Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-04-21

the highest order, such as were of them
selves sufficient to
MAKE THE OCCASION MEMORABLE
of hair-breadth escapes and prayers Of
thanksgiving-of crazed and half-crazed
people whose senses had not been
aroused to knowledge of their saliva
ton, or had been forever deadened by
the horror that pressed upon them-of
the mournful gathering up of the dead
and the tender and pitiful care of the
SCARED and shattered frames in which
life was still left.
The fire had its origin in the store
room; there seems to be no reason to
doubt that. Further, the flames had
communicated well among the combusti-
BILE material in that place and had almost
reached the elevator before any body
had observed them.
LOSS OF LIFE.
Of course all interest centered on the
loss of life, and every thing tending to
give any gauge of the number was seized
upon with interest. 1.-THE entire registry
of the regular boarders and transient
guests was accessible, there should be no
difficulty in determining what the loss
has been in that department. In the
confusion incident to the fire, Mr.. CIV.
Shepherd, the cashier, CROPPED his way
through the Office and succeeded in find
ing the registers, which he gave to some
body to carry to safe place. BY some
means or other, however, the register of
transient guests got lost, and only the
register of regular boarders was found
This showed the following to have been
in the hotel: Mr.. John Alden, Mr.. Joe
Brown and wife, Mr.. C. Booney and
family, Mr.. NJ. W. Bissell and daugh-
ter, Mr.. C. II. Brown and wife,
Mr.. c. D. Brown, Mr. w. G. BroEg-
ton, Mr.. j. p. Carr and family, Mr..
II. Clark and family, Mr.. j. r. Con-
verse and family, Mr.. T. C. Candy, Mr..
ID. G. Cook, Mr.. L. Cook and family,
Miss NJ. Clifton, Mrs. Allen, Mr.. Eat
man and wife, Mr.. D. B. Gould and
family, Mr.. G. F. Gouley and wife, Mr..
A. ii. Howe, Mr.. l.. A. Fallon, Mr..
Fred Leavitt, Mr.. J. L. Messerve, Miss
Nc lellan, Mr.. John Moves, Mr.. Peter
Blow, Mr.. j. Blow, Mr.. II. Blow. Mr..
r. II. Foster, Mr.. j. E. Greer, NJ. II.
English and wife, (his gentleman's legs
were both broken and his wife badly in
jured), Miss Rose Osborn, Mr.. A. Pat
terson, Mr.. d. Pulitzer, Mr. J. NJ. Ran
dali, wife and daughter, Mr.. T. X Reise
and wife, Mr.. E. K. Sibley and wife, Mr..
J. r. Scott, Mr. j. II. Scott, Mr.. Charles
Spalding, Mr.. w. S. Stewart and wife,
Mr.. w. S. Searles, Mai. Simpson and
wife, Mr.. Charles Thorn and family, Mr..
Robert Whitelaw and family, Mr.. C. L.
White, Mr.. ID. V. Lowe and wife.
With a view to determining whether
or not any Of these were lost, Mr.. Shep-
herd published an advertisement, cali
ing upon all who were in the hotel that
night to report to him at the Lindell Ho-
tel. Quite number acted on this, and
gave in their names, but many others,
for some reason or other, did not report,
although they are not only known to be
safe, but were seen examining this very
list at the Lindell Hotel next day. Mr..
Shepherd only recorded such as formally
and consequently the fact that
names of any parties do not appear in
the list of those reported safe is no proof
at all that the parties are not safe:
The following is the list of saved as
made out by Mr.. Shepherd in the man.
ner mentioned: Mr.. CA. Bell, of Bos-
ton; Mr.. Henry Lans and wife, from St.
Charles, Mo. Mr.. S. H. Aegar and wife,
N. Y; Mr.. NJ. L. Dougherty, Cincin-
natl; Mr.. Ike Cook, Mr.. d. 1. Cook,
Randall and family, Mr.. Geo. Darling
(proprietOr) and wife, NJ c. Shepherd,
Mr.. J. Converse and wife, Mrs. Jno. E.
Simpson, Mr.. S. A. Crittenden, Mr.. L.
S. Taylor, of Cairo, ILL.,; Capt. Thorwe-
gen and family Mr.. Bissell and daughter,
Mr.. Alex. Stetson and wife, Mr. Chas
Thorr and family, Mrs. F. G. Lign, Mo-