The Portland daily press., 1897-12-27
DAYS OF DISASTER.
This Christmastide Will Be Memoir
able Among Firemen.

night caused as near as can be learned,
the loss of nine lives.
The building had been rented for a
manufacturers exposition and was
filled from end to end with booths, all
of which burned with their contents.
Three hundred persons connected with
the exposition were in the huge structure
when the fire began In attempting to
save their personal effects many had mar
row escapes from death. A large number
were injured. A dozen persons were re-
ported missing, but all who were known
to be in the building at the time the fire
started have been accounted for, except
nine. A charred corpse supposed to DO
that of II. N. johnson, u carpenter, WAS
found this morning in the ruins. The
remains were buried beneath a mass of
masonry. Those of whom nothing could
be learned and who are believed to have
perished are:
Joseph Byrnes, Hoboken, n. J., en-
ployed by the Beauty exhibit
Howard Geiser, Wilmington, DEL, en-
loyed by Beauty exhibit, as decorator.
Sholan Hutfian, Armenian, employed
in Streets of Cairo exhibit; last seen in
exhibit while running.
j. A. Malosoum, Turk, employed in
Streets of Cairo exhibit; last seen in ex-
hibiG attempting to escape.
Gertie Wilson, of the Streets of Cairo
exhibit.
Two women, dancers in the Midway,
seen in the building just before it col
lapsed.
Unknown woman, seen running about
bewildered, in the building by W. Il.
Wright, a skating instructor, Immediate
ly before he himself was rescued.
Following IS the list of the injured:
William Allaby, driver, thrown from
Fire Engine in a collision with Lake
Shore train while responding to the
alarm; right wrist sprained, head cut
and bruised.
George W. Ament, face and hands
blistered.
Ali Haba, Streets of Cairo company,
Dervish; right arm cut and burned
Miss Helen Conger, manager of the art
exhihit; shocked by live wire and severely
burned about the right arm.
AL Cham berlain, face and hair scorched,
escaped by crawling out beneath the
debris.
George Dekreko, proprietor of the
Streets of Cairo exhibit; jumped from
upper window of burned building and
was severely bruised.
Eugene Duggan, employee of Streets
of Cairo exhibit; burned about left side.
Eugene ID reko Streets of Cairo COM
pany, hands burned.
Peter Foote. watchman, burned about
face and hands.
Robert Harley, truokman, severely
bruised by debris during the collapse of
the walls of the building.
Harry Hamilton, employee of Beauty
show, burned about face.
La Belle Salda, muscle dancer, Streets
of Cairo, hands scorched hysterioal
from fright.
Luxembourg exhibit, burned while trying
to save paintings.
Nine. Helene Lyons, arm burned.
James Maher, fireman, stunned by
electric shock, received in cutting live
wire.
M. J. Morley, proprietor of the X-ray
show, face, head and arm badly burned.
Frank Murphy, of St. Louis, severely
burned on right arm.
Jacob N. Alibni, musician, Streets of
Cairo company, partly suffocated. He
was dragged out by policemen.
Harry Parker, New York city, en-
pIoyed in the Luxembourg exhibit,
burned.
William Robertson, employed in the
Array 6AnIUlt, ldC6 4uQ u6Stu III.
NJ. j. Wheeler, watchman, hands
burned.
Louis Weiss, ianitor. burned about face
and hands.
VIM. II. Wright, instructor in roller
skating exhibit, burned about ARM.
A Jackson, performer, hands burned.
Mary Wilson, performer in the Vision
of Arts, overcome by smoke.
Thomas j. Mummy, employed in the
nj oh ujl1eCra OyQpoan1a nv SrOoEa
Mary Anon, dancer in the Turkish
village, overcome by smoke.
Charles w. Pierce, of Omaha, employed
in the roast beef STALL leaped from the
balcony and was slightly injured, hands
and face burned.
Frank Hatfield, who was employed in
the building, fell when the balcony gave
way and sustained slight burns.
Harry Baker, employed in the Luxem-
burg gallery, badly burned about face and
hands.
Fred Getz, Captain of Truck No 1,
overcome by smoke, INSIDE of the build
ing and rescued.
Frank Jamison, lieutenant OF fire COM
pany overcome by smoke inside building
and rescued.
Mariana Abdoulnour, dancer in the
Streets of Cairo, head injured by falling
timber from the balcony.
According to the figures given by the
exhibitors and managers of the various
concerns the total loss is s702, $3.50. The
principal losers are:
Coliseum company, on interior proper
ties, 500, 900.
Carousals and Toboggan slides, F. G.
Fostick, 800, 900.
Biblical paintings, (Dr. Valentins),
$25, 900.
Streets of Cairo and Congress of East
ern Nations, stock 800, 600.
The insurance on the Coliseum aggre-
gates $4,000 and is taken out in the
name of the Chicago Exhibition com
pany, with the loss ii any, payable to the
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, as Its in
terests may appear. The exhibitors were
without exception, uninsured.
The fire was one of the quickest ever
seen In Chicago. In twenty mintues from
the time the first spark originated by the
crossing of two electric light wires in the
X-ray booth, there was not girder stand
ing. All the walls went down exoept
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