The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-20
DEATH IS SCORNED
BY HEROIC RESCUERS
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the ruins. She was sent to the city hos
pital where it was found that one hip
was badly injured.
Pitiful Cries for Help.

Pitiful Cries for Help
All the time the fremen were at work
a man in the southeast corner of the
ruins cried piteously for help, and al
most superhuman efforts were made to
rescue him. He was buried beneath
tons of brick, mortar and broken wood,
which was piled over him to depth of
fifteen feet, and despite their desper-
ate efforts, the firemen made but slow
progress in reaching thin. Soon after
4 'clock he became delirious and he
gan to shout and sing. His voice grew
weaker and weaker and shortly before
6 clock he died. This was Hans An
derson.
Being convinced at last that no more
living persons were buried in the ruins,
the fremen rested from the labors, i'm
patiently awaiting the coming OF day
light. With the first streaks of dawn
that began to light up the, deso]ate
scene, the work was renewed and the
fremen worked heroically in the efforts
first the location from which the voice
had been heard in the night, they began
digging. At 7:45 am. they uncovered
the remains of Joseph Violet. His
body was quickly removed to the county
morgue and the work of digging con-
tinued. Twenty minutes later the
bodies of Hans Anderson and John G.
Kenion were found side by side, lying
on the bed. Their corpses were wedged
in by brick and the debris and it was
fatigueing task to dig them out.
The work of searching. for remains
was under the direction of First Assist
ant Chief Hanley and District Chief
Kehoe Of the fire department.
Debris Hard to Handle.
The work of rescuing the victims who
were imprisoned by the debris was one
of the most difficult tasks the fremen
have been put to for many years. The
immense quantity of brick and mortar
thrown into the building, carried every
thing with it into the basement OF the
building. Pieces of scantling, rafters,
joists, flooring studding-in fact every
piece of wood used in the construction
of the building, was carried into the
basement and imbedded in the mass of
brick and mortar. This made it almost
impossible for the fremen to dig their
way thru.
If the debris had consisted of more
solid stuff, the work Of rescue might
have been more rapid. AS it was, when
one piece was removed the rest would
cave in and fill the space. This made
it necessary to remove everything from
the ruins and pile it in the street.
.EIt was a terrible thing,'' said AS
sistant Chief Hanley of the fire de-
partment. cit is awful to hear help
less men and women crying for help
and yet be unable to help them. There
was that poor fellow-Anderson, |
housekeeping us to take him out, and
we could not do a thing to help him.
We worked as hard as we could, but
he died long before we were able to
reach the spot.
every man in the department did
his duty, and as I look back I do not
,ryIo
better than we did. It was a hard
place to put men, in under those threat
ening walls, but every man forgot dan
ger in his efforts to rescue the vic
Tins
District Chief Kehoe, stationed at
the frehouse on Fourth street N near
Hennepin avenue, was at the scene
from the time the first piece of ap-
paratus arrived, and he, too, said it
was one of the most difficult places in
which he had ever been placed.
Chief J. R. Canterbury, who had per
sonal charge until a late hour this
morning, had little to say. He did not
condemn the building Inspector, but
thought that the walls must have been
much weaker than they appeared.
"We did the best we could,' he said
sand as soon as the fire was extin
guisheds we began trying TO- save the
duty is to save lives as we'll as prop
erty and we were ready to do our
( best.
81 do not care to make statement
as to the responsibility for the acci
dent until [ have had a chance to make
thoro investigation.
The work of removing the debris was
continued till about 10 o'clock, when
it was believed that it was too late tc
save those in the ruins, and some
threatening walls were attacked. When
these are braced or torn down, the re
manning bodies will be taken from the