The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26
of the promoters had been fully real

of the promoters had been fully real
lied, even surpassed.
when we started out to spend $780,
900 on an exhibition building out here
in Woodlawn we were laughed at by
many, but the result has proved that
our judgmentwas sound. However
times have changed, even during the last
two years, and in my opinion there
should be no effort made TO rebuild the
Coliseum but, on the contrary, united
effort should bemade to push forward
the plans that have been prepared fol-
the erection of a splendid exhibition
palace on the lake front Chicago must
have a large building that can be used
for all manner Of gigantic amusements
The Coliseum has been swent away and
the city is absolutely without anything
that answers the purpose of an exDi-
bitfon building.
While the destruction OF the Colise-
um is great personal loss TO many and
also a great loss ito the city | honestly
believe it will result in stirring up the
people in the matter OF a permanent ex-
hibit''
A cflarred corpse, identified as that OF
n. H. Johnson, fireman employed in
the building, was found this morning.
in the ruins. A party of searcheTs made
the discovery about forty feet from the
main entrance of the building. There
mains We're buried beneath mass of
masonry which partially protected the
lower portion Of the corpse, while the
head, arms and shoulders were burned
to cinder.
LIST OF INJURED.
The injured are:
G. A Lyons, New York; employed in
Luxembuig EXHIBIT; burned while trying
to save paintings.
Nine. Helen Lyons; arm burned.
James Maher, fireman; stunned by
electric shock received in cutting a live
wire.
NJ. J. Morley, proprietor Of the X Ray
SHOW; face, head and arm burned.
Frank Murphy, of st. Louis; severely
burned on right arm.
Jacob Nalbandi, musician, "Streets Of
Cairo" company; partly suffocated and
dragged out by policemen.
Harry Parker, New York City; en-
ployed in the Luxembourg exhibit;
burned.
William Robertson, employed in the x
ray exhibit: face and hands burned.
NJ. J. Wheeler, watchman; hands
burned.
Louis Weiss, janito,; burned about
face and hands.
w. H. Wright. instructor in roller
spating: brned about arms.
A. Jackson, performer; hands burned.
Mary Wilson, performer in the visions
of art; overcome by smoke.
Dona Roy, trapeze performer; over
come by smoke.
Thomas j. Mummy, employed in the
Irish village: overcome by smoke.
May Anon, dancer in the Turkish vii
Iage; overcome by smoke.
Charles Pierce of Omaha, employed in
the roast beef stall; 1eaped from the
balcony and was slightly injured; hands
and face burned.
Frank Hatfield, employed in the build
ing; fell when the balcony gave way and
sustained slight burns.
Harry Baker, employed in Luxembourg
gallery; badly burned aboutface and
hands
sFred Getz. captain Of truck 16; over
come by smoke inside building and res
cued.
Frank JAMESON. lieutenant Of fire
company; overcome by smoke inside
building and rescued.
Mafienna Abdoulnour, dancer in
"Streets of Cairo" company; head in
jured by falling timber from balcony.
George De Kreko. proprietor of the
Streets of Cairo exhibit, was caught
on the Balcony and being unable to es-
cape by the stairway was forced to
jump from the window.He was picked
up severely bruised. In addition to these
there were number of other narrow
escapes.
The loss Of life might have been ter
rible II the fire mad broken out a few
minutes before it did, as then the visi-
tors to the exhibition would have been
caught in the building. As il was, the
spectators had just left the building and
exhibitors and their people were either
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 diff
Guilty or danger If they had not stopped
and attempted to have saved their per-
sonal belongings.
According to the figures given by the
exhibitors and managers OF the various
concessions the total loss is 500, $50. The
principal losers are:
Coliseum company on building s400, 900
and on interior properties $1,000 Car
ruells and Toboggans (F. c. Hostocl)
500, 600: Biblical paintings CDR. Valen-
tine) $25, 900; Streets OF Cairo ana Con-
gress OF Eastern Nations, stock $4,000.
The 100000 worth of bonds were held
by the Illinois Central Rail-
way company and the Alley IL. j.
Irving Pesrce, the owner of the grounds
upon which the Coliseum stood. also was
a large holder OF the bonds. The bonds
are amply secured by the insurance.
The officers Of the Coliseum company
are as follows: President, John T. Dick
iuson; vice president. Carl Binder; treas
urer. F. W. Schultz: secretary, DR.. A. r.
Oughtor-
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.
While Fighting Fire In Six Story Bull