Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-08

Five Persons known To Be Dead, Several Other Missing
Students Supposed TO Be Buried IN Ruins

y lEhaCa, N. sY., Lee. 5S.-77-EaTty IN the
morning the beautiful Chi Psi frater9
nifty house at Cornell university, the
finest chapter house in the United
States, caught fire and soon the first
floor; was afiame. Before the fire de-
partment could arrive o. =. schmuck
OF Hanover, Pa, had jumped from q
third-story window and was SO severe.
~ injured that he died in the hos.
1pital later. Although Schmuck got out
of the building he went back for his
roommate, IL. M. Nichols of Chicago,
and in this attempt to rescue his COM
rade he was so seriously injured that
he died. {s.f 5 y: Il y, s%sssesy,.A fss5ssEsss
+ Three of Ithacass volunteer fremen
were killed while fighting the flames.
-Four students lie in the ,infrmary at
the point of death, while at this writ.
ing it is not known how many are in
the, ruins, but several students are
missing. e. ~. t,s.
The firemen killed were A. S. Rob,
inson, lawyer and graduate Of Cor.
|: nell: Esty Landon and John Rumsey
They were manipulating hose on the
north side of the building when the
wall collapsed on them and pinned
them slowly to roast under the burn
ing debris. When the fire department
arrived the screams of two men ap
pearing in the windows OF the south
west tower, over the main entrance
| were heard For some reason tht
men hesitated to jump and befort
! they could be reached the tower col
| lapsed aGd the men were buried be
meath the ruins One of them is sup
posed to be H. M. Nichols of Chicago
The chapter house burned rapidly
The fremen made a hard fight, bu
the walls were SO hot that any attemp
at rescue Was imp ssfbie.s a7 sgg:
L Football Player Among Dead.
Among those who wers taken from
the ruins was JIM. McCutcheon o.
Pittsburg, the football fullback substi
tute. Those taken out were in a pitt
able condition. They were bleedins
from cuts caused by. falling bricks ant
timbers and blackened by smoke. Sew
eral OF those who had been thus caught
were badly burned. McCutcheon diet
later OF, his injuries. r.. - r. q
The fire continued to blaze hercelJ
and 1t, was several hours before the
ruins were cool enough, to undertake
any rescue work. Many of the stu
dents at first supposed to be missing
are being cared for at other fraternity
houses in the vicinity. r.
This is the most serious disaster
that has ever occurred at Cornell
though at the Delta Chi chapter house
=. fire some years ago several lives were
! lost. - '*,'+~,. - ,
The fire started in the kitchen o.
the basement of the chapter house
+ and quickly burned it's way into the
lower hall, where the stairs leading
to the floor above were soon burning
= The halls throughout the house
! were Immediately filled with dense
| smoke. In the. rooms ON the uppel
| floor were" twenty-seven students, al
/ of whom were taken unawares. /
| was not possible for the students tt
| get out by way of the halls and al
| went to the windows. AS the fire ap
preached the rear of the building the
| students were forced to jump and sew
eral were seriously injured In thi.
1 way. LII 50. r...-...s-3. ;. - ~.