Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-26
FOUR DIE IN THE FLAMES
Chamber Of Commsfos Building in Kansas
Oily, Kau,, Ds'trOysdby Fire
Jew MssNe MO HFN HUET
Structure was Used 80 Tenement and
About 1--WE HuRdred Persons
Were sleepinE in IL when
Fire Broke out.

KANSAS CITY. oct. S.-Four persons
are known to be dead. eight others are
missing. two are fatally injured and htty
more are more OF less seriously injured aF
the result Of the fire which destroyed the
Chamber OF Commerce building in Kansas
City, Kan, at an early hour today a
single body has been recovered from the
ruins. that Of D. r. Young. aged 81 years
Identified by relative, although burned
almost beyond recognition. IL Is known
that Charles A. Lynch, laborer, ana the
infant son Of Mr. and Mrs. George Sparks
are dead. but their bodies have not been
recovered. j. F. Branham, wagonmaker'
died at hospital today as the result o.
injuries sustained
II was stated at the Kansas city. Ram
ere department tonight that three bodies
are known positively 10 be in the ruins
The hremen believe that George Muilin'
ared 50. an Invalid who lived on the fourth
6oor, persisted in the flames. The hremen
abandoned their search for bodies tonight
and tomorrow the work Of delving into
the ruins will be taken up By the police
department
Charles Carlin. III with typhoid fever,
who had been a regular tenant Of the build
ing. and who had been missing until TO
night. was located at the home Of a rele-
tive, where he went yesterday
Passes ROPE 80 woman.
A railroad man standing near the burning
building this morning heard man in
second story window giving the Brother
hood of Railway Firemens distress signal,
Of which he was member. Finding rope
he threw a to his brother fireman, who,
instead Of saving himself, passed II to q
woman in the window above him. The
woman saved herself. but the man lost his
life. His name Is not known
The building used as tenement house
and containing 100 rooms held, as near as
can be learned between 200 and 300 persons
at the time the IRE broke out at 1880
Most Of these composed families, many
others were transients, whose names are
unknown. The only person who knows th'
actual number OF occupants Of the build
ing is the janitor, who Is missing and be
Heved to be under the great mass OF de-
bris that Is piled high inside the bare wall;
Of the destroyed structure. II was the Gus
tom for many Of the transients, who cam'
mostly from the nearby railroad roads, no
70 register. and thus all trace Of them 4
iost for the time being. Only a thorough
search of the ruins, that may take dayi
and an exact accounting Of the missing
win nnally reveal the extent OF the catas
trophe
Dead and IHjuFed.
The known dead number four severa
are missing and close TO nifty are known t.
have been injured. OF the injured. scattere,
among half a dozen hospitals and at privat
homes, twenty-five were more or less serl
eusiy hurt. Two or three Of these at ieas
Vill die.
The known dead; M 5s
INFANT, of Mr.. and Mrs. John a
JOHN LYNCH driver Of a sand wagon
d. r. YOUNG, aged s.. a ,laborer.
]. r. BRANAHAN, wagon maker, die
from injuries received in jumping fron
third floor, 20
The injured;
George Sparks. lived on second floor
hands and face burned s
Mrs. George Sparks, hands, neck and fac
burned. 81. ss.-ft
A. H. West, aged IS, carpenter at Mlssoul
Pacific shops roomedi alone on fourth floor
face, neck and hands severely burned.
Thomas Hunter, blacksmith; bruised an
overcome by smoke.
Patrick Morley railroad laborer hi
broken.
Captain j. e Buchhalter, fireman: bac
hurt BY falling ladder.
M. II, Mccall, railroad laborer; bruse
and cut.
Thomas Common engineer; escaped fror