Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21

fort was made to identity him among
the victims whose bodies were charred
and oil possible means were used for
Identification, dentists of this city be-
ing enlisted for information in the
hope that dental work performed here
might lead to some clue.
A message received a little after nine
O'Clock last night stated that the re-
mains of Mr.. Young had been found
and that he had been completely iden-
tilted. Instructions were sent for the
shipment of the remains to his home
in this city and it is probable that
they will arrive here tomorrow night
in charge of relatives.
The widow is nearly PROSTATE with
grief, and the sad occurrence calls for
much sympathy to the bereaved wife
and two little daughters upon whom
such terrible affection has come.
The sad information reached here
just as Mrs. Young was preparing to
entertain company of lady friends
during the afternoon, and what had
given every promise of being a very
pleasant afternoon was suddenly
turned into one of grief and sorrow.
Mr.. Young, who was formerly chief
lineman for the Western Union at this
point, left some time ago to accept a
similar position on the Rock Island
system, with headquarters at Daven-
port, Iowa. He was Out on the road
attending to the performance of his
duties when he had occasion to stop
at the hotel in which he lost his life.
The following account of the fire is
taken from this mornings St. Paul
Dispatch:
Cedar Rapids, Feb. 20.-Ten lives,
according to the best information OBJ
tainable under difficulties, were lost
in fire which this morning destroyed
the Clifton hotel in this city. The fire
started at 2:3O O'Clock, and at 10
o'clock the smouldering debris furn-
ished so force q heat that search for
bodies was Impossible. The list of
dead may prove larger than the num-
her given, but it is hoped that the in.
formation which accounts for all but
this number is correct.
Two persons were fatally injured
and two score or more injured more
or less severely, mostly by jumping
from windows. The work of learning
the names of the dead Is rendered diff
cult by the loss of the hotel register,
which was burned.
The hotel, q three story, brick We
neer structure, ia said to have been q
veritable fire trap. The Il ames started
in pile of rubbish in the basement,
presumably ignited by detective cleo
trio light wires. The night clerk was
oa the third floor when cry of fire,
raised by the bell boy, startled him.
He took up the cry and in an instant
the Railways were choked with fright
ened guests.
A rush was made for the stairways
It was then that the crowd already
collected In the street heard heart
reuding cries of anguish and despera-
ton, for the fire, feeding ravenously
on the tinder-like material of the
lower floor had completely cut off es.
cape.
There followed q stampede for the
windows, the only means of exit left
The street below was now filled with q
crowd scarcely less frantic than the
despairing ones in the fast burning
building. ~
"It was like Dore picture of In.
ferno sprung to life," said one spec.
tator in describing the scene. ''The
flames looking blood red from rehec
ton against the snow, lit up the pale
drawn faces of the people in the win.
dows with glow that was unearthly. .
The victims were literally driven by
the flames to jump. Nearly every one
of them fingered to the last moment,
urged by the peoph below to wait as
long as possible ID the hope Of assis.
tance. Then 3 cry would tell hasthefre
had reaehed them, or the smoke had
made Il impossible tosbreath ana one
after another Jumped. soohe IA The