James & Helen (Welch) Long, parents
Marian Patra Long and Kathryn Long, sisters
Edward P Luthardt, relative of Helen Welch Long
Mrs. Long left her children to enjoy the rest of the show while she went to a store to get some packages. When she learned the theater was on fire she rushed back to find the flames sweeping everything and a mad panic ensuing while she was powerless to guide her little ones to safety. Mrs. Long has been in a serious condition mentally since the awful disaster.
James Long spent all night looking for the bodies of his daughters. Kathryn was found at Horan's funeral home and identified by Dr. Alfred Wheelock Young.† Helen was found at Rolston's and Marian's at Horan's funeral homes, both identified by Edward P. Luthardt, husband of Helen's cousin Mary.
Frank H. Blackman organized the search parties. He was the Long family physician from Geneva, Illinois.
The girls' bodies were cremated and a funeral was held mid afternoon at Graceland cemetery chapel on Tuesday, January 5, 1904. Burial was in the family plot at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Geneva, IL
McCurdy, p 341
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59776307/helen-long
St Charles Chronicle (St Charles, Illinois) 08 Jan 1904, Fri
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/geneva-couple-lost-all-3-of-their-children-at-the-iroquois-fire.php
