Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-01-29
MANY INJURED.
Ton Persons Badly Hurt at a Fire in
Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-During destruc-
tive fire in the siX-story structure at
1876, 1913, 200 and 2os Monroe street, oc-
cupied exclusively by wholesale firms,
Tuesday night ten persons were Sc
riously injured, seven of whom were
iremen. Three of them will probably
die. The injured are:
The Victims.
Jerry O'Rourke, fireman. caught under
falling wall, both legs broken and breast
crushed, will die; William j. Workman,
fireman, caught under wall, back injured
and hip crushed, may die; Sherman Quin-
Ian, fireman, internally injured and spine
hurt, may die; Jerry Redcroft. fireman,
legs seriously crushed by falling wall; Pat
rick Patterson, fireman, struck by falling
wall, internal injuries and ankle crushed.
will recover; Andrew Geohgan, fireman,
fell from fire escape and left ankle broken;
Fire Capt. Barker, burned about hands,
| face and shoulders; William Watson.
struck by falling shutter, leg broken:
John Watson, struck by shutter and seri-
ously bruised; - Ross. II 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
$3so,OOO. The building alone, the prop
erty of w. NJ. Williams, is damaged to
the extent of $15G,0O0. The other loss
by the fire is distributed among the fol-
flowing firms:
The Losers.
\ Wurxburger. Bros. wholesale dealers in
'woolens and underwear; ]. H. Foster &
| Sons, trimmings and woolens; Townsend
& Yale. dealers in ladies' jackets; the Con-
1 4ftMpnf Shoe fha piCkUick Cloth
Ing company; A. M. Stewart & Co.. cloth
| ing and dry goods; the National Rubber
company; the Eureka Silk company.
The stocks of these various concerns
IRE entirely lost. All the losses are
fully covered by insurance.
The fire originated on the first floor
81 the building, which is occupied by
Wurzburger Bros. When discovered
flames We're bursting from dozen WIN
dows, and within few minutes the
west half of the building was enveloped.
A fire wall divided the building in the
center, but it only afforded a temporary
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 companies were di-
recting the streams of water into the
building, and several firemcn Were
buried under the debris when the wall
fell. Had warning not been given
it is probable that both companies
would have been lost. Most of the fire.
men on the roof reached point OF
safety before the wall tumbled, and
those who were caught escaped the
bulk of falling bricks. They were car
ried from the roof in an unconscious
condition by other fremen and re.
moved to hospitals. Some of the spec
tators were slightly injured by falling
particles, but only three were hurt Sc
riously enough to require the service Of
alnbulances to remove them to their
homes.
| There were about 40 fires in Chicago
Tuesday, but many of them were ex.
tinguished with small losses.