Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-17
AN UNKNOWN NUMBER PERISH.
THREE BODIES FOUND AND SEVEN
TEEN PERSONS MISSING.
Thirty Injured, Several of Them Fa-
talIy-Fire Was in q Six story
Brick, In Which 400 People
WOrked-Caused by
ExplO4i0A., .r.-.

the famous cold storage warehouse f1re on
the worlds faiE grounds, in 1888, to take
anywhere from five to fifteen lives, MAIN
thirty people and reduce six story brick
building to a pile of blaziug timbers. red
hot bricks and twisted iron.
The number of dead is still in doubt, and
probably will not be definitely known until
the debris of the building is sufficiently
cooled to admit of search being made for
the bodies of those who are undoubtedly In
the ruins.
This will be two days hence. at least.
Three men are known to be dead. They
are:
Samuel.A Clark, bookkeeper for the Ohm
stead Scientific Company.
Miles A. Smith. salesman for the Ohm
stead Scientific Company.
Edward BinZ, cashier for Sweet. Wallach
& Co.
Those reported missing, and who had not
returned home or communicated with their
friends tonight, and whose bodies are be-
lieved to be in the ruins are the follow
ing:
w. A Olmstead, president WA. Olmstead
Scientific Company; rushed through the
sixth floor notifying his employees OF their
peril seen to go toward the rear OF the
building, and was not seen to leave
C. H. Arms, secretary of w. A. Olmstead
Scientific Company; was in the building
! when fire started. and has not been seen
since.
Mrs. NJ E. Harris, widow. AZ years old.
employed as bookkeeper for w. A. Olm-
stead Scientific Company; believed to have
been overcome by smoke and burned to
death; not seen by the other employees as
! they rushed to safety.
w. r. Nelson. an employe of Olmstead
| & Co., reported as missing by his wife to
police tonight.
William A. Marvin, employed by the
Presbyterian Publishing Company: last
seen cropping his way through smoke and
| flames on the fifth floor.
Unknown woman seen at window on the
sixth floor shortly after Miles Smith leaped
to his death: was not seen afterwards.
Thought to have been buried in the ruins.
| c. T. Anderson, employed by Sweet. Wal
| ZACH & Co.; not seen to leave the building
after the fire started, and is thought to
have been suffocated.
Tony -, last name unknown; office boy
for Sweet, Wallach & Co.; jumped from
sixth floor in the rear; fell into the ruins
| it is thought. ~
Fred Hamill. vaudeville singer: employed
| by the National Music Company; not seen
| since fire.
c. A. Price, cashier for W. A. Omstead
Solomon Groliman, Jr.. Western agent
for Henry Holtzman. of Columbus. o.; had
rooms with; Swest, .walfach & Co.; thought
| to have been OVERCOME by smoke and burn
| ed to death.
Solomon Groliman. Sr.. with Solomon
| Grollman, Jr.; thought to have met his
| sons fate.
Anna Guest, cashier for the National
| Music Company, thought to have been over
come by smoke while trying to escape from
| the burning building.
| H. R. Nelson, working for, W. A. Ohm
| stead Scientific Company, seen with Samuel
A. Clark, who was killed, and thought to
| have been burned to death.
William Marvin, shipping clerk for
Presbyterian board of publication; not at
home and thought to have lost his life.
William Boss, errand boy for Presbyte-
rian board of publication; thought to have
perished.
w. j. Wilcox. partner of w. A. olm-
stead; was in building on sixth floor when
| fire started; thought to have gone down in
| the ruins.
The list Of injured is as follows:
Paul c. Snyder, employed by Sweet Wal
| ZACH G. Co.; severely burned about head and
body; taken home; may die.
| Emil Bresserman, dropped from the third
| floor to street; hip broken and spine in
jured; may die.
| A. E. Mccullough, salesman for Alfred
Peats; jumped from third floor: right hip
| and shoulder broken and internal injuries;
taken to Presbyterian hospital; may die.
Mary Lapere, burned about face and head
while climbing down the fire escape from
Sweet, Wallach & Co.'S floor; fell from Sec
| ond floor to ground and sustained internal
| injuries; may die.
Hugh S. Elliott. manager Presbyterian
board of publication; hands and face burn
| ed; not serious.
Herman B. overman. fell from fire es-
cape; badly bruised.
| H. B. Cunningham, agent for the North
| ern Pacific Express Company; head and
| body burned.
| w. s. Lemley, colored waiter at H. H.
| Kohlsaat & Company's restaurant, became
| frightened and jumped from the second
floor of the restaurant. Right leg broken.
| Officer Joseph Rogers. overcome by smoke
| while rescuing people from the burning
| building. e..-,.-
Professor Hans Line, of the National
| Music Company; face and hands burned
while helping employees to reach the fire
| escape.
E. A. Wise, legs and hands severely burn
ed; will recover.
| fnlnp piano HoNet SoiioNeE
Piano Company, right leg broken in jump
ing from second story window.
w. H. Murphy, engineer. burned about
| face and shoulders.
Josie Baxa, right ankle broken in jumping
from second story window.
Annie Baxa. jumped with her sister from
| second floor. Severely bruised.
| David Schaefer, arm broken trying to
catch A. E. Mccullough, who jumped from
the third floor.
Andrew Nystrom. employed by Omstead
Company: face and hands burned.
A. ]. Nystrom. face, hands and legs
burned.
Fred Smith, face and neck cut by falling
glass and head bruised by falling brick.
Jacob Kerchin. letter carrier, jumped
from second story; back injured and ankle
John McDermott employed by the Con-
| over Piano Company: jumped from second
floor and disocated his left shoulder.
James w. Wall, pipeman. engine company
No. 10; head and back injured. bricks from
falling wall.
Kate Carney. forewoman for the National
Music Company; face and head burned in
descending from the fourth floor.
/ Edward D. Hill, employed by the PreSby-
terian Publishing Company.
The building was six stories nigh, had a
nue. and extended back 100 feet to an alley.
It had two elevator shafts, one In front
and one in the rear, and reaching from
the third story to the roof was a light
shaft which gave the flames every chance.
and it was because of this shaft that the
The building was occupied by a num-
ber Of concerns, some of them employing
large numbers Of people 1t is estimated
that 400 people were at work in the build