The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-23
Chicago Firemen Kept Con-
stantly at Their Work To-day
DEATH LIST IS GROWING
Twenty-six Are Known to Be Dead and
Fifteen Persons Are Missing in
stockyard Fire--chief Ho-
rams Body Found.

Chicago, Dec. %. With twenty-six
known dead and fifteen persons missing
the magnitude Of yesterdays fire in the
Morris, Nelson packinghouse grew to-
day. The total death list will probably
run above thirty, and there is a possi-
bility that dozen laborers were also
lost in addition TO the tiremen. 1t was
intended to take a roll Of all tremen to-
day to discover the number Of missing
men. but the firemen were needed at the
scene of the fire. Both the beefhouse
and the tallowhouse adjoining are burn
ing fercely to-day. and only the steady
play of water on the ruins is preventing
their spreading.
Other crowds OF tiremen are herOically
trying to move the debris To find the
bodies Of their comrades All flags about
the city were at half-mast to-day, be-
cause of the great tragedy.
Not since the days OF the lroquois
theatre tragedy, which like the disaster
of Yesterday, was holiday-time horror,
have such pathetic scenes attended a
fire in Chicago The bodies of victims
were taken to undertaking rooms near
INC UIEs w lQOWH anu EuiiuiEA VI bAlt
dead men, white-faced and frantic,
crowded into the place. The bodies we're
so badly mutilated in most cases that
the police would not permit relatives
to view them. In several instances wom-
en- struggled with policemen in attempts
TO see their dead.
Mayor Busse, greatly affected by the
disaster, called a special meeting of the
city council which convened late in the
afternoon A committee of fifteen alder
men was selected to take charge OF relief
work for the families of the dead and
to make funeral arrangements.
AT the same time a meeting was held
at the Chicago club, at which wealthy
business men started relief fund. The
atre managers also prepared to hold ben
eft performances.
Mayor Busse Directed Search.
Mayor Busse spent ten hours person.
ally directing the search for the body OF
Chief Horan, who had been a lifelong
friend. A railroad wreeking train with
derricks and steam shovels was used To
clear away the burning ruins.
The fire broke out afresh at o'clock
last night, after it had taxed the
strength OF the department for sixteen
hours Acting Chief Seyferlch sent .
general call to the outlying stations for
fresh men, These. aided by police re-
serves, continued the fight and tht
search for the bodies of the dead.
Insurance men said that the killing Of
The chief and his men was not due II
an ammonia tank explosion. as first sup
posed but to the expansion OF cold air II
The beef warehouse, This, it is said
forced the four-story wall to give way
aud collapse. The force behind the wal
was as strong as though an explosion
had occurred
Apparently maddened by the death o.
their chief, who was popular in the de
partment, fremen threw themselves
recklessly into the work of clearing
away the fallen wall. More than fit,
men dropped from exhaustion and wer,
carried back from the intense heat o
the burning warehouse.
The entire crews of engine companies
81 and So are said to be among the dead
IN addition six members of company q
and few OF No. ass were killed. Cap
tain McGrath and pipemen John p. Kas
senberk. Edward 0chler, Anthony Har
land, John Miller Thomas Carney an,
Anthony A. GLAND, all of engine com
pany No. ass, were taken more or les
Injured to hospitals.
The total fire loss is to-day placed a.
sl,500.000 For a time the entire stock
yards were threatened with destruction