The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

tinguished the work OF getting the bodies
one crew of men riggcd two falls
suspended from n window Greene
street and Washington place. Another
the debris and lower them 10 the street
Some OF the workers carried acctylene
torches. In Greene street there was "A
soarchlight shooting its rays against the
wall OF the building; In Washington
place a searchlight played upon The
building and on the sidewalk where the
dead were laid. At first the men on the
upper floors put the bodies they found
! In nets that are n part of the equipment
Of every fire truck. When the supply
of nets was exhausted blankets were
snatched from the drivers seats and
even from the horses. Two three
| bodies al a time were packed into n net
or blanket and carried TO window
/ 10 be lowered TO the sidewalk. On the
side walk policemen received them and
bore them across the way, where an ar
ray Of plain coffins from the morgue
burden "A policeman tagged II with n
number and jotted down the same mum
ber In his note boo.
Removing the Dead.
A line OF patrol wagons stood there and
as fast as a wagon was filed with the
| coffinS II dashed away TO the morguc
or to the recreation pier st the foot OF
East Twenty sixth street. which took the
When darkness fell wires were strung
along Greene street and Washington
place. and soon rows OF arc lights made
IL comparatively easy for the workers
To find their way about. So many patrol
wagons had arrived from distant pre-
cincts that many OF them had to be held
| in reserve in the side streets. They
stood along the curb like string OF
taXicabs waiting for fares. Presently the
wagons that had been on the scene first
began returning from the morsue. TheN
brought coffns that had been emptied
and that were to be used again.
Al about O'Clock watch that was
still going was taken from the waist oil
"A woman who had died in the fire. Soor
after man was found alive and almost
unscat thed In the sub-cellar. The man
per OF his escape VIII be worth his tell
ing for many a day Ii seemed that the
for several hours because II was choked
with gag and fast filing with water
little after O'Clock Battalion ChIei
Worth and Captain Cundey OF truck No
5. peerng into the darkness heard {
man calling. What he was saying they
learned afterward was Russian Tor hclp
| Russian or no Russian. the battalion
chief and the captain knew what tha
man meant and they gave orders that hc
must be got ont.
Down throught the ceI'er and into the
lower chamber reekcd with gas AND
water was stll dripping in from III,
flooded floors above But the three fire
men kept on. guided by the Russian.
voice. until they found him.
He was standing in four feet OF watel
right beneath one of the passenger Gle
vafor cars and hanging to thet safety
clutch Of the car with both hands. HI
had figured that in few rElnutes th,
water would I've over his head. but n,
proposed 10 cling there until his las
breath was gone.
Weak From Fright But Alive.
The man WAS so weak from fright anc
i exposure that he had to be taken ou
In the hrcmen's arms. He said he wa:
Herman Mischer. In the hall he en-
countercd flames. so he raced upstairs
, At the tenth floor he saw an elevator
! shaft door open, jumped In. grabbed III,
elevator cable and slid down to the eel
lar. hc said that three women sit