Show 12 MEET DEATH IN TUNNEL BLAZE III 15 Men Rescued After Night All-Night Fight With Death f. TUNNEL FIRE 1 DEATH LIST CHI CHICAGO C AGO April 14 AP AP The The e dead in the Chicago tunnel disaster Fireman William Coyne Fireman William Kar Kar- Fireman Edward Pratt Fire Captain J JamesON James a m e s ON ONeil Il John Litwin laborer John laborer John Miller I laborer John laborer Joseph la Ia- Ia a- a borer Julius laborer An unidentified laborer Policeman Harry HaIry Fielder Field Field- er Cr killed by speeding am am- Workers and Rescuers Victims Victims Vic Vie tims Urns of Poison Smoke in Chicago Sewer SeYler OTHERS STILL IN T TRAP TRAP- P Survivors Describe Horror Flames Gaining CHICAGO April 1 13 United Press Fifteen men Were found alive today day in the flaming sanitary district inn inn- tunnel tunnel tun tun- nd nel on the southwest side where 12 12 others had bad been killed during the night by clouds of poisonous smoke A bulkhead in hi the tunnel had held back the thc smoke and fumes which killed clUed the others while squads of fire firemen 1 ire ire- men pumped fresh air ah- into the shaft theft in in the hope of maintaining life until untila a rescue could be effected Among those who had survived the night of horror were eight firemen and seven tunnel workmen FIRE GAINING The fire in the west cst end of the long tunnel gained he headway a all an morning The tunnel was so ro hot that members of a Springfield HI nt mine rescue crew could penetrate only five feet westward until a a. few minutes after noon Then James Cluster reached the bulkhead and found it closed He was afraid to open the small door for fear the poison polson fumes would kill kUl the survivors if any behind the bar bar- CI Cluster ter said that he could hear no sign of life me behind the bulkhead and that his taps brought no an an- CAPTAIN KILLED Construction company company officials still sun were unable at noon to check checkup up definitely on the number miss miss- ing It was possible they said that more men were behind the west bulkhead although th there re was no nowa noway noway wa way to ascertain for sure The body of Captain James ONeil O'Neil fireman was found in the tunnel this afternoon the eleventh to be brought out of the bore Workmen tore up the street above the sewer and broke through I its 18 13 inches of concrete Into the east eastend end of the bore where Captain O'Neil's body was found He had been overcome and asphyxiated RUN FROM FROU PRISON The Themen men ran shouting from their prison and boarded the little el elvator ele elevator el- el vator ator which could carry only four tour men at a time They had released the protecting barricade when they heard the powerful blowers sucking out the poisonous air Division Marshal Patrick Pierce gingerly opened the small smaIl bulkhead door sniffed the tho smoky air shouted Come men its it's safe rafe e and out they ran None appeared much the worse for foI his harrowing nights night's experience Fire engines that had been parked around the tunnel entrance since last night when the fire lire began set up a terrific din cUn as as' as the survivors appeared In the Ule open Whistle cords were tied fled cd down and chauffeurs pressed sir siren n buttons The death toll toil of the tunnel fire stood at 12 when the survivors sun were accounted for Three firemen died In the tunnel fumes trying to save the trapped workmen eight of whom cUed died within a a. short time after ater the fire started POLICEMAN IAN KILLED The twelfth victim was Harry Fielder a policeman who was killed by one of the ambulances bearing victims from the disaster scene The first man out was John one of the wor workmen men He bUnked blinked as ashe ashe ashe he came Int into the sunlight which was Vias hazy with smoke that gushed from the tunnel all night llIght Im o. o k h he be said What did id you ou do down there all night he was asked We just sat and waited he said as he left In the arms of at his family Marshal Pierce waited until most of the tho survivors were out before he appeared In the the- elevator His six grown children who vho had Continued on Pa Page Pace e T Two o 4 St I 12 DE D 16 15 SAVED IN TUNNEL Bl BLAZE lt Con Continued on Paso Page Two waited all night at the tunnel fearful but hoping he would come out alive nU swarmed around him His white shirt was hardly soiled although he had spent the night in the muck of ot the thc air chamber KISSES CHILDREN Im Tm fine and o. o k Pierce sale after kissing all aU his grown children several times Umes each cacho We Wc could have ha stayed another 12 hours down there all right even 1 if they the hadn't started pumping Wo We just jus sat around all night speculating speculating spec spec- on how long it would be be before before before be- be fore they got us out We Wc could hear them groping in the tunnel and turn on tho the blowers It was vas the gropers seeking the en entombed entombed entombed en- en men who died from the poIsonous poisonous poi poI- smoke that permeated ed the high foot tunnel I peeked out the door when the theair theair air pressure less lessened ned and we e took look looka tooka a a. chance and aud ran said Pierce a veteran of ot the fire department Despite his protests protes Pierce was taken to a hospital for examination as were the others WORRIED ABOUT PAY seemed more worried about missing his pay than thun over oven the ence What time Ume is it he asked Told that it was a little after 9 a a. a m. m he said Im kinda tired and md sleepy and dont don't want to go back to work today but I 1 cant can't afford t to miss the thc pay He was assured by company officials officials dais that he would be paid and f finally finally final final- ly went home Firemen Write New Chapter for Records CHICAGO April 14 Eyes R-Eyes Eyes bleared and lungs pinched by the choking acrid smoke filling a tunnel construction Job Chicago firefighters today wro wrote a a. new experience into their record bookMore bookMore bookMore book More a mine rescue Job than smoke eating one grinning redheaded redheaded redheaded red red- headed figure gasped as swift application cation of an all oxygen inhalator drove out the fumes on which he choked Four Tour trips do down don n and a man brought up each time and then somebody had to carry me out he continued Its just like trying to find your our way in a fog tog along a strange street at midnight with all the lights out be he explained Honest that smokes smoke's so thick I brought up a pocketful and a few wisps curled up from an inside out inside out pouch in his coat roat Outside the building which did dut duty as temporary tempora morgue hospital and church for church for the sacrament was administered to nine men there by robed black-robed priests who served sandwiches sandwiches sand sand- coffee and charged water when not busy with mth their duties of the cloth cloth cloth-a a curious gaping throng I swarmed warmed over the scene of ot death Police lines were established only Man Loses Bet BetOn On Transpire Hes He's Transpiring OMAHA April 14 IF JP G. 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M Case was still sUU transpiring today while police sought two casual acquaintances of his Case wants back th the automobile automo bile bUe which they took from him himIn In settlement of a bet The three were discussing sundry topics when ono one of ot the acquaintances used the word transpire You YeLL dont don't mean transpire transpire trans 0 pire said one of or the men S you mean perspIre Sure said sald Case Transpire Transpire Trans pire doesn't mean to sweat Ill bet you jou ou that I transpire means to sweat said his pal I Case took him Ut up They consulted a dictionary It n read Transpire Transpire To To sweat to give way under the pressure of the milling thousands The cry of Here comes another one was sufficient to start a a. wave of humanity which swept aside all obstacles sometimes going so far as to impede the efforts of the rescuers a bad Job commented one tunnel worker who reported for dut duty only to find his Ius Job gone up in smoke He went on to explain the construction of ot the tunnel which eventually will serve as a sewer There must be two carloads of ot sawdust sawdust sawdust saw saw- dust alone spread along the tunnel floor and a n lot Jot of creosoted timber in ill the way of props concrete forms and bulkheads Ive I've been in mine fires was fires was penned in behind a brattice brat brat- lice tice for three d days in southern Illinois flU Illi nois but nois-but but this Is worse That creosote creosote creosote creo creo- sote seems to add a lot of ot extra bits to the smoke Searchlights on a fire department truck picked out a glowing cloud atop the shaft as power blowers attempted to o clear the tunnel of the smoke and fumes lumes The smoke eddied into the spectators spectators spectators' spectators spectators' tors' tors eyes and brought out a chorus of coughs and sneezes Mean Meanwhile hUc fire department officials off oW- elaIs hastily assembled lists of ot both workers and firemen COMPILE LIST Wheres Co Cone Coyne ne was as the first question from one fireman who was fighting the inhalator squad in an effort to return to the tunnel Dont I stop me Ive I've got to get Coyne hes he's he's hes hesmy my partner Take it easy son t take it easy advised a doctor they got him out all aU right Fine gasped Coynes Coyne's partner He Hc did not realize that Coyne had been brought ou out all right only to be taken to the Cook county morgue At the a mixed crowd was packed women packed women mixed with the themen themen themen men anxiously peering at the faces of the rescued in an effort to identify a son brother or husband Pushed back by police they returned time and again hoping for the safety of the themen themen men trapped within chattering and gesturing at each warning shout that I another had b been en brought out |