The Detroit times., 1908-07-04
CAUSE
Of CLEVELAND
FATALITY
SEVEN KILLED, OVER so HURT.
RESULT OF FLAMES AND PANIC
IN 8 AND ,ocENr sroRE-mAp
RUSH FOR EXT.

CLEVELAND. July At is now
said that the fire In 8. s. Kresgs,s
6-and'1o-cent store In Ontario-st.
wherein seven persons yesterday were
Killed, two fatally injured and over
80 others severely hurt. was caused nv
sparks from fireworks device which
was being demonstrated to a woman
shopper by clerk. Fire Chief Wal.
lace and the store manager, however.
are or the opinion that the pieces
were ignited by an arc light.
The dead:
EMMA SCHUMACHER. IL. floor
floor walker.
MARIE WAGNER, II. clerk.
ANNA TREFALL. "a, clerk.
FRIDA TREFALL. II, clerk.
ELIZABETH REFS, IS, clerk.
MARY HUGHES. q. shopper.
JAMES L. PARKER, four years.
Anna Hildebrandt, IS, internally.
Carrie Bubel. II, ankle sprained
Lura Horak, l6. burned about body
and hip broken. Emma Brandt, 49,.
sprained ankle and cuts. Emma
Schaef, II, bruises and nervous shock
Bertha Grunt, "a, burns. Elizabeth
Baes. burns and cuts. Bella Berko-
yitz. burns. Goldie Mannheim, burns
Mrs. Anna Falscher, 20, arm and hip
broken. Gussie Van Tress, ankle
sprained and cuts. Mrs. Nert Wade,
burns. Myrtle Richards. Girard. Pa.
ankle sprained and bruised. Muriel
Mayes. Is, bruises and cuts. Mrs.
Fannie Frank, so. Collinwood. bruises.
Hugh Flick. fireman, cuts. Thomas
Moore, fireman, cuts. Fire Chief Wal
lace. cuts. Henry Minch, policeman.
struck by falling ladder Lieut.. Hoff-
man, fireman, cuts. Hazel Davio, an
kles and back sprained. Jennie Meas
ner. burns on arm. Jennie Singer,
head injured. Carrie Bowman. intern
al injuries. Anna Zimmerman. burns
on face and hands. Helen Andrews,
Lorain. Ohio, bruised. Letta Kelly,
burned and bruised. Nina StofYel.
burned and bruised. Helen Catraski.
IA. tramped upon and internally in.
jured. Emma Jaskips. leg broken.
Lolita Jaskins. bruises.
Mad Rush for Exit.
Imediately following the explosion
an alarm of fire was sounded and a
panic seized the hundreds OF clerks
and Shoppers, "A mad rush was made
for the doors and windows. Many
jumped from the second and third
floor windows.
The store. which is located near the
busiest corner in the downtown dis
trict. was well filled with shoppers,
mi xxsnr Dy-oo
~ all Of the clerks were young girls.
The six women had been suffocated.
The seventh victim. the four-year-oid
son of Mrs. Geo. Parker was knocked
to the floor during the first panic.
There he lay. unconscious and tramp
led upon. until suffocated by the
smoke.
While the panic upon the main floor
was in progress. the flames from the
fireworks counter rapidly advanced
10 other parts of the store. The smoke
and flames were whirled up the stair
ways TO the second and third floors
There other frenZied crowds Of
clerks and shoppers of escape by way
Of the stairs were frustrated by the
smoke. The elevator
udue seNciai tiips uullhs TIE nTSt
few minutes of the fire and took many
to the main floor.
Hundreds of persons were near Of
In front OF the store at the time Of
he explosion. Terrified shoppers
rushed out of the front door to the
sidewalk. Women and girls appeared
IN the upper windows. shouting and
pleading for help.
Men on the sidewalk cautioned them
% wait until the firemen arrived with
neir ladders. Hysterical with the
right that was on than some did
lot wait but hurled themselves to
he sidewalk. In this manner mary
we're severely In iurpd