The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-11
AWFUL CATASTROP HE.
The NeWhall House, Milwaukee,
Burned to the Ground.
About One Hundred Lives Lost.
Heart-rending Scenes Heroic
Conduct Of the Fire Brigade.

! win seVeuty-nVe people, principally
guests. The great pressure on the wires
makes it impossible to obtain particulars
at present.
Milwaukee, 10.-NeWhall House. 3
six story brick building, corner of Mich
igsn street and Broadway, burned to the
ground this forenoon. The fire was dis
covered at q. M, and in less than half
an hour the whole building, long desig-
mated as death trap, was developed in
flames. 1t seems that almost terror pre-.
vailed. The inmates of the doomed
building escaped by dozens, from upper
stories, covering the sidewalk with life
less bodies. The shrieks Of the unfortu-
nate filled the air in heartrending man
ner, the people below being unable to
render any aid. Quite a number of the
terrified guests aud employees of the no.
tel appeared at the windows, and seeing
the distance to the ground fell back to
perish in the flames. The en-
ployees of the b. tel, which accom-
mOdsted 500 guests, NUN bered eighty
SIX, and were mostly lodged
in the tenth story. Exit by way of the
roof was cut off by the fire, and two stand
pipes with fye ladders were not available
for some reason. Very few were saved
byjumpiag on canvass. All the stores
and offices on the ground floor, with
their contents, were destroyed. There
were on the Michigan street side the Off
ces of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company; Il. j. BAumgartDer, sign
painting snop; Calls barber shop; Bur
dick " Armitage, job printers. On the
Broadway front, manufacturers OF bank
bOobs; Metropo itsn Plate Glass Insur-
anca Company; insurance agencies Of
Chss. E. Grain. VIM. T. Durand, 6. P.
Hewitt, o. F, aibbard s. Co, T. w.
Montgomery 81 Co, B. M. We'll, West
" Meyer, and L. B. Wheeler and j. II
Watson, agents. of The Canada Southern
Railway, the Office Of Nelson's coal yard,
and the office of the Mer-
chants Dispatch freight line. A
number of wholesale establishment
on the east side were damaged
By FIRE and falling walls of buildings
Among them we're William Cramer,
banker; Goodyear Rubber Company
Lewis 3. ChaddiDg u Co., wholesale
wine; james Morgan, dry goods: Tim
norman Brothers, clothing. William S,
Csndee. cashier OF the Manufacturers
Bank, carried the cash box of the insti-
tuition containing money and papers &c
the amount eff 500, 600 cut OF the fame
The Insurance agencies and genera
offices on the first floor scarcely saved
any papers. The insurance on the bote
is stated by Q. D Nash, president of the
NeWball House association at SIZE, 900
) all held by Cincinnati agencies Tht
loss can scarcely be estimated, but vii
reach $500, 600. Communication will b.
interrupted for traffic north, as chou
fifty wires ere down. There were com
: parAtiYely few guests in the hotel. TIL
i register was burned and the exact loss O
life is not determinable, but will reacl
from fifty to sixty, and from twenty t,
q thirty wounded. So far twenty-five
bodies are in the morgue, and nine NOR
in place near the ruins. Identifeatio,
comes slowly. Among these known t
have been 81 the hotel are @. W. Bficgr
n Grand Rapids, Mich; N. Miller Ripon
George Young, Chicago; j. s. Man
ming, Chicago; W. d. Lewis, Chicago
4. N. Baker, New York +; ]. V. Maho
ney, Rock Island, I'll. J. NJ. Hill
Syracuse, n. Y; a. B. Hendrix. Ney
. Haven, Conn. @. and j. Case, Me-
York P. Hobler, Chicago; S j. Craig
Des Moines; G. A. Handy, Milwaukee
the Tom Thumb party; Orange VIII
lisms j. +. Prinson and wife, Shohoy
you Falls; John G. Clarke, Warsaw
Mr.. Rowell, of Sanford & Rowell, Med
ford Benjamin Tiee, chief clerk Johl
: Il. Antisdel, clerk; John M. Antisde
proprietor Benjamin Mason. teacher
Milwaukee.
So far as known the following are dead
6 Allen johnson, commission merchant
4 Milwaukee, and wife; Kittie Bailey an
. Mary Burns, servAnts; W. A. Hal
y miller, Lsporte; Ben Van Hesg, fireman
> struck by falling telegraph pole; Lizzi
8 Kelly, Maggie Owens Hall, Annie an
A Bessie Brown, Kate Hinchen, Maggi
. Sullivan, Auguste Geise, Mary McDadt
y all servants; Thos. E. Van Hoon, Al
a bsny, New York; j. j. Haugh, Monroe
% Illinois; D. g. Powers, Mrs. Brown
10 Mary Burke, Mary Anderson, Mar.
% Miller, Mary Mcmahon, Mary Conroy
N servants.
" The following are missing: w. I
4 Dursnd, insurance agent; Geo. q. Smith
passenger agent, Lake Shore and Mich
!. gan Southern road; Mrs. L. W. Browr
y Miss Chillis, dreSsmaker, Willism Gill
b land, seriously injured; Grange William:
% residence unknown; Benz lice, CLERK
10 the house; L. w. Brown, trainmastel
- AAe DulluluR Wae GOuelUolou 1Sos
= trap, and risks were refused. The Tor
i Thumb party and ii sdison Sqnare Com
/ pRny are all safe. As far as learne
g Mrs. John Gilbert, OF the Minnie Pa
z mer Troupe, married only two days agC
= was burned to death in sight of the null
y titude.
The following guests are known 6
saved or only slightly hurt: Edwar
d Pollock, Lancaster, Wis; Rowell San
,; ford and Rowell Medford; Carl Brigg
q Grand Rapids, Mich; John G. Clark,
Wason; j. R. BeVel, agent, Great West
ern District, Northwestern road; s. I
n Elliott, lawyer. fatally; w. r. Buser
bach, General Western passenger sgen
Michigan Central road; Rose B1rn
Mary Owens, Nanny Mclaughlin, Kilt
Conners, DsylistoD, servants.
1t can safely be said that sixty peoPl
are dead and thirty seriously woundet
The mayor has called q meeting OF Ii
: Chamber of Commerce to orgaRizs
! salvage corps TO search the ruins. Abol
\ week ago the secretary Of the loci
u board Of underwriters was applied to
c make q rate on the building, that lect
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