Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-01-12
Among the Ruins.
by Western Associated Press.

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MILWAUKEE, Jan. LA force of 125
workmen were engaged all day at the
ruins of the ilfated Ncwhall house,
searching for bodies but none were
found up TO p. m. Remaining walls
pulled down because they endangered
the lives of the workmen, but north wall
which is partition adjoining the build
ing might tumble any moment. One of
the main topics of conversation, while
dwelling o. the dreadful holocaust, IS the
number OF times the Newhall has been
ignited through the instrumentality Of
malicious persons. Agent who occupied
qnarters in the house said the building
had been set on fire at least four times the
past two years. nee fire was set on n
the elevator and on the chair had been
piled oiled klndlings and the fire got a
pretty good start. Next time fire was
started on barrel Of tlnder which stood
in the hall on the first q 'or against the
elevator and this time also the house had
narrow escape. Next time hole was
torn through the plaster in the wall and
at the bottom of the elevator q mass of
in1ammablc stuff inserted which was fir
ed and only entnguished with the great
est difficulty: Still another time fire wns
started near the bar room, on the first
floor, adjacent to west side of elevator
shaft. These all had undoubtedly been
of incendiary origin started at night near
the elevator so to preclude any idea of
saving the house, but each time luck held
sway and blazes were blighted with each
recurring fi"e. Regular boarders would
say some one had spite against the
house and would yet burn it. They
would avow her intention of leaving but
as time would elapse the ideas would be
erased attempt to burn the building.
= This time the fire ficnd was successful,
as the theory seems to haye no doubt that
the building was lily constructed. Only
few weeks ago fire lgnited in Hendees'
room from bad crate and burnt con-
siderable being put out. This was sup
plemented by another slight fire in Hen
dees' quarters last week but no special
damage was done.
Three bodies remain at norgue. That
Otllie Wallersdorf, Is years of age, en-
ployee, has been fully identified by q
brother residing IN this city. A young
Irish girl, supposed to be Nora Flanni-
gan, waiter, was recognized oy Mary
Hardy, of the Plank,nton house, but not
positively. The body of an elderly woman
apparently of Irish nationality, about As
years of age, unidentified, medium size,
dark hair slightly tlnged with gray, on
middle finger of the right hand a fiat
band ring. VIM. Mckenzie, night watch
man at the hotel, made the following I'M
portant statement tonight: had made
my rounds as usual visiting the different
lodging floors and basement rooms. Moth
ing unusual observed. Bar room was
open until O'Clock III the morning
George Scheller, proprietsr, was there
had been in the wood room about 2
O'Clock ana in opening the door leading
to the bar room saw that place still Occu-
pied, at later hour had to run the eleva-
tor down to the bottom landing to take up
q gentleman VINO came from the bar.
Nothing like smoke detected then. At
$3.50 o'clock in the morning T. E. Elliot
came in on the late train. l was in the
Office. He asked me If the elevator was
running told him would take him
up and did so, letting HIM out on third
floor. Then went up to the sixth floor
taking railroad conductor up from third
to that. | looked around the halls and
got into the elevator to go down. This
Was few minutes past half past 5 o'clock.
As got into the elevator l noticed very
lttls smoke. immediately stsrtsd aowu