Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-17
Savage ConAagration in Chi
cage Costs Several Lives.
N u MBEROF DEADlN DOUBT
'hr.+ Men Leap From , Roaring Furnace
1" Certain Death. I:rav. Fireman
Distinguishes Himself by
DartnS Rescue.

Warehouse fire on the Wocld,s Fair.-
Sh"utds u1 1873. 20 take unyw7neIe from
I'VE /" iiE.>en ~ves, mann thirty pto-
Ir,' ,HiA rviGsei a seven story brick
HA,.LES tr Il I7ae Of u.az rg TIMBER.
reH-h"t hi.okS al.i t%.styt. IL or.
lHG irtiA-r.f+-r Of urtI is stli n doubt
and probably wL.l not ye definitely
known ANITA the deh. is is sufficiently
c.o'.d Z, stGn-t of "a seuIan bel'ns mnde
l"' t'G bodies OF t.vse WHO are I'M
d"uM"ttdly III iIae ruins. This VII re-
luGe IN" days al least.
!iWte men are known to De 1ea1.
1lIcy are:
samuel \. Clark, ~bo-kkeerer Coz tho
o.metead Scientific Cong any.
Miles, y. S!n'ul. salesman scr TIE
oI;nstdId Scientific Company.
thMatI Emz. cashier fut Swestwal
u Company.
l,he m.ssi:ss;, of whom nothing cctusd
b learned at i late hour lr.sLl: und
most of Witt are wttllogt QUESTION
ourtc4I IN the wreck Of The building. are:
stead Scientific Company.
MIS-. NJ. T.. Harris. WIDOW, ~ yeiars
sd. ~"n7|vyvA as bookkeeper fer L, A
I"ntsteAi Scientific Company.
1Akn9Wn Woman seen At the window
smith ie'IItd to his deolh.
G.. ~. -AuIerSul, employed b. Sweet
Nm@uuh 4 Company.
,o i''y NV ror Cast name unknewn9.
'''' IVY i"I DIV tet. NuI4lcn IL Com
l>rel Hamiii, vaudeville singer. en-
pagra Ivy National MUSE Company.
G. l!.ge. cashier for t. a. Olmsteat
Scientific Company.
S'nmnn C~rn.inun Jr.. western agent
FOR HENRY Ho!tz-ran, OF Eu.lm,us, o..
had rooms wldh Sweet. Wuiluch & Com
urny.
S,!"m"n G~rollnltln. sr.. with Solomon
Goodman, Jr.
II. II Nelson WarE4sl n - ~ mr.,
stead Scientific Company.
NLllilm Marvin. shipping clerk for
i~r,shyie'Inn Board OF Publishers.
N%lialn loss, eruand boy for Pres
byteriAn Board of Publication.
W. j. Wilcox, partner OF w. A. Ohm
stead.
W, K: Nelson. employee of the OHM
The Injured Are:
PA1i {. snyder, employee Of Sweet.
WaILach Il Company; severely burned
nloUi the head ana body. taken home;
may die. -
Emf H~resSeoman, dropped from thfrd
floor To The street; MP broken Aatil shin
Inquired, may die.
Z. y. Mccullough, salesman ror Al
ftel l's1ts, jumped from third floor;
right hAp and shoulder broken n In
i' nal injuries; may die.
Mary La i'rle. burrS,i about face ana
h"id while Climbing down fire escape
from Sweet. Wa!ladA & Conpany'a
il"gr' fell from second floor to ground
AMI sustained internal injuries: may
Hugh $. E.lintt. manager presbyter.
.nn Board of i'ubliation: hands ap1
face tat.rned, not S~eEruus.
Herman pveG'ingin. fen from fire es-
rai'a; badly bruised.
II. Is Cunningham, agent hr the
Northern lndtc Express Company;
head and body burned.
w. $. Lemiey, ~coloreiI waiter at Fl. II.
kuhlSaat K ComIany's
jumped tl"m second floor Of eStaurant:
right leg bf ken.
Officer Joseph Rodgers, overcome by
smoke while ~rcscuing people from the
burn Ng building.
Professor Hu nSltIne. OF the National
Music Company. face and hunds burned
while helping employees to reaGo the
fire escape.
+. ~. Wtse. legs and hands severely
Dun neg.
Philip Farley, piano mover tu- Con-
never Plane ~ mpary; right .cg broken
IN Jumping from second story window.
W. IL. Murphy. engineer, burned
ab"n. facr ana shoulders.
josie i;aXa, right ankle broken N
jumping fttyln second story w-tnt9ow.
Annie EaNa. jumped wien her sister
from second story: severely bruised.
David ~S-hatfst, arm broken trying TO
catch \. T.. N~cCEAuuGh. who jumped
Aulrew Nystcom. face anI aunds
burned.
y. J. Nys:rom. FACE. hands und legs
burned.
Fred smith. face and neck cut by fall
ing glass, and htItE bruised by :al..ng
u.Ltk.
Jaayb Kerehin. letter carrier. Jumped
f.om second story; buck injured and
ankle .VGu ned.
JOHN McDcrmott, jumped from sec-
nnu floor anAi ~ljsiodated LETT shoulder.
James w. Wall, p peTian. head and
Back injured by failing w'ah.
Kate Carney, foreWiu!an OF the No
t!rnal Music Company. fare and head
burned N descending from the fourth
floor.
Edward D. Hill. employed by tho
Presbyterian Publication Company. So
verely ina ted about the face and neck.
The budding was SIX stoF s high.
had a iontuge % IS feet on WahAra
avenue, ANA extended back Ito feet 10
an u,.ey. Ii was OF VITA Is known Is
::isi XII. Tad Two elevator shafts. .ne
in the front and one in the rear. and
,saeAJng from tan.rd story 70 The roof
was a light shaft. which gave the
flames every chAnce. II Ans because OF
this shaft that tEhe fire spresuA With sllc.A
GaGjl!ty. The bulldtn2 Was coup ed by
q rambler Of e. Nc@lnS, SOME OF them
employing Vat Sc numbers of people II
IS estimated that 400 people were at
work in tine build ne when the fire was
discovered. .M
The origin of uae fine is IN dispute
The weight OF evidence seems 10 Dc that
me explosion vas IN me !"%er part o.
the butt Wing. for tat. flames shot up tt1e
4 cEt shaft at one. The Sound threw
the inmates OF .Glr t,IGlrng ln;o q panic,
and n several floors u Wild stampede
began for the sta.rW&yS and elevator.
T" add to the panic the men IN
charge If the elevators ran the.r AIRS
uW to the top of the building shouting
st. =" at every floor. When th-y