Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-06

that sufficient number Of those certifcated
but not elected will refuse to act to prevent
quorum assembling until the rightful MEM
bers are admitted to their seats. A commit
tee was appointed for a future line of action,
and the following resolution was unanimously
passed.:
Resolved That the Committee Order of Bust
ness Just appointed, hereby instructed to call
upon Governor Garceon at the earliest practical
to insist that the armed men and NUM-
tons of war now in the State House shall be
p omptly removed, IN order that free Legislature
of free people may meet, as they always have met
in the State OF Maine, under the protection of law
and not under the intimidation OF force.
A petition will be presented to the Gov
ernor and Council tomorrow by the Portland
Representatives-elect setting forth that they
have not been summoned to attend the session
of the Legislature.
Fire I'm New York-Loss of LIre-Shoci1.
ing Disaster.
NEW YORK, January 5th.-A fire broke
out this morning in the basement of Turner
Hotel, East Fourth street, occupied by VIM.
Wrinkle as ballroom, and when the flames
were extinguished VIM. Geif, aged 10 years,
Louis Schmidt, 80 years, Henry Gerweiler,
25 years. Teresa Erhard, 25 years, were
found on the top floor dead Wrinkle and his
wife were badly burned and sent to the hos
pital. Annie Bauer received internal inju-
ries by jumping from the fourth-story win
dow. and was badly burned about the hands
and face The damage to the building and
stock is about $4,000. Hhe progress of the
fire was SO rapid that it was hardly five min
ntes after the first engine company arrived
before the entire inside of the premises
seemed to be alive with fame, the tongues of
which ran up the woodwork with speed
which put to naught the first efforts of the
tiremen. The premises Nos. &c and 6S were
occupied by Turner Hall proper, and in the
upper stories of No. GA VIM. Wrinkle, the
proprietor, resided with his family and sew
eral other parties As soon as the freInen
could reach the roof they cut holes in it and
broke in a skylight, but the FIRE had already
done its fearful work on the several victims.
Surrounded as they were by the flames, and
cut off from all access to safety below by the
burning staircase, several persons sustained
severe injuries by leaping from the highest
stories in the building. One man, while cry
ing frantically for aid to the fremen beneath,
was all the while pushing a woman, who
seemed to be resisting. from the. fourth story
window. She finally leaped. and struck the
ground on her feet with sickening crash,
breaking both legs and arms and almost
crushing her to death. OF twelve or fifteen
persons sleeping in No. GA, four were burned
to death and five were injured. The little
boy was burned to crisp The others were
either dead when taken from the burning
building or died before they reached the sta
tion-house. The actual cause of the fire is
unknown. An examination showed a mass
of debris in and around the winding stairway
which emerged from the basement Looking
aloft from the lower hall showed that the
flames had every possible advantage, and
must have shot up from the burning base
ment staircase. All the persons known
to have been in the building are ac-
counted for. Crowds of people, mostly OF
German extraction, were around the burning
building the entire forenoon.
FURTHER PARTICULARs-THE VICTIMS.
New YORK, January 5th.-Teresa Erhard
never left her room. She was found burned
to death. Her features were blackened al.
most beyond recognition.
Annie Bauer sprang from window rather
than die in the fire, and was found in the
yard on the west side of the building She
was horribly burned, and with the injuries
caused by her fall cannot live.
Rose, the las CT the servants, sprang out
also, and striking an arbor in the yard of No.
GA East Fourth street in her descent, broke
both legs, both arms and received internal
injuries.
William Geib, 10 years, was taken out on
the roof of an adjoining building, and died
before he could be placed in the ambulance.
William Wrinkle, 40 years, the lessee of the
hall. was severely burned about the hands.
face and arms.
Josephine Wrinkle, 40 years, wife of the
lessee, face terribly disfgured with burns and
body badly blistered little chance Of re,
covery.
Margaret Geib, aged 80, sister of Mrs.
Wrinkle; face and feet severely burned
There were no fire escapes attached to the
building. 1t was not until the humping of
firemens axes on the boards and tin over their
heads echoed through the house that the men
and women underneath were reused to learn
their danger. Streams of water were now
directed into the building, and the firemen's
work began to tell but their attention was
demanded in another quarter. From ele-
waited portions of the CENTRAL part of the
building shrieks of agSny and shouts for help
were heard, aHd the fremen cut through
roof and sid4s till they gained an entrance to
the garnet, filed with smoke and charred by
the flames that led up from rafter to rafter
Here ia the rooms on the east side had
slept George Muller, Ernest and Herman
Ruhlhouse, Meyer and Henry Gerweiler
and Louis Schmidt, walters.
In the west side bedrooms were Teresa
Erhard, Annie Bauer and Rose, servant
girls.
The floor was a sea of flames, in which the
terrified men and women ran wildly about,
gasping fer air and shouting for help.
George Muller, Ernest and Herman Ruhl-
house made their way to the front and
reached the roof more than half suffocated
and burned here and there.
Louis Meyer sprang from window into
the yard below of No 10 Third street, dis
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up nearly dead.
Louis Schmidt was found after the firemen
ventured in, crouching in corner, whence he
had been unable to escape, dead and burned
to crisp.
Henry Gerweiler, unable to follow his
more fortunate comrades to the front, jumped
from window into the yard of the Third
street House, and died from the effects of hi:
cap.
Fearful Explosion Three Men Killed
and Two Others Fatally Injured.
NEWARK IN. J. J, January 5th.-A fearful
explosion took place this morning in the con.
verting-room Of the Celluloid Manufacturing
Company, By which three men were instantly
killed and two others so burned that they
cannot survive.
The workmen were in their accustomed
places, when from some unknown cause a
mass of celluloid, which is highly nfiam-
mable material, suddenly exploded, destroy
ing the one story brick building with all its
contents. VIM. Fenter, aged 10 years, was
killed, and his body when found in the ruins
presented a CHASTITY spectacle. Under his
body were the disfiguIed remains of Fred
Styles, of Roselle, so cbarred chat they were
scarcely recognizable John Yates, residence
unknown, was also killed. Spencer Atwood
died In ten minutes from conclusion of the
brain. Elmer Bogart and Fred. Price were
fearfully burned and taken to the hospital.
There is no hope of their recovery. Stephen
w. Wade was severely but not dangerously
injured. The loss on the building and con-
tents is estimated at $4,000; insured. The
manager of the. celluloid works says the ex-
plosion probably occurred from gas at a ma
chine run by Fred. Styles, who was killed.
The machine was used for mixing and grind.
ing materials.
NEWARK, January 5th.-There it still an.
other victim who cannot recover-Mr. Bloom,
he having inhaled the fame.
Shooting ARRAY in the Black Hills.
DEADwooD ID. IT,, January 5th.-A man
named Joe Coburn, aged about 25 years,
lately employed in constructing the military
telegraph line, entered the restaurant of VIM.
Woolsey, at Fountain City, few miles from
Deadwood, this evening" and renewed an old
quarrel by refusing to pay bill Coburn
drew revolver first but Woolsey fred, the
ball entering Columns breast. He lies in a
dying condition. 1t is believed that his
home is in Michigan. Woolsey is under