The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-14
MANY LIVES
LOST IN WRECK
Montreal Herald Building De-
StrOyed
VICTIMS BURIED IN WRECK
Tremendous Wall Of Flame Blocked the
Rescuers for Hours-Most Of the
Dead Were Members Of Com
position Department.

Dead Were Members Of Com
position Department.
Montreal, Que, june Between
twenty and thirty people lost their lives
yesterday, when the supports Of the
sprinkler system tank on the roof Of
The Herald building gave way, and the
great mass Of metal and water weighing
thirty-hve tons, went crashing down.
ward TO the basement.
Fire broke out Immediately, adding It's
horrors to the disaster The fremen dis.
played splendid heroism in rescuing
scores Of people from perilous positions
in the Jagged and tottering walls. Some
Of Che walls had TO come down before
the work Of recovering the bodies could
be safely attempted, and IT was not
until after six o'clock last evening that
the first body, eharred and mangled Be-.
yond recognition, was Drought ont.
The list 81 known dead and missing
follower
Bodies Recovered and Identified.
Campbell Morrison, proof reader
Lena Amesse, forevoman bindery.
Missing.
Isaac Johns
Alphonse Therrion.
s. Hopkins.
Duncan j Miller, president Typograph.
zeal union l76.
Frank Jansen, printer.
John Wade, printer.
custaye Pippe, printer
Rene Littleiohn. printer
Clement Borsman, printer.
William Murphy printer
r Harris, printer
Miss Merriman. bindery.
William Smith. seen ii rear window,
but felli not seen since
Miss Florence pitcher.
Miss Jennie White.
Miss Robinson. time clerk in office.
P F. Quintel printer
Beatrice Campbell binderv
Rose Stephenson, bindery
May Butler
Dorothy Ward.
Miss Beaudry
Frank Consitt.
Edward Saucier, printer
Mason, hoy.
John Cunningham.
Isabelle Philips 81 vancouver, bIndery
girl.
Twenty injured were treated at the
hospitals. Some q them were badly
injured but il is believed none viii
die
All Of these who escaped agree that
The FIRST warning Of The impending al.
saster passed almost unnotieed There
was 4 slight creaking then ] little more
and somewhat more pronounced, but it
was not until the ceiling plaster began
60 fan that rush for the stairway Be
gan. Before anyone reached ii, there o.
cured anal deafennq crash AMI then
chaos. Some survivors tell Of falling
one and two doors before the awful
crash died away afd they found them
selves able 70 crawl in the dense dust
to a place Of safety The majority
sought safety BY rushing to the front
Of the building facing on Victoria
square. Fortunately, All The floors leld
for about 80 feet hack from the front
wall and to thia i due the fact that tle
death list does not lm into hundreds
for there were nearly 500 peopls in TIC
building at the time
When the first hook and ladder CON.
pany reached the scene, the irenenE
found the windows of tho upper floors
crowded with people and the crowd on
the sidewalk urging Them no. to jump.
Not one did jump. Ladders were quick
y placed in position and those a danger
brought to the ground
Every member Of me edtoria' star
escaped unframed their quarters being
in front Of the hnilling. John G Walsh,
ihe editor 81 the paosr and the members
If lis staff were rescued from the win
lows by The dremen.
Fred AIaloney. q linotype operator
lad d machine located at point farthest