Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-21
SNIY:INO D[AD
IN CRIB DISASTER.
Number of Fatalities Increased
as Search of Tunnel
Progresses
IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY DEAD
Nineteen Men Still Unaccounted For -
Tun,sli Miners Official Fears That
One Hundred Are Dead = Condition
Of Several Of Injured serious-coro-
s,sr Investigating Cause Of Disaster.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-Efforts were re-
sumed at daybreak today to ascertain
whether or not any workmen still are
living in the shaft beneath the crib ir
Lake Michigan, where fifty or more
men lost their lives yesterday. Tugs
continued to search among the ice
floes for the bodies of any who may
have drowned
Coroner Hoffman early began the
work Of securing a jury to visit the
scene of the holocaust. He expressed
but glittle hope Of identifying the re-
mains enclosed in forty-seNen sacks
resting In Murphy's morgue. Each sacii
contained an unrecognizable body OF
portion thereof, as in many cases only
the linlbless torso of some human be-
Ang was in evidence.
GeorNe w. Jackson, Of the construc-
ton company. which built the crib, to-
day informed the coroner that it would
be impossible for several days to give
q complete list Of the dead. Many
workmen had the choice of living at
the crib or going to their homes over
night, and until it was learned how
many had availed themselves of the
latter privileges no complete roster OF
those remaining at the crib could be
Forthcoming.
4 Probably Sixty-tw Dead.
Coroner Hoffman expressed the be-
lief that the list Of dead might posst-
bly, reach sixty-two. Inquiries have
been received for nineteen men whose
names were not on the company's pay
roll. but who were said by relatives to
have been working at the crib by the
day. or thirty-nine injured all but five
are on the road to recovery, but df-
teen remaining in the hospitals.
Fears 100 psrished.-
President D.Andrea. of the>sewer and
tunnel miners association, expressed
tear today that the death list may
reach 100. II am told" he. said. "that
there were about 175 men working in
the crib when the fire started. If this
proves true, the number of dead will
easily reach 100. Many men missing are
undoubtedly at the bottom Of the lake
and their bodies probably never wiz
be recovered. Our Organization Will
make an Investigation"
Probably Started in Powder House.
AS nearly as the investigators have
been axle to ascertain the explosion
had its origin in q powder house sit
lated about 100 yards from the crib
structure proper, but at the same time
being part of the general structure
built on foundations resting on the
bottom Of the lake at this point.
In some manner the deadly explo-
sives were put into action. The noise
of the explosion simply aroused the
attention of the workmen according
ITO the survivors, and It was not until
the heat of the flames and sitting
smoke penetrated the so-called living
room Of the crib and the tunnel be-
s,eath the waters Of the lake that the
full import Of the disaster dawned
upon the little colony of workmen cu'
off almost completely from human sue
cor.
One Of the workmen made his way
thru the. smoke to the enclosure IN
which telephone communication had
been established with the shore sta-
tion and gave the alarm.
Thru the fog an occasional burst OF
Aames and an unmistakable odor o,
smoke made 1t known to the watchers
an the shore that. tragedy was prob
ahly being enacted a mile and nall
oo1t in the lake. The tug T. T. Murford
mad forced It's PROV earlier IN the
morning to an anchorage within shor'
aistance. | ~ Of the inperiled crib and Its
crew set to work to rescue the men OF
the crib. After several hours worn
th3rtv-nine workmen were rescued ano
when the fire tug Conway. and us ere"
had succeeded in quenching the names
f,fty-three bodies. had been carrlee s
ashora and placed in the smorgue ~
South chicago awaiting identification
List Of Supposed Dead.
r. rrba following are supposed TO o.
among the victims:
o,conpor, Barney, foreman.
Mcponald. R. D., timekeeper. $50
Kedzie avenue.
Thorpe, j., cook.
Meyer, c., waitef-
Lynch, P, waiter.
Never, c., elevator man.
Jennings, E., elevator man.
Blake, Peter, engineer.
Kelley, William, carpenter.
Pfster, j., carpenters helper.
Kelley, J., drilier.
p King, James, driller helper.
Stevens, G., mucker foreman
NcGee, Ed, .mucker.
Krater, Charles, mucker-
Daladenis. j., mucker.
Conolly, T., mucker.
Lucas, j., mucker. /.
Convel. j., mucker
Cassidy. NJ, mucker.
vandrolus, W., mucker.
Kilcoyne,. a.. mucker-
Mitchell, T., tramway operator.
Kelley, o.. elevator man.
Tomasa, j., driller.
Thomas F., driller.
Hanson, T.. driller.
Patterson. c.. driller helper.
Miller, r., driller helper.
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