The Jersey City news., 1906-12-08
GRIEF At CORNELL,
University Mourns Loss Of SEas
dents and ioWnsmen In Fra~
ternity House Fire..
SEVEN DEAD IN DISASTER

display Heroisnn Ia Attempts to Rss-
cue Yictims-FootbaII Nj Daring.
Burned Building Finest of IFS Kind
II America.
ithaca, n. T.. Dec. s.-smoke which
drifCed for many hours across Cornell
campus from the ruins of the Chi Pst
fraternity house told Of the fatal IRE
which was attended by loss Il life
that has thrown not only the univer-
sity, but the whole city, into nourn-
ing.
The dead number seven. OF thess
four were students and the Others
prominent townsinen who had respond-
ed to tue alarm IN the capacity CT Yol-
unteer fremen.
The building is an unsightly wreck,
with no particle of its inner furniturs
remaining. Cornell is deprived of one
Of its landmarks, for the lodge was
built in 1881 by Jennie McGraw-F'iska
at cost of $130,00O The daughter Of
the lumber king, John McCraw. who
was one of Cornell's early great bene-
factors, never enjoyed her palace and
entered it only after death. Around
the house have clustered the memory
Of the great fight for the Fiske mils
lions waged between Professor VIII.
lard Fiske, the husband, and Judge
Boardman, as the representative Of
Cornell, to which Mrs. Fiske had left
the bulk Of her estate. The building
was considered the finest fraternity
house in America.
List of the Dead
The dead are:
Attorney Alfred s. Robinson, HooE
and Ladder company No. 8.
John G. Rumsey, hardware merehanfs
Hose company No.
T. J. Landon, salesman, Hose eous
pany No. T.
F. W. Grelle of East Orange, N. J..
10.
o. L. schmuck Of Hanover, Pa, 'c7.
w. 81. Nichols of Chicago, '07.
James MeCutcheon. Jr, of Pittsburg.
'O9
The inJureu are:
a. S. Decamp of New York, 'oS
Henry II. Curry Of Pittsburg, '0o
B. r. Powers of Atlanta, Ca 10.
w. W. Goetz of Milwaukee, Wis, 'ce
- a oln,eih oi Hali' auAee, WIS., ~
n 1'eiior oL FittsDurg' W.
The last named is very seriously In
5ured, and 1t is feared he win not sur
Yive.
College Beys' HeroIsm.
The fire has united the city and uni-
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s.7iii u .ss Yoiuhtser nre-
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with those OF fha ran Who +ria5 =,
belp their fsl;ova
Anong those earliest an tha scana
and who contributed naost oe t,,a rvora-
Of rescue fFora the flames 4gbleb Ma
already eAonvarfaf tha firat so,r ~ tba
doomed dormitory INTO an fnfasno
were several Cornell foofbalI mon An
did effective work Thirtv st,lsenss
were asleep ia the b4iidius- yvban thz
are started
Many nen II 6rgt snpposea r. he
rlissiay were cared far ~ o4i,ar ersfa~.
aitv houses In the vicinity
The volunteer arenan we're kIlIea
while fighting the flames. They were
manipulating a hose on the north SIDE
Df tll8 building wien fha wan coliansaa
On them and pinned them slowly 10
roast under the burning debris
The ire. whosa origin Is unknown.
vas SO hot that ire fre,nsn were d,iv.
IN from the southeast side Of tie
building. They nut m herculean
light, but the walls were so hot that
my attempt at rescue was impossible.
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