Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 March 1898 — Page 3

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Six Persons Known to Be Dead and Seventeen Missing. THIRTY-FOUR BADLY INJURED. it. S) wiled in f-u-t ary Ht ructur When lour llnwdrrd In ami nwi Wfn latkMr fi I'rop I j Unm Immti to ss : . . i.st r Kiiu-.i injured. Fraiiu with the terror of Imnntaent death .ue:i and women Bang themselves troai the heights of four and Ire-story windows at 215 and 221 Wabaah avenue, Chicago, at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning t; escape the flames 1 hat raced behind them. All other avenues were barred. They leaped ana were picked up from the ßtones below, maimed, mangled, er dead. A few mlnntea before the tire wis first .seen .-ome Photographie rhemicalf exploded in 1 room in the premises occupied by Bweet, Wallach & Co. Mmosr Immediately ilatnes broke out that Kate carnet, heroine of the HORROR, before they were quenched reduced the building to a nu r1 mass of charred tim bers and twisted iron columns, and oc- j casioned a loss of life that will take more than one day to determine. It is ! considered certain that beneath the smoking ruins will be found the remains of many who are now reported 1 missing, and that may never be found. When the ambulances ceased their j trips to the mrgue and hospitals six ! persons were known to be dead, but ; only three bodies had been found and , about fifty injured had been cared for. Following is the list: The dead: UNIDENTIFIED 215 Wabash avenue recognlt ion. MAN. taken from ia e burned beyond UNIDKNTIFIKD WOMAN. seen to fall from third story; body not found. UNIDKNTIFIKD ROY. s-ei. to jump from window; bodv believed to have been cremated in the ruins. UNTDP:XTIFIKD WOMAN, believed to be Mrs. M K. Harris. 357 Kast Ohio street; head bookkeeper for the Cottage Organ company. 1 he list of the injured as gathered by the paliee reads A. E. ITCuIloch, jumped from thirdstory window; fractured hip bone; hands burned and feet bruised: sUl recover. Andrew Nystrom. hands and face severely burned: will recover. Albert J. Nystrom, hands and face scorched. Emll Ilresemann. jumped from thirdstory of the building; injuries internal. W. L. I.emley. colored, two bones in leg broken, scalp wound: will recover. William Smith, cut in the head by Hying glass. Mrs. R. B. Shaw, knocked down and crushed in the crowd: not serious. William Rlckel. prostrated from excitement of lire: injury not serious. Paul C. Snyder, severely burned about head and body. Mary Lapeer, burned about lace and bead; not seriously Injured. Jacob Kerehln. Jumped from secondStory window; back Injured and ankle sprained. John M'Dermott. jumped from second floor and dislocated his left shoulder. The Rev. Clayton K. Powell, slightly burned on face and hair singed. James W. Wall, pipeman engine company No. 10; head and back injured by bricks from falling wall; not serious. MIks Clara Newkirk. Alberl M. Hansen badly burned about face, eats and hands. Miss Hattle Davidson. Mark Leonard, burneii about face ami hands.

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Bfaloney, burned about the face and I bauds II. A. SufBeid, severely bruised; taken basse. Kate Carny. face and hatl lightly ; burned III dsendinff from the fourth l!.jr: went home unassisted. tidward I. Hill, severely burned about 11m fa-e and neck. IhiKh S. Klllott, Btanager Pi -esbyterian Beard of PubHeationa; bands and face : burned; not serious. 1 Herman B. Overman, fdi from tire esi rape as be was descendtna;; sHajhtly in- ' Jured. H. T. Cunningham, bond and iody burned while runnina down sta'rways. " Policeman Joseph Rosters of central de1 tail: overcome by stnok- white rescuing people from the burnins bulldlnn; slightly burned. !;t not disabled. Prof, Hau B. lane, ia.e and hands bun.-.!. K. A. Whw, leaca and bands severely burned! Will recover. Philip Karley. right log brokea in jumpfrom second-story window. W. If. Murphy, engineer of Kmerson , building: burned about face and shoulders. Joste Itaxa, rijjht ankle broken in Jumping trom second -story window. Annie Baxa Jumped with her sister from so. ond floor; severely bruised. David Brhaefer, arm broken tryiäfj to raten A. K. McCul lough, who jumped from the third floor. A. If. PKTKRSON. shipping clerk for lm-i'd rotnpany. rtfARbW H. HIPPARD, with Prcabj terian Book eoncern AVK MORRIS, Tana. 111., visiting In

DU I Mil nsScarcely a doubt exists that in the ruins now being searched many more bodies will be found. Ten people were reported at the lake front station dur114; the night and morning as missing, and those who appealed to the police for information declared that probably their loved ones would join the list of the dead when the search for bodies was concluded. The mlaalttf as reported to the police: William A. Olmsted, president of W. A. Olmsted Scientific company and proprietor of Y. A. Olmsted Supply company. W. J. Wilcox, treasurer of V. A. Olmsted Helen title company. C. H. Arms, secretary of W. A. Olmsted company. C. A Price, cashier for W A. Olmsted company. William Marvin, carpenter in emplov of W. A. Olmsted. Anna Guest, cashier for the National . Music company. William A. Marvin, shipping clerk employed by the Presbyterian Publishing company. Mrs. m. pi Harris, employed as bookkeeper for W. A. Olmsted Scientific company. I'nknown woman. C. T. Anderson, employed by Sweet, Wallach A: Co. Tony . last name unknown; office boy for Bweet. Wallach & Co. Kr'd llanull. vaudeville singer. employed at National Music company. Solomon Groliman, Jr.. western acent ( n w - 11.. I. A ., , V iui rimi j r Kin Lilian 01 v 1IUDIOU8, J Solomon Groliman. Sr.. with Solomon Groliman, Jr.; thought to have met his son's fate. H. L. Nelson, c bom Ist emolov 1 by the Olmsted Scientific company. William P.os. 16 years old; clerk employed by the Olmsted company. IM 1 1, rSRAVB8, residence unknown bfbliriw?fcZl TVan" Sure .l I HA II IK DAVIDSON cmnlnvo.1 btreet and Wabash avenue FRED ROBISON, MM South Wood street, employed in eraser department of I Olmsted company. I'll I Id I FARLEY. S4 Klborn avenue; I mover for the Conover Piano company. Half an hour from the time that I the explosion shattered the windows i the destruction of the building was complete. With incredible rapidity the flames spread from room to room and fron, (1oor to floor driving the panic. . , , t"""L stricken inmates before tnem in a rush for the windows, tains and elevator. CARRYING A WAY THE DEAD. Some effected their escape, others fell hack, oveicome by the heat and smoke and were seen no more. As. with loosened reins over the backs of the flying horses, the engines clattered up. the windows of the burning building were filled with the forms of men and women, frantically clutching at one another, their faces distorted with a terrible fear. They pushed

and strove to lean out; they screamed hoarsely and unintelligibly to the crowd below. Then, as behind them the partitions snapped and crackled and the hot breath of the blaze singed and c r( hed them, they began to clamber out and jump. They fell in crumpled heaps on the pavement and women in the crowd that looked on shrieked and fell back fainting and turned aside and sobbed hystericilly. There were men who hid their blanched faces in their hands to hot out the sight and who gasped as if their throats were compressed by the grip of some relentless foe. And there v.-ere men who acted. Some of these made a dash to where a wagon covered by a tarpaulin was standing. in an instant the covering was ripped

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off and held stretched by stalwart arms ; bash avenue was occupied by the folbeneath the windows of the doomed ! lowing firms: H. Yukso. Japanese building. Several leaped for the can- goods, first floor; New Haven Clock vas and seven, at least, were saved by company, fourth floor; Waterbury its means. ; Watch company, third floor. One man did not wait, but swung tsp in tri K,,,iH5r, j . . ..

himself out of a window and made his way by sill, sign and cornice to a window of the building north. Another, less agile, attempted to follow and slipping fell three stories tc the pavement. A number of people made their escape by means of the fire escapes in the rear of the building. There was not a chance for the firemen to save life. Quickly as they responded to the alarm, the flames were quicker. From top to bottom the building was filled with combustible material varnishes and wall paper, pianos, organs and other musical instruments were stored on every floor, and upon these the fire seized with irresistible avidity. " The streams of water that were poured in upon the fire from every direction seemed only to increase its fury, and it was not until the front of the building and the north wall had fallen in that there even seemed a chance of preventing the spread of the flames. The firemen as they dragged their hose forward encountered a heat that blistered their faces and ands and singed their hair a heat that was terrible even to them, and be.'ore which the plate glass in the windows opposite cracked and fell in jingling fragments, and the paint on the woodwork shriveled, smoked, and, at the touch of the flame that from time to time was blown against it, itself burst into flame. At 1:30 o'clock the fire was under control, but at intervals all through the afternoon smoke filled the street so densely that the surface cars had to stop to avoid running down the firemen, and the crowds disbanded temporarily to get a breath of air. All night

the firemen continued to play up the j that a ship on her way to the West Inruins, and it is believed that a search ! dies fell in with and chased a suspici-

for the dead will be possible today It was 3 a. m. Thursday before the flames smoldering in the heap of coals, charred timbers and twisted iron were sufficiently subdued to permit of any search. At the foot of the elevator of the building at 216 Wabash avenue from which nearly all the missing have been reported, it is thought that these will be found, and there is hardly a chance that it will be possible to identifv thom bv tha nmal m n inc. XT.-..,.. I J .. ... uj nil. UCUUl Uiruna, iHl'Ul the elevator a stairway ran from the seventh floor, occupied by W. A. Olmstead's concern, to the ground floor In the mad rush from the flames, the I smoke ar.d the awful confusion, mad with fear from the explosions which shook the building and sent bricks, plaster and boards flying, it is believed that many gave up their lives. A great lot of rubbish, typewriters, old ledgers, wrecked desks, and innumerable office fixtures was piled hih around the cage which bad once been the elevator shaft. At this point the earch was begun and the body supposed to be Mrs. Harris' found. Her clothing was entirely burned off, her less to the knees scorched and blackened, and her left hand gone. Her shriveled form was wedged between two heavy timbers, and it was with difficulty removed. An examination of the ruins next morning called out severe condemnation from the lire officials as to the construction of the building. It was a veritable fire-trap, according to Marshal Horns. it arm supposed to be lire-proof. The smoldering piles show ; it was largely built of flimsy timbers. The ventilator shaft through the center made a huge chimney. When the large amount of combustible material is taken into consideration, the Bremen say it la no wonder the building went up like a Hash. Five of those who were reported as missing Thursday morning have appenred, uninjured. They are: J. L. Thorhurn. 4442 Bvana avenue, collector for the Conover Plana company; Solomon tlrollman. Sr.; his son, Solomon Groliman. Jr., western agent for Henry Holtmann; Frank W. Teeple, Chicago

Athletic club, and the boy known as "Tony." The firms that suffered in the fire at 215 to 221 Wabash avenue were: The Conover Piano company, the Chicago Cottage Organ company, the Emetton Piano company, the Cable Piano company, occupying the first and second floors; Alfred Peats & Co. and the Decoration Wall Paper company, occupying the third floor; the National

, Music company, the fourth floor, the Presbyterian Board of Publication and : Alfred Bierle. music publisher, fifth floor; Sweet. Wallach & Co.. the sixth floor; W. A. Olm.slea Scientific company and W. A. Olmsted School Supply company occupied the seventh floor. The Holbrook building at 213 Waaa, f 7"- 5 ync 1 AM IIV n 'A WALL OF THi' BUILDING. I is now thought v.ill aggregate somej thing over $800.000, with $408,950 in- ; surance. Frederick Ayer, owner of the ; building at 215 to 221 Wabash avenue, j carried $100,000 insurance on the struc- ! tu re. The origin of the conflagration which killed men and women in quick succession, injured innumerable others and wiped up a business block in an hour is still believed to have been a JUMPING INTO THE BLANKET, swinging gas jet, which communicated its flame to paper in stock on the third floor. Singular Occurence. In the United Service museum, London, may be seen the jaws of a shark enclosing a tin box. A written account attached to this exhibit reveals a very singular occurence. It say ous-looking craft, which had all tho appearance of a slaver. During the pursuit the chased vessel threw something overboard. She was subsequently captured and taken into Port Royal to be tried as a slaver. In absence of the ship's papers and other proofs, the j slaver was not only in a fair way to escape condemnation, but her captain was anticipating the recovery of pe1 Plininrv tomoirö3 rr-....... ....... for illegal detention. While the subject was under discussion, a vessel came into port which had followed rIosel' ,n the track n chase above i -nMtuucu. one uau caugui a snarK, and In its stomach was found a tin SCENE AFTER THE Fl HE. bos which contained the slaver's papers. Upon the strength of this evidence the slaver was condemned. Keokuk Pcole Swindled. Keokuk people were swindled by a smooth gang which sent out circulars announcing that to introduce their foods ' ten yards of red, brown or green silk would be sent for 1." A, number of people sent their money and in return received a spool of silk con V taining ten yards.

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WOMAN'S FATE. From the Record, Bushrull, III, No woman is better able to speak to others regarding "woman's fate" than Mrs. Jacob Weaver, of Bushneil, 111., wife of excity marshal Weaver. She had entirely recovered from the illness which kept her bedfast much of the time for five or six years past, and says her recovery is due to that well known remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Weaver is fifty-six years old, and has lived in Bushneil nearly thirty years. She is of unquestioned veracu v and unblemiahed reputation. The story'of her recovery is interesting. She says: "I suffered for five or six years with the trouble that comes to women at this time of my life. I was much weakened, was unable much of the the time to do my own work, and suffered beyond mv power to describe. I wus downhearted and melancholy. t-l took many different medicines, in fact I took medicine all the time, but nothing seemed to do me anv good. "I read about Dr. Williams Piuk Pills for Pale People, and some of mir tir.,t-

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FOR BARGAINS IN f FOR SALE OR TRADE. No 180 acres in Center township, S miles south of Plymouth. 70 acres improved, 5 room house, barn 2b'x40, wagon hed and corn crib, a good orchard of all kinds of fruits; price 837.50. No 280 acrea in West township, (J miles west of Plymouth. 70 acres improved, balance in timber. Honse is uearly new, with 7 rooms, outside cellar, fair bare, two good orchards, all kinds f fruit Will trade for good residence property in Plymouth. No 3 62 aores in West township, 4M miles from Pljmonth. 52 aores in eoltiration, balance in timber, a good house icd "am, a fine orchard, black walnut and; prioe 2,600. No 4 120 seres 5 miles west of Argos 0 acres improved, good honse with 7 rooms, barn 22x50, other out buildinga md good orchard; will trade for smaller farm and give long time on difference. No 5116 sores 3) miles from Donaldson. 79 acres improved, balance 10 meadow and timber, fair bouse and a Zood barn, with other out buildings; will sell for 821 .60 per acre or trade for city property. No6 100 acres 7 miles west of Plymouth. 85 sores in onltivstion, balance in timber, 1 mile from Donaldson; will ell cheap or trade for bnsiness property No 7 80 acres 4 milea west of Plymouth. 70 aores in cultivation, balance in timber, good house and barn, good or ohard and wind mill; will trade for 40 acres or town property; price 940 per acre. No 8 100 acres 8 miles from Plymouth with floe improvements, fruits of all kinds, heavy timber land; will sell cheap if sold soon. Anyone wanting a farm 3heap ean get it by calling at once. No9 A $4,000 stock of general merchandise in a village near Plymouth, doing a good busineas; will trads for an Improved farm. No. 10 A fine farm of 135 acres a mile from Doceleon, Ind. 1 miles frcm Plymouth, with fine large house, two big barns and all other outbuildings needed on a farm, with a big orchard of all kindc of f raits, wind mill, atone miik honse, etc. together with horsee, oattle, bogs, poultry implements and grain. Will sell cheap 31500 cash, balance on time to suit purchaser or will trade for Ohioago improved property. No. 11 50 aorss on Michigan road be t ween Plymouth and Argos. Well improved. Will aell cheap or trade fot town property. No. 12 60 aores in WTest township near Donelson, with good improvements. Will seil on terms to snit buyer. Cheap. No. 1380 acrea in Polk township near school house, with good improvements. Good end. Will trade for 120 acres snd pay oaah difference. Must be within 3 or 4miles of Plymouth. No. 14 217 acres near Sligo in west township. A good two-story house good barn and other outbuildings. Will trade for smaller farm or town property. No. 151 have s new house on West Qarro street, new barn, a corner lot; will stll cheap and on monthly payments. No. 16 I.i ns) sod two lota on Walnut street near Ounrt house and school. For ale at a bargain if taken soon. No. A fine honse nsar the new school building on eonth aide of river. Will trsde for 40, 60 or 80 acre farm and aa some incumbrance from f 1,000 to $1,500 Now ia your ohance, It you want to buv a farm, trade fr a farm, sell a farm, or buy r sell town property, I can suit you, having property of all kinds in any part of town, or anywhere in or o it of the state. We will try to suit you if given a chance. Yours for busineas, S H. JOSEPH.

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