The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-26
LIVES Of FIREMEN
LOST IN THE FLAMES
One Hundred Heroes of San
Francisco Disaster Are Not
Accounted For.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-The losses
Of the FIRE department are inconsiderable
compared to the great damage sustained
in other departments OF the municipality.
AS far as known there have been but
three deaths and one injured Early this
morning g charred body was found in
the ruins OH north beach, which may
prove TO be that of another fireman. The
apparatus Of the department. while dam
aged. Is still intact,
Many Members Missing.
Nineteen companies, however, have
been put out or commission, and many
OF them will be diseanded, AT meeting
Of the Fire Commissioners this morning
including the dead and injured, there arc
about 100 members of the department
missing 1t is believed. however. that
these men have been separated from their
as they can In order that the AFFAIRS OF
the department may be Strengthened out,
orders were sent to each battalion chief
directing that the missing men be located
and ordered to join their companies. 1t
Is hoped by nightfall to have them all &C
counted for.
One Body Identified.
Besides Chief Sullivan, tho only
identified dead fireman is James o Neil.
the hoseman on duty with engine 4. whose
tho engine house at the corner of
Howard and Third streets, ONeil was
killed by falling cornice while trying
to extrcate himself from the ruins. The
doors of the engine house were jammed
by the shock so that they could not be
opened O'Neil climbed 10 the traDsom
and was In the act OF leaping to the
the back of the head and Killed him in
stantly. This morning his body was
buried In Lariel cemetery, He leaves a
wife, who for a week has been searching
the city for the absent husband. She does
not know that he Is dead. The fire de-
partmcnt is making an effort to find her,
George Wells, hoseman on duty at en-
gine T. was seriously injured while
On Russian hill he was caught beneath
the falling rafters OF the demolished
buildings and his leg badly crushed. At
the AlcatraZ hospital his leg was ampu-
tated this morning.
Protecting the City.
AT the present Time the commissioners
are devotlng their attention TO equipping
the department for the protection OF
the unburned section of the city. The
alarm system Is wrecked and IL Will
be some time before IL can be placed in
TO patrol near the fire houses, and at the
first indication OF fire the engines are
turned out The department is still badly
handicapped for water, and until the
mains are re-establlshed no effective work
can be done,
Must Decrease Force.
Secretary McCarty says 1t will be I'M
possible TO carry the full personnel of the
department, because neither the funds nor
the work is sufficient to warrant It. The
commissioners will cDdeavor however. to
have those who are dropped appointed
special policemen. with the understanding
that they may be recalled when the neces-
sity arises.
10 a., hof
ment will be increased as soon as tho
military forces are withdrawn. In that
event II will be necessary TO have civil
service elgibles. and 1t Is hoped that an
arrangement can be made whereby fire.
men who have already qualified may be
assigned to police duty.