The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-13
St, LOUIS CLUB
HOUSE IS BURNED
DEATH TOLL OF MISSOURI AlH
LETic CLUB WAS PLACED AT
THlRTY-ONE TUESDAY,.
GREATEST LOSS IN CITY
Property Loss Is Near Halt m''''on
Many Victims Were Buried
In the Ruins.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


st. Louis.-Between 80 and IS guests
Of the Missouri Athletic Club perish
ed in the flames that destroyed the
building Monday morning. This is the
belief of officers of the club. Seven
bodies had been recovered Monday
evening and from % to 20 persons an
still unaccounted for. Fremen con
tinued to search for bodies in the
smouldering ruins under the glare Of
searchlights.
A committee opened headquarters
at Press Club and asked all who were
guests Of the Missouri Athletic Club
to report, but 80 to IS did not register
and hourly the feeling grew that all
these we're lost.
The revised list Of dead follows:
Kessler, Edwin c., St. Louis. cash
fer Ludlow Saylor Wire Company, kill
ed In Jump from sixth floor.
hickey, John Martin, Chicago, treas
urer Ford Manufacturing Company
(roofing materially, burned to deatl
on third floor; leaves widow land
child. s.
Reilly, James D., st. Louis, member
Of firm Ware & Reilly, contractors.
Erd, William E., East St. Louis, Ill.
real estate dealers, suffocated and
burned.
Hancock, Allen R., St. Louis, sales
man Underwood Typewriter Company
An unidentified body, nutilated Be
yond recognition. -
ss.l followias~ REVISED. -1ist Aur~tLas
missing and believed to be buried /,
the ruins:
L. R. Ruff, st. Louis, buyer Simmon,
Harware Company.
Marshall Dyer, fur dealer, st. Louis
J. E. Chasnoff, sedalia, Mo-, adver
Using department st. Louis Republic
Burl Crouch, assistant .sales mans
ger, Western Electric Company.
Thomas B. Shyne, salesman Under
wood Typewriter Company, Syracuse
N
Allen Dow, buyer for B. Nugent 4
Bros. Dry Goods Company, st. Louis
W. J. McGinis, buyer B. Nugent 4
Bros. Dry Goods Company, st. Louis.
Frank W. Albright, travelling sales
man, Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company
st. Louis.
]. L. Hachlen, engineer Laclede Cal
Light Company, st. Louis.
E. P. Williams, New York, travelling
salesman.
W. A. Hunicke, st. Louis, assistant
operating engineer Missouri Pacific
railroad.
Robin Green, Herrin Supply com
pany, Herrin, Ill.
E. J. McKenna, guest of a member
named Jennings.
]. Wolfson.
A. T. Ranus.
Michael Thuma, Berwyn, Ill.,, EN-
ploye Alschuller Dryer and Click Cloth
ing company of Chicago.
Marx Hammer, St. Louis, president
Newsletter Cloak and Suit Company, St
Louis.
William e. Becker, St. Louis, presi
dent Becker-Moore Paint company.
ID. e. Fitzgerald, sales manager
Pierce Oil company, family resides in
Springfield, Mo.
Thomas ]. Wright, auditor Lemp
Brewing company, St. Louis.
George Goener, president Holstein
Commission company, st. Louis.
A. ]. Odegard, St. Louis, sales agt
Spencer Otis company, railway sup
plies, st. Louis. =
Norman Hancock, salesman Curlo
Clothing company, st. Louis.
William J. Kinser, treasurer Kinser
Construction company, st. Louis.
The blaze cost more lives than any
previous fire in the city's history. It
completely wrecked a seven-story
building occupied by the Missouri Ath.
letic Club and by the Boatmen's bank,
caused a property loss estimated at
$466,OOO and forced the abandonment
or the intercollegiate track meet.