The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-17
IiNI'T:Wl7,.EI:INTY''.MINjUITES. vi:
The Most Fatefnl Fire In Chicago
Since 1898 (.
on WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS.

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CHICAGO, March 1e.-rt required just
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OF the Host savage Iires Shicaso mas
seen since the famous cold storage
warehouse fire ON the worlds fair.
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stouiis' ~ " s'N~s .ai'' tio'A
five TO hfteer lives, maim thirty peo-
pie and reduce q six story brick build
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pricks anu tWis,edS IRON.
The number of dead Is stu In doubt
ara probably- win not bo dcflnitclv
i' hiIomh untii 3'hs aeoiis u .iie putsutns
IL sufficiently cooled to admit OF a
search being made for the bodies Of
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= .-..'1, - .. 10y, -
ihs VILE De TWO Gays f hence ao ieast' ast
Three men are known to be dead.
They are: Samuel A. C,ar,u boolkeep-
o,,.,x,t,.,s G., ,Ia. 80: !,
er iof .ite o1is teae
Miles A.. Smith, salesman for the Ohm.
steaQ Scientillc Company; Toward
B!nz, cashier for Sweet, Wallach &c Co.
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The missing, OF whom nothing could
be learned at q late hour. night, and
most OF whom are with question buried
In the wrecked building, are:
w. a. Omstea6, president OF the Il.
A. Olmstead Scientific Company. rush
ed through the sixth floor notifying his
employees Of their peril, seen TO so to-
wards rear OF building and was not
seen TO leave. ssa5sl sl
9 c. II. Armens, secretary Of W. A. Ohm
stead Scientific Company. was in the
building when fire started and has not
been seen since.
Mrs. n. Il. harris. widow, AZ years
old. employed as bookkeeper for w. A.
Olmstead 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 ut a window on
sixth floor shortly after Miles Smith
leaped to his death; was not seen after
ward. Thought to have been buried in
the ruins.
c. t. Anderson, employer by Sweet,
Wallach & 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. Wal!ach &c Co.. jumped
from sixth iloor In the rear; fell into the
ruins It is thought. 80
Fred: Hamiil, vaudeville singer, en-
gioyed by the National MUSIC Com
pary, not seen since the tire. sfa
c.; A.. Price, cashier for w. a. DIM
stead Scientific Company, thought to
have been sunocated- "a :! !S.;. !. !, 4
Solomon Grollnar, 5s.. western agent
for Henry Hoitzn1an, of Columbus, o.;
has rooms with Sweet, WaHach q: Co.:
thought to have been overcome by
smoke an6 burned to death.
Solomon Grollmar. ST., with solomon
Grollman, 1r., thought TO have met his
sons fate.
Anna Guest, cashier for the National
Music Company, thought to have been
overcome Dy smoke Whiie Trying 10 es-
cape from the burning building.
Il. X. Nelson, worked Tor WA. Ohm
stead Scientific Company; seen with
Samuel a. Clarh, VINO was Killed, and
thought 10 have been burned 10 death,
u. Marvin, shipping clerk for Presby-
terian board OF puoheation; not at
home and thought 10 nave lost his life.
NJ. BOSS, errand boy Tor presbyterian
: board OF puolicatioH, thouSho 10 have
perlshed. II
w. j. WILCOX, partner OF w. A. Ohm
stead; was in building on sixth floor
when fire started: thought 10 have gone
down in the ruins.
The building was SIX stories high,
had frontage OF hftS-eighs feet on
Wabash avenue and extended back 160
feet TO an alley. 1t was OF What is
known Of mill construction, had two ell
evator shafts, one In front, one in the
to the roof was light shaft which gave
the flames every chance. and 1t was
because OF TINS shnft that the fire
spread with sucff awfuG rapldlty.
The buiNinS was occupied by rum
Der OF concerns. some OF them employ
Ing large numbers or people. 1t IL es-
tinated that 400 persons were at work
In the building when the fire was dis
covered.
The weight OF evidence seems to be
that the explosion was in the lower part
OF the building. for the flames shot up
the light shaft at once. II.
The sound Of the explosion threw the
inmates OF the building into a panic and
on several iioors u wil0 stampede be-
gan for the stairways and elevators.
TO add to the panic the men in charge