The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-26
Between 200 and 800 Were
Placed in Jeopardy.
ESTIMATES OF NUMBER OF DEAD
RUN ALL THE WAY FROM HALF
A DOZEN TO THIRTY-LIST OF
The KNOWN DEAD AND IN
JURED-cAUsE OF coNFLAeaA.
TON UNKNOWN.
BY Associated Presc.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct 25.-In the
ruins Of the Chamber of Commerce
building in Kansas City, ~ de-
strOyed by fire early to-day, :, = are
anywhere from half dozen to thirty
bodies, according to estimates given
out this morning by fitemen who had
worked at the scene all night On the
other hand, Assistant Fire Chief
Lind, this morning, insisted that the
dead would not reach over six. This
morning the body OF ID. r. Young Ia
oorer, aged 62 years, was removed
from the ruins. He had lived on the
fourth floor with his family. The
fate of his family is not known
The actual loss of life will not be
known until p thorough search of the
ruins can be made, probably. not then,
as some. of the firemen assert that
many bodies must have been burned
to ashes. The building, used as a
tenement house and containing about
100 rooms, held, as near as cen be
learned, between 200 and eco persons
at the time the fire broke out at 1890
, Most Of these composed families,
many others were transientS whose
names are not known The only per-
son who knows the actual number OF
occupants of the building is the jan
itor, who Is missing II was the Gus
tom for many of the transients who
came mostly from nearby railroad
yards. not to register. and thus all
trace of them is lost for the time
being. Only thorough search of the
ruins, that may take DAYS. will reveal
the exact extent of the catastrophe.
The Known Dead.
The known dead number four. as
follows:
Robert Burton, stone mason, burr
ed in his room.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. John 4. |
Sparks.
John Lynch, driver of a sand
wagon, lost his life trying to save
the Sparks baby
d. r. Young, aged 62, laborer.
Four others missing.
The Injured.
The injured:
George Sparks. hands and face
burned.
Mrs. George Sparks, face and hands
burned.
A. H. West. aged Sc. carpenter.
Thomas Hunter, blacksmith
Patrick Horley, railroad laborer.
Captain ]. E. Buchsalter, fireman.
NJ H. Mccall, railroad laborer. !
Thomas Conner, engineer. I
Alexander McCambridge, engineer.
John Kane, engineer
William Mulvahill, train dispatcher,
Missouri Pacific, burn.
Arthur Childers, policeman, knock
ed from ambulance by wire, and ru-
over, serious.
Emmett Scott, arm broken.
j. F. Branahan, wagon maker, both
legs broken
j. K. Sankow, packing houJe en-
ployee.
Mrs. Mary Sankow.. 81
Edward Bayles.
w. J. Herley, fireman, Missouri
Pacific.
Fred Criel, reporter, cut on head
by falling brick
Frank Ditar.
A. ]. Jackson.
Mrs. ]. H. Rose.
Unknown bay, fatally hurt, droppeo
rom second floor to policeman. who
failed to catch her.
Z. c. Earnhart, foreman Fowler
Packing House.
5. H. McCauley.
FRANK Ouerman, railway clerk
En- Apartment House.
Inc Chamber of Commerce buildinoi
was situated at Park and Central
streets. IN Kansas City, Kan. II was
,e,,eu fourteen years ago at a cost
vi Se9,OO0, was used as hoard NJ !
,Faue The city grew away from II
;,,.u a. and it was never used for
- olSinaI purpose, but for many ,
r "ls nad been occuDied as an appart-
a.-u. mouse. The structure was four ;
~, ''s IN height and built of brick
.nu stone alone. II contained 100 1
ttooiis' almost all of which were. as /
g. "a, aS can be learned. occupied by
lines o. individual iabofing men e.
sS g. employees ut the time of the
g.. 10 fire broke out On the ground
"a ao from some unknown cause at
~ clock Isolated as it was. the
o ou Hing building was difficult of ac- ,
g s. ana II was some time before the
department reached the scene. :
eraI companies were at a fire i'm
"nntner rart Of the CITY
=. "nen the fremep arrived the en- Il,
ne building was in flames. and all !,
mtans OF escape by stairways for the /.
"NoreS OF occupants was shut of. Or i.
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