Show SIX DIE NE NEz z IN FIRE OF BOMB ORIGIN Six Million Dollar Parliament Parliament Parliament Par- Par Building at Ottawa Is Destroyed in Six Hours' Hours Blaze WOMEN ARE KILLED Flames Envelop Capitol t Following Explosion Commons Members Barely Escape Death i I IV V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 4 Senator Thomas Democrat introduced a resolution today denouncing the fire in the house of parliament at Ottawa las as an act of deliberately planned and an unpardonable crime against civilization Senator Gallinger Gallinger Gallin- Gallin ger Republican objected to its consideration saying he know of no evidence of I OTTAWA Feb 4 Canadas Canada's Canada's Canadas 1 ma magnificent parliament building whIch ch cost more than 1000 oo lay in ruins today swept by K fire attributed by some to a ab lomb bomb b or ort infernal machine At least least six lives t were lost and many persons were injured The flie fire fire Iwas wa was under control at at 3 a Ja nu a-nu mt today to- to day after raging raging furiously furiously for if f r six ix hours ours The known dead are arc I MRS wife of H. H A. A I of Quebec and daughter of the late sate George of the legislative council I MME MORIN wife of Louis Morin of St. St Joseph Jose de Bauce S Quebec ROBERT FANNING a waiter walter employed In the building ALPH DES JARDINS a I dominion policeman A. A DES JARDINS a plumber Several Several others are reported miss miss- I ting lug Ing and arid it is feared that they are burled buried In Sn the ruins Another dominion policeman is be be- to have been killed with the Des IDes Jardins Jardine when the roo root roof fell upon them while they were working with others in the chamber below the speakers speaker's quarters i William S. S Loggie Loggle member of parliament parliament par par- for Northumberland N. N B. B is reported missing It stated last that J. J was night Fred Fred- crick F. F Pardee the chief Liberal whip in the House a of Commons also was missing but It was subsequently learned that be he went to Sarnia Ont yesterday morning and that he lie could not have returned before the fire The financial loss is difficult to estimate es es- but the contents a of the buildIng build build- f Ing were of great value The parliamentary library in a rear wing twing has been saved While the fire was burning soldiers carried out many of Its volumes The parliament building was rated las as one of the finest Gothic structures on ion this continent It covered four I acres on Parliament hill Many in H Hospitals Several persons who were burned or otherwise hurt In fleeing through the corridors before the swift rush of the flames lames or escaping from the windows I tare are in hospitals today One of those most severely Injured Is Martin 1 Burrell Bur Bur- 1 pell rell minister of agriculture who was I burned about the head Dr Michael Clark Clarl member for Red Deer suffered suf suf- burns about the hands Sir Robert Rob Rob- ert Borden Dorden the Canadian premier escaped without injury B The origin of the fire can be determined determined deter deter- 1 mined only by an investigation which Rit it Is understood will begin as soon as possible The fire started in the reading room r Ut or f the House of Commons s and Col George Bradbury a ZI member of the tho house from Manitoba 1 Mayor Medric Martin of Montral 1 and Constable Heltner Hel Hel- mer who were standing at the en cn- trance of the library agree that It Continued on pa page e 2 2 SIX DIE Continued front from page 1 wasp wasp receded by an explosion which blew open the doors of the library and knocked down persons standing near They tsay ay they believe the explosion ex ex- ex- ex was caused by br a bomb or Infernal infernal infernal in In- fernal machine Spectators Flee In the reading room were thousands of loose papers among which the flames leaped with almost amazing rapidity Smoke rolled In dense vol volumes vo umes out through the doors and into the chamber ot of of the House of Commons Com Corn mons mona where that body was sitting With the spreading of the alarm members members members mem mem- bers of the House of Commons spectators spectators spectators spec spec- In the gallery and attendants fled In panic for windows doors or fire esc escapes escapes pes So swift was the rush of the flames that many narrowly escaped Col John Currie Currle who commanded a regiment of Canadians In the the- battle of St. St Jullen Julien In Flanders hastily hasUly organized organized or or- a fire brigade of members o of r the house and attendants and fought foughi the flames with lines of ot hose In the corridors but could make no head head- way The blaze spread so fast that when the Ottawa fire department arrived ar are rived the building was doomed Aid was summoned front from Montreal but as asa asa asa a special train laden with fire tire apparatus apparatus ap ape ap- ap and a company of firemen was leaving that city about midnight the call was countermanded Great Tower Falls The tall central tower of the parliament parlia parlia- ment meat building fell at a. a m. m today and about the same time three or four men were crushed beneath the falling roof of one of the wings The parliament building included a central building with two wings in I all feet in length with a tower feet high and library building Inthe in inthe inthe the rear Many valuable sculptures paintings and decorations adorned its rooms and corridors It was erected in 1860 of cream colored sandstone on a bluff rising feet above the Ottawa Ot tawa river Immediately after the fire started a report was spread broadcast that it was caused by the explosion of ot an incendiary incendiary in incendiary in in- bomb The fire started in inthe inthe the reading room of the House of Commons and several persons who were present at the time including Mayor Medric Medrie Martin of Montreal asserted as as' asserted that it was preceded by an explosion ex explosion which knocked down several persons Many Missing The theory was however rejected rejected re reo re- re today by Colonel Sherwood commissioner of dominion police who insisted that the conflagration was ac accidental The men whose bodies are still sUll buried in the debris are Alphonse Des DesJardins J Jardins a a. dominion policeman Alphonse Al Al' Alphonse phonse Des Jardins Jardine his uncle an em in the building and Robert Fanning Fanning Fan Fan- ning a a. waiter walter Among those reported missing is B. B B. B Law a member of parliament for Yarmouth N. N S. S Mr l Law Is understood understood understood under under- stood to have been bee at the house at atthe atthe atthe the time the fire broke out and has not been seen since He was alone in inthe inthe inthe the city and the management of the tho hotel where he was stopping said he left there l J Jast st night to go to the house and that every effort to trace him since had failed J. J B. B Laplant an assistant clerk of the commons Is also among those reported re reo re- re ported missing |