The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-23
FIRE CHIEF Koran AMONG THE
FIRST CAUGHT ui,DE3 FAIL
LING WALL or BURN
ING yFLANT.
RELIEF FUND STARTED
FOR VICTIMS FAM|L|E les
Started BY City Couac.l-For Hours
Mayor Eusce Directs Work Re-
moving Remains of Horan--
Blaze Started Afresh
Last Night.

NhlcagO. lee 22.--UI the twenty
five men Killed at tie stock yafts
fire, the bodies of nineteen, including
that of Chief Horan, have been taken
from the ruins at 10:30 tonight. The
list OF dead includes the chief, assist
ant chief, two captains, five lieuten-
ants, l3 city firemen, two private fire
men and one railroad employe,
Following is revised list OF the
bodies recovered:
Fire Marshal James Horan.
Second Assistant Fire Marshall
William ]. Burroughs.
Captain Patrick +. Collins.
Lieut.. Herman Brandenburg.
Lieut. Edward j. Danis,
Lieut.. w G. Stnrm.
Pipemen-Thomas Costello, George
Muaraski, William f. Weber, George
Enthoi
Nicholas Crane, Nicho-
las Doyle. Charles Moore, Albert
Moriarity, Edward Schonsette.
stephen Leon, clerk of the Chicago
Junction Railroad.
Fire WatchmanAndrew Dymur1a.
Two unidentified firemen.
Chicago Dec. 22.--Fire Chief Jamef
Hcean, Assistant Chief william ]. Bur.
dorpAs aasa twenty tnFee men wa1s
killed. by falling walls III the million
dollar fire at the stock yards plant
OF Morris and Company early today.
Fifteen iiremen were seriously in
jured, including two captains, who
may die.
Mayor Busse spent ten hours per.
sonelly directing the search for the
body of Horan, who has been a life
long friend of the mayor. The chiefs
body had not been recovered late to-
night, although railroad wreckins
train with derricks and steam shovels
is being used to clear away to burning
ruins.
Broke Out Afresh.
The fire broke out afresh at eight
o'clock tonight after it had taxed the
strength of the. fare department for
sixteen hours. Acting Chief Seyfer-
Itch sent a general call to the outly'
ing stations for fresh men These
We're aided by the police reserves.
who continued the fight against the
fire, and aided the search for the
dead.
Insurance men say the killing oil
the chief and his men was not due
to the explosion of an ammonia tank,
as was first supposed but to the ex-
pansion of the cold AR IN the ware.
house, due to the heat of the fire.
This, 1t is said, forced the four story
wall to give way and collapse. The
force behind the wall was strong, and
1t was though an explosion had oe'
CURED.
Drop From Exhaust on.
Apparently N adhered by the death
of their chief, the firenent threw
themselves recklessly into the work
of clearing away the fallen wall,
More than fifty dropped from exhaus-
tion. They had to be carried back
from the burning wareh9u Il Des-
pite the work Of many engine crews,
the fire burned stutIbornly all day
and night sT4ousands thrcnged the
stock yards.
Not since The days following the
lroquois theatre tragedy which, IKE
the disaster Of today, was holiday
time horror, have such pathetic
scenes attended a flre III Chicago.
The bodies of the victims were
taken to undertaking rooms. near the
fire. Widows and cililaren Of the
dead, White-faced end frantic. crowd
ed the place. The holies were so
badly mutilafed tac police would not
permit the relatives to view them.
Relief Fund Started.
The mayor caliel special meetS7e
of the cornell which convened this
afternoon. A committee Of fifteen
was selected to take charge of the
relief work for the families OF the
dead. and 70 make funeral arrange
ments,
Wealthy business men have started
a relief fund Theatre man~/rs have
also prepared to hohl ibeaeit perform.
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