Show BROKE OUT V DURING STORM i Big Elevator in Chicago Con Consumed i slimed One Fireman Killed and Eight Injured I ANOTHER ONE IS MISSING NEARLY NEARL NEARLY HALF A MILLION BUSH BUSHELS BUSHELS BUSHELS ELS OF WHEAT DESTROYED i i Chicago April 29 One fireman was killed another is missing and eight were seriously injured in a fire which destroyed elevator B of oC the Illinois Central railroad here early today The conflagration which was discovered discovered discovered ered at the height of a violent electric storm Morna completely consumed the eleva elevator elevator tor and its ita contents contenta The loss 1088 is esti estimated estimated estimated mated at at 1108 The fire lire also ateo fanned tanned by a gale which swept in from the lake spread to the Illinois Central docks and to train sheds and freight frei ht cars care and it was with great difficulty that the II L n prevented the destruction of the lake Jake front yards of oC the company compan Firemen of truck No 3 were ere caught under a falling wall which burst out without warning Lieutenant Patrick McElligott tt was burled buried beneath the debris and instant instantly ly h killed One fireman had an arm cut cutoff cutoff off oft The Dead Lieutenant Patrick McElligott The Missing James Ja Cooper Co per perTh The Th Injured William m OBrien Benjamin Ramsey Captain Staple Stapi Sta Matthew Grif Grier r rJohn John Lieutenant Samuel Wilson George Dieckman Caused by Lightning The fire it tt is believed was caused cau ed by b lightning For hours h urs the electric storm which burst over the city shortly after midnight created havoc Frequent alarms of fire lire kept the department busy in several seven sections of the city and it was in the midst midat of the bombardment of lightning that the elevator was dis discovered discovered discovered covered on fire by a watchman atchman The sky for miles around was brilliantly illuminated by the blaze and huge burning embers spread over the city driven by the high hiSh wind Th The elevator contained worth of grain including Sit bushels of oC wheat owned by Bartlett Patten Co leaders loaders of the bull campaign in the I latter cereal The grain is fully in insured insured I The elevator is owned by b the Illinois Central and is insured in that railroads private insurance fund 1 Elevator A nearby containing i bushels of wheat also ai owned by bv Bartlett Patten Co was as damaged by water but the loss leas is said to be not serious |