The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-22
TEN DEAD AT A FIRE.
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when he reached the lower doorway
and was badly burned. Two minutes
later would have made it utterly i'm
possible for him to have made his es-
cape. The men on the seventh floor
had no chance whatever for their lives
Several Of them left the windows and
crawled along the sills in an effort to
reach a place of safety, but with the
exception of two the men who at
tempted to reach safety in this way
made up their mind that it was GER
tain death and went back into the
burning building. Two men, however,
remained to take chances of a leap
and, climbing upon the window, sprang
out into the air. One of them came
straight, swiftly downwards, but just
as he was two feet from the sidewalk
stone pavement full force. The other
man whirled over and over as he came
down. Their bodies were horribly
mangled, SO that it was impossible for
anyone who saw them directly after
their jump to identify them in any
way.
Four other men Jumped from the
windows on the fourth floor These
men were terribly injured and were
taken in police ambulances to the
county hospital Two of them who were
able to give their names to the police
are Joseph Bulkos and Paul Kauris.
Survivors Give Little Hope.
One of the survivors, who reached
the ground safely after a perilous
journey down the fire escape from the
fourth story, said:
Il do not believe any of the men on
the top story could have escaped. The
flames drove me from my post and but
for the fact that was near the fire
escape would never have reached the
ground"
The f1rse was under control before
o'clock, and, although it was not
possible at that time to form any es-
innate of the loss of life, the state
ments Of men employed in the drying
house were so conflicting that the po-
lice declared that in their opinion the
loss of life would not be more than 10
or ~. Several of the men who made
their escape from the lower part of
the building said there was no hope for
those on the upper floor, but it is not
thought there will be any loss of life
among the men employed in other
parts of the building.
Misses Net by Yard.
Frank Rothenburg, foreman work.
ing on the fifth floor of the drying
house, met his death in making a jump
meath the window where he stood. He
was compelled to leap far out in order
to clear some Instructions on the side
of the building, and missed the net by
yard. The firemen, seeing that he
would not strike the net made every
effort to catch him, but failed. His
skull was crushed and he died instant
ly. Joseph Butkos, who escaped with
his life, but is badly burned and
bruised, had better fortune in striking
the net when he leaped from another
part of the fifth floor. He hit it square
ly, but being a heavy man he went
through and struck the ground with
terrific force. He was rushed to the
county hospital, where it was said ha
might recover. Paul Kauris also broke
through the net, but was not badly
hurt.
The officers Of the company, when
informed that the two smaller build
ings had been destroyed and that the
fourteen story building was damaged,
would not make any estimate of dam
age. One of them said: ut may be
anywhere between 100000 and $1,000
900, and that is all we can say at this
time" The fire department places the
loss at the lower figure.