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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-22
bodies are found they WIN be beneath

bodies are found they VIII be beneath
this pile of brick and mortar
Hope of the firemen and hundreds
of admirers OF Fire Marshal Koran
that the fire-fghter and his men had
not persisted vas practically lost when
Battalion Chief Lacey, who is in charge
of the stock yards division, told of see-
ing the marshal and Burroughs, to-
gether with eighteen or twenty men,
go down beneath the falling wall.
Chief Koran was in front of the
pipemen." said Lacey. and Burroughs
a short distance behind him, directing
the work of pipemen. when the crash
came. 1 know just where they were
and am sure they had no chance of
escape. Dozens OF the firemen saw the
same situation and many of the men
ran to the pile. almost frantic, and be-
gan throwing the bricks away with
their hands. They were like SO many
Goals of fire and any work of that sort
was useless.
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Administer Much Oxygen.

Before noon he was freed of every
thing except a big beam across one
foot. Police surgeons who had ad-
mlnistered stimulants II drugs dur
ing the morning got an oxygen tank IN
position and kept pumping oxygen into
MIN. Another tube was run close to
bis face to take away the bad air, ana
a third tube carried more stimulants
to him. Finally the beam was raised
far enough to release Glazier, and n
cheer went up from tiremen and the
enormous crowd of spectators who had
stood for hours in the freezing cold,
when the limp form was lifted upon n
stretcher. There was rivalry among
the hospital physicians for the privi-
lege of caring for him, and as Glazier
expressed a wish to be sent to st,
Joseph's he wa taken there as fast as
an automobile ambulance could travel.
Whether he can survive cannot yet
be told. The physicians express the
opinion hat he has developed pneu-
monia and declare that it is remark
able that he should be still alive, after
lying in water and ice for twelve hours.
Sixty gallons OF oxygen were pumped
into him While he lay in the ruins,
which is said to be a medical record.
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Ordered Men Back.

Il ordered them back to fighting the
flames with their lines of hose, in the
hope that the fire might be stopped in
time, to find a way to rescue the poor
fellows we had all heard go down to
what seemed certain death.
Il was determined to make every
effort within human power to save the
men, but the condition of the building
made 1t suicidal for the rest of us to
try to enter 1t.
Il was in charge of the fremen fight
ing the flames from the railroad tracks.
l say one man fall neal where the men
who were caught fell, and 1 ran. and,
catching hold of his legs, dragged him
on to the railroad tracks and saved
him. Then my men and I made a rush
to save others, but our way had been
blocked by the falling ruins and clouds
of lust and debris"
The first body was taken from the
ruins shortly after 8 o'clock, Tt was
that of George Murawski, pipeman of
Engine Company No. 40.
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Canopy Traps Man.

Assistant Chief William Burroughs
and Lieutenant Fitzgerald were With
the marshal under the canopy when
it fell, receiving specific orders for di.
recting the fight against the ever
spreading flames in other quarters, and
they went down TO their death with
Marshal Koran.
Other fremen, witnesses of the fate
Of their chief, deserted for q brief time
other parts of the blazing structure
and sought with their bare hands TO
drag apart the glowing bricks and
debris which covered the bodies of their
chief and his companions.
Finding this a vain effort, they
obeyed again the direction of Assistant
Marshal Seyferlich and redoubled their
efforts to shut in the spreading area of
flame.
The fire was first discovered at about
4 o'clock by a Waterman in the Morris
IL Co. beef house, at Forty-third and
Loomis streets. An ammonia pipe,
bursting, started spontaneous eombus-
ton that spread so quickly that the
Waterman barely had turned in the fire
alarm before the flames began bursting
from the building.
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Report Fire Incendiary.

The police are making q rigid inves-
tigation of the cause of the fire. There
are reports that the place may have
been p~urposely set on fire by an enemy
of Friedlander's. He says he has not
determined what started the blaze and
intimated hat It might have been
started by men who, he said had been
seen lettering about the factory for
some time.
August Whiting, foreman of Engine
Company No. IS, who was taken out of
the ruins. died in a hospital this after
noon.
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scoop Away Debris.

With the spreading of news of the
fire many devices for clearing away the
pile of smouldering wreckage above the
huddled mass of dead were sent to the
spot. A wrecking engine on the Chi
cago n Eastern Illinois Railroad
brought a derrick, topping ob~structing
box cars into the ditch as 1t came. A
road scraper attached, scooped up great
masses of bricks and some fremen
~energetically pushed the great scoop
into the brick heap, in hope of reach
ing q man whose groans could be heard.
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Marshal Horan Responds.

Fire Marshal Horan, at his home, on
the west side. heard the second call for
fire apparatus and hurried to the stock
yards in his automobile.
BY the time Of his arrival his as
sistants. who had reached the scene
earlier. had abandoned the effort to
ave the beef house and were endeavor-
ing to head off the rush of fire toward
other buildings. Flames were billow-
ing out of several structures nearby
when The marshal arrived, and the in
ferno was blistering the hands and
faces Of the pipemen and laddermen
who were sticking by their positions
under the encouragement of command
ers, who themselves We're burned and
bllstered.
The shelter of the awning, which
later became the destroyer of q score
of lives, was sought by firemen, led by
Koran, Burroughs and Fitzgerald.
On top of the canopy another group
OF 1iremen still played streams OF
water. Suddenly Lieutenant Joseph
Mackey, leader of the brave band
there, felt the wall going, and shouted
a warning to those beneath. He
jumped with his crew and escaped
death. but the men below the canopy
were walled in by tho collapsing bricks
Meanwhile 1remen who knew moth
ing Of this, augmented by constantly
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Captain Alone survives.

Captain H. H. Fuchs. of Engine
Company 20, who had just left Marshal
Koran with orders for his company,
walked out from under the fatal can
opy just as it crushed out the lives
behind him. I'm all right, CHIEF" he
told the assistant marshal a few min
utes later. Blackened and blistered, he
was the only man left of his crew.
Steady streams Of water from one
whole fire company which Seyferlich
directed had somewhat cooled the
fallen wall al hour after it had buried
It's victims, and Seyferlich declared at
1890 a. IN. he heard a voice.
A shouted command brought another
detachment Of firemen from nearby
posts, who tore at the pile Of debris
with bare hands, axes and poles in hope
that some of the men were still alive.
-Four bodies were recovered in a few
minutes. They were:
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Mayors Narrow Escape.

Mayor Busse, discussing with As
sistant Marshal Seyferlich the death of
sunny jim Koran, as the marshal
was known at the City Hall, had u
narrow escape. An explosion of am
monia pipes on the fourth floor of the
building they were watching threw
bricks, beams and frozen meat in a
shower about them.
Seyferlich threw himself in front Of
the mayor, and though Mr.. Busse is a
portly man, Seyferlich almost crushed
him to the ground in the effort to shield
him from harm. Then, grasping the
mayor by the arm, the assistant inar-
shall rushed him away 10 safety.
: By il O'Clock the news of Horan's
death had reached all the firemen and
many of them sobbed aloud as they
heard it. Those who were detailed 20
recover the bodies wept as bits Of
clothing Of their lost comrades came to
light. A crushed helmet brought up in
a scoop of the big scraper proved to be
that of Assistant Chief Burroughs, and
the devoted workers continued their
labors with tears streaming down their
faces.
A thrilling story OF the collapse Of
the east wall, which carried the men
down to death beneath the wood cover
ing, is told by Lieutenant Joseph
Mackey. who was leading a company
of lreinen from the top of the canopy.
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Thirty Firemen Dead.
AT 10 o'clock 1t was estimated at

AT 10 o'clock it was estimated at the
general fre-alarm Office that thirty
firemen were dead, after two hours
fighting to recover the buried men.
The entire crews of Engine Com
panies 81 and SO are said to be among
the dead. In addition six members of
another company, %, and a few Of No.
As were killed.
At 9 o'clock the fire was not under
control. Assistant Fire Marshal Charles
Seyferlich, WIN ssumed the leadership
after Marshal Koran fell, said that a
| great portion of the yards district was
threatened, but it was believed the fire
would be soon under control. All avail
able fire-hghting apparatus was hur-
ried to the scene.
There was general apprehension that
still more damage would be done and
stockmen arriving for the days work
joined the firemen in fighting the
flames and preventing them from
spreading.
The fire-alarm Office was notified at
9 O'Clock that the bodies of Patrick e.
Collins, az Engine Company No. So, and
Captain Dennis Doyle, of Engine Com
pany 80, had been taken from the
ruins.
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saw Walls Bulge.

Mackey said as he looked up he saw
the walls bulge and he Immediately
shouted a warning. At the same time
he jumped from the platform himself
and was followed Immediately by ten or
twelve of his men. None OF those lost
their lives. but their escapes were
miraculous.
Il knew Marshal Koran and Bur-
roughs were beneath me with at least
two companies Of men, said Mackey,
and ] shouted to them that the walls
were corning, / heard someone below
shout & warning and L got my own
men and myself out of the way.
Immediately after / jumped l heard
the groans of the men who had beer
beneath me and ! knew they must be
caught. Although nearly all OF my
men and myself We're more or less hurt
it flashed upon us that Koran was
among those trapped and we bent every
effort to save them.
ut was beyond human power to dc
anything for the moment, as toni OF
bricks had come down. When the
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Chief Seyferlich is alarmed over the
situation of the fire spreading. He de-
clared that the water supply was in
adequate and that there was danger
that the loss would run into millions
of dollars if the flames were not soon
quenched.
Shortly after 10 o'clock there seemed
to be little hope of checking the flames,
and Assistant Chief Seyferlich wept AZ
he called to his men to do their best.
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Pinned Under Debris.

LAllAE 1d1E INV VIII AOAAo Vi
bricks less thar a DOT above his head
and with his lower limbs pinned to the
pavement, william Glazier. a member
of Engine Company No. s, at daylight
held frequent conversation with the
scores of iiremen and policemen who
were stTaining every effort to reach the
machinery which held the unfortunate
nan a prisoner. Brother bremen OF
Glazier were able to crawl beneath the
debris and provide him with stimulants
to make him as comfortable as possible,
A huge tarpaulin was dragged into
the narrow p~assageway to the helpless
fireman and spread about his body to
keep his clothing from becoming sat
urated by the water which was being
thrown upon the snouldering ruins
Glazier. unless some Of the ruins fal
or him. probably viii be taken Out
alive in a few hours.
Some of the bodies removed from
the debris were so badly burned that
the limbs dropped off. When the body
Of Assistant Foreman Fred Calabre
was taken from the ruins 1t was with
out the head, the foreman being
recognized by his uniform.
Building Completely Quilted.
The Friedlander factory was a Ave
story building on the west side OF
Bodine street and ran west, the req
extending to the east side of Third
street. The rear part Of the structure
was only as high as the two-story
houses thai adjoined that part of the
factory on each side. The building ha6
been completely burned out and tht
fire confined TO within the Jour wall,
when the disaster occurred.
Chief Baxter was standing on thu
root OF q two-story house on the nortf
and was directing the men for the fna
fight to subdue the flames. Water
tower Truck No. Z had a ladder agains
the front wall on Bodine street play
ing a great stream of water into thu
flames. Just inside the building a
Bodine street were a group of fire
men, also throwing water on the burn
ing ruins. Suddenly. without warning
the Bodine street wall collapsed ant
fell inward, burying all the men VIII
were within the building and carryfnt
down the big ladder of Truck No.
on which there were half q dozen mer
Four Of the fremen on this ladder ar
among the dead.
Second Fall of wallis.
The cries of he flremen caught be
meath the ruins spurred their brothe
firemen to instant action without tn
thought Of danger to themselves. N
sooner had they climbed over the smok
ing ruins than there was a warninl
shout from a nearby roof, and in tn
NEXT moment part of the north wal
came down. This spread entirel
across the ruins and caught within 1t
deadly grasp not only the brave fire
men, but also a number Of policeme.
who had plunged into the thick OF tn
rescue work. In the second crash Chile
Baxter, a veteran. and who is about I
be retired on full a for his grea
work in the department, narrowl
missed death.
Planklnr ON which ha had nee
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Recover Four BODIES.

Joseph Muraweski, pipeman.
Patrick e. Collins, engine captain.
Dennis Doyle, engine captain.
Unidentified pipeman.
Coroner Hoffman arrived early and
empaneled a coroner's jury.
AS the mangled bodies were brought
out the coronet's men Joined the hun
dreds Of volunteers, who were aiding
the firemen Out in her Ashland boule-
ward home, Mrs. Koran, wife of the
marshal, would not believe that her
husband was dead until assured by the
newspaper reporters. Then she tried tc
speak, as she stood among her four
little children, but words would MOI
come INC she fell in a swoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
PRIMARY TIRE REAL ELECTION

Lest busy or indifferent voters forget
that conditions have changed in pol
itics, the Legislative Voters League
has isued timely bulleting remind
ing them that in a majority OF the dis
tricts the primary is not only an cleo,
on" in the words of the supreme
court. but the election The Novem-
Der election will be a mere ceremony
Of ratification in these districts
Thursdays halloting will practically
determine the result.
The old primary was boyeotted by
the majority of good citizens in the
belief that it was an idle preliminary
and that the machine and bosses,
not the delegate convention did the
nominating. The new primary gives
the voter real chance, and in maDg
instances 1t gives him the only chance
he has. There are no conventions;
the bosses can only suggest; they
cannot dictate or control nominations,
To stay away from the primary is
to give the gangs and their Jack pot
tools the victory by default There
is no further excuse for apathy, for
failure to attend the primary AMI
vote. Let the voter realize that the
primary is the thing and that a sin
of commission or commission on pri
mary day cannot, in many districts
be corrected in November.-Record.
Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

Credit seems to be due Chief Cow.
ell. Sergeant French and Officer Ken
nedy for their prompt and effective
work in the case Of doping and rob.
berry at John R. Ford's saloon yester-
day, as told in the news columns this
morning. The case is exactly like a
number OF cases that came to light in
connection with the Bcurgoise dive
at Forth and Ohio streets. But n
tim latter case the place was under
police protection with police rake
off" and when afvictim complaine0
he was run out of town under threat
Of being put in Jail The conduct OF
the police In the case Of YESTERDAY
was in marked contrast with waai
The Bulletin has complained sbou
in the past and II desires to expires!
it, qualification and to congratulate,
Chief Cowell.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
Married in Thebes.

William Halpin and Miss Edn7
Anstrom were married at Fayvllie
ILL.,, Saturday evening. The cerc
mony was performed by Rev Williai
King, who is also mayor of Thebes
The groom is assistant superintend'
ent OF the Aetna Powder Co, al Fay,
vi lie and his bride is the niece Of
Mrs. Arveston, who Is proprietress
of the Dynamite hotel She had been
a guest of her aunt for several
months and her home was In Chicago.
The couple left for Chicago and
other points on wedding tour.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

of Prof. Snyder. He is recognized by
all who know him as scholar and as
splendid disciplinarian; and teach
ers all agree that the institute which
closed this week was the best attend
ed and most profitable ever held in
this county, wholly through Prof
Colts efforts. Prof Colt also looked
after the collection of money due TIE
schools from the justices Of the coun-
IL and while this has made him some
foes, he was merely carrying out
what the law clearly directs. But the
Republican party machine wants 10
nominate A. d. Twente, whom the
Thebes board of education refused to
re-elect TO have charge Of Their
schools after the first term,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

The white speakers were Attorney
Harry Hood and Candidates Nellis
Twente and Lippitt. Louis FinneN
was chairman and G. II. Selgler secre
tary. Tie negro speakers were
George Jackson, Richard Taylor, u
a Head James Lee, T. G. Graves
Thos. Bates, Daniel Oliver and Rev
King
The meeting LAST night was ad'
iourned to meet at the Alba block TO
night,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
Statue to PhlIin Sidney.

The name of Sir Philip Sidney is,
OF course. held high in honor among
Dutchmen, who cannot forget that
when he died at Zutphen, in 1886, he
was fighting In their cause against
Spain. A committee has recently
been formed at Zutphen to arrange
for the erection of a statue to Sidney
at that place, and subscriptions are
appealed for not only In Holland but
In Great Britain.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
Real Fire Water.

According to the London Chronicle.
a peculiar drink is to be found on the
west coast Of Africa: you take a
wineglass and put in 1t few drops
from every bottle in the bar Then
you put match to 1.-THE mixture
usually contains enough spirit to light
land gulp II down. This Ere water
possibly explains why so few West
African officials live to see their pen
sions."
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
calroItes seem to be

Cairoites seem to be taking 2
proper interest in the Cincinnati sx
position. and Cairo Day particu.
larly. Mayor lTarsons and Presden
Antrim, of the Board Of Trade. aave
received goodly number of appIica
tons for sleeper herths from this city
anil. as already stated, Mound City
vii, take an entire sleeper Mound
City, Of course, is as deeply interest
ed in the Ohio Valley as Cairo, The
trip will be well worth the money il
variety Of ways.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

Alderman Greaney is very much re
lioVed. According to City CLERK
IIateaers report last night Alderman
Cannans brick RATHER win cost only
$1cf5o. This will leave balance Of
just sl050 in the city's $4,000 Road
District fund, which, very properly
has been an object of much tender so
licitude on the part of Alderman
Greaney, since the council refused to
adopt the Road District Ordinance
over the mayors veto.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
MANY NEGRO VOTERS
Were Gathered at Court House Last
Night in interest of Their Can.
didates--Women Took Part.

The United negro Nells clubs met
last night at the court house and
packed the building to Overlooking.
Each club marched in a body from
the ward In which 1t belonged Two
Of them were supplied with bands
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

Paul G. Schulz & Sons have the
agency for this preparation and sell 1t
with the promise that if 1t doas not
do all that is claimed for it in making
people gain In weight and In health,
tbs money Will he refunded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
RESTORES PLEASING
PLUMPNESS
Samose Sold Under mo Cure Nc
Pay" Elan,

There are a good many people in
Cairo who ardently wish sley rould
find some way of getting fat an
dump. While not i'll, yet they are SO
thin and scrawny that their friends
think they cannot be well. In nine
cases Out Of ten this condition can be
readily overcome by using the combr
nation OF tlesh.forming foods known
IS Samose.
Before the discovery Of Samose.
people who were thin, weak and run
down were advised TO take some
nauseous preparation TT now with
this flesh forming food in palatabis
form nothing at all disagresable Il
necessary to gain weight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

and transparaneies. About a hundred
women took part and furnished songs
such as Nearer My God to Thee, J"
John Browns Boly," America"
Home, Sweet Home" etc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
August Circulation

The above Is correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1909 and for the month
OF August, 1910.
CLYRE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this fifth day of September, 1919.
LEO. ]. KLEB.
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Average number of complete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin daily and Sun
day during the year 1907. 2215
Average number of complete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin printed daily
and Sunday during fhe month
Of August, 1910 !. \. ........ 2ocs
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

II would ne Interesting to asow just
W.T. connection there is, If any. To.
tween the raid on the gang Of rogaas
at Fori's saloon yesterday agd the
resignation of Officer VIM Grencr
last night
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
A Lire Of Money kInns.

Ella--"There Is good deal of
money In her family, isn't there?'
Stella--"Yes. she comes Of a line OF
rich ancestors. Her father was par.
Tor car porter, her grandfather a
plumber and her reat-grandfather a
waiter In a hotel"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

rrcf Gott had the endorsement Of
the entire Board OF Education and
nearly ell the teachers In the public
schools, when be was appointed to
fill the term left vacant BY the death
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

Inc Loafer- Alas! my ship doesn't
come in" The Real Man---..Thon rat
move on and help some other fellow
unload his.'--Boston Evening iran.
script
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

When man begins to say he feels
as young as he ever did, that is an.
other sign he is getting Atchison
Globe.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Rev. and Mrs lIowle Of Moberly,
Mo, We're the guests for a day OF
Mr. and Mrs. c. Ia Martin OF 2lJV
Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Sept. IA.

i Blondln. famous tight rome
walker. carried a man on his
hack across Niagara falls and
also crossed IN stills. with The
Prince Of Wales for spectator.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14
= aaN.lslo. 5 hear.

Il wouldn't trust myself in India, ."
said the unmarried man. Afraid OF
wild beasts?' asked the benedict.
Not bit; but l see there are 26 oOo.,
600 widows in India"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-14

The Sullstln In on sale ut the fol
owing placss:
co,eman's, 702 Commercial Avenue
ttsiiiday Hou.s News stars.
Blue Front Restaurant.