The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27
FIRES In CHICAGO.
ABOUT FORTY ALARMS TURNED
IN YESTERDAY.
Six-Story Structure Burned, During
Which Ten People Were Serious
ly Injured, Three of Whom Will
Probably Die.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-During a destruct-
i've fire in the six-story structure al
1876, 19S, 200 and 2O2 Monroe street.
occupied exclusively by wholesale
firms tonight, ten persons were seri-
ously injured, seven of whom were
firemen. Three of them will probably
die.
The injured are:
Jerry O'Rourke, fireman, caught un-
der falling walls: both legs broken and
breast crushed; will die.
William j. Workman, fireman. caught
under wall, back injured and hip
crushed; may die.
Sherman Quinlan, fireman, internally
injured and spine hurt; may die.
Jerry Redcroft, fireman, legs. serious
ly. crushed by falling walls.
Patrick Patterson, fireman, struck
by falling wall, internal injuries and
ankle crushed, will recover.
Andrew Geoghan, fireman, fell from
fire escape and left ankle broken.
Fire Captain Barker, burned about
hands, face and shoulders.
William Watson, deg broken.
John Watson, seriously bruised.
=. Ross, IA years old. burned by a
falling brand.
The structure with its contents was
almost entirely destroyed by the
flames and the loss is estimated at not
less than $3S0,O00. The building alone,
the property of w. M. Williams, is
damaged to the extent of $3.50. 900.
The other loss by the fire is dis
tributed among the following firms:
WurZburger Bros, wholesale dealers in
woolens and underwear: j. H. Foster
& Sons, trimmings and woolens:
Townsend & Yale, dealers in ladies'
jackets. the Continent Shoe company;
the Pickwick Clothing company; A. NJ.
Stewart &, Co, clothing and dry goods;
the National Rubber company; the
Eureka Silk company.
The stocks of these various concerns
are entirely lost. All the losses are
fully covered by insurance.
The fire originated on the first floor
of the building, which was occupied by
the Wurzburger Bros. When discov-
cred flames were bursting from
dozen windows and within few min
utes the west half of the building was
enveloped. A fire wall divided the
building, but it only afforded a tenn
porary barrier for the flames. The
elevator shaft in the east half was the
first TO catch and the flames spread
rapidly over the structure.
The upper two stories of the west
wall fell upon the adjoining building,
which is but four stories high. From
the roof of this structure two fire COM
panies were directing the streams of
water into the building and several or
the firemen were buried under the
debris when the wall fell. Had a
warning not been given. IL is prob
able that both companies would have
been lost. Most of the firemen on the
roof reached a point of safety before
rhe wall tumbled and those who were
caught escaped the bulk of falling
bricks. They were carried from the
roof in an unconscious condition by
other firemen and removed to hospitals.
Some of the spectators were slightly
injured by falling particles. but only
three were hurt seriously enough to re-
uuire the service of ambulances to re-
move them TO their homes.
There were about 40 fires in Chicago
today but many of them were extin-
guished with small losses.