Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-13
The Milwaukee CaIamfty-Ihriiiing story
of Escaue.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE oRD.UNI0s.l
The Milwaukee misunderstanding story
of Escape.
CHICAGO, Janusry IL hi B. Anderson,
of this city, who was in the Newhall House
fire, gives the following thrilling description !:
" sat on the window-sill of my room and
saw the flames take my bed and my clothes
and the floor sink in mass of f4mes before
l escaped by sliding down the rain-spout
which ran along my window. l had the
room on the corner of Michigan and Broad
way streets, on the fourth hoor 1t was
nearly l o'clock in the morning when / went
60 bed, having been in the company of l.. A.
Brown, of Philadelphia, and, poor fellow, l
saw him afterward go down to his death in
the fl smes without being able to help him.
It was awful. l walked up stairs to my
room, as the elevator had stopped running at
1890 On my way up [ met the otly watch
man in the house, and l asked him how I
could escape in case of fire. He said it was
essy enough that there were two wsys-one
By the stairway, another by going through a
labyrinth of halls to the front. Browns
room was opposite mine. went to bed after
that, and wes awakened by the horrible
shrieks of burnir women and the groans OF
dying men. The flames were cracking ell
around, and as / opened the door a great
mass of smoke and fame rushed in, and be-
came stihsd. was unable again to shut it,
and the smoke almostkilled me. had nothing
on but gauza updershirt. I felt my strength
leaving me. Twas choking. sank to the f lor,
l thought l was gone, but my senses had not
altogether Left me. gathered myself up as
best | could. and made my way toward the
window. By desperate effort | succeeded
in getting there. | sank again to the floor,
but rallied, and attempted TO raise the win.
dow. II was 80 well balanced that it Welded
at once to my puny effort and went up.
leaned out and the fresh sir revived me- |
was strengthened and consciousness returned.
looked down below and saw the iremen and
the police holding N ittress. They shouted
for me TO jump on to the telegraph wires, but
1 refused. saw the ladders against the
building. sat down on the window-sill and
saw everything go down-my clothing. valiss,
everythipg-unsblet to save q thing. / shout
ed, begged, iraplored for those below to
save me, They saw me, but gave me no
help. I saw my friend come from bis room
and attempt te come to me through the mass
of fame, but saw him go into the vortex of
fame TO his death. Oh, such sight 1t
was too horrible to imagine saw the tin
spout. 1t was partly covered with ice. Three
women and one man had tried to descend il,
but they lest their hold ard fell to the street
below. It was the only means f escape left
! seizsd it with frantic effort OF despair.
Every thing inside of my ,om was gone. |
caug ht the spout ia vics-like grip and COM
mencsd TO slide down. Sometimes slid six
to twelve feet. and at others few inches, but
l kept going down, using the ice as foot
bold and catch for my hands, which, you see,
are terribly blistered. / went clean down to
the cellar, fifteen feet below the street, but l
was aiiys. Oa my way down, | saw two lit
tie girls standing ia window of the third
story, and they asked me to save them, but l
was powerless to give them aid. had to ses
those innocents not over years cd, swal
lowed up by ths hssrtless flames. saw Kei-
sey, Tom Thumbs colored servant, go down
with the walls. He was clinging TO q win.
dow-sill in the fifth story. l walked out to
the front and went up stairs into the Office.
where / found woman tearing her hair. /
could not see her face and did not know who
she was. spoke to her. but she took no notice
Of me. / seized her by the ankles and dragged
her down bodily, thus saving her life. went
across the express Office, where saw
Antisdel, who WAS leaning over Mrs. John
son. He said L am crazy. RIB this
woman. want to go and save my children
l was in position to be rubbed myself, be-
ing almost naked and Chilly. / said TO the
6remsn standing by: L have lost every
thing. He said You are alive and
pointing to a man who was clinging from
ffth-story window, How would you like to
change places with bimT Somebody gave me
8 coat, and L walked in my bare feet four
blocks to the Piankinton House. I was be-
side myself. | met woman who threw a
shawl over me, and said, Here, poor boy.
tlke that 1 got clothing, such as it was,
from strangers at the Plankinton.
THE WORK OF ExHUM1NG THE BODIES.
The work of exhuming the bodies continues.
Cold, cutting northeasterly winds kesp back
the crowd, giving the workmen chance of
unhindeTed labor, but the work of the twelve
is carried on without system, and very little
is sccompli. he'd.
A. Hall of Lsporte, lad, partner OF M.
Wehes in the millinery business, died this
morning at Dr. Bartlett's ctics. He made
the jump from fifth-story window, and
broke both legs, the bones pTotruding through
the hesh. His whereabouts only became
known late last night.
Five bodies were buried this morning: d,
G. Power, diary Conroy, Bessie Brown and
Annie Linehar, from 81. Johns Cathedral,
and Maggie Sullivan from s.. Calls. The
attendance of people at the impressive funeral
services was very large.
Shortly after noon to-day two more bodies.
charred beyond all identification, and part tf
human trunk, were found. Ie ia now settled
beyond all persdventure that the ioss Of life
Is not below seventy.
FIVE MORE BODIEs-sIcKENING SCENES.
MILWAUKEE, January 12th.-Up to this
evening five bodies FIVE little heaps of
charred human flesh may be called bodies)
have been found In the ruins OF the Newhali
House.
at,oo, 1ba xo-o,;oa of NAV ,,,a,o fa,-..l
at the north end Of the ruins, lying on a
mattress, showing that the victim had been
smothered. The body was burned beyond
recognition, although the skull remsined ia-
tact, showing q set of well-preseryed teeth
As the workmeu began to raise the body the
head fell off, the brains oozed out the odors
sent forth being sufficient to drive them from
the scene. Others came forward, and the
body, crumbled into confused and black
ened mass from which the bones prosruded,
was taken to the Morgue, whore it occupies a
placs in the corner, still smoldering, and fill
ing the room with stencil uncomfortable. AS
the men work into and open up the ruins the
odors of burning fesh become more and more
apparent, and there is scarcely room to doubt
that by tomorrow night a scene will be pre-
sented before which the stoutest hearted will
quail 10 horror. a human foot WAS also
found partly burned. with no traces of the
body to which IL belongs. Two little heaps
of remains found near the personal effects
recognized as belonging to Robert Howie and
David 81. Martel, the Wisconsin Central
conductors, leave no doubt that both psrished
Mysterious Disappearance OF a Young
Lady.
ST. LOUIS, January 12sh.-There is great
excitemsnt here over the disappesrance
of ZsTelda Garrison, aged IL, hesu.
tiful belle of this city. She was last seen
on Saturday at / o'clock, when she left the
house Of o. l.. Garrison with her sister, Mrs.
Morris, and came down town TO the corner Of
Fifth and Olive streets, where she took the
street cars for the extreme southern psrt of
the city, where che left the car, snd asked the
conductor to direct her to the Convent Of the
Sacred Heart. dozen blocks away. The
conductor noticed four rough hoodlums on
the platform, who commented on her beauty,
and it is supposed they had something to do