Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-26
FALSE ALARM or FIRE
CAUSES PANIC IN HALL
Exiss Jamm.d BY Frightened Men. We
men and Children and Many Ar
scrust,sd % Death or suffeeatsd-
small slazs on Girls Hat May Havs
etarted Panic.

brat3on In 1c4Ve0 naAs @1A"o
* the famHies Of striking copper miners
Of this section
A. : result oe the tragedy. caused. IL
: - believed by . drunken man VINO
thrust hi. head into tho hall entrance
ana shouted "nre." al bitterness be-
tween the d4ffsrent factions In Calu-
m.r Il wiped out. There . no Ill feel-
II. There u nothing 5.s dunn erae.
which u beyond the POSSIBILITY o.
tears. ,..
a mas meeting was held Christmas
afternoon at which . ce@nm1ttee %
t.walye was appointed to visit each In M
divid,aal home Of the berea"ed 1aInAies
and ASCERTAIN what financial assistance
4. necessary. Unlimited funds are as
s>ek No Outside Aid.
.swith the kindest feeling 1os rnose
Who offered it, we ask no outsAoe
1nlp.", states the resolutions OF SYN
sathy adopted these are our own
neople. and it Do our sacred prlvAese
10 care for our dead and TO comfort
the living" ..>.-
~ the western Federation OF Miners
fhaf no benefits from the citizens
you'd bs accepted was disregarded.
The strikers also met and named q
committee to call on the stricken reia-
4ivea ana learn their wishes regarding
Z tha funerals. This committee will meet
today 10 make arrangements Tor sne
seeviceG.
rhe authoraties 70 Tar have been un-
ahle "a trace the man who 10 said to
n6vas sons - the seaiEs Of tho 1tanen
fnIl snd raised tho cry OF dre which
as supposed TO have started the panic
which led to the fearful crush In the
stairway. There seems to be little
hope that he will be apprehended.
Dead All Identified.
Matt Sari, q striker, who lost his son
IN 4ha disaster. declared the cry came
from : group Of mon and women to-
= vard the front Of the hall. A 14-year-
old rirl who died yesterday morning.
brouxtt the official revised list Of dead
mn 10 seventy two. all Of whom have
been ideuttned. Five injured are In
the hospitals. Il 10 said they will live.
Three little girtts in the Calumet &;
Hecla hospital were able yesterday to
he I'M and about. They romped around
a Christmas tree set up for the
.patients Of the hospital, unaware OF
the fate which had owertaken some OF
their brothers and sisters and the ia
rther Of one OF them. A boy Of or 8
years Of age, who was taken to one OF
. the morgues, showed signs Of life soon
after. but no restoratives and no ply
sicians were Immediately available and
death ensued
one couple entered the town hall
where all the bodies had been gathered
to look for their missing child. Their
hopes ran high when they had looked
It seventy Of the bodies and failed to
And their loved one. but the last body
{ .hey Viewed, the seventy-first, was that
Of the missing one.
Unable 70 Rescue viotims.
Members OF the Calumet fire depart
ment relate maAy instances Of heroic
ATTEMPTS to rescue the panic-stricken
people in the ilt-fated hall.
Patrick Ryan arrived on the scene
( = few minutes after the crush oc-
o.rred at the foot Of the stairway. He
astiu,ated that there were about loo
piled on top OF each other when he
reached the entrance The pie reached
10 shout half the height Of the stair
WY.
they were wedged In 20 tightly y
was impossible tos e0tricate any from
thA foot Of the stairs. A boy Of about
/ tscaught hold oS Mr.. Ryans hands and
beeIed to be rescued. The human mass
kent pressing down and It was impo0-
stble to save the boy. A girl Of 8 or
graaped the hands OF Angero Curto
another fireman, kissed them and i'm
plored him to save her. The crush
was 20 0reat he was compelled to give
up the attempt and she perished.
Many Experiences Related.
Mrs. A. Nimela, one Of the victims
was ssu6ocated while standing up:
John Burrill . fireman, who witnessed
her dea&h. took 6-months- -old infant
from her arms and carried It to safety
Leonard Wllman. another fireman
pushed hds way into the stairway and
took out q boy Of 8. uninjured. Neal
him the lAd's mother and sister lay
dead. His 7-year-old brother waa
+ taken out later. An 11-year-old boy
rescued his brother Of by carrying
him down ladder. There were 9th.
q similar rescues.
Tho child hurled from the front oi
the building was caught by q specta.
tor. Chief Tru6eu Of the fire de.
partment caught another child thrown
s out OF = window by It's father. Joh1
Scarf killed his boy Of s by falling OF
him, and be. too. perished. Scores es.
capped by passin1 from q small rea,
bsicony 70 the bsicony OF an adJoin.
tng house.
q - Preparations to collect funds for tn,
reflex q the bereaved families begar
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