Duty Brings Death at Cold Storage Fire Parade
Chicago July 11 The world’s fair saw a massive blaze in the Cold Storage Warehouse. Thirteen firemen and four guards died and twenty four others were seriously injured as men trapped on a tall cupola tower leaped to their deaths or perished amid engulfing flames. The fire started atop the 101 foot stack and spread downward, trapping crews without ladders as 25,000 spectators watched a dramatic, deadly effort to reach safety.
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Henry Ceduldid
Murphy
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Midway Plaisance Company
The Burning Tower Disaster at the Fair
A doomed fire at the exposition caused a tower collapse and heroic rescues. Firemen climbed the burning structure to save Capt Fitzpatrick and others as flames swept the grounds. Dozens were injured or killed, with 20,000 spectators watching in horror amid widespread damage to nearby buildings and a costly loss of goods in the cold storage warehouse.
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Lowney
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States
Canada
Ten More Bodies Found in Jackson Park Warehouse Ruins
At the Jackson Park world's fair cold storage warehouse ten more bodies were recovered, nine men and one woman. The grisly heap lay beneath wreckage near an elevator shaft while a sickening odor lingered. Identification is possible for four, including Paul Schroeder William Deening John McBride and N M Hartman. Firemen, citizens, and organizations mobilize funds for the dead firemen families with subscriptions and charitable offers totaling substantial sums. The loss is estimated at $200000 in fire damages and the Chicago Title & Trust company has been assigned to handle assets.
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William Deening
John McBride
N M Hartman
Trocaders
American Exhibitors Association
National Commision
Board of Trade
Messrs Ed Lartridge
Potter Palmer
Brran LL South
Phil Armour
Enferenles Iron Works
Chicago Title & Trust Company
Aurora
Half-Rate to Chicago for World’s Fair Excursions
New York July 12 The Trans Line association announces a world’s fair schedule with four weekly round trips from New York to Chicago. Round trip fare equals a single fare with ten day return limit and no stopovers. children 5 to 12 pay 75 percent. Also reported Cairo Illinois July 12 a Milan Tennessee man, arrested for murder, proved an alibi and was released. investigators seek another crew linked to Millers case.
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Millers
Mrs Conger Dead in Washington City
Mrs Conger wife of ex Senator Conger of Michigan died Tuesday morning at her residence in Washington. She had been in failing health for some time. Her father Van R Humphrey was a former circuit judge in northern Ohio. Killed and Hurt by a Falling Tree in Hedrick Iowa. Sanford Edmonds was killed and four others injured when a dead tree fell.
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Schuyler Sheets
William Bentle
S. A. Stroud
Hedrick
Cyclone Chaos in Iowa and Nearby Towns
A July 7 report details devastating cyclones and tornadoes across Iowa and Minnesota towns including Pomeroy Cherokee Fonda and Sioux City. Dozens killed with many injured, homes and churches destroyed, rescuers rushing supplies by rail as communication lines fail.
Break for Liberty at Towin Prison Ends in Blood
About 75 convicts at the Towin Mich House of Correction staged a breakout escaping from workshops near the west wall. Convict William Smith led the effort. a deadly gunfire exchange followed with guards and inmates. Oscar Miller was killed, Deputy Warden Rowley and Charles Jones injured, William Bayer wounded. escape thwarted with several convicts returning to cells.
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Detroit
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Anders
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Conver
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Jones
William Bayer
Grand Rapids
Tolilace Smith
Admits the murder and capture of alleged accomplice
News reports a negro arrested at Milan Tennessee as an accomplice of Miller in the Ray sisters murder. The man allegedly confessed to the crime, claiming Miller knew but refused to reveal details. A mob execution appears possible if Miller is proven involved or connected. Further sightings and a July Fourth letter from Bloomington to Springfield fuel the belief the right man may have died.
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Lineman Killed By Live Wire At Toledo
Louis Nape a Lineman was killed while repairing a pole top in Toledo Ohio on Monday morning The wire he intended to be dead was live causing insulation to burn away exposing flesh to bone Fire from the contact with a grounded line sent him hanging from a rope between poles as onlookers watched In an instant his body was burned at the hands and one foot with the fatal accident ending the life of the worker.
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Murphy
R J Kennedy
Company 5
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Hook and Ladder Company
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Rehfeldt
Torepo
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Nape
Denver Shaken by Explosion Blows Two Men Apart
Denver reports an early morning blast as an estimated eight thousand pounds of dynamite detonates in a south Denver storage area at 4 33 am. windows shattered and doors ripped. two men believed killed, clothing fragments and a revolver found nearby. Cause unclear, suspected tramp sabotage. Separately, Charles Hoyle assigns liabilities and assets of about $290,000 to Charles C Nichols, in a St Louis capitalists matter.
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Charles C Nichols
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