The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-22
FIERCE AND FATAL BLAZE
RAGING IN CHICAGO
Five Dead, Score or More
Badly Injured.
LOSS so FAR HALF A MILLION
Six Buildings, Comprising Part of Corn
Products Plant, Fire-SwePt-Fear-
full Scenes Witnessed.

CHICAGO. Oct 22.-Five known dead
and probably more bodies in the ruins,
thrice as many injured, and financial
loss Of $500 GOO, are the net results Of a
fire that last night destroyed six large
buildings comprising part OF the Corn
Products Company plant at West Taylor
Street and the river.
A furious gale swept huge frebrands
over the city, endangering millions Of
dollars worth Of property and causing
score Of small fires, the 'subduing OF
which kept engine companies, not at
the big blaze, busy
The Dead and Injured.
The known dead taken out are:
Five unidentified men. bodies in
morgue.
The injured: Frank Moore, slid to the
ground on water pipe; bruised and
slightly burned; taken to County Hospi-
tai
Joseph Rukos. thirty-eight, laborer II
dry feed building, right leg broken, in
jured internally
Frank Rothenberg. foreman jumped
from NTH MOOT
Joseph Butkcs. jumped into fire net.
but broke through.
Paul Kuris. jumped into fire net, but
broke through; taken to County Hos
pital
John Tucker, fell through in Taylor
Street viaduct; hip fractured.
Unidentified man. scalp wound and
ais; taken to the County Hospital.
Unidentified man. twenty-five years
old. taken TO the County Hospital; suf-
fering from Commissions and partly as
phyxiated-
Gregor Gretalski, forty-five years old
suffering from contusions, and partly as
phyxiated.
Paul Krukrie. thirty-two. laborer il
dry feed building. suffering from bruises
and smoke inhalation
Believe Ten More Dead.
At o'clock this morning. it was sale
bv the IRE and police officers that prob
ably ten more bodies would be found il
the ruins. which are being searched b!
large force Of men The names Of th'
missing are not known, as the men wer'
simply identified by numbered bras
checks
Ten men were at work on the frs
floor of the building. and these had n
more than escaped, when an explosion
on the second floor shook the Who'll
structure. and carried the flames ike ;
fash to the upper floors. Thirty-foui
men were employed on the fifth floor
and before any Of them could escaD'
BY the elevators or stairways, Tetrea
was shut OF
Nets of Little Use.
Captain Cunningham called for III
nets, posting his men, as nearly as b
could under the points from which III
cries came. The first three men to lea
struck the nets, which did little NOR
than break their fall They were ear
ried to one side 10 await the police am
balances. The next two men missed th
net altogether, and struck the groun
with full force. When picked up, the
were dead. Still another man jumped
mis- body striking one side Of the net an
bounding TO the ground He was Piei
ed Up barely alive, and died ten mir
utes after he reached the County Hosp
tai. By this time number Of additions
fire companies we're OF the scene il II
sponse to general alarm, and ladder
we're thrown up the sides Of the blazir
building. Man after man was carrie
down by the fremen from the mario
window lodges
Slid Down Water Pipe.
Frank Moore, who was working on Il
third floor, slid down a waterpipe al
reached the ground 10 express fear tn:
none of his companions had been able
escape. Meanwhile, in the main builc
ing, the 100 workmen had taken aIar
and fed
To add to the danger, just TO the mort
of the dry rooms. $50 barrels of Oil wei
stored, and part or the hremen devote
their efforts to prevent this from II
hitting.
Though the origin Of the fire is MY
terious. as is always the case in sugs
refinery fires, q grounded theory
that the dust in the grinding stones
the corn crusher room exploded fro
spontaneous combustion.
Second Largest Plant.
The plant Of the Corn Products Con
pany is the second largest IN the worl
being only surpassed in size and in in
portance by the one al Peoria, owned
the same COMPANY. It's daily output
Is
LOCO, 0O9 pounds, which is more than Il
combined daily output Of all the IA
tories IN the world outside the Unit
States.
PEACH RPANDy CASE