Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04

Angeline Zupan, aged IL.
Edward Myert, aged &.
Frank Widmar. aged s.
Shaefer boy. aged 9.
John Wilman, aged 10.
Lillian Rostock, age1 s.
Emil Rostock, aged IA.
Missing and Injured.
Among the missing a,e:
Lizzie Lyon.
Emma Heinge.
Peter Heninger.
A partial list of injured follows:
Glen Barber. aged TO-
Mildred Schmidt. aged 10.
Twenty five Bodies Recovered.
At 1880 twenty five bodies had
been recovered from The ruins and
taken to the shops of the Lake Shore
ldllNdy, WuCIG llc pItS 81
clans were attending the injured.
Practically every ambulance in the
eastern part of Cleveland was called,
as well as every available physician.
Many of the childre1 rescued are
believed to be fatally ii jurcd. Scores
of children have been taken to city
hospitals
Three little girls met instant death
in attempting to jump to safety from
the third floor of the burning build
ing. They are Mary Ridgeway, Anna
Roth and Gertrude Davis. A man
named Dorm, who arrived upon the
scene early, and at the time the chill
dren were crowded in front of the door,
discovered his little girl among the
mass of injured and crushed. He
caught the girl by the hands, and, in
a frantic effort to save her. pulled her
arms from her body.
Dead May Exceed Seventy five.
Four children of the janitor of the
building lost their lives together in
the fire The greatest loss of life was
caused by one of the exits being
closed, to which point scores of chill
dren rushed. Their escape was blocked
by the door that opened inward In this
manner they were delayed in reaching
the outer doors and windows. 1t is
said that as a result of this stampede
alone scores of children lost their
lives.
Reports as to the number of dead
vary. The first estimates placed it as
high as 200 Reports are conflicting
at this time In the excitement it is
to form a reasonable esti-
mattel Judging from the number of
bodies recovered and the number of
together with rhe number
that can be, seen in the basement, it is
safe to say that at least seventy five
have perished. This list may grow as
the truth is revealed.
Dead May Reach $50.
OF nine teachers of the school, seven
are accounted for. Principal Frank
P. Whitney estimates the number of
dead from seventy five to $50. The
pupils are mostly very young children,
ranging from to II years.
Up to l o'clock this afternoon sixty
bodies had been recovered from the
ruins. Thirty-two have been iden-
titled The bodies of twelve boys and.
eleven girls are at the morgue at the |
Lake Shore railway shops, burned be-
yond recognition.
Declares Door Was Locked.
The panic that had worked such
fearful results inside the building
spread 10 lIlG helpless Sls)Wu oueolie, |
out only for brief time. Organized |
Efforts at rescue soon We're under way
''iremen played streams upon the piles
If bodies in the doorways and tried to
lrag out bodies with rakes and other
After the fire had been reduced
piles of charred little bodies
we're still visible in the ooorways. In
he rear door the bodies We're burned
beyond recognition and lay piled five
eet deep. A man who reached the
,uildng shortly after the fire broke out
declared the back door was locked. He