The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-24
DEATH TOLL q
IN MORRIS FIRE
Additional Bodies Are Recov-
cred From Ruins of Packing
Plant in Chicago.
CITIZENS WILL RAISE
LARGE SUM FOR RELIEF
Quarter of Million Desired. of
Which $4,000 Has Already
Been Pledged.

CHICAGO, Dec 25.-Alexa nder n
Lannon. captain in the fire department
injured at the stock wards fire here
the official list Of dead twenty-four
Coroner Hoffman, following day s in
vestjgation with members Of jury
announced that the inquest would be
opened next Wednesday morning.
peculiarly pathetic scene occurred
at the fire this afternoon, when the
BODY of Captain Dennis Doyle. the last
to be recovered. was taken from the
ruins: Plpeman Edward Doyle. a son
Of the captain. collapsed when his
father, body was found. Edward
Doyle had been at the fire for nearly
tbiTty-six hours, lie had assisted in
finding the body OF his brother. Nicho-
las DOYLE, also killed in the fire, and
refused TO leave until that of his father
was recovered.
The citizens relief committee. OF
which Harlow \. Higginbotham is
chairman and John J. Mitchell treas
urer. established headquarters at a
downtown bank today. II was an.
nounced that fund of S250,oo0 is de.
sired. or this $4,000 had been sub.
scrbed when the committee s offices
closed for the dav.
Fire Burns ALI Night.
Through the night fire was shooting
nigh through the roofs of two Morris
buildings adjoining the one in ruins.
Larry today. though still burning, the
fire was get under control.
Us the members of ten engine com
pnnies were playing water on ware
house, No. s, where the flames this
morning broke out afresh. the walls col
lapsed Captain John Windheim of en-
CINE company No g.. was knocked
down by flying timbers and seriously
injured In the confusion William
Sheridan. Is years old. a clerk in the
stock yards, was knocked off a plat
form and perhaps fatally injured
Five or six firemen are still missing
and until the ruins are cooled. the au.
thorities thought it would be impossible
to tell exactly the number Of dead
For Public Funeral.
Fire Marshal James Horau and the
others nearly all of whom we're firemen-
who met death at the Union stock
wards fire, will be given a public flu
neral, which will have something Of Il
ualitary character, The common coun-
ell. a regiment Of cavalry. squadron
Of mounted police aud pIatoons of police
and fireuen on foot, with public bodies
and semipublic organizations loading
Tue cODcourSe OF cltlZenS VINO are c1-
pected TO ask to be permitted TO show
their affection for ''Big Jim as the
marshal was popularity known, Will be
features.
AT a special session Of the council to-
day a committee of fifteen was ap-
pointed to look after the funeral. and
it was agreed the city would pay all
funeral expenses, furnish free medical
aid to all injured and continue for at
tAor h.
killed. Mayor Busse has taken per
sonal charge of arrangements, and an
pounced today he thought the funeral
would be held Monday,
Kilograms of sympathy and regret
rame from many quarters today. the
fire master of London. England, joining
the fire chief Of Seattle. with those of
New York. st. Louis. Los Angeles, Min
neapolis, Havana and other places in
svmpathctic teIeprams