The daily Gate City., 1914-03-10
|VER THIRTY CR[NATEO
| N ST. LOUIS INFERNO

ing engineer Missouri Pacific railroad.
KINSER, WILLIAM j., treasurer OF
Kinser Kahn Co.
McGINNIS, w. j.. buyer the Nugent
and Bros. Dry Goods Co.
McKENNA, q. j., New York.
s OGEGAARD, A. j.. sales agent OF
Spencer-Otis company.
RATZ, JOHN j., president Ryffel
and Ratz Plumbing Co.
RANUS, A. t., Chicago.
RUFF, l.. A., department manager
Simmons Hardware Co.
SHYNE, MICHAEL, guest of NJ
Solomon.
WRIGHT, THOMAS j., auditor Will
liam j. Lemp Brewing Co,
WILLIAMS, E. H., banker, New
York.
4 WOLFSON, j., Carutnersyille, Mo.
That the building was a fire trap
and that he had opposed the convers-
ion Of the Boatman's bank structure
into club building, was the asser-
[tion Of Fire Chief swingley as he
directed the search for bodies.
Commercial buildings remodeled
with rooms such as was the Missouri
Athletic club, never can be anything
but fire traps and should be prohib-
tited." he declared.
| A gold watch with the name of A.
j. Ogegaard, who Is among the miss
ling, engraved on it, was found this
morning by District Chief Panzzer,
on the fifth floor.
| Many prominent business men
were among the many missing and
thought to be dead, such rs Marx
Hammer, president OF the Newsletter
Cloak and Suit company; George
Goener, president of the Holstein Com
mission Co.; Thomas J. Wright, aud
itor OF the Lemp Brewing Co.; VIM. 3.
Becker, president OF the Becker-M Moore
Paint Co.; D. E. Fitzgerald, sales
4 manager OF the Pierce OIL Co, Spring
field, Mo.
At the morgue, Keeper Kennedy de
Iclared he was In doubt whether the
seventh body taken 70 the morgnt
4 Monday afternoon, was that OF man
jor woman. An autopsy will be nee
lessary before the sex can be determ
ined, 1t was said.
4 On the third finger of the left hand
4 was plain gold ring, similar to :
! wedding ring, engraved tB, T." with
the date, "2-23-1901." the ring was st
small that it might have been worr
Iby a woman or man with a small
hand, Kennedy declared. The bod.
: was badly burned.
! After few firemen had made hast.
. survey Of the ruins, Chief Swingle.
& sent word to his assistants at th'
} Are, ordering the f1remeh not to en
tier the building until he had reache'
1.-THE scene and ascertained PERSONAL,
III It would be safe to explore tn
.lruins. The fire still was blazing Il
.lseveral parts of the building. Flame
were leaping from the seventh moo
: ION the southwest corner and firemel
were throwing water on smoulderin
i Ares at the northwest and northeas
corners. The fire also was still burr
!. ling in the A. G. Beckmann Commis
sion company's building, adjoining tn
structure on Fourth street. The wall
n Of several rooms still are clinging t
I the Washington avenue wall OF Tn
building, and it is believed severe
bodies will be found in these rooms
y "There is no doubt that there wer
at least two explosions said Chic
Swinglsy. The members of Engin
Co. No. s. the first to arrive at tn
fire. heard the explosions distinctl
! One OF them, the principal one, q
peared TO be near the center Of tn
!, building. The men could not tell Q
! ! which floor it was. And on the otht
hand we have not been able to asce
i. tain what caused the explosions.
Told of a report to the effect thi
quantities OF gasoline were stored
!. tailor shop maintained by the clu
and that an acetyline plant was use
N for giving stereopticon shows an
moving picture shows, Chisf Swingle
lie expressed surprise.
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