The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-01-27
From tie Evening Wisconsin, January IS.

From tie Evening Wisconsin, January 49,
HEMAIED IN BY FLAMES.
The servants quarters ia the Inflated
Newhall were on the fifth floor, and
ranged along the alley side of the build
ing, from a point about 30 feet north of
Michigan Street to a point about 20 feet
south of the north end of the building.
and the rooms were built along q hall
which ral north'and south and at each
end was totally separated from the
guests apartments by heavy doors.
The girls themselves say that the first
they knew Of the fire was when Linehan,
the engineer, ran up and yelled for them
to wake up run ont and follow him and
not wait to dress. He says the ball
swarmed full Of the maids and he
thought they were coming, consequent
lv made his way down, only to find
but one was behind him. 1t appears
that the rushing air, the moment Line
han and the one girl got through the
separating doors, closed them with
bang, and that they never opened again.
This also prevented the heat and smoke
from entering their quarters, so that
those who did not escape met death with
f,,ll realization of what was upon them,
and were rot half dead from suffocation.
Mary McCauley, who bes at the Axtell
| House, in had rervous condition, and
who was carried ont IN faint by Fire
man Strauss says: 81 was awakened by
the shouts and screams OF the others
and ran into the hall II was full Of the
girls rushing wildly up and down crying
and screaming. IrushCd totheendU Of the
hall, Pocued through the door and saw
eIything was smoke aud ire outside.
/ then ran back and passing room
where seven girls had taken retuge Join
oi them and We all lu cit IN prayer. One
of the girls had cruclhx and q fat
woman prayed out Ioud. Just as we
had given up all hope ihe window crash
ed in our room and / tainted. It so hap
pened the hremen with the ladder had
found our room out of thirty others. and
We with 2 few others, Were saved I
knew nothing after faisting till | woke
up here. Ought / not be thankful r"
aud the girl rolled her eyes heavenward
IN most revereut manner.
MARTELLE's WATCH IDENTIFIED.
Valuables found in the ruins that are
not In close proximity or attached to
i
police All Yaluables found on l,odtAs
| are taken possession Ct by the coroner.
This morning O'Counor turned over
the two gold ones found, to Chief Wa
son, together with many other things.
One of the watches was quickly identi-
fled as that of David II. Martelle, and
it bore his monogram ON the face. Two
Of the uncles OF Martelle, Dan. and
r. W. johnson, of Evansville,
| His, were at the station,
| and SAID that the one watch was Mar
| telle's Near it was found lot of
papers, and among them was a photo
| graph of a Miss Johnson, daughter of
one of the gentlemen, and 1t was hardy
! scorched. Martelle was devoted to the
! young lady. but she died some time
| ago. Martelle was about 80 years Of
| age and was unmarried He had been
working for the Wisconsin Central for
| the past eighteen months. The other
watch was a double case gold time
| piece, with schooner engraved on the
case. 1t was evidently the property Of
some marine man.
THE HALLS or DEATH.
The old Hempsted store on Broad way
| has been cleared out and all of the
| D0lies taken from the runs placed
there. The place Is III charge of Sheriff
Bentley and his force. The burned
I bodies are placed in boxes and are ranged
around the room cOnspicuOusly marked
The officers IN charge and the
relief committee draped the rooms in
mourning to-day, using hlgck and white
bunting. The idea is to keep the bodies
| as long az TIA re IS any hope Of identif-
cation. The charred and mangled re-
mains make q most sickenmg sight and
the odor in the place IS so offensive that
It Is almost un beaTable.
THE PECUNEART Loss.
a careful compilation Of the pecuniarv
| losses sustained by the terrible cat
astrOphe shows the figures TO be much
lower than at first estimated. The loss
ON the building Is 1925, coo; hotel fur
| niture, $50, 0gO; personal effects of
guests, $50, coo; damage 10 adjoining
establishments, $4,000; Burdick &
Aruitage, printers, Sl4, 600; office fix
/ tures Of firms occupying quarters IN
the building, $4,000; Mutual Union
Telegraph Company, 81, 900: GPtz,
barber shop, 600; Manufacturers
Bank. s2, 500; H. J. Baumg@rtner.
painter, $500; total loss, $3.50, 600. At
the outside limit the loss is probably
about $500, 600
fFrou he Evening Wisconsin, January lath.C
BURIAL OF THE VICTIMS.
This morning a WIsCoNsIN reporter
called upon the chairman of the county
board Of supervisors. Mr.. Weiss. to as
certain what arrangements, II any, have
been made looking toward the final dis
position Of the remains OF the victims
and what steps the county board will
take IN the premises. Mr.. Weiss in
formed the reporter that there was M
need for the board to make further or
iers. They had appointed a committee
with unlimited powers to see that the
remains be buried mot as paupers -
as the victims of E great public disaster" "
This committee had discharged their
duty thus far promptly, aud they would
discharge the sa e hereafter, with the
advice and aid Of the citizens committee.
consisting of Nessrs NcLaren. Hale
and SIller. OF this JOINT committee
two or three members had been daily
f. III attendance, experimenting and
watching quietly the work of trans
porting the remains TO the morgue. As
to the final disposition Of the remains,
Mr. Weiss said the committees had not
Yet made any arrangement. He would
soon call the committee together and lay
before them for approval bis own plan.
de was IN favor Of a general funeral, and
1f procuring at the Forest Home a lot
large enough for all the graves neces-
sary, and of erecting a monument there
on recording the fire, the names of the
lost and the number Of the victims un-
identified, resting under the same.
Esch body, no matter how charred,
should be laid in a coffin, and large