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Buried Under Ruins

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
January
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Sr. Louis, Jan. 2a.- The work of soarcbing for tha flremen entombed In the ruins of Tuesday night'a flre in Aloe & Co.'g building was vigorously continued throughout the night and Wednesday fovouoon and resultod in flnding the dead bodies of John Stanton, foreman of ehemIcai ungine No. 1, and James Reddy of alvfifjö corps No. 2 and Owney Hires, foreman of truulc No. B. Tbey were taken to the morgue. John ölanville, captain of salvaga corps No. i, was also t iken out. Hs was alive, and aside from ■avere shock and prostration he is noc khought to be badly hurt. He was taken to tha s&lvagu corps quarters, where he was put to bed andlsnowresUngcomfortably under the care of a physician. The oaly other body in tha wreek is that of Kay Kerley of salvage corps No. 1. He is buil jYed to be dead. Wont Kind of Flre TTap. Thi pr.jpovty loss is estimated at $d00.000, folly insured. Of this Aloe & Co. olalm Í15'),UOO, while tho building was damaged to the excent of $50,000. The building was a firetrap of the worst kind. By the tima the üremen arrlved the flame9 had worked their way from the basement to tha roof. Painting material in the stock of Aloe & Co. added in the speedy destruction of the building. The men "who were killed were all in the rear of the store, near the alley, on the ürst aad sucond lloors, when the crash carne.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News