The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-11

| The following is revised list of the
| dead, injured and missing:
The dead:
i Police Lieutenant 4. j. Berry
John McHanna.
/ William Scott, jr.
Stanley Stitz.
| John Dwyer.
/ George L. Ioyel
/ William Smith.
Albert A. Wolfe.
/ Thomas Claffey.
William r. Habenstein
An unknown, supposed to be John
/ Scott. the youngest son of the presi-
| dent of the Chautauqua Ice company
Injured-Robert Rosamond. single,
aged 40 years, lieutenant of engine
company No. , right foot crushed, am
| putated below the knee He was also
| bruised about the body. Owen n Fei-
| der. aged is. compound fracture of the
| right leg. George Douglas 50 years of
age, from Bellevue, unconscious, inter-
nally injured. owen Mulligan, mar
ried, 80 years, lacerated scalp. Will
lam Fleming, 81 years. single, contu-
sion Of body and scalp wound Joseph
Headly, aged So years. bruised about
body and head. Kit Wilson, 50 years
old, of Paducah KY. received injuries
about head, not fatal. Robert Dob
son, 30 years. badly injured about the
head and body. Captain A. J. Brown
superintendent of the bureau of build
ing inspection, right leg cut and
bruised. Peter Malone. aged 20 years.
slightly injured about legs. David
Stewart, So years old, badly cut by
falling bricks. William Desmuke. 30
years of age, injured about head and
shoulders. Charles Wilson. struck
by falling brick and seriously hurt.
Peter Malone, leg broken. Police OFF,
Ger Hodges, cut and bruised and in
jured internally Mrs Mary Desmuke,
80 years old, cut about head and arms
and internally injured. Charles Si-
mon, 36 years old, travelling salesman
of Cincinnati, badly cut on head
George King, engine No. company,
scalp wound and bruised. John Hun
ter, engine No. & bruised and both
ankles sprained.
The missing are; Nathan Cleour, ac-
countant in the Dallmeir building. sup
posed to be in the ruins: Thomas
Lynch, ice man, in the employ Of the
ehautanqua company. supposed To be
in the ruins Howard Berry watchman
of the storage building.
As detailed in these dispatches last
night, the fire broke out in the Union
Storage company's building on Pike
street. near Sixteenth. The building
was six stories in height and occupied
almost the entire block. The first floor
Storage company and the Ghautauqua
Lake Ice company. The second floor
front contained the stables Of the
Chautauqua company. In the Twelfth
street end they had their ice making
plant, which occupied the first three
floors. This was filed with valuable
ice-making machinery and other prop
erty of the Ghautauaua company. The
balance of the building was occupied
by the storage company. The entire
fire department was called out While
the confiagration was at its height an
explosion of one of the large tanks filed
with ammonia. used in the manufacture
of ice. occurred, which was followed by
several others and burned out walls |
came toppling down and firemen, po-
licemen and spectators were buried.
As soon as possible work was COM
menced to recover the dead and |
wounded. the former being sent to the
morgue as fast as removed from the /
debris and the wounded sent to the /
hospital. The scene at the morgue /
was a narrowing one. As soon as the t
burned and mangled bodies were re-
covered they We're taken there. where /
they We're washed and placed III pre-
sentable condition. Every victim was
covered with wood and dirt and most
everybody was scalded and charred
Bones protruded from the charred and
broken hands of some and gaping
wounds were found here and there over
the bodies.
The missing are George Newman. fire
inspector of Philadelphia gas company:
William Doran. William Finch. Edward
Donnelly, Chris N. Schriver. James p.
Morrison. Professor James Moxan. an or
ganist al Evangci church Bushlong. Pa;
p. b Weekerly John Gerry George Nc
Donald. Jack Farrell. Samuel McLaugh-
lin Jacob Booth and party of four com
panons who were in Il saloon on Pennsyt-
vania avenue when The building crashed,
are missing and are supposed 10 he under
the debris.
Mrs. Mary MeFadden. with her family
Of eight children are supposed to he IN
der the fallen walls. They lived In
house on Mulberry Alley. which VAS
crushed. Nothing has been seen of them
since the explosion last night. and il Is
all are dead
All day long tiremen. policemen and
other city employees have been working
at the risk OF their lives. but up TO night
fail but little progress had been made
IN clearing away the debris. The work
will be continued without cessation nm
iii it is known no bodies remain buried
Backened walls tower from the midst
II heaps OF smoaldering rubbish, threat
aHing to teppIa over at any time Twenty
streams are constantly playing on The
Still burning ruins
A heavy cloud Of smoke operhanEs fhs
iesolate scene and the tired policemen
have hard vtrk 10 keep the hprdes sc
urious arioaScrs from getting within
EAe lines Mans. # the people vim tarH
from their homes last
night are picking mp courage enough Is
return L. places not jtonardzea Be laz
weakened walls
Mayor Ford this afternoon raaljz#Hg
hat some Of the worst features oz me-
calamity are YET 10 come 50 far - mo
lead and heads Of families ara concerned
and that many wilt be iu need sf AID -
sued public letter suggesting subs E=fF=
ions from the citizens for distribution
tFnons tha needy victims Thef. y ~ rsa=
i7n L. chang iast nights estimate s. tie
sE2feEate #@=s - property
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