Show HORRI lorilie FIRE IN 11 CHICAGO cold storage building at worlds fair is gutted I 1 OVER TWENTY FIREMEN DEAD many nor norel injured while fighting the alro hart hoart n a riding scenes scones witnessed by the crowds CHICAGO july lo 10 the fear that has existed for months in the minds of the citizen citizens of Chicago found realization today in lit a frightful holocaust at the worlds leir l ic thai that has claimed nearly two score of 1 victims t and for a time threatened the destruction st of the entire white city the disaster was all the more dreadful because of its sudden transformation from an innocent flame into death adeath deal ing catastrophe the structure that was burned was a cold IS storage forage warehouse one of the small cst eat buildings at the fair but not belong ing to the eap exp exposition it was the exhibit of the Ifer hercules cules iron work works and arid ice and arid re machine manufacturers the building contained a skating rink three ton toil ice machines some forty barrels of coflin lin setd es d oil which added fuel to the flame and the there re was stored there large quantities of meat freit etc that the fire did not communicate corti mupi ate to the other worlds fair c buildings was due to the favorable winds the scene of horror was witnessed by m many an siy thousand people who flocked to the 10 locality it y when the alarm sounded and strong meil swept mid women fain fainted tedas as one life I 1 fe after another was snuffed out within full view of the multitude bu but t beyond the reach of human aid the lie fire was not generally observed until about p ni and within thir thirty r minutes the great aiss loss of life lire oc occurred curreY at the first signal the firemen rushed up the tile huge haft shaft surrounding the smoke iback and when at the summit began preparations to fight the tile flames which appeared at this point pol int before before the tire hose lose could coald be coupled a aery cry of horror from the crowd below caused the tile firemen to look down for the whole shaft below was encircled with flames the tile men stood fora few moments ill lit full real izat ion of their danger then one gra grasped a ro rope which was lowered for the tile purpose of raising raising the ho haae seand and half sliding sliding and half falling reached the tile roof CO feet below elow in a 6 bruised and burned condition but still alive the crowd below became wild with excitement and weeping women ornen and frenzied men rushed aroun around doornen dw ringing r t their heir bands and arid nio moaning aning in anguish over their anguish inability to aid suddenly every eye eyo was turned upward bv by the file preparations pa V rations of the fireman to jump juin p lie ile gave a quick spasmodic leap at and 14 tur turned naive over and over half a dozen times before he struck the roof ninety feet below when the body struck tha roof there was a frightful crash and it far up again into the air from this time on bodies literally rained iron roni the steeple as after the first wild leap one man mail zer after another jumped in buic quick ir succession sio q the in below and arid the wea heat at bee became ame more intense the very horror borror pf death riveted every eye ye to the scene and while men and women shouted hysterically the guards va were ere to alep the crowd away from danger the cle became firor ao 40 horrible a 2 the rites passed and arid for the last man mail on the ell cupola was reserved the amov moat t d reab rill fate ala of all after bis ills companions had leaped to apparent death and as he lie was hesitating the shaft began to tremble and arid vibrate the lone fireman firemen under stood the tile ominous warning and gave gaves a wild leap but too late at the very in it lie the whole structure collapsed and this human belu belag g quivering with life and wildly grasping jor or support Inal in frenzy renzy of despair wee was seen to drop into uie vae mass of flame and fire and disappear into the road loarine na furnace below peir A a the cold storage ware house could not have been more perfectly it was feet long feel feet wide made of wood and arid covered with the main body of the building was live stories high in the center rose the tile smoke stack fa an the shape of a apola upola fet feet high its base was about thirty feet square and ninety feet up there was a balcony from which rose a tower culminating in the mouth of the the fire tire yas arst discovered interior of the tower were wooden beams bearns and a frame woric on which the stairways stair was laid it la is supposed all tl the a frame fraine work vork around the month man of I 1 the chiline y it naught u ht fire fr from out a defect I 1 in n the flue cue at 8 t gl t appeared an insignificant affair but knowing the inflammable nature of f the structure fire marshal murphy called all the tile companies out with about for forty Y offis of ilia men captain fitzpatrick the ia lad tiers inside of the t tower ower to the balcony and from there ropes were lowered to haul up t the I 1 1 I 1 1 hose 1 ose one had been gotten u up U wi when e n t the it e wind caused the flames to brea break out in an all alarming manner planner about ten feet from the top of the cupola in the meantime the fire tire had beaten its way down inside the structure and arid the unconscious all firemen were stan diniz on the shell of a burning volcano the tile fire had been burnine burning scarcely twenty ini minutes nates when suddenly flames burst out around the base of ina in a perfect fury bo so terrible was the spec spectacle lacle that for fora a moment lit the crowds crowd 9 Is stood transfix transfixed ed with horror all were alike powerless to aid the unfortunate the balcony balcon feet men imprisoned on oil y fram the ground alt all tl the lero rones ue s awl hanging il nging from the tower were burned u rn away a yone one hose withstood the tile heat beat I 1 however and john davis caught hold of it and slid down to the main gainin roof of where he fainted ills face and arid hands were terribly burned bv by the flames which enveloped him a as 9 he ile came down he lie was taken take to a hospital and the physicians layhe aey he will recover two brwn of his ilia fellow firemen at apted tempted to follow him but before down the bose they v re half way and they d topped into the seeth ave way ang masl affire and were lost another nn started down by a portion ot of ro rope pe hati hanging ging from front the tile tower but itlane it gave away and be heckl fell striking on his flea heath and was instantly killed rental tied according to the tile there now talon five diveto to count of various spec twenty thirty on 0 tile e nap tower ey w ekok lei labon b d it burnan help as a tile tl e longest laddy adders fell hort by fully thirty i feet at this a terrible moment I 1 tz patricks appeared in lit front of the men who tall all lot form hudd together on the 1 narrow bal were ire seemed to be addressing his 1 cony brave followers cju 4 s fie ceased speaking n one of lit piston crept around the tile burning burnt iff n and returned a moment 9 latera later with I 1 bal ir tastily fastened to the rall 11 was a s rope nd thrown aro nd the balcony A ing to point 01 to it roof latto fitzpatrick was so n doi but ere arid a nian started to slide will down the cruel flames lied APA was in the vol up ro enother pian tried ii and ing p the cano one after all other five of the this point sprang from the balcony men at of them survived the roof ifancy to tile burned to death after they were awful ajr about half burned off wards ile I 1 to e but seeing his men down way seized the strand jurn and ping glutted to down their dropp ell front the all 1 I caught oil a adder end of the rope within twenty had been balse I 1 to which fire marshal by who was forwar il and soon roof sprang n tile fitzpatrick uk A about of admiria reacted went the encouragement up tion and started back with ilia arshal friend heroic but ni was enva log e d in the flames he is clutched sass VI tf tile energy of espair the I 1 adder slid down arade arid wera his C un fitzpatrick both and M conic I 1 ous when d up the former however la n not alo seriously ut ly hart hurt but fitz patrick 1 not t expected pa to survive the n I 1 ht t 0 t enty five ve minutes had elapsed ased sl since i nce th the efi fire re was discovered but u so rapid d had bee been the pro progress g that bat teb the cri entire tower was ill b burned arned away W 1131 and sd fell fall with an aw awful fu crash r arri carrying g with yi it t t the h unfortunates f who were I 1 left efton on t the lie b balcony 1 0 n y and n d everal reveral fire then who were playing I 1 a v i ng 0 on 11 the ile f flames with a h hose ose fr from 0 rate the e r roof 0 0 f A ae e it the h e firemen r emen fled from front the roof one of them p I 1 dup the mangled form of one of the unfortunates who jumped from the balcony aud and d dropped roppe d it to the ground thus saving savl nelt it f from me cremation e motion seeing it was A h hopeless O 0 e fesq task to attempt to save the bt building lad and a all 11 who bad had escaped alive had left lerall it the remaining firemen directed their efforts to keep the flames dames from spreading far further they they had already reached the worlds faar stables end and the roofs of sev eral hotels across stony island avenue vh just 11 on outside aside the gr grounds ounas were on fire the hotels were save saved d with difficulty but the tile stables were destroyed less than two hours after the fire si started arted the cold storage warehouse was a smoking ruin it is I 1 doubtful if any bodies will ere ever be recovered so furious and terrific was the beat A complete corn pi ate and accurate list of tho the dead is is difficult to obtain as not even the otti officers cers of the department will know who are lost until after a roll call tonight the following Is a list of or the dead and aured I 1 injured so far as known at 10 0 le ock work arx orx at the burned building I 1 Is 6 being carried on in the darkness owing to the des traction truc tion of the electric light wire wires six bodies burn burned beyond olid reco have bae been taken f from the e debris ar ce 8 ol clock the dead are william davis killed by jumping william 1 11 demming detaining terri terribly bir burned and crushed by jumping phillip breen on the cupola when it fell felt jani james ell oren green fell with the cupola captain bar JOur toil loii E edege age killed by jumping jump lne captain james A garvey burned to death john died in I 1 from front his injuries captain J james arnes fitzpatrick itzpatrick fr eo to badly burned and crushed died in the hospital tonight J john olin cabill thill Ct paul schroder lieutenant I 1 john olin 11 II Free luon and au unknown lineman were burned in ill the ruins the fol lowing firemen are arid arc un dead 0 II 11 11 dixon W W A lenir A L otto oto M af 8 bonfie W J stu rm the li e in infused i ared are W P If mahoney alloner probably fate fatally ly E L 1 J frank may die I 1 frank milk berlin er will die a nordrum Nord and cap captain in tf thomas barry may d die e john da davis dails ils an and d william lenel benchan Len chan ian proba probably bly fatally martin kimbrill 11 marshal james L kenyon K F 11 II donahue 11 II murray 1 1 W WC lunch 0 S ilaman 0 french and fred goetz devir weeks ago marshal murphy inspected spec teil the burned building aid reported tt it to be extremely unsafe oni account of his report ini anies cancelled all their it so the loss Is com p I 1 I 1 1 said the coun W bof va i bad never advised thi a tower so haz hazardous ardone weare we are nil all overwhelmed bythe by tan ful fat suddenness and arid horror of this affair lie said id but I 1 suppose it will be poni conceded eded th that at the lie exposition la is ennocent cent from blame blanie in the fire when the fire broke out there were a large largo number of visitors in if the 10 bui building idida 1001 looking ing at the ice machines and arid other ex hibits when the tile firemen ru rushed shed in t they ley made a wil I 1 rush for the stairways and exits la in the excitement a number of aple deop were thrown down and arid baal badly y bruised ru ed though as far as known none were set seriously bously injured it Is reported by some of the Colum columbian blan guards that a number of women lost heir their lives in the tile building buil dine the firemen discredit the story but hot tonight a ladles u ancl was fouad on a body eo so badly burned that it is I 1 aiu po possible pos viale aible to tell eu whether it is that t ofa of a roan man n or antan |