The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-22

ters and they won't down to their
, death with Horon
Other 1lremen, witnesses OF tho dis
aster, for a brief time deserted tho
other parts of the blazing structures
and sought with thoir baro hands to
drag apart the glowing debris 10
bring out tho body OF their chief and
his companions.
Finding this a vain effort, they obey
cd again the direction of Assistant
Marshal Seyfcrlich and redoubled the
efforts TO prevent tho spreading of
the flames
The blaze was discovered at about
o'clock by watchman In the Nor.
ris beef house. at Forty-third street
and Loomis avenue.
An ammonia pipe. bursting. start
ed combustion that spread so quickly
that the watchman barely had turned
In tho alarm before the flames be-
gan bursting from the building.
Fire Marshal Horan, at his home
on the west side. heard the second
call for apparatus and went TO the
stock yards In his auto.
On his arrival his assistants aban-
doned the effort to save the beef
house and were ondeavoring to head
off the rush of FIRE towards others
OF the buildings. Flames were coming
from several structures nearby.
The awning, which later became the
! destroyer OF a score of lives. seemed
to offer n shelter from the flames.
Under this the crews fed for shelter.
led by Horan, Burroughs and FitzGer-
aid
On top Of the canopy another group
of iiremen played streams of water
into the heart of the fire
Suddenly Lieutenant Joseph Mack
ey. leader of tho band above, felt the
wall going and shouted a warning TO
those below. He jumped with his mon
and escaped death, But below tho
canopy found Victims
Meanwhile 1iremen who knew moth
ing of this. and augmented by con
stantly arriving aides. were standing
in the path of the flames They stood
their ground at building after building.
only TO be driven back.
Assistant Marshal Seyferlicb. who
was In command. realizing the futility
OF saving property then ablaZc, drew
all the men back.
The assistant marshal acknowledged
at 10:l5 a. m. that the whole stock
yards district was In danger.
We've got no water here, and we
can do nothing effectively" he said
The thing Is really beyond our con-
troll now"
Captain Fuchs OF engine company
No. %, who had just left Marshal Ho-
ran with orders for his company. walk
ed out from under the canopy just
as II crushed out the lives behind him,
I'm immune. chief" he told the u.s.
sistant marshal when he reported 10
him u few minutes later. the only
man left of the crew.
Streams OF water from one whole
fire company were poured on tho f1re
and had cooled II 10 some extent, when
Assistant Marshal Seyferlich declared
he heard a voice under the ruins. II
was about 10 a m, several hours aft
er the fatal fall.
Thought He Heard Voices.
A shouted command brought anoth-
er detachment of firemen from near
by posts, who tore az the pile of de-
bris with bare hands, axes and poles.
In the hope that some OF the fated
crew were still alive.
-Four bodies were recovered in a
! few minutes They were:
JOSEPH MURAWESKIs plpeman.
PATRICK f. COLLINS, engine cap
| tain.
DENNIS DOYLE. engine captain,
Unidentified plpeman.
Coroner Hoffman arrived and i'm
panelcd "a jury, which sat watching
| the flames. AS the bodies were
brought out the jurors Joined the hun
dreds of civilians who we're aiding the
/ iiremcn-
! Out in her Ashland avenue home.