The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12

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end hung over the, roof of, the, seed
store below The IL men then de.
scended the rope, hand over hand
and all were rescued from the roof
of the store. g.4l. ,5,,.al ,@...tg 4
See Twenty Jump From Windows.
As the IL or 10. men stood on the
roof Of the seed store they saw about
20 persons at the windows of the sixth
and seventh floors OF the athletic
club. One of them jumped to the
seed store roof and broke his leg.
Advertising Man a Victim. S..
The death Of Joseph Chasnoff OF
ST. Joseph, Mo-, advertising manager
for the st. Louis Republic, virtually
was confirmed by Ernest Evans, who
roomed at the club with Chasnoff
The fare brought thousands of spec
tatnrs TO the scene. only to hamper
the work Of the firemen until driven
back by the police. Before long hun
dreds Of automobiles belonging to
members lined the downtown streets.
Men and women, relatives and friends
of those who were known to have
lived at the club rushed to the hotel,
then to hospitals, then to the morgue.
The entire city fire department,
aided by 80 policemen and volunteer
squads, worked frantically all night
TO force a way into the ruins of the
Missouri Athletic club building, from
which eight identified bodies already
have been taken, in the slight hope
that some of the missing may be res
cued. Four powerful searchlights
we're trained upon the ruins. After
the streams Of water we're turned off
the ruins on the Fourth street side
iremen with axes and picks made
their way to the floor to hew an open
ing between the wedge Of collapsed
upper floors in a search for bodies.
Examination Of one unidentified
body showed the man had shot him
self when trapped in the burning
building. A bullethole showed behind
the ear, although the body was fright
fully charred.
The Dead.
The known dead follow: John NJ.
Hickey, Chicago; treasurer and aud
itor Ford Manufacturing company of
st. Paul; A. J. Odegaard, Chicago;
sales agent railway supply company;
L. A. Ruff, st. Louis buyer for whole,
sale hardware company; Edwin c.
Kessler, St. Louis, cashier wire com
pary. killed in leap from sixth floor;
James d. Reilly, contractor, st. Louis,
body identified by doorman of Mis-
souri, Athletic club; unidentified man.
The man listed as unidentified may be
E. Erd Of East St. Louis. The
body was identified also as that OF
Allen Hancock OF st. Louis.
The Injured.
The injured follow: Charles Schimel,
Chicago; n. d. Harmed, Chicago, super
intendent of an electrical supply COM
pany; Edward T. Kaub, Forest Park,
H.; T. c. Little, Chicago; Theodore
Levy, salesman; U. NJ. Stott, ST.
Louis; Ben F. Williams. in serious con
dition; B. C. Holmes. McCOmb, Miss;
L. l.. Leonard, lawyer; Lee Wolf, mer-
chant of charlottesville, Mo; David
Blum. purchasing agent for depart
mcnt store; William Koerner, house
man at club; +. w: Williams, New
York; Lee Walsh; John Dryer, en-
CINE company No. 6.
The Missing.
Following is list of missing: James
buyer for large ST. Louis de-
partment store; Allen Dow, buyer for
large St. Louis department store; Bert
Crouch, sales manager Western Elec-
trio company, st. Louis; Allen Han
cock, typewriter salesman; William e.
Becker, president Of paint company;
d. T.. Fitzgerald, sales manager Pierce
Oil corporation; John Rctz, president
Of plumbing company; William J, Kin
ser, president construction company;
Shyne, sales manager Under
wood Typewriter company, Syracuse,
n. Y; William Shields, president I've
company: George Goerner. president
company; Dan Weatherly,
salesman Wholesale dry goods COM
pany; Thomas Wright, secretary of
the Apollo club: Allen Hancock, type
writer salesman; J. l.. IIaihlcn; Marx
Hammer, manager department store;
J. Il. ChCsley, l.. A. Tilley, l.. r. Ruff,
G.. f. Smith, G. E. Huuicke. ID. +.
Marshall Bier, local fur
dealer; J. f. Chasnoff Of st. Joseph,
Mo-, advertising manager for the St.
Louis Republic; Frank W. Albright,
travelling salesman; E. p. Williams,
New York, travelling salesman; Roby
Green, Herrin, H.; - Burgess, guest
of members: +. W. Williams; John J.
Ratz, president local plumbing COM
pany; Norman Hancock, st. Louis;
- Wolffson; A. r. Rannus, Mount
Vernon, Ill.