Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-14
BURNED BODIES.
The Total Loss OF Life by the Mil waakee
Holocaust Now Estimated TO be
Eighty.Two.
The Remains of Sixteen of the Victims
Thus Far ReeOTered-A Servant
Girls Statement.

MILWAUKEE, January 13.-In the course
of the afternoons work at the Newhail
House ruins, eight little heaps OF charred
flesh and bones were found, supposed to rep
resent 60 many bodies taken out. This makes
sixteen exhumed bodies. Lizzie Anglsnd,
dipiug-roorn girl, died this afternoon from
injuries received by jumping from The sixth.
story window. Thus lar the identified dead
are ihirty-nine. Dan Merriman, bell-ooy, Is
added to the missing. Thomas Cleary and
Patrick Conway, bell boys, have turned up
safe. Taking the chief clerks statement OF
the guests, and sixty-.even employees as cor
rect, there must be forty.tbree bodies yet in
the ruins; ninety-fve sfe known 10 be saved,
Twenty-three identified dead and sixteen
bodies char-ea Beyond all idenltca-
ton, give an estimated total loss
OF life, as near rs can now be
figured, OF eighty-t~o. The excavations are
now about twenty-five feet from the Broad
way front. Until the main hall location
was reached the remains of but four people
were found, So the occupants of the hotel
would naturally leave the rooms and rush
for the corridors fl is anticipated thai The
worst features Of the FIRE will mot be re.
vealed until The excavation has Proceeded
fifteen feet further. 1t is predicted that the
| opening up of the court in he center will re-
veal large Ot DOuic-3 as
males OF the rooms therein would be forced
by the flames TO jump from the windows,
and it is to be hoped that they mSy be in a
condition to BE- recognized. The SER
wants quarters in the Newhsll House were
\ on the fifth floor, and ranged along the alley
side of the building from a point about
twenty feet north of Michigan stree: to a
| point about twenty feet south Of the north
1 end of the building, and the rooms were built
along the hall, which ran north and south,
and at each end was totally separated from
the guests apartments by heavy doors. The
| girls themselves say that the first they knew
| OF the FIRE was when LiDehsn, the engineer
ran up and yelled to them 10 wake up, rur
out and follow him, and not wait to dress
| He says the hall s~armed full of Made, ano
he thought they were coming and conse
quently made hls way down, only to find tina
but one was behind him. 1t appears that
from the Tushing of the air, the moment Lin
chan and the one girl got through the sep
arating doors closed with q bang anC
that they never opened again. Thi
also prevented the heat and smoke from en-
iering their headquarters; 80 that those WHIT
did not escape met death with a full realiza
ton of what was upon them, and were no
half dead from sufocation.
Mary McCauley, who lies at the Axtel
House in a bad, nervous condition, and va
carried out in a faint by fireman Strauss
says che was awakened by the shouts an,
screams of the others, and ran into the hall
1t was full Of girls rushing madly up ant
down crying and screaming. 81 rushed Il
the end Of the hall, looked through the doc
and saw everything was smoke and FIRE out
side. 1 then ran back, and, passing thu
room where seven girls had taken refuge
joined them, and we all knslt dow
in prayer. One OF the girls had cruciix
and fat woman prayed out loud. Just a
we had given up all hope, the window
crashed in our room, and j tainted. 1t 81
happened that the firemen with the lsdde
had found the room out OF thirty others, an'
we, with few others, were saved. / knew
nothing after fsintiDg until woke up here
Ought not be thankful?"
John Gilbert, the comedian, passed verl
comfortable night, and his attendants Say h'
has improved and will continue to lnprevs
Physicians report that Mrs.~Wllliam Z
Craua- passed somewhat restless nigh
and is nervous to-day, although doing quit,
well. Mr.. Crsmer bears his severe burn
bravely, and is making fine progress.
james H. Ernest, of ShuIlsburg, who wa
reported missing, has turned up all right
Owing to belated train he did not rescl
the city until Wednesday morning.
About $3.50 was realized from two Ton
Thumb performances for the relief funC
yesterday.
The Minnie Palmer Company will Civ,
an entertainment at Detroit Monday evening
the proceeds to be donated to the relief fund
The coroner's formal inquest was post
poned until the exhum alton is completed
The jury simply view the remains to sdmi
OF burial. The district attorney says nj
efforts will be spared TO get at the bottom o
the affair.