Show YORES OPERA I HOUSE FIE Eleven Firemen Are Killed I and a Number of Others Injured j BROKEN BONES MANGLED FLESH qr Fifteen Hen Buried Under Red Hot Bricks 1 FallIng Wall f nrries Fatal Results Re-sults with Ii Some of the Men Sot Horribly Mangled That Identification Identifi-cation It Uiincnlt Exhausted Firemen Give Ui the Ser Katie Putniun and the Mexican Trouhadonrs Lose Their Wardrobes BENTON HARBOR lIch Sept 6 Yores opera house and adjoining buildings were burned this morning causing the dteath of eleven firemen and injury to a number of others and entailing a loss o 65000 The killed are Frank Watson married of St Joseph I Jo-seph sep Edward H Gange married o St Joseph Arthur C Hill married of St Joseph Jo-seph sep Frank Seaver married of St Joseph Jo-seph sephro Rolfe single of St Joseph John Hoffman married of Benton Harbor Thomas Kidd single of Benton Harbor Frank Woodley mae of Benton Harbor Will Matte married of Benton Harbor Scotti Race of Benton > Harbor Louis Hoffman single of Benton Harbor The seriously injured are ExFire Chief John A Crawford of Benton Harbor burned and overcome by heat and smoke seriously injured Frank Paget of St Joseph legs mashed by falling brick Will Freund of St Joseph cut about the head and burned Jack McCormick of Benton Harbor legs broken and internally injured THE WALL FELL W4L Several others were injured by falling ing walls but wall recover Shortly after midnight Yores opera > house a large fourstory brick structure struc-ture was discovered to be on fire It had gained much headway before tie ha ganed muc headwa befoe e arm was given and when the four city fire departments arrived the buildIng was a mass of flames The St Joseph departments were sent for and arrived soon after The fire continued con-tinued to gain and w spreading to other buildings when the hook and ladder companies went to the ren of the building hoping to be able to direct a stream Into the mass o flames frm a second story window Hardly haw they arrived there than the wall with a mighty crash came down fcef re them burying fifteen men under there the-re hot bricks Other portions of the > wall were weakening and the rescue of the imprisoned firemen was defer d some time as it W expected every moment the remainder of the wall would fall Finally some of the crow rushed into the mass to rescue the SHRIEKING AND STRUGGLING men Frank Watson of St Joseph was the first man reached but he was dead and his body was a mass r > f broken bones and mangled flesh The search continued until 5 oclock tthtm the last victim Arthur Hill was removed re-moved They were carried to offices and private houses where doctors from both cities were in waiting to render aid Some of them died en route and others died while their wounds were being cared for The dead were taken to the city hall which was turned into a temporary morgue Some of the men were so badly mangled that identity was only had by letters and pagers in their pockets A the bleeding forms were carried through the streets they were followed by throngs of awe stricken men and women eager to learn whether the victim was a friend or relative Aft r the falling of the rear wall which took with it the lives of at least eleven menthe men-the roof and other walls soon collapsed One of the side walls fell upon a two story brick building owned by William Fricke and completely demolished It and Its contents of shoes The fire had not been confined alone fre a0ne to the opera house but had crept across the allay and soon the rear 01 the two store buildings were a seething seeth-ing moss of flames These however were gotten under control before they reached the main part of the building The fire was under control by 5 oclock and the SEARCH FOR MORE BODIES was begun and continued all day until tonight when the firemen exhausted gave up the search until tomorrow The loss as far as can be ascertained is Patrick Yore opera house block 50000 insurance 19000 The occupants occu-pants of the several buildings will lose several hundred dollars The origin of the fire is unknown but Guv Prescott who stated today that he knew how the fire started but was not going to give any one away was arrested ar-rested and will be brought before the coroners jury The wardrobe of the Katie Putnam company which gave a performance for the benefit of the firemen fire-men last evening was also burned a was the wardrobe of the Mexican Troubadours who are spending their vacation here Several of the dead firemen fire-men leave large families Their funerals funer-als will be all held together Tuesday and will be under the auspices of the firemen and the fraternal societies of which the deceased were members |