| Mrs. Melms was before her marriage an Athens (O.) girl and was a great favorite there. For a number of years she conducted a millinery store in that place, her maiden name being Blanche Cornell. |
MRS. CHARLES F. BOETTCHER,
4140 INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO.
| Mrs. Boettcher was the wife of Charles F. Boettcher, a butcher on the south side. She was the only one of the family who perished in the fire. |
MISS MELISSA J. CROCKER,
3730 LAKE AVENUE, CHICAGO.
| Miss Crocker was for seventeen years a teacher of the higher grades in the Oakland school, coming to Chicago from Princeton, Ill. She attended the theater with a friend, Mrs. L. H. Pierce, and little girl of Plainville, Mich. All were lost. |
MRS. EMMA STEINMETZ,
2541 HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO.