Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Volunteer Fire Fighters Who Were Killed
Are All Prominent Men.
MANY STUDENTS SLEEPING IN BUILDING
Several Of Them Hurt by jumping from
Third-story Window.
BUILDING KNOWN AS THE FISK MANSION
II was Built by Mrs. Jennie McGraw
Flax at Cost OF $4,000
shortly Before Her
Death.

ITHACA N. Y, Dec. 7.--An day smoke
has drifted across Cornell campus from the
ruins OF the Chi Psi fraternity house. the
burning OF which at an early hour was at
tended with a loss of life that has not only
thrown the whole university, but the city
into mourning. Tonight the dead numbered
seven. OF these four were students and
the others prominent townsmen who had
responded to the alarm in the capacity Of
volunteer hremen.
Among the students who escaped death in
the flames. seven we're injured, and Of these
G. J. Pope OF East orange, N. j., 1t is
feared, win not long survive Several of
them jumped from third-story windows.
The bodies of the dead with the excep-
tion Of w. II. Nichols Of Chicago and f..
W. Grelle of East Orange, were recovered.
Tonight It was decided to dynamite the
ruins to facilitate the search for the missing
bodies.
The dead are:
ALFRED s. ROBINSON, attorney; vol
unteer fireman.
JOHN c. RUMsEY hardware merchant;
e. J. LANDoN, salesman; volunteer fire.
r. w. GRELLE Of East Orange. N. j., 10.
o. L. SCHMUCK Of Hanover Pa, 'O7.
w II. NICHOLS Of Chicago. O7.
JAMES MCUTCHEoN, JR.. Of Pitts
burg, Pa. 90.
Tho injured are:
II. s. Decamp OF New York, 90.
Henry NJ. Curry Of Pittsburg Pa, 90.
r. r. Powers Of Atlanta, Ca, 10.
w. W. Goetz Of Milwaukee, Wis, 'O9.
II. A. Uihlein OF Milwaukee, Wis 'O7.
G. II. Sailor of Pittsburg, Pa, 07.
c. ]. Pope of East Orange, N. j., 10.
The Are has united the city and uni
versity in common bond Of sympathy.
Many Heroic Rescues.
The heroism Of the volunteer fremen
who died attacking the fire was matched
by the heroism Of Sohmuck, who re-entered
. the burning building In a futile effort to
save Nichols, his roommate. and who died
later from his injuries. and the conduct of
Mccutcheon. who remained in the flames
until badly burned, to assist his comrades
TO escape. Pope. the freshman, received
his injuries while seeking to rescue other
members OF the fraternity, and the record
Of the injured corresponds nearly with that
Of the men who tried to help their fellows
Among those earliest on the scene and
who contributed most of the work of rescue
from the flames which had already con-
verted the first floor of the doomed dor
mitory into an inferno, were several Cor
nell foot ball men. All did effective work.
II has been declared that the work OF Sam
Halliday the old fullback, and of Earle
and Gibson. the halfbacks Of the season
just ended. united with that of the Chi
Psi men who risked their lives that their
brothers might live. will be remembered
long IN the annals Of Cornell.
The cause Of the hre will probably never
be discovered. The building is a wreck.
The lodge was built in 1881 by Jennie Nc
Graw Fiske at a cost OF $4,000 The
daughter OF the lumber king. John Nc
Graw, who was one OF Cornelrs early
great benefactors. never enjoyed her pal
ace and entered It only after death.
Around the house have clustered the
memory OF the great fight for the Fiske
millions waged between Prof, Willard
Ftske the husband. and Judge Boardman
as the representative Of Cornell. to which
Mrs. Fiske had left the bulk of her estate
MISSING Man from New York.
NEW YORK. Dec. 7-W. H. Nichols the
student at Cornell university who has
been missing since the burning Of the fra
tornity house, is a son Of George r. Mich.
OILS, a commission merchant OF this city
Mr. Nichols received a telegram today
saying that his son had not been seer
since the fire. and at once started fol
Ithaca.
MILWAUKEE,, Dec! E-Elsie Goetz
mother OF w. W. Goetz. who is attending
Cornell college. received a telegram from
her son this morning saying he is safe.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 7.-James H Nc
CutcheOn the Pittsburg student injured n
the Cornell university hre, is the son o
John L. McCutcheon, a deceased hardware
merchant. The family Is one OF the hes