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Show EIGHT BELIEVED DEADJN BLAZE Men Trapped in Collapse of Burning Building ' BY RA CUBE, N. Y Feb. I CV-Elght CV-Elght firemen, trapped In the collapse col-lapse of a burning office building, wero given up for dead today as rescue crews searched the etlll-emoklng etlll-emoklng ruins In ths heart of the city's business section. "All hope haa been abandoned," said Fire Chief Edward W. Gissel-man. Gissel-man. "The men are dead they are burled under tons of wreckage." Hours after the oollapse of the final wall, occasional spurts of flames still cams from the blackened black-ened ruins, hindering efforts to reach the entombed men. Gleeelmaa said It might be many hours before the bodies could be reached. The missing men were trapped on the third floor shortly before dawn when the roof collapsed, dropping them Into the basement under twisted wreckage. Collapsing walls later plied tons of debris oa top of them. A ninth fireman, trapped in the wreckage with the eight still missing, miss-ing, wss rescued aa hour after the collapse and taken to a hospital, critically Injured. Two others were treated in hospitals for minor injuries in-juries received earlier. Two hundred 1 publio works department de-partment employee were put to work la the ruins with picks and shovels as the city mobilised all Its resources In a desperate attempt The lone fireman rescued from ruins waa identified as William F. Moore. Those still missing were listed as: Lieutenant David La vine, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Albert G. Young, Lieutenant Raymond E. Bauder, Dietrlct Chief Thomas J. Dugan and Firemen John W, Agan, James E. Diamond, G. Michael Dixon and Frank Kar-lan. Kar-lan. Ths others Injured antra Firemen Warren Oatrandar and Clayton CrandalL |