The age-herald., 1898-03-17
CHICAGO'S MIGHTY
 CONFEDERATION Three People Known to Have Met THOUGHT OTHERS PERISHED Thirty Were Mained and Six Story
 Building Destroyed. IN SHORT SPACE OF 20 MINUTES Two Elevator Boys Did Heroic Work-400 Em- p|oyes in the Building-Two Frantic
 Prisoners Dashed Out Their
 Lives on Sidewalk.
IN SHORT SPACE OF 20 MINUTES

Chicago, March 16.-It required just the most savage fires Chicago has seen since the famous cold Storage warehouse fire on the Worlds fair grounds in 1893 to take any where from five to fifteen lives, main thirty people and reduce six-story brick building to a pile of blazing timbers, red hot bricks anth twisted iron.
 The number of dead Is st5l 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. Tfhis will be two days hence at least. Three men are known to be dead. They are:
 Olmsted Scientific company.
 MILES SMITH, salesman for Olmsted Scientific company.
 EDWIN BINZ, cashier for Sweet, Wall lach X Co.
 Those reported missing and who had not returned home or communicated with their friends tonight and whose bodies are be- heved to be in the ruins are as follows:
 w. A. Ohnsted, drestdent E. A. Olmste1 Scientific company rushed through the sixth floor notifying his employees of their peril, was seen to go towards the rear or the building and not known to leave.
 c. H. Arms, secretary of the F. A. Olm- sted Scientific company was in the build- ing when the fire started; not seen since.
 Overcome by Smoke
 Mrs. M. D. Harris, widow, 42 years old, employed as bookkeper for E. A. Olmsted Scientific company, believed to have been overcome by smoke and burned to death Not seen by other employees as they rushed to safety.
 Unknown woman, seen from Q window on sixth floor soon after Miles Smith leaped to his death: thought to have been burned in the ruins.
 T. F.. Anderson, employed by Sweet, Walach & Co.,, not seen to leave building after fire started and is thought to have been suffocated.
 w. w. Hill, assistant in office of the Presbyterian board of publication, was on fifth floor and not seen to leave building.
 Tony -, last name unknown, office boy for Sweet, Walllach & Co.,, jumped from sixth floor in the rear and fell into the ruins, it is thought.
 Fred Hammill, vaudeville singer em- ployed by National Music Co.,, not seen since fire.
 Solomon Grollman, ST., with Solomon sons fate.
 Annie Guest cashier for the National Music Co.,. thought to have been overcome with smoke while trying to escape
 Herr Nelson, worked for Olmsted Scien- tific Co.,, seen with Sam 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 been lost.
 Willinm Ross, errand boy for Presbyte- rian board Of publication, thought to have perished.
 w. J. Wilcox, partner of W. A. Olmsted was on sixth floor, thought to have gone down in the ruins.
 Paul c. Snyder, employed by Sweet Wallach & Co.,, severely burned about head and body; may die.
 Emil Bresserman dropped from the third floor to the street; hip broken and spine injured, may die.
 A. D. Mccullough salesman for Alfred Peats, jumped from third floor; right hip and shoulder broken and internal injuries, may die.
 fell from fire escape at second floor, sus- tained internal injuries, may die.
 Hugh c. Elliott, manager Presbyterian board of publication, hands and face burned, not serious.
 Herman R Overman, fell from fire escape, badly bruised.
 H. B. Cunningham, agent for the North ern Pacific Express company, head and body burned
 w s. Lem1y, colored waiter at H. H. Kohl & Co.'S restaurant, became frightened and jumped from second floor, right leg broken.
 Officer Joe Rogers, overcome by smoke while rescuing from burning building
 Prof. Hans Line, of the National Music company, hands and face burned.
 E. A. Wise, legs and hands severely burned, will recover.
 Philip Farley, piano mover for ConoVer Piano company, right leg broken in jump ing from second story
 w. H. Rappery, engineer, burned about Josie Baxa, right ankle broken in jumping from second story.
 Annie Baxa, jumped from second floor, severely injured.
 David Schaefer, arm broken while trying to catch A. E. Mccullough who jumped from third floor.
 Andrew Mystrom, face and hands burned. A. J. Mystrom, face, hands and legs burned.
 Bruised by Falling Brick
 Fred Smith, face and neck cut by glass and head bruised by falling brick
 Jacob Kerchin, letter carrier, jumped from second story, back injured and ankle sprained.
 John McDermott. jumped from second foor dislocated left shoulder.
 James w. Wall, pipeman; head and back injured from falling wall.
 w. Carney, foreman for the National Music company; face and head burned in descending from the fourth floor.
 Edward D. Hill, employed by the Pres byteran Publication company; severely burned about face and neck.
 The building was six stories high, had Q frontage of 5S feet on Wabash avenue, and extended back 160 feet to an alley. It was of what is known as Hill construction, had two elevator shafts, one in front and one ir the rear, and reaching from the third story to the roof was light shaft which