Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

feet from the main entrance to the build
ing. The remains were buried beneath
r;;isS of masonry, which partially protected
the lower portion of the corpse, while the
head, arms and shoulders were burned to
d clnder.
List of the Missing.
Those of whom nothing could be learned
and who are believed to have persisted are:
Joseph Byrnes, Hoboken, N. j., employed
by Beauty exhibit; Howard Geyser, Will
minGton, Del, employed by Beauty exhibit
as decorator Sholan Huttian, Armenian,
employed in streets of Cairo exhibition last
seen in exhibit while running; j. A. NAL
looum, Turk, employed in streets of Cairo
exhibition, last seen in exhibit attempting
to escape; Gertie Wilson of the streets of
Cairo exhibit; two women, dancers in the
Midway, seen in the building just before it
collapsed; unknown woman, seen running
about, bewlidered, in the building by w. II.
Wright, skating instructor, Immediately
before he was rescued.
Those Who Were Injured.
Following is the list of the injured: VIM.
Allaby, driver, thrown from fire engine in
collision with Lake Shore train while
responding to the alarm; right wrist sprain-
ed and head cut and bruised. George w.
Ament, face and hands blistered. All
Haba, Streets of Cairo Company, dervish,
right arm cut and burned. Miss Helen
Conger, manager of the art exhibit, shock
ed by live wire and severely burned about
right arm. AL. Chamberlain, face and hair
scorched; escaped by craving out beneath
debris. Geo. Dekreko, proprietor of the
Streets of Cairo exhibit, jumped from up
per window Of burning building and severe
ly bruised. Eugene Duggan, emp.oye of
Streets of Cairo exhibit, burned about left
Company. hands burned. Peter Foote,
watchn an. burned about face and hands.
Robert Harley. truckman, severely bruised
by debris during the collapse of wall of the
building. Harry Hamilton, employee of
Beauty show, burned about face. Labelle
Sa4de, mus lie cancer Streets of Cairo Com
pany, hands scorched and hysteriCal from
fright. G. A. Lyons, New York. employed
in Luxembourg exhibit, burned while trying
to save paintings. Nine. Helene Lyons,
arm burned. James Maher, hrcman, stun
ned by electric shock received in cutting a
I've wire. NJ. J. Morley, proprietor of the
X-ray show, face, head and arm badly
burned. Frank Murphy of ST. Louis, Sc
verely burned on right arm. Jacob Nal
bandi, musician, Streets of Cairo Com
pany, partly suffocated and dragged out
by policemen. Harry Parker, New York
city. employed in the Luxembourg exhibit,
burned. VIM. Robertson, employed in the
X-ray exhibit, face and hands Burned. NJ.
J. Wheeler Waterman, hands burned. Louis
" eiss, janitor burned about face and
hands. W. II. Wright, instructor in roller
skating exhibit, burned about arms. A.
jackson. performer, hands burned. Mary
Wilson, performer in the visions of art,
overcome by smoke. Dona Roy, trapeze
performer, overcome by smoke. Thomas
j. Mummy. employed in the Irish village.
overcome by smoke. Mary Anon, dancer
in the Turkish village. overcome by smoke.
Chas. w. Pierce of Omaha EMPLOYED in
the roast beef stall, Ieaped from the bal
cony and was slightly injured, hands and
face burned Frank Hatfield, who was
employed in the building, fell when the bal
Cony gave way, and sustained slight burns
Harry R1ker ,.mDlOye1 n hur l.
!ery, badly burned about face and hands.
Fred. GetZ. captain of truck 16, over come
by smoke inside building and rescued
Frank Jamison, lieutenant of fire company
overcome by smoke inside building and
rescued. Marienna Abdoulnour. dancer in
streets of Cairo, head injured by falling
timber from balcony. According to the fig
uTes given by the exhibitors and managers
of the various concessions, the total loss Is
$7O2 $50.
LOSSES Were Heavy.
The principal losers are: Coliseum Com
pany, on building, 100000; Coliseum Com
IaDy, on interior properties, 100000; Car
ruells and tobogsans F'. c. Hostock), $780,
900; biblical paintings Or. Valentine),
$4,000; Streets of Cairo and Congress of
Eastern Nations, stock, $4,000.
The insurance on the Coliseum aggre-
gates Sl2O,OOO, and is taken out In the name
of The Chicago Exhibition Company, with
the loss, if any, payable to the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank, as it's interests
may appear. The exhibitors were, without
exception, uninsured.
The fire was one of the quickest ever
seen In Chicago. In twenty minutes 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. except those
the ends and all that marked the place
where the building had stood was mass
of twisted iron and bricks. The loss of
life might have been terrible If the fire had
broken out a few minutes before 1t did. as
rem the visitors to the exhibition would
have been caught in the building AS it
was, the spectators had just left the build
irg, and exhibitors and their people were
either preparing for supper or about to
leave the building when the flames broke
out Most Of the exhibitors would have
been able to make their escape without
difficulty or danger If they had not stopped
and attempted to save their personal be-
lCrg.ngs.
jam at Locked Door.
number ran to large door -on the east
side of the building, which is wide enough
to admit a team of horses and wagon. The
door was found to be locked, and. as the
fire was roaring through the building with
great speed, 1t seemed for a few minutes
as though none would be able to escape
a Waterman named Wheeler saw the
trouble and ran to open the door, but the
crowd was lacked in front of it SO closely
that he mad the greatest difficulty in reach
ing It, When it was finally opened. how
ever the crowd was in the open air in
few seconds. In the jam before the doors
were opened several people were badly
crushed.
Geo Dekreko, proprietor of the Streets
of Cairo exhibit, was caught on the bal
cony. and, being unable to escape by the
stairway was forced to jump from the
window. He was picked up severely bruis-
ed In addition to these there We're a num-
h3r of nj
Shortly after the fire Col. John T. Dick
inson, president of the Coliseum Company,
was seen. He said:
THE building is total loss, and there is
little prospect that any attempt at rebuild
ing will be made. There was $12O,OUO in
surance on the building, which is just sufti-
Gent to cover the bonds. The Coliseum
Company was stocked for SbO0,0OO paid I'D