The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-10
THIRTY CREMATED
IN ST. LOUIS
CONTINUED from gage a.

I'd That's very bad, very bad, he
said. as0f course it's not necessary to
Say such eombustibles should nor
have been kept whlsre persons slept
Spectators carly today declared
they had seen the body OF a man
aying ON a bed on the fifth floor, but
this could not be verified.
Inquiries made by friends and rela-
tives of the missing continue to coma
into the temporary headquarters OF
the athletic club which have been es-
tablished in the rooms Of the Press
club in gtilss Railway Exchange build
ing. At the city hospital, anxious call
&ers continue to make inquiry in the
hope that some OF the missing may
a1ave been taken there At the city
hospital young woman who called 10
inquire regarding VIM. e. Becker, the
paint manufacturer. who is missing,
COLLAPSED when told he was not there.
Two kilograms came from Brooklyn
this morning inquiring for5missing men
whose relatives fear they were lost
anytbe FIRE q VIM. H. Smith asked about
9,.ssE. Smith, acting chief engineer OF
the Missouri Pacific railway. d. E.
Robinson of Brooklyn asked II Jonn
day was safe. No record has been
found of them.
Six of those injured in the NJ. A. G..
fire who are at St. I5uke's hospital.
ssaI-s recovering according to q stase-
n1ent made at the hospital Tuesday.
They are VIM Goerner, house man al
the club: Ralph D. Harnad of Chi.
cago; Ned Stott. Ben F. Williams, a
salesman, d. C. Holmes of Mcconnell,
Mis-; L. j. Leonard, st. Louis attor.
ney.
Az the Jewish hospital where three
of tie injured are being cared for.
sChas Schfndle of Chicago was In b,
serious condition and the others, Lee
Wolf OF Charlottesville, Mo-, and David
Blum of the Grand Leader, were doing
we'll
F1remen and newspaper men who
entered the club house at $3.50 q. M
found the first floor covered with
about three feet OF water. The cell
ing IN the rotunda remained in place
Tor distance of thirty feet from the
entrance but after that point nothing
of the five stories interviewed be-
tween the basement and the sky.
Scattered about the rear OF the first
floor were fragments OF bed clothing,
furniture and wearing apparel and
here and there was some article
which Belonged to a member Of the
Club. snE
A committee representing the Boat
mems bank which occupied the cor
ner Of the burned building. opened
the bank vault without difficulty today
and found all the banks records, So
curities, currency and coin undamag-
ed by the fire. Arrangements were
smade to transfer the contents of the
vault to the banks temporary quarters
ssat Fourth and Pine streets.
r. Reporters recovered the book IN
which purchases OF guesrs were en-
tered and the roll of members. The
clubs officials declared the book
would be invaluable in checking up
the names of those who were in the
club Sunday night
% A stir was created among the fire.
men and about 1000 spectators when a
faint movement was discerned near
the balcony on the second floor above
the Boatmen,s bank. On the chance
of sorne member being alive, ladder
was run 70. the floor. It was discov
cred the movement was nothing more
than the iuttering Of a piece of wal
paper. Later firemen started to the
third floor from the Fourth street
side but the mass Of wreckags
checked them. The ruins had faller
In such mess that before the debri.
can be searched, it must be chopped
away. s9sE
Three more unidentified bodies wer,
taken out, making the total recovered
ten. Ai.Aa