The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-12-22
Fire Chief Horan Among
Victims Of Great Blaze
in Union Stock Yards
While Fighting Flames Which Destroy Meat
Warehouse of Morris G. Co., and Other
Buildings, Men are Buried by
Falling Wall
Fifty Injured, Some Fatally

by falling ruins and clouds of dust and
debris"
Fire Spreads Rapidly.
The first body taken from the ruins, |
about O'Clock, was that of George |
MuraweslSi, pipeman of Company 40. |
Assistant Chief Seyferlich assumed |
supreme command and under his di- |
rcction tho battle continued. At |
o'clock the bodies of Captains Collins |
Of Company SO and Doyle OF 39 were
taken from the ruins by the police. A
half hour later Chief Horan's body was
recovered. At 10 o'clock the fire was
not controlled and Acting Chief Sey-
ferlich was alarmed at the situation.
The fire spread to a three-story build
ing 800 feet square, almost adjoining
the four-stcTy structure i'm which the
fire originated. In the second Building
burning are u large number of ammo
MIA pipes which are liable to explode.
Known Dead and Missing.
The known dead:
Marshal James Horan.
William /. Burroughs, assistant
marshal.
Patrick f. Collins, captain of engine
company, 90.
Dennis Doyle, captain of engine
company. 80.
Charles Moore truckman.
Joseph Murawesld pipemau.
! Missing:
John f. Teubach. lieutenant.
Charles Berkery, lieutenant.
Thomas OConnor, pipeman.
James Foster pipeman.
JcacJh O. oorne, driver.
]. IT. Behrens. driver. all of com
pany so.
Nicholas Crane, truckman
Frank Waters.
Charles Sweenie
William j. Daley.
Peter j. Kill
William II. Weber.
Charles Cooney.
John q. Link.
Joseph p. Mulhern.
Francis T. Eagan.
John j. McClary.
James ]. Bannon.
John Helfert.
William T. Murphy.
List Of Injured.
John =. Kassenback.
Edward Ochler.
John O'Leary.
Martin j. Fitzgerald, all fatally
Antoine Heiland.
John Carney.
A. d. Lannon.
Joseph MacKey.
James McGrath.
John Miller.
William Walsk.
Lieutenant NJ. Bollman.
Eugene Miller
NJ J. Saanders policeman.
lanes Hendricks, policeman.
Marshal Horan was married 81
-, ogo He is the father of fou
: children. the youngest Of whom Is tw'
,,oars Word OF his death was KEEP
Crom Mrs. Koran by the iiremeh Wh
notified her by telephone that ne ma
mot with an accident. Later IL DC
cama evident the chief was surely oea
ard that II wcnld be better To let ne
: l,rcrv the truth Mr9. Horan SWoohe
I, an her Ashland Boulevard home an
= ,,,as una5le to further continue TN
!, conversation. A., 40
y tIoran assumed command of the dc
i or,rocnt after the death OF iMarsha
,y,,sh,,on who had succeeded cam
!, MON. who took up the reinS iaiu wv"
hv veteran Dennis Sweenic'
: Relatives and Friends Grove Aoou,'
water was poured on the not p,iOA
= covering the ill-fated hremeh anu y
10 40 IL was cool enough 10 resur'
the hunt for their comrades AS VI
= recovered bodies were Drousht ou
!, ,,anqlea. scorched ana snape,es
u ,I,"s'see tho coroner's jury, which ma
Is n"an FnnaneIled. forget its duty OF III
II III and ioined with feverish enoi
y ~ hundreds of civilians who wer
y tandipg hand to the fremen.
d >r,,,.snaner extras carried the new
! aancer ar death that had vlslte
~ -, ercpen and relatives and frieno
ie -, ia throrgs to the fire. with tr
he n''..i o'' or anxious friends came dc
re ~, FOR clearing away the pile
ViVes ,.ar,n, wreckage. A wreckin
's,,,, on the Chicago and Eastern u
OF ,,a.o,s railroad brought derrick toi
IN IL obstr1icting box cars INTO u
III l,,,e,, as Il came. A road scraper, a.
c. 49, 10 one of the derriok's capie
OF -'on,,od nm great masses OF bricks. a,
- or1s,ed firemen savagely pushed u
se rrea, scoop into the brick heap.
VS. y, Men Weep Like Children. -,
~ al when nremen learned OF ene ',s ~,
'is % Of their chief. who was very popu,e py,e
mr9 m ,y,th them. the wearied men III S,r
IT. ,n,e wI." children as they held the glsn,,, !,
,ns ~ Those detailed to recover u
ng nodf,s odies wcpt anew at every evidence e.
oou'. se,' Lost comrades brought TO l's, I,
,n' m I'''c, crushed helmet brought up ;" nu, :,
m = .o,' =, -" Of the big scraper caused M, !,
m IN, soOJ - fall over the throng. soon ~, =
we we 70 cont 1 nicse Of the helmet came UP