The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-05
NINE MEN KILLED
as MANY INJURED
Fire In St. Louis, Mo-, Fatal
To Firmen,
THE BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Men Caught Beneath the Crash
Have Not Been Rescued.
FALLING WALLS CAUGHT MANY
The Numbsr Of Those Killed Is Not Known
n,liaitely, But viii Not Prove Less,
Than Six-Flremsn worked
Hard TO scue Their
Companions, But 10
No Avail
FALLING WALLS CAUGHT MANY
fsy Associated Press.)

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ST. LOUIS. MO, Tcb.I4.---At least nine
men were killed and as many more IN
iured at a fire at No. Sii Chestnut Street,
ecc1,pfed by the American Tent and AVN
ing Company The building suddenly col
lapsed. and although the half dozen men
who were caught in the crash had not
1cen reached by their hard working COM
rades two hours later it is almost GER
ain they have succumbed. The dead:
AUGUST THIERRY, first assistant
chief, caught in ruins
MICHAEL KEHDE, assistant foreman.
.aught in ruins.
DANIEL STEELE, foreman. caught in
Iuns.
William Dundon, pipeman; Charles
IIrening, pipeman, and Patrick Berman,
assistant foreman.
Three pipemcn, names unknown, caught
" ruins.
The injured: Frank Lingo. driver of
Serial truck, thrown from truck while
working 20 feet above the ground, Sc
tiously injured; Monroe Moore, inspector
Tor the Imperial Electric Light Company,
badly injured by falling debris; Pick
Mccarthy, engineer, caught by falling
walls. eeriously hurt; William Julieb,
Marshal Thierrys driver, caught by fall
ing walls, seriously hurt; William Wand,
foreman. seriously injured by falling
walls.
AN OLD BUILDING.
The building in whicn the ire Uriginateu-
was located in the old tnsiness sectiol.
of the city ana was about fifty years Cd
I,.la blaze, which proved q hard one To-
the fire department to master had hcen
brought practically under control Wen
suddenly. with absolutely no warning,
The building collapsed and came down IN
a heap with noise that could be heard.
for many blocks.
Three firemen at work on the second
.oor had had difficulty in managing j
,ine of hose and Assistant Chief lhiery
vas on his way with three of his men to
end them aid when the building CO..
apsed.
The men went down with tons Of twisted
IRON, brick, stone and wooden columns
onvelopinr them. Chief Sw.ngley, wns
was III front of the building directing his
men, had a miraculous escape from death
AS the front wall fell outward. he sour
ricd across the street and fell under the
serial truck. The truck vas covered with
.obris and partially wrecked. and it was
. fits sheltering protection that the chief
owes his life.
TONS COVER THEM
Frank Lingo, driver of the truck. was
5irootsnc a stream on the fire from the
aerial ladder. about forty feet from the
ground. when the wall fell. a portion of
The debris struck him and he was hurled
through the air TO the ground, receiving
probably fatal injuries.
Chief swingley put his entire force to
work at once IN an offors to rescue the
hurried firemeu. but although the men
worked heroically they mad not been able
10 reach the victims at midnight II is
certain that all arc dead, as tons Of
debris cover them.
Following is a list of the losses: Alneri-
lean Tent and Awning Company, $4,000;
Mclean estate, loss on building, $4,000,
uJerman Ruppelt. joe printer, $1,000,
scattering. 5000.