and skirts, having been making her
toilet Lottie was also only partly
dressed, but she threw her
dress over NeIlie's face and to-
gether they went through the
flames. Lottie's hair was burned
completely off and when she reached
the sidewalk Nellie was burned only
about her bare arms. They were
taken home.
The total loss by the fire is from
S25OOO to 100000, with about 100000
insurance. At least 500 people are
thrown out of work. The fremen
worked tonight with the thermometer
below zero, suffering very much.
Two corOners were summoned and
jury was empaneled to care for the
dead
The following is the list of unfortu-
mates obtainable up to II o'clock.
THE DEAD.
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, jumped from
window
Mrs. Foley, jumped from window.
Mrs Robert Kane, jumped from win
dow.
INJURED.
Matte Day, jumped and badly hurt.
Annette Harrington, badly burned.
Lillian Oathout, burned.
Mamie Rourke. burned
Lillian Kreiger, burned and badly
bruised.
James Quinn. crushed under wall.
will die.
Mrs. Johnston, badly burned, will die.
Frank Rossi, Italian, bruised by fall
ing walls
walls
Policeman Watson, bruised by falling
walls.
Fireman Mcguire, bruised by falling
walls.
Lottie Hull. severely bruised.
Nellie Hull, badly bruised
MISSING AND PROBABLY DEAD
Mamie Banks
Kate OConnor
Miss O'Neill.
Miss Herberscher.
Mldnght-Superinten of Police VIII
lard said at midnight: -.The ret1rnS from nv ~,
me- Inc Various az Gus precincts show that there
with the five already known to he no i,tu
ruins -0'' III the
I am afraid that there are many more
Tor IT seems to me impossible that ali
the people in that building should escape.
the police at all" P0i u
The The roll call in the morning will evil
denty show that between twenty ana
thirty people are underneath the ruins ms
Up to o'clock no other bodies had been