| Show 1 I 1 falce ra c E DEATH BY FIRE ANN WATER dynamite used in construction ol of tunnel under lake explodes exploder causing fifty deaths I 1 building in the lake a mile all and a half from shore share Is burned the occupants being forced to plunge into icy waters water I 1 I 1 I 1 chicago fifty throe three workmen are dead as abo result of a alre on wed that had bad its origin in a row fler der vault attached to lo the tha onteme alato crib in lako I ako michigan used iv in tho the construction of it now new water tun nel connecting with tho the south side of the city at seventy third street ninety five workmen iare were employed in tho the crib and in tho connecting tunnel at he time of the fire the tunnel was being built by ther tha georgo W Ja jackson eltson company tho tha fiert section of the tunnel starts from tho ho shore share tho the crib ift i mile and a half out marked tho the beginning of tho the second section being built still further into the lake tho the two sections ami not joined each other as aa yet the superstructure of tits lie crib was a barn like building of two stories it vaa surrounded by a narrow cr pier under it a shaft of steel and concrete about twenty feet in diameter ran down one hundred feet where the tunnel el proper began normally there hero were from seventy civo to ninety men employed working in tilrow inroad of eight hours each A tramway consisting ot of strong cables biorn which amig bocles bucket bu cles sp gave physical connection conne cdon with tho the i h hore or e there was waa also a telephone in tho the men were taken to and from their heir work by the tug tog morford but in winter this llila was waa impossible the men were hotbed in the crib and look their meals there supplies sent out by tho suspended ended rolley trolley ro llcy so far as aa the explosion had its origin in a small powder ponder house about burds from the crib structure built on foundations resting on the bottom ot of the lake la ke the detonation muffled as it washy wasby the crashing of ice against tile tho crib simply aroused tho the attention of workmen and it was riot not until the heat of the lames flames and the smoke penetrated the balled so called ilir 11 v lag ing room of the crib and the tunnel beneath the waters of the lako lake that the full import ot of the disaster dawned upon the colony ot of workmen cut off III almost in 0 3 I 1 co completely mple tely from assistance i the ice fee iupps impossible 1 s ablo for big vessels to reach the burning buri ang building tut ft A small boat was waa placed in service to carry tho injured to the h tur tuff end and rescue those who had bad plunged into the lake laho after several hour of work thirty nine 1 workmen I walo rescued when the ire fire tug conway had succeeded in quenching hp fl names nines fafty tareo bodies 1 s had been carried to the shore chore and placed in morgues tn in south chicago identification |
