The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-21
FIFTY. THREE WORKMFN INCLUDED IN
LIST OF MISSING in CRIB DISASTER
HOSPITALS Of South Chicago Filled With Injured City Fire Boats and Tugs Making
Frequent Trips Through Heavy Ice Foes Heartrendng Scenes Among
Women and Children FrancaI Endeavoring to Reach Loved
One Survivors Keep Themselves Afoa on Cakes
Of Ice Police Start Investigation.

works system. All were suffering
from cuts or burns and were benumb-
ed with the cold. Those who remain
ed on the tug were taken to South
Chicago. where the survivors for the
first time had a chance to identify
each other
II made q raft Of cake Of Ice"
said one.
IL was passenger on cake Of ice
the same as you were," said another.
1t must have been you l saw on a cake
that passed me-"
into q series of receiving hospitals
for the care of the injured. Private
homes were thrown open by the resi-
dents. but the need for physicians and
nurses was small after the tugs had
made two or three trips to the shore.
From that time until darkness hid
the smouldcring crib from the watch
ers on shore. the boat loads consisted
OF silent forms piled In heaps upon
the ice.coated decks.
The majority of the bodies taken
from the ruins of the crib were found
near the mouth of the tunnel, the men
evidently having rushed to this spot
as the flames crept toward them. Not
shred of clothing was found on the
bodies Of the workmcn who had per-
ished in the flames.
The tug Sabine conveyed thirty
bodies TO shore soon after the Ice had
been separated sufficiently TO permit
of the progress OF steam craft and
these were wrapped in burlap and TAX
on to undortalsin0 rorDlS
From SeyentyfTst 10 SeYenIy-Dinth
street the shore was lined with thou
sands Of non, women AMI children,
powerless to lead ail. When the
news of the disaster sTvoad tie pub
lie schools were deserted and weeping
wives, with their chillren hud6le l
about them, watched anXioaslr lcT tae
return trips of the struggling c ait
with their cargo oil injured and dad
THE calamity IS rendered al the
more heartrending." said Coroner Hod-
man, because relatives viii ln1 T.
next to impossible 10 identity taeir
dead. Among all the bod es that have
been placed in undertaking establish
ments not one Is recognizable Every
particle of clothing has been burned
away and features have been charred
beyond recognition"
According to the records of the Geo
w. Jackson Construction company, 46
men are missing.
Acting on report that men have
been seen clinging to ice foes some
distance from the scene of the dis
aster. Fire Chief Horan has ordered
the fire tug Illinois to patrol the lake
in the vicinity of the crib during the
night in the hope of making rescues.
The police already have started an
investigation with a view to placing
the responsibility for the disaster and
Coroner Hoffman is empanelllng a
jury.
George Jackson. head of the con.
struction company has arranged to
provide burial plots for the victims.
Charles Rose. one of those who were
rescued, his face blistered and bleed
Ing. told a graphic story of his es-
cape.
FLAMES. flames, nothing but
hames!" he said. "They were every
where. all in an instant knew every
nook and Granny of the place. and was
able to save my life, but the other
poor fellows-there must have been %
of them-never had a chance to get
away. They either attempted to rush
to the first floor or did not know on
which side the windows we're. They
were more fortunate, however, than
those below in the tunnel, whom | am
afraid, have perished. Those on the