Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

bridge, until July dozen were rescued.
They were all of them in their night
clothes, and
MANY WERE BADLY FROZEN
before they could be taken to chelter.
A woman in dead faint. unable to help
herself in any particular, was dragged
across in safety, but ut one time the
whole of her oody wss hanging over
clear of the ladder, while the brave
man held her by one OF her ankles.
The crowd below held their breath
in suspense expecting every mo
ment to see the ladder turn
over or break beneath the terrible
strain. The man, however, was equal
to the emergency, and by a herculean
effort pulled her upon the slender
bridge, and finally placed her out OF
danger, while the crowd, which had en-
4 dured the most painful suspense for
fully ten minutes, burst forth with
round after round Of applause. The
dead and portion of the wounded
were conveyed TO the American Elk
press office, while the wounded were
cared for at the Kirby house and
stores on East Water street.
Immense crowds of people haunted
the neighborhood OF the fire during
the afternoon, pressing upon the ropes
which had been stretched across the
streets near the burning building, and
making plenty of work for the police
men assigned to the duty of keeping
the space clear of intruders. Michigan
street, in front Of the Chamber of Com
merce, is strewn with bricks and raft
ers, a portion of the south wall having
fallen outward. Broadway was COM
paratively clear, except rs to the west
urn sidewalk which was heaped high
with ruins. About two thirds of the
south wall remained standing, being
buttrcssed by fragment of the alley
wall on the west. Part OF the north
wall was supported by the Sher-
man binding. All the rest OF
the building has fallen in. Despite the
Immense amount of water which COu-
tinued TO be thrown upur the ruins,
the fire was still smouidering in them,
and at frequent intervals tongues OF
flame leaped forth. The smoke hung
about the place so thiCkiy that it waa
impossible TO get a clear view OF the en-
tire place at one tint. One Of the
minor objects Of pathetic interest to the
observers was tabe-cl0th dangling
| from one Of the diningrOom windows,
to the frame of which it had been tied
| by some unfortunate endeavoring to
escape the flames. Like the walls and
everything else in the neighbOrhood of
/ the fire, the table-cloth was thickly
coated with ice.
STUMBLING OVER DEAD BJDTEs
Orange Williams, OF Janesville, who
escaped from the building with severe
burns, states that ia walking along the
hall from his room to the side of the
building, he stumbled over at least six
or eight dead bodies. Mr.. Williams
says all along the hall could be heard
screams md hearuendlng means, rs if
many poor unfortunates were in the
pangs of death, la al probability tue
bodies of those persons dying in the
hall are all lying beneath the ruins.
W. S. SCOTT AMONG THE VICTIMS.
w. S. Scott, clerk in A. Y. II. Car
penter's office, is no doubt among the
victims. He boarded at the Newhall
and WAS last seen there. His mother
lives in Dubuque, Iowa, and brother
Is in the pay car service Of the st. Paul.
MORE DEAD BODIES.
1t il thought the ruins contain more
dead bodies, in fact the fremen assert
that twice IS many are covered up in
the debris as have been rescued. Al
though eight engines have poured an
ocean of water into the pyre, the
bricks are yet so hot and the walls so
dangerous, that no search can be made
as yet. Consequently no more dead
bodies have been recovered. To.mor-
row it Is thought that the conditions OF
things will be such that the work OF
searching for the remains of those who
were cremated can be prosecuted. So
far % bodies have been recovered, all
, of which have been identified ex
cept two, which are at the mOrgue
Among the injured are several who
are expected to die at any moment
though none of them have ~
yet 81 ven mp life, as has been hears
from. As time passes the nervous sys
TENS of the injured became more ant
mon ullNAi uli@ HLi ~ 10 ANAt SA - mum
Der will be unable to pass the crisis il
safety.
Richard Goggin residing in Jefferson
street proves to be another victim. III,
! was ON the third floor taking care OF 4
sick man. His nephew, John GoggIn
, residing on Jackson street, said h
went IT, the ated building early III tn
, evening and has not been heard from
since. H says he is not among thD
dead or wounded and consequent.
must be in the ruins.
{ LATEST NOTES.
@ James f. GilIlsnd, living Il. 355 Jei
4 ierson street states: 81 was In the build
o ing at five minutes after 1 o'clock an,
A asked the night clerk il his boys Will
q and Walter were out. The clerk said
e Gan the help are out" l then turne
q M attention 10 the gue.ts, knowin
r many of them, having oeen steward O
v the house mp TO October last. On tn
S second floor | recognized VIM. Z. Ora
q mer and wife, Mrs. Cramer asked m
n and an unknown gentleman to take Nh
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