The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-11


bition he ever witnessed. Deceased pro-
posed to raise up the chorus to 1000
voices. Of late he has led the praise
services on Sunday evenings in Professor
SWINGS church. He leaves a wife and
four children.
Miwauk ee, 10.-Long after the flames
had ragged in the interior, Miss Ohsll:s,
dressmaker, at +. A. Chapman s. Co.'S,
was seen at her window on the fourth
floor. She was recognized by friends
below and implored To make the leap
upon the canvass, but remained standing
at the window until the flames envel-
oped her, she sank to rise no more. In
three-quarte-s of an honr after the dis
| coyesy of the fire, the building was
total loss. At5.30o'cluck the Broadway
front gave out snd came laundering
to the pavement, and shortly after the
totterihg walls Of the southeast corner
followed tearing heavy telegraph pole
To the ground, which felled Ben Van
Hssgen, t7ucsman of the hook and
ladder company No, ., beneath its
weight. He died in a few hours after.
Deeds of herOism are recorded worthy
Of unqualified praise. Ed. Ryemer and
Herman Strauss, of truck one, APP
peared on the roof of the bsuk building
at critical juneture, directly opposite
the servants quarter, ladder in hand.
For moment the unwieldly thing poised
in mid air, then descended with crash
through the window of the motel and it
formed bridge across the alley,
and before it became steady ia
position, man Rad crossed into the
hotel, then smid the cheers Of the multi
tude below, drsgged the helpless crea-
lures across the slender bridge, til finally
dozen we're rescued, sll in night
clothes. Many were badly frozen before
taken to shelter. A woman in dead
faint, and unable 10 help herself, was
| dragged across in safety, bat ST one time
| the whole of her body was hanging over
clear Of the ladder, while the brave man
| held on By one OF her snkles, the crowd
below holding their breath in suspense,
| expecting every moment TO see the lad
der turn over OF break BY thu terrible
strain. By an hereulean effort be
bridge snd finally placed her cut
endured the most painful suspense for
fully ten minutes, burst fort I in round
after round Of applause. Two brothers
1 udAiGu NldI AOEs AGECOtO 4UQI hOhOu1
carrying them bodily out. The police
rescued dozen persons. There is loud
ltalk IF incendisrism, IN which the chief
concurs; also the police who were first on
the ground. No tangible ground can be
found for incendiaIism, beyond tbs
breaking out near the foot of the elevator.
Regarding the origin OF the fire, Antisdel
said the night wstehmsn saw the fire
first, but before he could do anything
the flames shot up the elevator burning
every door. am confident j
started in the elevator, bnt how j
originated can't say. A number Of guest
rescued say the fire stsTted II the base
ment and went through the elevator t
ali parts before the alarm could be gives
Another escape to be recorded
was that of a man whose name
could not be ascertained. He was
seen swinging himself from the fftl
floor Of the burning building till hi!
feet touched the window below
Kicking in the window he dropped
and grabbed the sash. This he re
peated until he reached the balcony
from which he was rescued hi
hands badly cut. It was reported
} On the street that there were So
guests in the house last night.
: this he true, the horror that will b,
unearthed by the removal of the de
bris is too dreadful to contemplate
The new hall was known
to every traveller in tn
; northwest and every person
} in Milwaukee, who resided here TO
l a year or two, as "ire trap" of th
: worst description. Wonder pre-
walls that any travellers or resident
could be found to take up abOd
! within its walls. A citizens meet
ing was held and arrangement
, made to place an adequate force o
: men on the ruins to recover tn
bodies. Travelling men, residen
and nonresident, held meeting 10
the purpose Of adopting measure
for the relief of such of the frater
nifty as are sufferers from the fire
The loss of life is conSiderabl,
larger than anticipated at first, it i
feared it will reach 100. So tar tn
! following sixteen of twenty-five
: bodies found are positively identi
I fed: F. E. VanDoon, retired CAPT
8 talist, of Albany; Mrs. j. Gilbert
wife of John Gilbert, of the Mimi
Palmer company; Mr.. and Mrs
Allen Johnson, of Milwau
kee; Maggie Sullivan, chambe
maid; Mary Corney, laundry; Mag
. gle Owens, Mary McDade, Mar
+ MacNIahon, Bessie Brown, wait
resses; OtilIie WaItersdorf, kitchen
: girl; Maggie Sullivan, chamber
( maid; Augusta GrieSe, kitchen girl
8 Katharine Monahan, paGtry waiter
:. Bridget O'Connell, hall girl: J. e
g Hough, commercial traveller, o
Q Maria, Illinois, Twenty fou
hours have elapsed since tn
! most horrible catastrophe that eve
q befel Milwaukee, and the INNER
e sity of the dreadful disaster seem
( to increase instead OF wane wit
9 fieeting time. a dread seems t
, creep over one passing the huge phi
Is of smoking ruins that mark tn
: place where only two days ago tn
: palatial Newhall House stood, wit
the 200 inmates who awoke yestel
), day morning from their slumber
!; to stand face to face with the griI
n reaper. Snow had been falling a
d night, silently weaving a shroud fl
i many. How many, nobody can as
n without a shudder on beholdin
i what is left of one of the large:
i hostalrias in the northwest. III