The age-herald., 1901-03-12

Chicago, March 11.-By the explosion of a boiler in the Doremus laundry, 459 West Madison street, this morning, eight per sons were instantly killed. forty-two in- jured and several are missing. The list of fatalities is as follows
 Dead:
 Frank Hanneman.
 Martha Jacobi
 Bessie Kusaba.
 Kate Voss.
 Catherine Kelly.
 George Piehl
 Emma Sabruski.
 Minnie Olsen.
 Injured
 Michael Rowell, slightly injured by fly ing glass; Tillie Olsen, injured about body; Arthur Boyer, slightly injured on body; Hilda Kalba, six years old, leg crushed and face cut; Sadie Kalka, five years old, left arm broken; William E.. Dean, ten years old, badly bruised; Jo- seph Gallsella, internally injured; Mary Werno, head cut; Abraham Colsen head cut; Mary Kalb, slightly bruised; An thony Stearn, shoulder crushed; John Dean, eight years old. body crushed; Mrs. Fannie Dean, badly crushed by fall ing timbers Lizzie Cwike, three ribs broken; Antoine Stamsky, head aud arm cut: Sadie Stick, head cut; Lizzie Darrow, internal injuries; Susie Ginnerat, body bruised; Susan Fraina head cut; Nellei Enrigt, slightly bruised Peter Dean, head cut and left leg crush al. md chh badly cut; Mary Lalko, arms crushed bad scalp wounds; Mamie Burns, severe internal injuries; Minnie Jaeckel, internal injuries; Frank Dottenby, head cut and shoulder crushed; Theodore Van Helden, internal injuries; William R. Haepel, in- ternal injuries; Joseph Ortzeller, body crushed; Teresa Van Sik, internal in- juries and scalp wound; Bessie Kinkead slightly bruised; Dettsjo Patalo, internal injuries Patrick o'Neill, bruised by fall ing wall; Otto Freund, face and hands cut; Mary Sesser, severe scalp wounds Jacob Burehard, badly bruised Martin Andrews, face lacerated Katie Robin son, internal injuries; Gussie Hoffman internal injuries; Minnie Hoffman, hea( cut and body bruised; Emma Krueger face badly cut.
 Cause Not Known.
 The cause of the explosion hasn't vel been ascertained The boiler was old secondhand affair, and there Is no re cord in the office of the boiler inspector of any inspection having been made with in the last year Pending the verdict 70 the coroner's jury. A. l.. Doremus. thu l., l1I1 f,. Dtta tody by the police. It is the intention oi the authorities to institute criminal pro ceedings against him should the facts be brought out at the inquest warrant sucf action.
 Reports as to the dead in the ruins run al the way from six to twenty-silx It is known that thirty-six employees of the laundry had entered the place before the explosion occurred. Two or three were entering at the moment of the explosion, making an approximate total of forty employees in and around the building. The list of injured includes, however several persons residing in the adjoining build ings nearly all of which were damaged badly The most conservative estimate by the police comedies that at least three persons, dead or alive, are still in the ruins: yet the search for bodies in the ruins came to a sudden end in the after noon and the work of rescue was entirely abandoned.
 Dispute Stopped the Search.
 The cause of the cessation of the search was a dispute between the firemen and police as to who was responsible for the recovery of any bodies which might be concealed beneath the debris. The fire men said they had performed their whole duty and, gathering up their hose, they retired from the scene. The police said 1t was not their work to dis for bodies and nobody else volunteered to do the work. The trouble was brought to the attention of Police Inspector Shea, in whose district the accident occurred and he held that the search properly belong ed to the fire department,
 "Whoever heard of the police digging for bodies or performing the work of wrecking crew." asked the inspector. T never did, and I say such work does not