The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-05

found at O'Clock,
CHICAGO, ILL Special Fire
Chief James Horan famous as the
greatest fire fighter in the United
states; his chief assstany, William J.
Burroughs. and members of four fire
companies, between twenty-five and
thirty-five men. persisted in an eXplo-
sion which followed the burning of the
Nelson, Morris y Co. packing plant on
LOOmis Street. between ICorty-third
and FOrty-hfth Streets, today.
At 1880 o'clock all the available
fire apparatus i'm the city had been
summoned TO the scene of the fire on
LOOMS Street, between Forty-third
and Forty-ffth Streets.
At that hour the damage was esti-
mated at between 100000 and ST.
100000 and additional alarms for
more fire apparatus was sent in every
half hour. as the entire stock yards
district was threatened.
N addition TO fighting the flames
hremen were making frantic efforts to
rescue their commanding officers and
comrades from the tons of DEBRIS I'M
der which they were believed to be
buried. Fully fifty firemen were
known to be injured from the flames
and explosion.
The explosion ripped the roof from
the building and shattered the east
wall.
y
was with Burroughs. and had left the
dangerous part of the building 20 take
q message to HOran when the explo-
sion occurred and the walls caved i'm.
Chief Koran Disappeared.
w hen the air cleared il was seen
that che chief, his assistant and The
hremen who were working on the
loading platform. had disappeared
Alackey was slightly injured by fan
ING pricks' only two members o.
EnSlne company 40. so and three
OF company no. 80 were to be founc
following the accident They point-
Cd mutely 10 the pile Of bricf5s and
stones when asked where their com
rades We're.
When the news that the chief had
,R,l 9urlea reached other drenen
.heE deserted the battle with the
names and joined in the rescue PARTY
winch was working franticallv TO DRAG
nodles OF living or dead men from the
The flames started in the hide cellar
or the Morris plant. 1T was discov-
ered by q private Waterman in the
stock yards, who turned in the alarm
1hlrty fre engines responded to the
urSt call and in an hour the streets
ZOE nlocAs were damned with fire -,.
ing apDar0 tuS. Thousands of
and women thronged the thorourh-
Iaros and many were injured in the
crush. At S:45 il was reported that
gu the members of Engine Companies
NOS % and SO and nine members OF
HOOK ano Ladder Truck 40. is were
i:-issn and probably buried beneath
the debris
The dead:
Fire Marshal James Koran; buried
beneath tons Of debris following an
explosion of ammonia.
second Assistant Marshal William 7
burroughs, killed by the same ex-
plosion.
Lieutenant Fitzgerald. Of Engine
'"mp2ny No: %; believed to have
been killed close to where his supe-
rior officers met death
i~t of Injured.
The known injured are Edward
Peh,er. member of Engine Company
No. SO. burned and crushed by falling
timbers, probably will die: John T.
hassen ba OK Engine Company No. 40.
crushed by falling timbers. WI prob
ably die; Eugene Miller. r,ft.-eight
Years old, burned and crushed: Anton
Poland, fireman, burned; John Car
ney, fireman, burned; John McGraw
captain Of Engine Company No As
burned and bruised; Lieutenant NJ.
Bolmann, crushed; w. J. Walsh, pipe
.i-at. burned; Lieutenant William Old
or of fire insurance patrol. cut about
head, face and body; +. T. Shepard
superintendent Fire Insurance Patrol
No. 4. bruised and cut: Frank StrobeI
Fire Insurance Patrol No. 4. over
come by smoke; Captain McGrath. hin
broken; Policeman M. J. Sanders.
overcome by smoke; Policeman James
Hendricks, overcome by smoke and
rescued by fremen =
The known missing is ThC-~2f Cos
telio. Gf Fngine Compas .-N1
iNftSO~eSAPr firemen p <eNNSemen
were injured apd ~nany members of
the throng which surrounded the
whole stock yards were bruised in the
near riots caused by those who
wanted to get closer to the scene. The
fire broke out at o'clock and forty
I'VE minutes later occurred the eX-
ploslon of ammonia which buried the
fire fighters beneath the walls
The flames we're still raging five
hours later. The fire was the most