, 1883-01-12
Terrible Fire.

MILWAUKEE, Jan Newell House,
siX-story brick building on the corner OF
Michigan street and Broadway, was
burned to the ground this morning,
The fire was discovered at four o'clock
this morning, and in less than half an
hour the whole building, long desgna-
ted as the death.trap," was enveloped
in flames. 1t seems the utmost terror
prevailed the inmates OF the doomed
building escaping by dozens from the
upper windows, covering the sidewalk
with lifeless bodies. The shrieks of the
unfortunate filled the air in heartrend-
ing manner, the people below being una
able to render any aid. Quite number
Of terrified guests and employees OF the
hotel appeared at the windows, and see
ing the distance to the ground, fell back
to perish in the flames. The employees
of the hotel, which accommodated 800
guests, numbered Sc, and mostly lodged
in the sixth story. Exit was cut off, and
two stands OF pipes, with fire ladders,
were not available for some reason. A
very few were saved by jumping on can
vass AL! stores and offices on the
ground floor, with their contents, were
destroyed. They were on the Michigan
street side. The offices Of the Mutual
Union Tel. Co.; H. B. Baumgartner,
sign painting shop; Geo. Edes, barber
shop; Berwick & Armitage, job printers;
the Broadway Manufacturers Bank,
Metropolitan Plate Glass Insurance CO.,
insurance agencies of Chas. E. Grain, W.
r. Durand, G Hewett, @. F. Hibbard
& Co., +. W. Montgomery and Jas. II.
Watson; the Canada Southern Railway,
Office of Nelson's coal yard, and Offices OF
the Merchants Dispatch freight line. A
number OF wholesale establishments on
Water street were damaged by the fire
and falling walls OF the buildings.
Among them are: VIM. Cramber, bank.
cr; the Goodyear Rubber Co.; Lewis
Chad & Co., wholesale wine; Jas. Nor
gan, dry goods; Zimmerman Bros,
clothing and dry goods.
VIM. S. Candee, cashier OF the Manu-.
iacturers Bank, carried the cash box Of
the house, containing money and papers
to the amount of 100000 out OF the
flames. Insurance agencies and general
offices on the first floor scarcely saved
anything.
The insurance on the hotel, it is stated
by & D NASH President Of the Newhall
House Association, was $275,O00, all held
by Cincinnati agencies, The loss is
scarcely to be estimated, but will reach
$5O0,010 Telegraph communication
will be interrupted for traffic north, as
about fifty wires are down. Compare
lively few guests were in the hotel. The
register was burned, and the exact loss
Of life can not be determined 1t will
reach from eighty to one hundred deaths
and twenty to thirty wounded So far
- bodies are in the morgue, and nine
are in place near the ruins for identif-
cation.
Among those known to have been in
the hotel are: G W Briggs of Grand
Rapids, n Miller of Ripon, Geo Young
o, Chicago, r n Baker of New York, X
V Mahoney Of Rock Island, J NJ Hill Of
Syracuse, y Y, Amos & Hendrix OF New
Haven, \ J Case of New York, Phoebe
Rae Of Chicago, Prof b j Mason Of Mil
waukec, md r Prisen and wife Of She
boygan Falls.
WAsuyCToN, Jan. g. Beliord at.
tempted to pass the Senate bill increasing
the fees Of star route witnesses from
west Of the Mississippi river, but an OBJ
je'sion was made. and it was referred
under a call Of States.
Anderson Of Kansas introduced a bill
to create postal telegraph.
Holman's bill provided that persons
who submit claims in which misrapre.
s'utation OF facts appear, shall not be en-.
titled to payment.
Robinson Of New York introduced a
bill to reduce letter postage to one cent
Humphreys OF w sconsin introduced
ablll for the construction Of a bridge
Hc-osr 81 Croiy lake
Nrrel. asa question %, privilege. iu.