The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-09
CAREY AND REYNOLDS, FIRE VIC TINS, HAD BEEN PARTNERS
 FOR 2S YEARS.
LIVE AND DIE LIKE BROTHERS
When Found the Bodies Were Close Together, the Head of Reynolds Lying Across the Shoulder
 of Carey.

Twenty-eight years of congeniai business relations and even a greater period of unbroken personal friend ship which cemented their lives into m ideal brotherly relation were not broken in the last moments of the lives Of Charles A. Carey and E. J. Reynolds, of Uuca, iihnois, who>a crlsped and burned bodies were yes terday placeUin caskets side by side and taken to their homes for burial
 Theirs were the only lives sacri- feed in the confiagration which left thirteen injured victims, and prop erty loss of upwards of S200000 iG this city Friday
 Mrs Carey and ner daughter de- parted yesterday in charge of the bodies. She was accompanied by her daughter, and win be met at St Louis by relatives of Mir. Reynolds.
 That the charred and mangled bod ies were found together, there was something of comfort to the distress. ed widow and the orphaned young lady daughter Of Mir Carey. The body of Mr Reynolds, the larger of the two men. was found lying beside that of Mir Carey except. that the head of MT. Reynolds lay across the breast of his friend.
 Mrs. Carey said yesterday that 2S years ago they went into business to- gether and had been fast friends and close companions through all hat period.
 Both were members of high stand ing in the Masonic organizations. Mr. Reyonlds came here more than two months ago and remained short while at the Waukesha hotel He then went to Panama on a short visit, and returning, had Mir. and Mrs. Carey and their daughter meet him here, all to make an extended stay.
 Mrs Carey is of the type of stout hearted women who make the best of things. Well past the meridian of life, and with her daughter at her G-side she talked of the terrible tragedy that had cast it's. shadow across her fife yesterday.
 Through all our lives Mir. Carey and myself had been close together. l am almost surprised that he was in the oriental store without me, but can account for that incident in one way. He wanted to buy me an elec- tric lamp for my desk at home, and had looked at one in a jewelry house, but that seemed too delicate, and he did not buy, saying he would look around. have learned that he had been in the orientaf store looking at the lamps once before, and he and MT Reynolds probably had just stop ped in there again when the explos- ion took place"
 The watches of both men stopped at the same time, three minutes after eleven o'clock, and they must have stopped by some blast of heat about the same time-long after both of the men were dead There had been a Scottish Rite Masonic ring on the hand of Mir. Reynolds and a gold mug. get he had dug himself while in th. KlondylIe, which Mrs. Carey would liked to have recovered to take back to the relatives. but neither could be found. The ring Mr Carey wore was recovered but was badly injured from the fire.
 All doubt as to there being others lost iii the remains was dissinated yesterday when a complete survey of the ruins was made by the city street working forces, and no other bodies had been found. In fact there were no other missing persons, and every body has been accounted for in the hotels
 Among the injured persons, all were doing we'll yesterday and there will most probably be no more fatali- ties to record. Miss Willoughby who had suffered a concussion of the brain, was much improved yesterday; Mr. Freedman, the auctioneer, who was badly cut and bruised was rest. ing easily, and Mrs. Burg, who suffer ed a broken limb, was getting along very we'll These. with Miss Diffie were the most seriously injured. and all are out of serious danger.
 That $200,000 will not cover the fire loss, was the general opinion yes terday One rather heavy loss that had not been recorded before, was at the Southern Palace, in the Sevoy building. which stock was badly dam. aged by the flood of water that WIS poured through this building to pre- vent it from being consumed in the flames. The building stood next to the MatIar building, and but foi heroic work, and splendid fire wall would most likely have been lost.
 Physicians who had been deprived of not only their offices but all thfir instruments. secured temporary quan ters about tue office building district yesterday and went on with theii work. It will be some time before they get settled again from the loses oecasioned by the fire.
 Owners of the Rockafellow building have already decided on rebuilding as