The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
DIED IN FIRE
Fourteen Perseas Probably perished in
the Chicago Burn.
DEATH TOLL FEARFUL

DEAl1 HULL rEAAE UL
Falling Walls Halt the Search 70
Bodies.-Grapic Description o
Horrible Burning OF Men and Wo
men in Fire Caused by Academia
. Explosion OF Benzine.
Search Of the wreckage for To,
|; remaining bodies Of those who los
their lives in the Fish Furnitur,
Company fire horror al Chicago OF
Friday was discontinued Friday az
ternoon owing to the danger from
the falling walls but not until twelve
OF the dead had been recovered and
eleven Of those identified.
While earlier estimates placed the
number Of victims trapped on the
fourth anu fifth floors OF the Fish
building as high as twenty. later and
more thorough investigation indicates
with considera bic certainty tha;
there were but sixteen. Two Of these
escaped with their lives. which keaves
but two more 20 be accounted for.
Leo Soeckel. clerk of the Fish
Company. who by accident is said to
have Started the Are. told lis story
to Fire Attorney Frank Hogan Fri
day afternoon. Although Stoeckel,
who is but 20 years Of age. IS ad-
nitted more unfortunate than cul-
pabie. Attorney Hogan says that he
| will bring some charge against the
young man to insure his attendance
81 the inquest
SSoeckel was brought before the
Are attorney with his hand. which
had been burned. swarthed IN ban
dages- He appeared hea-t-broken.
and told his story with difficulty.
About 4.45 p. m." Stocked said.
Mr.. Mitchell. who IS member OF
the firm, gave me three piece cigar
lighters. and told me to 80 to the
finishing room on the fourth floor
and FL them with 5enzine. I had
filed two OF the lighters. consisting
Of a gallon can and was working on
the third, when there was an ex-
plosion.
"A sheet OF fame almost blinded
me. and die not fully .esain my
senses until had reached the street
The lighters contained contEivance
70 make spark. but whether / ig-
nighted one OF them or not. den.
KNOW either dropped the can Of
benziae when the flame shot up in
front OF me. or ii was blown out OF
my hands"
alexander Bush. street car con-
ductor. identified ono OF the bodies
as la, Of Rosie Bruncke. whom he
vas to have married on Easter Sun
day. He recognized he: through the
medium OF numbe. OF trinkets. in
cluding an engagement ring he had
given her.
One Of the victims lost his life in q
desperate endearo- to rush upstairs
TO the aid OF the women and girls
imprisoned above.
Ten women and girls 1t is said
were at work on the sixth floor when
the explosion occurred. The spread
Of the flames was almost instantan-
eous. and when the girls rushed to
the stairways they found escape cut
on. They next turned to the front
OF the building. smashing tie win
dow Horrified spectators in the
street saw Emma Ltchenstein step
10 the window ledge and heard her
scream for help. Then she jumped.
Falling on the awning over the front
conscious until Dr. Wan. l.. Kings
ley. crawling out on the canopy. lift
ed her up. She was taken at once
TO St. Luke's Hospital. only few
blocks away. but died soon afterward.
Dr. Kingley suffered slight burns.
Emma Lichoenstein was 20 years
old. and was employed as filing
clerk. Death was due to internal in
ju.ieS received in her fail.
Soon after Miss Lichtenstein's deS-
perate leap. crash as If Of floors
falling was heard. and the faces al
the window disappeared. DR.. Kins-
ley graphically described his exper-
ience as follows:
Il was nearby when the Are start
ed. and when reached the scene the
sight fairly made my hair stand
on end. The floors OF the building
were a mass Of flames. Smoke in
great clouds was rolling out OF a
windows. ! noticed something must
i,e done. but Ike many others there
was SO stricken by the sight OF
;h-a faces half revealed in the sixth
story windows that ! could scarcely
move. The girls were shouting fo-
Gods sake send us help. and others
were crying for the tiremen 10 raise
the ladders. / tried to get up tn
from, stairway. but at the third floor
a gust Of fame burnt me about the
face and hands and the next thing
/ knew was back in the street
again. Then came the cries Of th4
poor girls trapped in the upper story
came 10 my ears and saw one OF the
girls throw up her hands and
plunge out OF the window.
Her bod. crashed against the
canopy over the front end OF the
store Scarcely knowing what did.
ran upstairs TO the first floor.
crawled out on the window and then
carried her down ladder which a
| fireman had raised"
| Made Sick Bull Drunk.