Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-22

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assistant chief OF department.
| Fire Marshal Horan, chief of Chi.
cago fire department -
Captain John Collins.
Captain Patrick Doyle.
Pipeman George Murawski.
Two firemen, unidentified.
Missing and believed to- be dead
Truckman Albert CRANE, Captain
fire marshals and several company
pcaptains.
r. The dead SO far Identified are:
McGraw and Lieutenant Fitzgerald.
engine company No. as.
Captain Fuchs, Lieutenant Regan
and Firemen Eugene Sullivan. John
McLachlan, Richard Ryan, Lewis
Malloy, NJ. Byrne, T. Costello.
George 'Barth. all of Engine COM
pany No. 30.
Hngineer' Scanfon, Fireman Frank
Hamilton and Lieutenant Edward
Dennis, Engine company. No. 80.
Lieutenant Berkery, engineer
Charles Sweeney and Flremen
Thomas o'Conner. w. Daily. f. Wal.
ters. p. Kilt. James Foster, John
Behrens and Joseph Osborne, engine
company No. So.
Flremen Charles Moore. Nicholas
Crane. and Frank Hoberiser,. engine
company No. 1S. -.
Fireman George Enthof, engine
company No. "a.
After examining the rolls of the
declmated companies, Assistant Fire
Marshal Butler said that the entire
number OF missing men was 80 and
that that number probably had lost
their lives.
Ammonia Explodes.
The first alarm was turned in at
3 o'clock this morning and brought
Ave fire companies 10 the scene. a
second and third alarm quickly fol-
lowed, bringing out Marshals Horau
and Burroughs. In half an hour the
s1,000.00O warehouse was burning
fiercely and the firemen were handi
capped by low water pressure and
freezing weather
About an hour after the arrival
OF sthe first engines and while more
than 100 firemen were clustered
about the building or working on
the ground floor, an immense tank
of ammonia exploded without a mo-
ment's warning. In az instant the
burning woodwork was hurled in
all directions. Firemen nearest the
tank we're blown through the floor
Ing to the roof by the force OF the
blast and the walls, with hardly n
waver. toppled outward upon the
nremen working near them.
Overcome by Flames,
The men inside, who might have
escaped the concussion of the burst
Ing tank. were overcome by the
fumes OF the ammonia and were
buried beneath the roof of the build
Ing when It fell.
The warehouse was fourstory
structure. occupying an entire block.
Not a wall was left Standing and not
any of the floor was in place half n
hour after the explosion. =.
Following upon the roar of the
bursting tank, resounding through
the south side district. came the first
general alarm that called out third
Of Chicago's Are lighting force.
The wreckage and debris hurled
skyward by the explosion fell back
into the blazing building and cal
umn OF fire ieaped upward. sending
out terrific blast Of heat which
drove the men from their positiol
and cremated the bodies OF the un-
fortunate firemen who had not been
buried under tons of broken mason
The are could be seen from az
parts OF tne CITY anu SOON NaSt
crowds had.gathered to view the
spectacle. Relieving that second sx-
plosion might occur. the police
drove back the thrOngs, using their
clubs freely.
whole Force Called Oat.
Al 10 o'clock a second general
alarm brought 10 more ire com
panles to the scene and caused OUT
lying companies to move In 10 the
nearer englne-houses.
The fire apparently was under
control at II o'clock but shortly af-
ter that hour flames broke out
Afresh and drove back tho men who
we're endeavoring to reach the
bodies OF their comrades.
The fierce heat precluded the pos
sibillty that anyone caught beneath
the torn framework OF the building
could be alive.
i'ew % the men who were In or
rear the warehouse when the explo-