The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
LiSY IS now 500
Horror of the 1roquois Theate1
Disast er Grows.
ROWS OF Dep FILL MoReuEs.
Bodies LiEed Up to Await Identified
ton, In Many Cases impossible.
Search for L owed ones Missing.

since Chicago has possessed bells to
peal, whistles to shrek and horns to
blow, the old year was allowed silent.
ly to take its pace in history and the
new year permitted to come with no
evidence of jo,' at its birth. All Chi.
cago mourned for tho 500 persons who
died Wednesday, in FIRE, panic and
In an official proclamation, Mayor
Carter Harrison suggested that the
usual New Years celebration be
omitted. The idea found a ready re.
Spouse in the hearts OF the people
and the mayors words seemed only
to give utterance to universal desire,
The calamity OF the Iroquois theater
has cas- Chicago in gloom. Ordinar
lily on New Years the streets are
filled with merrymakers, but today
the only throngs were those around
the morgues.
The list of identified dead is 512
and there are between fifty and
sixty bodies awaiting identification
in morgues, while 337 persons, are re
ported missing. Many Of the missing
must have returned home. and failed
to advise the police.
List Of the Dead.
Following is additional list OF the
Identified dead:
Annie Anderson. Mrs. D. H. Batter
field, Harold Brown. Leon Brady
Charles F. Casper, Louisa 'Corb,n
Grace Dawson, Mrs. William Dawson
Mrs. John DryscAaer, R. Graf, Mrs
Nellie e. Hart. Mary Hirsch, e. R
H%Alberton, Miss Jeanetta Hutchinson
| Mrs. Georgiana Kulas, Mrs. Augusta
Mandel, Mrs. Luther G. Newly. Lila
den Polite. Ella Sullivan, Eva Sprecht
| Mrs. A. W. Sprecht. Miss Alice VIII
ton. Mary Ann Warner. Miss Leal
Dixson. Lucille Oakley, Marget Armon
Misc Beatrice Bowman, Joseph Beze
mex, Henrietta Christian, Mrs. JOSEPH
G. Cess, Miss Emma y. Mann, Dewit
J. Murphy, Benjamin Mcore, Hatti.
NorteR. Elizabeth Peass, Mrs. James
II, Strong, hrs. EVA Wilcox, Louis A
Winntger, Mrs. John Adama, Fre&
Alison. Miss LUCILLE Bond, Miss Flor
ence C~echraae. Lillian porrs, Resea.
Ernest, William Eagles, William m
giles, Miss Fhesbs Fort, Mary FaAey
Mrs. Aestatds GudAart, cAarfes Hick
mar, Bertha Harser, Miss Syhtt
Moore. Miss Ann. Menger, Pearl" M
Mills. Lawrence Mcclure. Lillian Pei
ton, Hewitt Persinges, Bertha Page
Lillian Rookie. Mrs, Louise Ruby
| Clara Stallman, Oscar Squire, Lucille
Sill, Elvina Sceebreck. Carrie Tier
nass. Howard j. Wilson, John Wash
i1gten, Ida Wetmers. Mrs. Carrie
Webber. Louise Weinger, Mrs. Mar,
r. Zimmerman. Consiia Byrne. Mrs
William Bartlett. Mrs. Arthur Burgh
| Vernon Corbin, j.. Dunley. Lind.
Fraatsen, J, W, McKee, Matte Nog
ton, HELEN Pestke,
| For the SECOND time Chicago hns
been stricken to the heart. Not ONLY
have mafiy Of her sens and daughter
| mot death la d variety OF horrible ant
toTturing forms, but the blow haa
fallen almost az heavily on stranger,
within her gates. There Is hardly
village or tewA. within a radius of 1el
miles OF Chicago whose people arr
not directly " indirectly interested IL
the piles OF dead. or In the injured
which fill the hospitals, or in the fats
| Of those who are missing-probabl,
dead, likely burned or trampled be
|! yond recognition. Cities far distant
in America are meurners and sympa
thy has come from across the seas
The list Of dead grows, as it was giveI
last night, In the neighborhoot
OF 800. A widely accepted estimate
is 564 dead. This number will likely
DO increaIed, as there are persons IL
hospitals who will probably die. II
is believed, however. tAat the tota'
number Of dead will not exceed 600
Including the dead. missing and in
jured, the total number Of casualtie,
is approximately 1000. There were
ebout $500 spectators and actors ir
the theater at the time Of the FIRE
In the excitement following the calam
ity many persons were reported miss
ing who have since returned home
No report OF these returns has been
made to the police and their name.
stili swell tho list of the missing
When the names Of the dead, who
ars stif to be identified, have beer
suStracted from the list OF the miss
ing 1t is probable that the extent Of
the catastrophe will be fully revealed
From the action Of a committee o,
prominent architects OF Chicago may
result o Recommendation to Mayo,
Harrison to close every theates IA
Chicago until thu exits and the cor,
structton has been examined, TAh
was suggested to President Beaumont
OF the Chicago Architects by W, A
Pridmore. an architect who lost some
relativessia the Ere. President Beau
mont refused personally to make the
recommendation to Mayor Harrison
but called Al informal fneeeine 81
the association. at which It was ds
eided that q larger gathering q The
members would be hafd tcdar 10 taks
action.
asagls ~ the Fars.
There waa animated A~iscessiaai
among hsesael, esaHlayAD a. tie tae
later and arehfteeta IN TO the eauce 81
Ptha fire. Aeeouats differ widely. @hs
theatrical Reopis are b unit, IN De.
81 rfnS ehak $tnA aHM spon&oa sugxS -.