The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-12
OVER 80 DEAD IN
BLAZE; MANY MORE
BURIED IN RUINS
Cause Of Holocaust Unknown
Over Million Dollras in
Bank Vaults.

a Sb. LOUIS, MO-, q Z J.- "
Between 80 and 35 dead was
the estimate made this af-
termoon by officers Of the
Missouri Athletic club, as to
the number who persisted in
the fire that destroyed the
club building here today.
Six bodies are in the morgue.
The bodies Of the 25 or 80 un-
accounted for are believed to
be IN the ruins.
Walter Fritsch, chairman of the
board OF directors of the club, said
that after q thorough checking Of
the names Of those registered at
the club last night he thought 35
were dead. 0
I'D Bornmueller, secretary OF the
club, said he thought at least 33
peEiRhed. He said about 100 guests
were registered at the club for the
night
The FIRE, which broke out about .
o'clock this morning, was still burning
at noon, n Fire Chief Swingiey said
It would be unsafe to send any one into
b ruins to search for the missing I'M
til tonight or tomorrow.
n building was owned by the Boat
mems bank, which occupied part Of the
first floor. The bank opened temporary
quarters this morning in q building
our blocks away. In the vaults OF the
burned bank officials said there was
$l.349, 600 in currency n $4,000 In
coin, This money, It is believed, is In
tact. 70
The building was fully covered by in
urano The loss to adjoining build
ings ts estimated at $4,000. Avs.
The known dead follow: 4
l.. A. RUFF, st. Louis. buyer for a
Wholesale hardware company.
A. J. ODEGAARD. st. Louis, sales
age9t railway supply company.
EJWIN c.. KESSLER, St. Louis,
cashier wire company, killed in leap
from sixth floor.
JOHN M. RICKEY, Chicago, treasur-
err and auditor for Ford Manufacturing
company, st. Paul.
JAMES ID. REILLEY, contractor of
st. Louis. W.. q
ONE UNIDENTIFIED. .
List of missing:
Whliam E., Becker. president of paint
John Retz. president of plumbing
company. a# .
Marshall Bier, local fur dealer.
j. Il. Chasnoff, Of st. Joseph, Mo,
advertising manager for the st. Louis
Repablic. -,
Frank W. Albright. travelling sales
man. .~
3. p. williams. New York. travel
ing salesman.
Roby Green, Perrin, Ill.
IL - Jennings, non resident mem
Der of Missouri Athletic club. a..
- McKenna. +
- Burgess. o.
#. w. Williams, st. Louis.
Norman Hancock, st. Louis.
John j. Ratz, president local plumb
ing company. ..f".
---- Wolfsonn. .aI
A r. Ranuss. Mount Vernon, Ill.
The man listed as unidentified
among the dead may be William E.
Erd, OF East st. Louis, Ill. Letters
in the clothing were addressed to Mr..
Erd. The body also was identified as
that of Allen Hancock, Of st. Louis.
William A. Kinsef. president of con-
str1otion company.
Thomas Shyne, manager typewriter
exchange.
william Shields, president Lyle COM
pany.
George Guerner, president commits
sion company. II, r
%. E. Fitzgerald, Springfield, Mo.
Dan Weatherly, salesman wholesale
dry goods company. :
Thomas Wright, secretary Of the
Apollo club.
AAen Hancock, typewriter salesman.
-.hN9W %@H III NAALA n AlLl
ayers department stores. 'I ,
y II. Shesley, T. A. Tflly, r. l..
Ruff. II. Smith, w. A. Hunicke, all Of
St Louis.
The injured follow: .....
h Theodore Levy, Louisville, KY,
salesman; both legs injured and left
foot crushed. s r
James McGinnis, buyer for large st.
Louis department store.
Allen Dow, buyer for large st. Louis
department store.
Bert Brouch, sales manager, Western
. Electric company, st. Louis.
u, M. Stott, st. Louis, left hip
FRACTURED internal injuries.
Ben r. Williams, salesman, left leg
fractured internal injuries. serious.
& b. G. Holmes, Mcconnell, Miss.
L. l.. Leonard, lawyer, jumped: ribs
fractured, feet crushed, hurt internally.
Lee Wolf, merchant at CrutherSville,
spine in fall from second floor of fire
escape.
u.s. David Blum, purchasing agent for
department store, right foot fractured
in fan from improvised fire escape he
made of sheets.
A. ID. Harmed. Chicago, superinten-
dent OF an electrical supply company;
right arm and right ankle, fractured
in jump from sixth floor.
Edward Il. Kaub, Chicago, salesman;
~abrasions and Commissions on right
hand and left knee; rescued by firemen
who found him cIinging to sixth floor
window sill.
William Koerner, house man at Mis-
souri, Athletic club, both feet fractured
in jumping from sixth floor to roof of
four story building,
+. w. Williams, Nov York, hands
burned and head bruised. '<'.
T, c. Little, Chicago, knee w%renched.
Ice Walsh. r"
Charles SchimeI, Chicago, both legs
broken and internally injured in Is foot
leap from sixth floor.
John Dwyer, engine company No. G.,
right leg fractured; caught unf tr fall
ing wall.
About rs In Hotel.
a" Uncertainty as to the number or men
In the building. when the fire broke
out. made 1t difficult to determine the
exact number of missing. Jack REFS
niger, night clerk at the club, said 40
club members had rooms there and
CREW OF C~HA2LEMAGNE