The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-08
FIREMEN MET Deaf Fl,
Walls Of a Burning Building in St.
Louis Collapse.
Mary Men Buried Beneath the Ruin.
Ten Are Probably Dcad-A
Number of Others
Injured.

AhyWTc0s
st. Louis. Feb. Sat les st. ten men
were killed and as many more injured
at fire which broke out Tue sday night
IN the five-story stone and brick build
ing located at No. 314 Chestnut street,
occupied by the American Tent g.
Awning company.
The building collapsed without
warning during fire which seemed
to be under control. The outer walls
erumbled at the bottom, and walls,
roof and floors crashed through to
the cellar.
1t is not known how many tircmen
were in the building when the crash
came. Six are known to be buried.
Men were at work on each of the
five floors.
Push Work of Rescue.
Every fireman in the city and
squads Of police are at work in the
ruins searching for bodies. No roll
call has yet been made. The building
is mass Of ruins, filling the cellar
and plling high above the first floor.
1T may be hours before the bodies
under the ruins can be reached.
At one O'Clock this wednesday,
morning, Notwithstanding that SUI
perhuman efforts had been made by
Chief Swinglcy and his men to lift
the debris from off their unfortunate
companions, not Il single man had
been reached. and to all appearances
not much progress had been made
in raising the immense pile of iron,
stone, tin and wood. At this hour
the names of three more missing
men were given out by the chief,
who expressed his belief that when
the men were reached most if not
all would be found to be dead.
The Victims.
The dead are: August Thierry, first
assistant chief, caught in ruins; Mi
chael kehoe, assistant foreman of COM
pany No. 10, caught in ruins; Daniel
Stee.e, foreman of No. 12 company,
caught in the ruins; seven pipemen,
names unknown, caught in ruins.
The iniured:
Frank Lingo. driver Of No. G aerial truck,
thrown from truck while working 40 feet
from the ground. seriously injured: Mon
roe Moore. inspector for the Imperial Elec-
trio Light company. badly injured by fall
ing through a shaft; Patrick Mccarthy.
engineer company No. 6, caught by fall
Ing wall, seriously hurt; William Julius,
Marshal Thierry's driver. caught by fall
ing wall. seriously hurt; William Wand.
foreman company No. 10. severely injured
by falling walls.
Walls Fall.
The fire started in the upper floors
Of the tive-story building at 314 Chest
nut street. A general alarm was sent
in and the department hurried to the
scene. as the district is considered
dangerous one, being just opposite the
Merchants exchange. The flames
seemed to be under control, when sud-
denly the entire building collapsed,
crumbling away from the first story
The roof. floors and walls all fell in
ward, carrying down wit them he ire
fighters who were on the different
floors.
Three pipemen at work on the second
floor had had difficulty in managing
line Of hose, and Assistant Chief Thier-
y was VII HlS way with tuItc ol HIS
men to lend them aid when the build
ing collapsed. The men went down,
with tons of twisted iron. brick. stone
and wooden columns enveloping them.
Chiefs Narrow Escape.
Chief Swnglcy, who was in front of
the building directing his men, had
miraculous escape from death. AS the
front wall fell outward he scurried
across the street and fell under the
aerial truck. The truck was covered
with debris and partially wrecked, and
it was to its sheltering protection the
chief owes his life.
Mayor Directs Search.
Mayor Rolla Wells arrived at the
scene at midnight and ut once i'm.
pressed all the stevedores, long
shoremen and others in the neigh
borhood into service in the work of
digging out the bodies. Taking
stand on big pile of debris, the
mayor cheercd on the working force
in the hope that perhaps some one
of debris.
Building an Old One.
The building was one of the Oldest
business houses in the city, having
been occupied by the Mclean Med
ical company 20 years ago, but of
late has been occupied by the Amer
lean Tent & Awning company. Two
years ago it was badly damaged by
n fire which started in the fifth story,
but it was repaired and the company
still occupied it. The monetary loss
will not exceed 100000.
Six Lives Lost.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 5.--Just as the
Pittsburg harbor towboat j. w. Allies
had passed through lock No. 2 at 1915
o'clock this morning the vessels boil
crs exploded, throwing the crew of
ID men in all directions. Three of the
crew are known to be fatally hurt, and
only five. others have been accounted