The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-23

constantly arriving aides. were stand
ing IN the path % the Flames IheE
stood their ground AZ building after
building. only TO be driven back
Assistant chief Seyferiich. who now
was in command. realizing the fuultty
or saving property then ahlaze. ore"
All the men back.
Fire Beyond Control.
The assistant chief Acknowledged ~
io-l5 - mn that the whole stock yards
district was in Danger.
We've got no wafer here. and "
can do nothing effectively. he said.
The thing really is beyond our con
Captain n. n. Fuchs - engine com
pany No. %. who had just left Chiet
Koran with orders FOR his company.
walked out from under the canopy just
a- it crushed out the lives beneath
I'm Immune. chief he told the as
sistaut chief when he reported TO MIN.
few minutes later. the only man left
OF his crew.
Streams OF water from one whole fire
company were poured ON the pyre and
. sistaut chief Seyferlich declared NE
heard q voice under the ruins. 10 was
about 1913" "a. u.. several hours after
tre fatal fall
a shouted command brought another
detachment Of frcmcn from nearby
posts. who tore If the pile or debris
with bar" hands. axes and poles In the
/ hope that some Of the fated crew still
were alive.
Recover, Of Four Bodies.
Four bodies were recovered in "a few
miurtes. They were
Joseph MurawcsNi. uipeman.
Patrick g. Collins. engine ,sutsi u.
Dennis boyle. engine captain
Unidentified pipemau.
. Coroner Hoffman arrived .sarly and
' "upanelled jury which sat watching
. the Flames
/ IS tie bodies were brought out jbe
jurors Joined the hundreds Of civilians
. who We're aiding the fir"mcu.
out iu her Ashland boulevard home
Mrs. Koran. wife of the chief. learned
SHE was "a widow and diSbclicvcd unit
assured by The ncwsuaper report ers
when She swoou"d. She has required
medical attention.
With the arrival eft the Yards or tHs
anxious friends or the Oren"n came
devices for clearing away the wrcciS1ge
hrvr the dead. q rvr~rkiuE ENGINE Of
The Chicago a. Eastern Illinois railroad
brought "a derrick. toppliug onstructiuz
HUN cars into the ditch us 30 came
Frantic Work sc grscucr~.
4 road scr1pcr attached to one 4
tine cables Scupprd uu great masses 90
/ bricks. and -curCuCd firemeu saNagclN
pushed the great SCOOP into the bricks
in hopes of reaching the sufferers
whose gr0aus could De heard.
Long before noon Assistant thic'
SeyfcrIich ON bis rounds Of the iir'
area. began 600 find here and Their" men
who had fallen frum exhaustion an,
their companions who had been unable
fu aid them. some. rrco eriur. it'
Iu anew tu STAY che progress 90 tn'
flames
Naro~ BusSc vino had gone 40 th'
fire and WAS ~urrowfullt discuss ug tNf
death Of Jim Koran with Assistant
chief SerrerliciI. had uarrQw escape
An explosion of ammonia uipes threw
bricks beams and frozen meat iu
shower about them.
SerferIiCn threw himself In front u
tine MAYOR and then. Er1spinE him Toy
the arm. pushed him away to safety
BY o. o'clock the news had gone %
.lu the firemrn OF the loss OF THEFT
chief. who was very popular Iu tire de-
-artu.ut. Wearicd men Sohbcd as tU"'
continued their fight against the fire
crushed helmet was brought up f'
. "a SCOOP or the big scr1p per. soon tn'
. FRONT piece or the helmet came uu ur
another load 10 was that OF Assistau
Burroughs