Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-18
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| ing. MI. ana Mrs. Cramer
Immediately descended to the sidewalk,
and were the first to reach 1t from the
burning house. They called Mr.. White,
the hackman, and were driven to the
PlankintOn House, and we're the first of
the guests to reach that place. The la
dies reception-room was Immediately
lighted ere rlseed at the disposal of the
sufferers who soon came flocking in.
The burns of Mr.. and Mrs. Cramer were
dressed by DR.. Flynn, and they were
made as comfortable as circumstances
would permit. Their injuries are about
the ace, neck, hands, feet and
ankles, and Mr.. Cramer is bllstered
over the shoulder blades. Mrs. Cramer,
who is light sleeper, was awakened by
slight roaring noise, and running ont
OF her sleeping room into the hall, the
door of which is nearly opposite the
elevator, she saw the flames pouring up
the elevator near the stairway, and the
whole ball lighted with the blaze. She
ran back to her husbands bed and
awakened him from sound sleep.
There was no time for dressing or
saving anything, but with great
presence Of mind and heroism she
seized Mr.. Cramer and hurried him
down the stairway, the sters of which
were so hot as to Ulster their feet. They
did not pass through any flame, but the
intense heat in the building biistered
their skin like the heat from a blast
furnace.
THE PECUNIARY LOSS.
The officials at the fire department
headquarters cannot definitely estimate
the total loss, bat it will reach at least
balf million.
From the Evening" Wisconsin, January Ill
During last night crowds of people
visited the corner of Broadway and
Michigan Street to view the ruins of the
Newhall House. The tall shafts of the
shattered walls loomed up in awful
grandeur in a cold, cheerless atmos-
phere heavily freighted, the greater
part of the time, with skurrying snow
flakes. The air was thick and heavy
and the night gloomy, an exceedingly
appropriate night TO follow such an ap-
palling calamity. This morning by
daybreak crowds began to blockade
both Michigan Street and Broadway
in the vicinity of the ruins. The
work of removing the
sMOULDERISG MASS OF RUBBISH
has been in progress since quite an early
hour. The crowd has been kept back
from the space occupied by the work
men by eleven policemen, in charge of
Chief Wason and Lieut.. Jansen. \
force of one hundred and twenty-five
men are engaged in the work of clearing
away the debris piece by piece. SO that
efficient service may be done the men are
divided into gangs under the ward fore.
men, and the whole is supervised by
Captain OConnor. The firemtn did
not cease pouring into the pyre streams
Of water clear and cold, until late last
night. The mass Is still sizzling and
smoking. Chief Lippert, As.
sistant Black and Foreman Rie.
m,r had their men at work with a
large quantity of heavy rope and tackle,
pulling down the Jagged walls, which in
three instances lowered for IL hundred
feet skywari aud quivered with the
breeze, placing the workmen in i'm.
minent danger of being crushed TO
death. Several exciting scenes ensued,
Int the walls were downed with a reyer.
berating crash, without the slightest in-
jury to a single soul. When the bricks
fell they covered the ropes so deusely as
to require the combined efforts Of
hundred men, with the advantage OF
leverage, to dislodge them, and then
only with great eXertiOn Citizens free.
ly gave aid and vn'uuteers for ANYTHING
were forthcomj It the slightest ap-
peal.
SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS.
They are hunting for two poor girls
at the southeast corner there" was the
muTmur which ran through the crowd
at about 1890 o'clock, and all eyes were
turned i'll that locality. A WISCONSIN
reporter forced his way to the corner,
and found such to he the case. Some
one had said he witnessed two poor
things Jump at that corner Just as the
wall came down. But owing to the mass
of refuse being much heavier there, the
work proceeded slowly. Detective Han
nitin said: "Most Of the bodies are in
the northwest and southeast portions Of
the ruins. Here they hocked and were
crushed down by the falling roof. Some
of them no doubt are not burned
ut all, or much, simply sufiocated
and crushed beneath the preponderauce
of falling timbers." Chief Lippert was
sought and found in the midst OF the
ruins. "There must be dozens of bodies
in here he said, pointing to "A space
between four walls This was a yard
which was surrounded by those walls,
and into this pit the unfortunates leaped
i'll scores. But it will take a long time
to get at them with this force of men,
although there are lI0 at work.
At least 500 more men should
be put to work and they should be tear
ing ont this stuff from the west side, in
the alley there. All the timbers are
burning below, and if 1t wasn't for that
all this mass would freeze and then it
would be next to impossible to
get it out" A WISCONSIN re-
porter delved among the seething
SMOKING MASS OF BRICKS,
timbers and charred scraps. Here and
there, where the density was not so pro-
nounced, the smoke would issue from
the small assures, curling up through
the air i'll graceful turns, and proving
the assertions that heated furnace
ragged below. Like miniature world,
rough and smooth, rolling and full of
ruvines, the mass presented plenty for
deep meditation. There q mound COW
cred with CLASSY facing of ice and at
another place broken pile of frozen
bricks. Here stood the vault, here
the elevator, here the interior
yard, and one posted could locate
vividly all of the details Of the house.
The iutting and jagged timbers and
iron beams were hard to remove. Once
inside the walls and work progressed
slowly, and will until sufficient space is
obtained, to throw back the pieces,
without carrying them and heaving them
on to the sidewalk.
AT THE MORGUE.
The morgue continues to attract |
hundreds Of curious spectators, all day
long the sidewalk in front of the build |
ing having been crowded with eager |
throngs of people. Three bodies re-
main at the morgue, that of Otilie |
Waltersdorf, IL years Of age, an employe |
of the ill-fated hotel. She has been |
fully identified by brother residing in |
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