The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-29
CHICAGO FIRE IS
OUT AFTER LONG
BATTLE; 80 DEATHS
Fire Chief Horan s
Body Was Recover
ed Last Night.
RELIEF is GIVEN
Funds Being Raised for Wild
ows, and Flags are Hang
ing at Half Mast Today.

ms 10 SHSAASs Ouss iWeiltS -llR'
bodies have ben recovered and TIL,
death list may reach 80. Fifteel
firemen are missing and dozel
stock yards employees are unaccount
ed for. Relief funds are being rails
ed for widows and orphans and flag!
are flying at half mast on all pub
lie buildings today.
Chicago p. m.-At this hour, 9
total of 26 bodies had been recover
ed from the ruins of the Nelson Nor
ris fire. The total death list is sure
to be 80 1t will be "a hours before
all the bodies are recovered.
Private organizations met with the
city council and promised to raise 8
fund of 100000 for the widows and
orphans of the dead. The council
voted S25O.O0 to each family and
will give the late Fire Chief Horan a
public funeral.
At noon the fire was under con-
troll and half of the 43 engines were
sent to their stations; Gangs of
shovelers are at work hunting for
bodies. Acting Fire Chief Seyferlich
says the men We're killed by the eN-
plosion of an ammonia tank. Coro-
ner Hoffman is making an investiga-
i tion to fix the responsibility.
Chicago.-Of the twenty-five men
killed at the stock yards fire, the
| bodies of nineteen, including that Of
Chief Horon, had been taken from
, the ruins at 9 O'Clock this morning.
The list of dead then included the
chief. assistant chief, two captains,
four lieutenants, fourteen city fire.
men. TWO private firemen and a vail
read employe.
Horon's body was found, pinned
TO the ground Under heavy timbers.
His face is free from bruises. The
body Of Lieutenant James Fitzgerald
was found near the chief.
Mayor Busse spent ten hours per-
sonally directing the seach for the
DoNs VI NuO Ids DeeI luS
lifelong friend.
railroad wrecking train with der
ricks and steam shovels was used
to clear away the burning ruins.
The fire broke out afresh at eight
o'clock last night, after it had taxed
the strength of the fire department
for sixteen hours. Acting Chief
Seyfelich sent in a general alarm to
outlying stations for fresh men.
These. aided by the police reserves,
continued to fight the fire and search
for the dead
The insurance men say the killing
of the chief and the men was not due
to an ammonia tank explosion. as
was first supposed, but to the eXpan-
sion o fthe cold air in the beef ware
house. due TO the heat from the fire.
This. it is said, forced the four
story wall to give away and collapse.
The force behind the wall was so
strong it was thought an explosion
had occurred
Firemen Loyal to Chief.
Apparently maddened by the
death o ftheinr chief, the firemen
threw themselves recklessly into the
work fclearing away the fallen
wall. More than fifty dropped from
exhaustion. and were carried back
from the burning warehouse De-
spite the work of many engine crews
the fire burned stubbornly all day
and night. Thousands throng the
stock yards.
Not since the days following the
lroqnois threater tragedy, which.
like the diaster of tody, was holi-
day time horror. have such pathetic
scenes attended fire in Chicago.
The bodies fthe victims were
taken to undertaking rooms near
the fire. Widows and children of
the dead. white faced and frantic,
crowed the place. The bodies were
so badly multiated that the police
would not permit the relatives to
view them.
The mayor called a special meet
ing o fthe council, which concened
yesterday afternoon.
a committe of fifteen were select
ed TO take charge of the relief work
for the families of the dead and to
make funeral arrangements.
A wealthy business man stared a
relief fund. Theater managers have
also prepared to hold benefit per-
formances.
Battalion Chief Lacey tells of see
ing Chief Horan as he was standing
in the midst OF his men when the