The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-11
P|TTSB(JRG'S BIG FIRE
Full Details of the Destruction
Wednesday Night.
BUILDINGS TOPPLE DOWN
Loss of Life and Extent of In
juries Appalling,
BUILDINGS TOPPLE DOWN


injured and missing:
DEAD.
POLICE LIEUTENANT a. ]. BERRY.
JOHN MHANNA.
WILLIAM SCOTT, JR
STANLEY STITZ.
JOHN DIVER
GEORGE LOVELESS
WILLIAM NJ. SMITH
| ALBERT A. WOLFE.
THOMAS CLAFFEY.
| WILLIAM r. WALLRHABENSTE
| UNKNOWN, supposed to be John Scott,
the youngest son of the president of the
| Chautaqua Ice company.
INJURED.
Robert Rosamond, single, aged 40 years
lieutenant of engine company 2; right foot
| cruesh; leg amputated below the kne at
| Homeopathic hospital, also bruised about
! the body.
Owen K. Fielder. aged IS; compound frac
| ture of the right leg.
| George Douglass, So years old; Bellevue !;
unconscious; thought internally injured.
Owen Mullhan, married, 80 years; lac
| Grated scalp.
William Fleming, 80 years. single; con-
| fusion of body and scalp wound.
Josepht Headley. aged IS years; bruised
| about body and head.
! Kit Wilson, So years. of Paducah. XIX. !;
received injury about the head; not fatal
Robert Dobson. So years; badly injured
| about the head and body.
Captain J. A. Brown, superintendent OF
| the bureau of building inspection; right
| leg cut and bruised.
| Peter Malone, aged 90 years; slightly in
| jured about legs.
David S. Stewart, aged 81 badly cut by
| falling bricks.
| William Desmuke. aged 80 years; injur-
/ ed about head and shoulders.
| Charles Wilson; struck by falling bricks
| and seriously hurt.
Peter Malone; leg broken.
! Police officer Rodgers; cut and bruised
| internally
Mrs Mary Desmuke; aged Sc years; cut
abuot head and arms and hurt internally
| Charles Simon, aged 20 years; travelling
| salesman of Cincinnati; badly cut on head
| by brick
George King, engineer No. Engine com
pany; scalp wound and bruises.
John Hunter, No. Engine company:
bruised and both ankels sprained.
MISSING.
Nathaniel Green accountant, Dallmyer
building, supposed to be In the ruins.
Thomas Lnych, ice man in employ of
Chautauqua company, supposed to be in
| the ruins on Thirteenth steet
! Edward Barry, Waterman of the storage
| building.
George Newman. fire inspector of Phila-
/ delphia Gas company.
William Doran.
William Finch.
Edward Donnely.
! Chris Schriver.
James P. Morrison.
Professor James Moxan. organist Evan
gelical Lutheran church. Brushton, Pa.
D. B. Weckerly.
John Gerry.
George Mcdonald.
Jack Farrell.
Samuel McLaughmlin.
Jacob Booth and party Of four COM
panions who were in a saloon on Pennsyi-
vania avenue when the wall crushed the
building. are missing and are supposed to
/ be under the debris.
| Mrs. Mary McFadden, with her family
of eight children, are alos supposed to be
under the fallen walls. They lived in a
house on Mulberry Alley, which was
/ crushed. Nothing has been seen of them
since the explosion last night, and it is
/ believed all are dead.
All day long firemen. policemen and 9TH
or city employees have been working at
the risk of their livs, but up to nightfall
i but little progress had been made in the
! clearing away of the debris. The work
will be continued without cessation until
it is known no bodies remain buried.
Blackeued walls tower from the midst Of
heaps of smouldering rubbish. threaten
ing TO topple over at any minute. Tween
ty streams are constantly playing on the
still burning ruins. A heav pail OF
smoke overhangs the desolate scene and
The tired policemen have hard work to
KEEP the thousands of curious on-lookers
from getting with the rope Gordon. Many
/ of the poole who fed panic-stricken from
their homes last night ar piucking up
/ courage enough TO return 10 tibet homes
not jeopordized by the fre-weakend walls
Mayor Ford this afternoon. realizing
that some of the worst features Of the
calamity ara yet to come, so far as the
dead and heads OF families are concerned.
! and that many will be In need Of aid is
{ sued Z public letter suggesting subscrip-
/ lions from the citizens for distribution
/ among thetneedy victims.
There is no reason TO change last nights
/ estimate o. the aggregate loss 70 prop
+ erty. II IS difficult 10 get figures. but in
/ surance experts say that il viii be at
( least 81 .5oo. 90. and may be more.
I The total insurance is ysriously esti-
( mated from $50 m 10 g. - 40.
ESTIMATED LOSSES.
I The estimated losses are; Union Stor-
/ age company. So go; Hoeveler's storage
! warehouse and contents. $50 Do; Chautau-
qua Lake les company. sl5o 90; small
+ Pennsylvania avenuet houses. 81 90. To
tai. Si.s303
( The Individual losers in the Union stor-
( age co-napny warehouse were Economy
( DIstnung company. 80 barrels ot wh!s-
/ X In bond.
/ G. ". Schmidt company. whisky IL
+ bond
W : Friday company. whisky In bond.
Mo5ongaheIa Textile company. woo!
/ dealers. - 90 pounds q wool
! Collins Cigar company. . carloads Of
/ tobacco.
/ P1rsburr Dr. Goods company. T. 90
/ Patrick McGraw & Co. Allegheny wool
/ dealers. 50 %
American Cereal company Fss.aoo