The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-26
FIFTEEN DIE IN CHICAGO FIRE
TBELIE UOUEN TRIPPED ON
TOP FIOOR az RI ~ DING.
Three Men lose TbCiT ILNrs trying 10
Rescue DoomrT Victims OG Flames
BIS Furniture Hon e set an IIrr bs
EmpiVS rc'sI arrlsSs Z ~ Of IserSIne.

t"biV! N ~ aFehNs tse 81 bTUG"e'
Gun, NCo. March - Twelve women and
three en- lost their lives to-day IN fire
in the /. Fish Furniture Connanv :
store. Nineteenth street amt Wabash
avenue
Elsyen bociiss we're recovered wy the
treT"n M to 80 O'Clock Seventeen
persons were known ~ have been pn the
fatal siNtr fooy. 'niy two arr known 10
have BEEN rescued Thre" are -,'il IN
accounted for Heir bodies are being
-esrrl ~ Cor ~ 49,. Grrr.s
Ih' t"ad srr: Fir..' i.ichtststu -, ears
OH. 'IJ' Peoria str,ct loared frur. the
siNth noor. Mrs hannah Burden. - wears
OIL. ivcn'N third stree ami college
Grove avenue tthcl anderson - Years
Old. WinJ-or rar,. l'n~a frmSk,u ~
wears c!i. 3IIc Wall .r,e'. hourN Mitchell.
~ wears Old. auditor. hTothcr-In-lav 90
SiRTuynd Fisn. 'sSI NIphigan avenue;
Minor Fell. - wears old advertising mana
ger. Ihrty-"iEl o. Etr'-et ant ElWooi
avenue. Pert - tar - wears Obi. CON
rrcntial "lcrs aks~ avenue. NIuar.
GsNprc". - v'a', lid. ci~ri INcntv-
Eighth and state ~trrpts Veronica Mo
Sruir - v.ars obi ai-G Nrrde"n street.
Marie NCrCo. - ,earS od ~ iam"~
'Ourt. Twenty -nmtl street AMI Nahs~'
avrnu" Lillian sullivan. 10 wears oid
TI.o ;ui"n a'ruue. G-rtr''d" Quinn. -
vc-r@ Dlt 31.? inSi.ns avenue
Ihr"- women whose names have NOT
been lNarnc,i are - i-~Ing
he iirst - the eleven rod,cS Vas found
shortly after rs o'clO,'k soon seven
o hers Wsre found IA the southeast corner
m the siNth foor
They were huddled together A. y ssrh
yIciir was try inC to kssr, the flames from
reaching IN" Other. Two rad died While
Sn~-lins ~ II ia PRAYER
The hodies were not lar from tho front
windows This oa'I-si th" fr~n on to
beliss" that all the viCii1- grrished m =
vain attempt tn reach -afetv to- means
OF the Window
The h.Stles acre laily charred 1Ney
we're first WIaUPssi lr tituL o., 'hSu fi..d
on blanks E"fc- v~r" tasians-t to tho
blanks ana tho h'.i,c- were thus lowered
one Al . tlura. frDr ITO front Wrrirw- o..
IT.. zIdaW ali
ller 70 IN" lir.i hodv reached the side
walk frlr women tainted and were carried
awaN hy the poli"s 'Nveu & ~. ~srnru
w"ra burned tp d~n'u "u the ..INth fpDr
- tha huilding IhrN bat h.-.u trapI,.,d
nearly iW' feet from the ground Nl'h
o., Tr.--ibls CfHn,sa - sane. the Nutp.'-
rusrinE - turInu-lv about tharn that
the ur"m"a ,puii NOT rsi~e ladders o.
I hs-'r rs.-sHta
the twelfth victim. girl ~ vetSS Old
IuTntasi t. -, are tha flames. hUt was ~
radlv INJURED VIE" -ie -irtI,k au awning
81 tho Waha~n av..Uua SIDE ~ N" b'i'lsiiug
that IN. r'ei soon afts" heiuG taken o.
~ luk"'- Ho-grsl
Minpr v Bo'I mo II 'ha department
mans gers 4 'ua "uuuauy. and " u
Nrrl,.l suyit'rf ~ tho -rru and brother
~ law e i-as. Fi-h. we've rrrn.-i o. Death
They gaNo their uNes - ave 'ha girls
who Nsra fraprsd hv he aamez
Roth = them wore m pls0sa- rf7-.tatv
whom thay heard tho "rIo- - the rlrl-
.p rha top ap~r WIN No 'onCarn fDr
: h.m-sly"- tgay ran up ths. burning
-t,iV- who're in"v pNrtsh"l With the Rirls
th.y 'ris-i - -sNa
Tho Hrs starred from an aIplusior ~ b
W ''"lr"k " burned f'r thrs-' hour-
threatening ~ spread ~ adjoining Iuilf
ing, l,aiyr" u Ns- "Ntiugulshei
" ~ ~ Tho nuns had teen r'IHiciAntl" .
copl"t o. T's-'ul' q "a -esrrh for tho hoiiAs
inp Sto'kar an smpl"vsa uf tho flrrr .
rrnvf e -y1ct1tnrS whiI. tho fro was .
N proGrsS- ~ tho station hou-e ha wa
qYe-tipu'-i Nv Fir. Attorney Hogan and
i.i.ui B"nIamrn Fnugh' We -s,d thai
he Wa hiling IN s"'rrnIr'" cigsT hEhtar
with alcohol uu me fourth aoor Tho
dsvirs wa- hE'toi AID 'Eu'tad the ~
GALLON can = .,.U1ina ucIr him. Sausluc
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