The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-03-14

About $3.50, ooo-Many Jump from
Windows-Dead and Missing.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Between thir-
~ and thirty-five dead is the estimate
made by officers OF the Missouri
Athletic club here as the number who
persisted In the fire that destroyed the
scven-story club building occupied by
the club and BGatman's bank. About
twonty-nine persons were injured.
The fire broke out about o'clock in
the morning and is still burning. Fire
Chief Swingley said II would be un.
safe to send any one into the ruins
10 search for the missing for some
time.
The Known Dead.
The known dead follow; John M.
Hickey, Chicago, treasurer and audit
or Ford Manufacturing Company of
St. Paul A. J. Odegaard. Chicago,
sales agent Railway supply company;
l.. A. RUIZ, st. Louis buyer fyg a
wholesale hardware company; Edwin
c. Kessler. st. Louis. cashier wire
company, killed in leap from sixth
floor; James ID. Reilly. contractor, St.
Louis, body identified by dCorman OF
Missouri A. c.; unidentified man.
The man listed as unidentified may
be William II. Erd OF East ST. Louis.
Letters in the clothing on the body
were addressed to Mr.. Erd. The body
was identified also as that of Allen
Hancock Of st. Louis.
The Missing.
Following Is list of missing
James McGlnnis, buyer for large St.
Louis department store; Allen Dow,
buyer for large st. Louis department
ttore; Bert Crouch, sales manager
Western Electric company. st. Louis /;
Allen Hancock, typewriter salesman;
William +. Becker, president Of paint
company; ID. Il. Fitzgerald, sales man.
ager Pierce Oil corporation; John
Retz, president Of plumbing company,
William j. Kinser, president construc.
ton company; Thames Shyne, sales
manager Underwood Typewriter com,
pany, Syracuse, N. Y; William
Shields, president lye company; Geo
Goerner. president Of large com.
mission company; Dan Weatherly
salesman wholesale dry goods com
pany; Thomas Wright, secretary OF
the Apollo club; J. l.. Haihlen. Marx
BANNER, manager department store;
J. e. Chesley, l.. A. Tilley, c. T.
Smith, G.. E. Hunicke. ID. e. Fitz
serald. Marshall Bier. local fur deal
or; e. Chasnoff, OF ST. Joseph, Mo-
advertising manager for the ST. Louis
Republic; Frank w. Albright, travel
ing salesman; f. p. Williams, New
York, travelling salesman Roby
Green, Herin, ILL.,; ---- Burgess, guest
of members; F. w, Williams. Norman
Hancock. st. Louis; -- Wolffson
A. r. Rannus. Mount verntn, Ill.
Club Register Showed 1856. =
One hundred and thirty-fve persons
we're registered at the club for the
night How many Of these were In
the building at the time OF the fire il
not known. or those who were in the
club thirty-flye have been found.
The property damage is estimated
at about s350,O0O. In the vaults u
the bank covered by the ruins are
more than 81 200, 900 in currency and
$27 900 in coin. At daylight only par,
If the front and rear walls remained
The roof had caved in. carrying sew
cral floors with II, and the walls had
collapsed from the roof 10 the ground
floor, which Is occupied by the bank
When the fremen arrived on the
scene the flames we're shooting out
of the roof and all the windows above
the second floor. Men were jumping
from windows and others were de
scending ropes made Of bed clothes
tied together More than dozen
Jumped several stories to the roofs
OF adjoining buildings and escaped
with broken legs or less serious In
iuries.
One OF those who were in the club
at the time OF the FIRE. but escaped
is Walter Frisch, financial agent oil
tie ST. Louis Federal league baseball
club Mordecai Brown. manager oil
the club. remained at the club unit
a few hours before the fire was dis
covered.
The telephone operator. younl
boy. remained at HIS post on the
ground floor even after the firemer
began pouring water into the build
ing Many OF the guests credited
their escape TO him.
The fire is believed 20 have origin
ated in the dining room on the THIRD
floor, although the police are givins
some credence to the theory that SAT,
blowers may be responsible, as twc
explosions were heard In the Boat
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