The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-22
FIVE FIREMEN BURIED.
BIO BLAzE AT ST. LOUIS LAST
NIGHT.
Total Property Loss Caused BY Fire
and Water VIII Reach at Lenst
Two Hundred Thousand.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21-As the result
of a fire in the building at AIS Broad
way tonight five fremen are buried in
the ruins and one is dead at Mercy
hospital. -Four of the men in the ruins
are thought to be dead. as nothing can
be seen or heard of them, while the
fifth, Rhinehart Miller, of Salvage
corps No. l, can be heard and it is
hoped to rescue him alive. Owuey
Hines, foreman OF truck No. 6, who
was taken from the burning building
soon after the fire started, badly suf-
located and cut, died while being taken
to Mercy hospital in an ambulance.
The dead are:
Owney Hines, foreman truck No. 6.
Captain Granville.
James Rhoddy, of Salvage corps No.
2.
Milton Curly, of Salvage corps No. 1.
Captain Staunton, of chemical COM
pany No. /.
The total loss caused by water and
fire is estimated at fully 100000, fully
insured. Aloe & company place their
loss at about $3.50, 000 and it is thought
the loss on the building will amount
to $4,000. Several thousand dollars
damage was done re the stock of Jor-
dan & Co., cutlery firm at At Broad
way.
The fire broke out at 1880 in the
four-story building at AIS Broadway,
occupied by Aloe and company, dealers
in optical, surgical and electrical in
struments. The fire worked its way
up the roof and soon broke through
threatening adjoining buildings. All
the fire companies in the business .por-
ton of the city were soon on the scene
and the flames were finally gotten
under control and partially subdued
when the top floor caved in and fell
through to the first floor, pinning down
four dremen. who were at work there
The men were covered by broken
beams flooring, show cases and a large
quantity of the stock, which was set
ablaze again by the crash All the
fremen available were put to work to
rescue fellow firemen and several
streams were turned on the burning
leap from which could be heard the
cries for help. Finally all the voices
but one were stilled. Whether the
flames had reached the three and
nded their agonies is not known. The
men who We're intombed belonged to
Salvage corps No. 2 and chemical No.
/. Captain Granville, Rhinehart Miller
and James Rhoddy belonged to the
salvage corps, and Milton Curly to the
chemical company. Early during the
progress of the fire, Owney Hines, of
truck No. 6, was taken from the sec
ond floor, badly cut by flying glass
and suffocated by smoke. He died in
the ambulance while being taken to
Mercy hospital.
The fremen worked necessarily to
rescue their entombed com ldes, but
were unable to reach them up to l
o'clock when it was thought four of
the men were surely dead as nothing
could be seen or heard of them. The
fifth, Rhinehart Miller, member of
salvage corps No. 2, who is pinned
down on top Of a shelf. can be heard
v his comrades but they cannot
reach him yet The f1remen are max
ing efforts to keep the flames from
eaching their buried comrades, and
are pouring quantities of water on the
ruins. Owney Hines, foreman of
truck company No. 6, died in the am
bulance
George Rucker, member of chemi-
cal company No. 1. was caught, but
was afterwards rescued by Charles
Bradley, of salvage corps No. 1, and
other members of the company. The
men who were killed were all in the
rear of the store near the alley on the
first and second floors when the crash
came. The cause of the crash was the
bad construction of the building. On
every floor above the first. for the pur-
pose of lighting the interior, large sky
lights led to the roof. The glass and
castings of the skylights broke under
the heat and fell, carrying the flooring
in the rear of the store with it. The
men were at work underneath.
At 100 Wednesday, the flremen sue
ceeded in rescuing Rhinehart Miller, who
was taken to st. Louis hospital. His left
arm was broken and his body badly
bruised, but he is not fatally injured.
The firemen are now working at pile
of debris with the prospect of soon get
ting out the bodies Of the missing men,
who were undoubtedly dead
At this hour. 2:15 a. m. the f1remen
have cleared away considerable of the
7ebris which IS piled on top Of their
comrades, and faint cries can be heard
rom the center of the heap, which is
ceiling high One of the men said he
could recognize the voice of Captain
Stanton, and they are redoubling
heir efforts to get the imprisoned ones
out.
1t will take several hours to set to
the bottom of the wreckage, where it
S hoped to find the four men alive.
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