The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-18

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MTLwAUKEE, Wis, January 10.
Milwaukee has been visited by the great.
est calamity known in her history. At four
O'Clock this morning fire broke out IN the
NewhaI House, and in less than twenty min
rtes after that Immense six-story structure /
was wrapped in flames. and Mt least fifty poor
creatures were being hurried into eternity
The sight during that twenty minutes was one
20 make the stoutest heart quail. Guests
awakened from their sleep by the terrible
heat, or the bursting of the flames into their
rooms, were forced to the windows where their
heartrending cries rang in the ears OF the vast
concourse Of people gathered in the streets,
powerless to render aid.
Men who in the daily walks of life have been
accounted heartless and unfeehng, wrung
their hands in despair, running about utterly
bewildered, eXelaiming, MY God, this is hor-
ribleP' Then black objects would appear on
the outside of windows, driven out by the
smoke and dfiame, piercing scream rend tho
morning air, and a heavy thud would an
nounce that a human form had fallen from
the dizzy height to meet death on the pave
ment below. A number of people dropped
out OF the different stories on the jumping
canvas, but in a majority of cases they were
killed outright, or sustained injuries from
which there is little hope OF recovery. Dur
ing the progress of the fire two men appeared
at Il window in upper story, and as they
looked down upon the scene below the floor
of the room gave way, and with an agonizing
shrek they fell backward into the vortex of
flame.
While these scenes were being enacted on
the Broadway and Michigan street side of the
Inflated building, one of still greater horror
was being enacted in the alley at the rear.
The servants quarters were in the northwest
quarter OF the building, remote from the place
in which the fire raging, but all means of
escape by the stairways were cut Off by the
flames AS the terrible rOaringa and cracking
OF the flames struck upon their ears they
became panic stricken, and eight OF them
followed each other in leaping from the dizzy
height to the ground in the alley. The Jump
ing canvas was on hand, but it was powerless
in the conflict with death, and it was clotted
over and over with the victims blood. At
this juncture the cool-headcd hero of the day
appeared on the top of the building directly
opposite the servants quarters with a ladder
In his hands. For moment the long, un-
wieldly thing poised in mid air, and then de-
scended with a crash through the window of
the hotel. 1t formed n bridge across the alley,
however, and before il became steady in its
position the man had crossed over into the
hotel. Then amid the cheers Of the multitude
below, the man dragged the helpless Great
ures across the slender bridge until fully
dozen were rescued. They were all of them
| in their night clothes, and many were badly
| frozen before they could be taken to shelter
| As many of the mangled bodies as could be
! feached were taken to the morgue, each load
/ being followed by half crazed mothers and
fathers looking after their children who had
| been working in the hotel, and relatives OF
! guests and regular boarders.
| Around the morgue from that time until
nightfalI poor, ,bereft creatures lowered, trying
! in vain to identify lost loved ones. To night
the work of recovering bodies is being carried
ON as well as possible, but 80 great Is the heat
/ 1at LITTLE hPn iKVaN ia
being made There are twenty-five dead bod
| les at the mOrguc, which number includes
those who died during the day from their in
iuries. Ofthese about twenty have been tden-
tilted.
The following is a list of the dead as far as
known:
AIIenJohnson, commission man. Milwaukee.
Mrs. Allen johnson, Milwaukee.
Dc Po, srs, inventor, Milwaukee.
j. IT. HougII travelling man, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. John Gilbert, wife Of the actor with
Minnie Palmer's company, Chicago.
Mrs. Libbie Challis, dressmaker, Milwaukee.
Mr.. Huff, insurance agent, Iowa.
Mrs. Kelly, servant.
Miss O'NeiI, servant.
Bessie Brown, chambermaid.
Thomas f. Vanloon capitalist, formerly OF
Albany N. Y, later of Milwaukee.
Maggie Owens, servant, Milwaukee.
Lizzie Kelley, servant, Milwaukee.
Annie Brown, servant, Milwaukee
Kate Iinehan, servant, Milwaukee.
Maggie Sullivan, servant, Milwaukee.
Augusta Gesa servant, Milwaukee.
Mary McDade, servant, Milwaukee.
Mitchell Builan, servant, Milwaukee.
G. Howey, conductor Wisconsin Central
Railroad, Milwaukee.
Mary McMann, Milwaukee.
Charles a. Kelsey, Tom Thumbs servant.
MISSING.
As far as known those missing Mt late
hour this afternoon are as follows;
Prof. w d. Tomlins, Chicago.
Judge Geo. II, Reed, formerly of Manito
Voc
w. T. Durand, insurance agent.
George g. Smith, passenger agent of th'
! Lake Shore Michigan Southern.
Kitty Connors, of Doylcstown, servant.
Walter Gi1iland, bell boy.
william GiIliland, elevator boy.
Mrs. i. w. Brown, wife of the yardmaster o
the Northwestern Road.
Scott, railway employe.
Capt. James Vose, u. 5. engineer.
{ Bradley Kellogg, commission merchant
Ashton, Dakota, brother of Henry Kellogg o
Milwaukee.
VIM. Mckenzie, Eewhan engineer.
, | Mary Mack, servant.
: "A cOlOred man, servant, name nOJ gwen
) Bfurtelie. railway employe. ..
/ Maggie Ptnnigan, servant.
: Just how many were I'm the hotel when TIN
e fire broke out viii probably never be known
, / as the register is in the ruins. Ihe ffeLlei
vh were at the scene nrSC ana VINO hdu LHs
, hest opportunity of seeing those who failet
D ! An their attempts to get out say there are a
! least thirty bodies yet in the ruins
4 / The stores and offices on the ground hOO
[ and contents were destroyed.
! ! Chief Clerk Tice, who had a narrow escape
: saws there were 10 boaTders and ninety en-
plOyes in the hotel. SO far fifty six are unac
\ ! counted for. -.r
3 The fire started apparently on the thfr'
= floor of the building over the side entrance o
2 Michigan street, md before the Department
! VoRthe steamer fairly I'm position the flame
4 had anValOnp1 the whole southeast COZ
1 ner of the building. The fire force
| fts way with lightning raptdity tOwhT
the northern wing, and some DluHdernR IN
Q dividual, seeing the reflection of the holocaus
T on the sky. turned in an alarm from box
u corner Of East Water and Division streets, a
I $40 a. m. causing the loss of the work OF on
| steamer for ten INMATES Of precious tim'
Just when the fire was at its worst, and ever
. window In the hinge building was lined wit
sbrieking humanity. rt.... ..... Ok.