Show vVORLDS AlR F HORROR Charred Remains of Victims t Recovered from the Ruins J THIRTEEN BODIES FOUND Tho Tinmbcr of Lives Lost May Kever r I Be Known Full Extent of the Disaster Cannot no Ascertained Until tho Mountain of Rubbish Is Sifted and Carried Away i Thousands ol Sight Seer t CHICAGO July 11The fall of night r still finds the ruins of the cold storage 1 building unexplored and it is just bet be-t ginning to be realized that the full extent of yesterdays disaster cannot be ascertained i ascer-tained until the mountain of rubbish is d sifted and carted away In all thirteen i 4 bodies have been recovered from the ruins besides these three firemen died in hospitals I is now definitely known p4 that a number of workmen employed in t the building ascended the fatal tower with the firemen and how many of them were lost no one knows The last seen of B A Drummond who with three or four other workmen going up ladaer into the tower with fire extinguishers Before they could have reached the top the whole mass toppled over The center of attraction at the Worlds J fair is something not down in the guide books It is tho ruins of the cold storage building burned yesterday with such fearful results in loss of life Ten thousand people gathered gath-ered arornd the debris this morning watching the mach which still goes on for the bo lies of victims Early this morning the remains of three more of the unfortunates were recovered trom the ruins so badly charred as t make recognition re-cognition impossible though it is not believed be-lieved they were the bodies of firemen owing t the locality in which they were 1und being some distance from the deadly smokestack around which the imperiled firemen huddled on the cupola of the balcony and covered with a mass of twisted steam pipes and machinery which had fallen from above From the t fact that one of the bodies had on a 1 b leather belt carrying a pair of pincers I it is believed the victim was an electric lineman This discovery opens the question ques-tion of how many persona besides the firemen lost their lives in the burned building TIe total dead bodies so tar recovered number thirteen but search in the ruins thus far has been very slight owing to the t heat and confusion and there no doubt that the list is still incomplete Columbian Colum-bian guards on duty at the scene during the fire have constantly maintained that saveral Words fair visitors aId electrical employes and other workers were caught in the flames and todays discoveries lend color to their contention It is certain cer-tain that a number of visitors and workmen work-men were in the building at the time the I fire broke out therefore it has been decided de-cided to make a minute examination of the ruins foot by foot a rapidly as I possible The electric light company had a number num-ber ofmen in the lower part of the building build-ing stinging wires when the fire broke out and several of these are missing I Four Columbian guards are still unaccounted unac-counted for There are at least one hundred hun-dred people who have missing relatives or friends around the ruins this morning trying to identify the bodies discovered In numerous instances these are Worlds fair visitors whose friends do not even know they were in the neighborhood of the building and it is therefore probable most of them will turn up safe Many inquiries come from Springfield III as to the fate of Lieutenant John H Freeman of fire company No 1 There is now no longer any doubt as to his late He was one of the first to reach the top of the burning shaft consequently one of the first victims of the fire His charred biidv has been recovered and in some way identified by his comrades though the features and form are unrecognizable Freeman had only entered the Worlds fair fire department a few weeks ago He was many years chief fire marshal of Springfield but recently lost his position through a change of administration I has been definitely ascertained that only eleven firemen lost their lives as follows CAPTAIN JAMES FITZPATRICK LIEUTENANT J H FREEMAN War DENNING P B BROWN CAPTAIN JAMES GARVEY p JOHN McBRiDE r JOHN CAHILL PAUL SCHROEDER CAPTAIN B E PAGE LIEUTENANT CHAS PUUVES 3 AS A SMITH CAMPBELL JOHN CAMBEL EDWARD FOWLER JASPER STANFORD H A DEUHMOND JOHN MURPHT j CHARLES HUTTON There are three unidentified bodies known however not to be firemen There are seventeen wounded in the hospital hos-pital and elsewhere Ol these L J Frank fireman will probably die Among the wounded are CAPTAIN THOM BAY arm broken will have to be i amputated MABSHAL MURPHY chief of the Worlds fair fire department slightly injured in-jured braised MARSHAL KENTON chief of battalion With the exception of Lewis J Frank all the injured are In a fair way t recovery re-covery Three Columbian guards who went up the deadly cupola to help the firemen draw up the hose are missing and are supposed to have shared the fate ol the liiemei An examination of the remains of the structure this morning reveals its flimsy character and many blame the construction department of the Worlds fair for allowing it to go up in that form It is said the council of administration has been warned time and again of the dangerous character of the structure including once by Marshal Murphy ana that the council t cut down expenses ordered or-dered the ithdrawal of tho Columbian guards on only there in spite of the protest pro-test from the commander But for the favorablo direction of the wind yesterday it is believed nothing could have prevented the fire from sweep t ing right through the White city The council ol administration has been in secret session all morning and from the tone of voices heard from within it is evident the session was a stormy one Director of Works Burnham wa before the council an hour Ho declined to say what was asked of him but it is not doubted that the fire was under consideration consid-eration The coroners jury was impaneled viewed tho bodies and adjourned till t Thursday to give time for a preliminary investigation The coroner says he understands un-derstands that the first plans of the burned building called forsteel lath bu that other pJand subsequently adopted allowed the use of wooden lath of WhICh f 4 r the building was constructed Great crowtls surrounded the morgue t all day many to seek to identify bodies many out of morbid curiosity Bodies I I ccovered from the ashes have been r J I I identified as follows Norman N Short rl man electric lineman of Nevada Ia said to be the only one of thirteen line nen in the building at the time who lost his life Henry Godonlig painter Jernard Murphy boiler maker Mayor Harrison is arranging to receive subscriptions for families of the unfor unate firemen Worlds fair officials have also approved the suggestion that all pass holdersnext Thursday on entering enter-ing the grounds deposit the amount of admission to the fair for the same purpose pur-pose Charles Yerkes the street car magnate suggested that the exposition donate a days receipts to the families of the victims I the company will do this Yerkes will pay 2500 for tickets that day his example and believes many others will follow On the reassembling of the national commission President Palmer expressed the opinion that there were several buildings build-ings from which it would be impossible to take people off in case ol fire i the elevators were affected and suggested an inspection of the buildings on which the public are in the habit of going and a resolution to that effect was passed also a resolution of respect for the memories of the dead The council of administration finally adopted resolutions of respect for the bravery of the men who lost their lives sympathy with the bereaved recommending recom-mending that the exposition company contribute to the relief fund and that suitable medals be presented to the survivors sur-vivors who showed special bravery |