The Temporary Morgue on Milwaukee Avenue.
From a Sketch By James E. Taylor.
Chicago Tribune, October 12, 1871
A Morgue.
A morgue has been temporarily founded at No. 64 Milwaukee avenue. There are at present forty bodies lying there, of both sexes, though so burned as to be nearly all cases to be unrecognizable. Many are so disfigured that their sex cannot be determined. The only one yet recognized is Mr. Henry J. Ullman. One or two of the bodies were quite untouched by fire, having died from suffocation. Twelve arrived at the morgue from Wesson street alone. They are all ticketed, showing precisely where found.
Chicago Tribune, October 12, 1871
THE MISSING.
The following is a list of missing people, and the place where they can find their friends. The list, includes all who were registered at the office, corner of Twelfth and State streets, up to 6 o’clock last evening, when it was closed for the night:
Here is a list of Chicago Fire victims. Many, if not most were buried at Cook County Cemetery at Dunning:
Bueke, George, found on at Lill’s Distillery, found Oct 11
Colgate, J., found on Illinois Street nr Market
Connelly, Mary , found on At the Erie Street Bathhouse
Davelin, Mary, found on Jackson near Clinton
Dessler, male, found among ruins at No. 68 Clark
Dewey, H.P., found on 125 Dearborn Street
Elloon, Edward, Suicide cut throat
Fryeburg, Frank , A Swede, 32 years, run over by a train Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Lee, William, found at Kinzie street bridge
Lunt, Martin, Assistant Bridgetender, at Erie st
McIntosh, Mary, found on On Illinois Street, jumped from 4th floor
Meurer, Charles , found at 170 Maxwell Street, thrown from a wagon
O’Brien, Daniel , Stabbed by an Italian during the fire
Ready, Michael , Stabbed by an Italian during the fire
Thompson, James, found among ruins on N. Clark, between Illinois and Michigan (Hubbard) streets
Ullman, Henry J, born 1827, found on Clark, between Madison and Monroe, banker, of William Ullman & Co. found dead in the Sherman House
Wessacher, Male, who lived on Oak Street
Wolf, found on Harrison near Jefferson
Unknown #1, male, found at ruins on Grant st near LaSalle
Unknown #2, male, found on State St between Monroe and Adams
Unknown #3, male, found on State St between Monroe and Adams
Unknown #4, male, about 25 years old, found in Chicago River near Chicago Ave bridge
Unknown #5, found on southeast corner Oak and Wesson
Unknown #6, found on Erie, east of Kingsbury
Unknown #7, found on corner of Hurlbut
Unknown #8, found on North Ave, near Sedgewick
Unknown #9, found on Kingsbury, between Huron and Superior
Unknown #10, found at 251 Fifth Ave
Unknown #11, found on corner of Market and Randolph
Unknown #12, found on East side of Wesson nr Oak
Unknown #13, found on West side Bremer nr Chicago
Unknown #14, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #15, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #16, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #17, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #18, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #19, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak Unknown #20, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #21, found on Bremer between Chicago and Oak
Unknown #22, found on SE corner of Bremer and Chicago Avenue
Unknown #23, found on NW corner Wesson and Chicago Avenue
Unknown #24, found on Kingsbury near Erie
Unknown #25, found on east side of Hubey between Sedgewick and Townsend
Unknown #26, found on east side Hubey, 2 doors north of Sedgewick
Unknown #27, found on east side Fifth Ave nr Adams
Unknown #28, found on east side Fifth Ave nr Adams
Unknown #29, found on Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #30, found on Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #31, found on Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #32, found on Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #33, found on east side of Townsend, south of Oak
Unknown #34, found on east side of Townsend, south of Oak
Unknown #35, found on east side of Townsend, south of Oak
Unknown #36, found on Kingsbury near Market
Unknown #37, found at the Iron works on Erie
Unknown #38, found on Townsend nr Hubbard
Unknown #39, found on Lafayette nr North Ave
Unknown #40, found on Webster nr the lakeshore
Unknown #41, found on Illinois nr the Lake Shore Iron Works
Unknown #42, found on Illinois nr the Lake Shore Iron Works
Unknown #43, found on Illinois nr the Lake Shore Iron Works
Unknown #44, found on Ohio Street, nr Kingsbury
Unknown #45, found on NW corner Adams and State
Unknown #46, found on NW corner Adams and State
Unknown #47, found at 63 Fourth Avenue
Unknown #48, found on Chicago Avenue, nr Market
Unknown #49, found in a basement on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #50, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #51, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #52, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #53, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #54, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #55, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #56, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #57, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #58, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #59, found on Chicago Avenue
Unknown #60, found on corner of Sedgewick and Chicago
Unknown #61, found on Sherman nr Van Buren
Unknown #62, found in a pipe at the waterworks
Unknown #63, found at 249 State
Unknown #64, found on the corner of Dearborn and Illinois
Unknown #65, found on Wesson Street
Unknown #66, found on Wesson Street
Unknown #67, found on Wesson Street
Unknown #68, found on Wesson Street
Unknown #69, found on the prairie west of North Ave Bridge
Unknown #70, found on Dearborn bet Ohio and Ontario
Unknown #71, found at Erie and Dearborn
Unknown #72, found at Erie and Dearborn
Unknown #73, male, found on South Water St, nr Clark, by falling wall
Unknown #74, male, found on South Water St, nr Clark, by falling wall
Unknown #75, found on corner of Ontario and Clark
Unknown #76, found at 514 North Clark
Unknown #77, found on East side of Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #78, found on East side of Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #79, found on East side of Bremer, south of Oak
Unknown #80, found on Lafayette, near North Avenue
Unknown #81-120, No location specified.
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