Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-10
The Dead.

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The Dead.
S. r. Newell.
| Carl A. Carlson.
Joseph Harrington.
Samuel Dalzell.
DIR. j. T. Stanton.
George A. Ribbeck, of Hillsdale Mich
William Kent, alderman of the
Fourth ward, Chicago.
John B. knapman.
Mrs. NJ Baumann
B. H. Boyd, rs years old, and mem
ton.
The Injured.
A. w. Wattles, badly burned on the
head and back and internally injured;
will die.
Mrs. Amelia Wilson, burned about
the body and inhaled flames; will prob
ably die.
Mary McMannis, badly burned about
the body.
Matte Jameson, slightly burned and
overcome by smoke.
Minnie Ellis, slightly burned about
the face.
John Downey, of Omaha, Neb.,
jumped from third story to roof of adj
joining building, leg sprained.
A. c. Davis. business manager of the
sanitarium, slightly burned about the
hands and face.
Henry Norman. colored burned about
the hands and face; not serious.
Frank Johnson burned about the
hands and face; not serious.
DR.. Fl. l.. Luse, burned about the face
and hands.
Mrs. B. H. Bowman, burned while
rescuing her 4-year-old daughter from
third floor. severely burned about body.
Mary Bowman, years old, burned
about the body; not serious.
Fireman Michael Hadley, burned
while recuing Carl Carlson from the
fourth floor, burned about face and
hands; not serious.
Mrs. Leah, of Omaha, overcome by
smoke; not serious.
j. w. Suit, jumped from third floor
into net injured internally: will prob
ably die.
VIM. E. Davis, of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
burned about head.
B. w. Marties, almost suffocated in
building; rescued by police; will re-
cover.
t. 7. Means, face burned.
l.. w. Woodrich, burned about head
and face.
DR.. Charles E. Anderson, bruised and
burned
c. T. Wears head burned, may die.
c. G. Andrews, burned about face,
head and body: serious.
Lee Seymour, fireman, face slightly
burned
William Lanahan, engineer, bruised
about the neck.
j. p. Mabel. inventor of gasoline plant
in hospital, slightly bruised.
Michael Luby.
j. B. Bishop, of ST. Louis.
G. S. Colt, of Lavergne, ILL.,
The fire originated in the basement
OF the building and spread rapidly to
the upper stories thru the elevatorshaft.
The blaze was discovered by James
Newell, "a grocer as he was driving thru
the alley in the rear of the building. He
noticed smoke coming from one of the
basement windows and ran into the en-
CINE room to discover the cause. Be
hind the boilers, in the center OF the
cellar. and within few feet of the ele-
vator shaft, he saw a small flame. The
next instant the flames were caught by
the draught in the elevator shaft and
carried UP with roar. Newell shouted
to several men in the alley to give the
alarm and to alarm the inmates of the
Several hurried to do this but by the
time they reached the first floor of the
the flames had been carried to
The roof, had eaten thru it and We're
Gaping high in the air.
AS the cry of fire rang thru the
patients sprang from their
beds, and before they could be pre-
vented several had jumped from the
windows to the pavement.
The fire department was on the scene
within few minutes, and as the Win
lows were filled with people shrieking
5or help the fiemen devoted their first
efforts to the saving of lives and al |
owed the fire to burn. While this was
he means of saving large number of |
people, who were carried down the lad |
iers by the tiremen, 1T gave the fire |
such q Roadway that there was almost
40 chance for those on the upper noors
If the building to make their escana
md such of them as were not sufTo-
,ated We're killed or badly injured by
Gaping from the windows.
Alderman Kent was in a room on the
fifth floor, attended by A. w. Wattles
The alderman, who has been totally
blind for many years, was in a
traight- jacket, and his hands were
nanacled to q belt that passed around
lis waist.
When the alarm of fire was sounded
Nattles ran to investigate, He found
he elevator shaft mass of flames and
an back to help the alderman, who.
blind and unable to do anything with