Show NINE FIREMEN INJURED r 4 2 CAUGHT BY FALLING WALLS WHILE FIGHTING FIRE f Chicago Department Combats tho Worst Conflagration for Years Intense Cold Retarded Work I Chicago Dcc 30Flle at an early aour toRy completely gulled the hun Jnga extemllng from v > rtoJ > 222 Monfo slfeet badly dahiaged the building 1 at 21 211SOnroe > str etc et-c uscd a loss aggregating SOOOOO and resuliod Hi tllclnJuoV of nine firemen i two ofthemBerlcuii y s v r > i INJURED > 1 Capl t Robert OConnor serious L JamVtK WplleyHerJoufi Jivyf V Wlinim Pfiddcn i 1 > > Michael rMTif i < I n 140 C r Cant John Evans 1 Ca pi William I jCarpy j > I Capt < VMiomas l OCpynor L J Luke llttyosj Lieut Oswald > The fire lo supposed lo have originated origi-nated on the vond floor In the workroom work-room of Woolley Co vyholcsale woolens at 220 and 222 Monroe street In spite of the tons of water thrown 2 Into the buildings by the thirtyeight nglnes and two lire tugs the wind and the bitter cold so hindered the fireman i that for a time the entire wholesale district was In danger Tim fires quickly t quick-ly communicated to the building at 2HV and 218 1 Monroe street gradually BpreftdingicasL to 212 and 211 Monroe t whori Us progi > ss was finally checked Immense brands were carried an far as twelfth street and the firemen were kept busy extinguishing small ares on the roofs of rounding buildings The InJured firemen were hurt by falling walls The lire was one of the worst the lire department has had to contend with In years The cold was Intense tho thermometer being several degrees below zero and a number of S firemen were severely frostbitten |