Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-08
A HOTEL HORROR.

is Burned, R1asting Thirteen Persons
Excruciating Cries for Help---Many In
iured that Escaped---Other BUILDINGS
Burned---A Town III Mourning and
business Observation-Disclosures Services
for the Dead on Sunday.
GREENvI1LE, Texas, April Last night,
soon after midnight, a terrible crash was
heard, and cry of fire. rang out upon
the air.. 1t proved to be the falling in and
burning of the Ende hotel. About forty
guests and attendants were in the house at
the time, and some who had not retired
got out with difficulty. Others, aroused
from sleep by the fall, saw death by fire
awaiting them. The cries of the impris-
oned for help were heart-rending in the
extreme. Some escaped and others per-
ished.
The hotel, with four or five business
houses in its rear, occupied principally by
Lowenstein & Geash, were destroyed. A
steamer was telegraphed from Sherman
by our mayor, and three hours later was
on the ground. The charred remains of
the unfortunates are being taken out at
this writing, but it is impossible to give
the names of the lost.
The hotel, which was kept by n. E.
Pruit, formerly of Jefferson, had
about thirty persons in it at the time. Mr..
JEFF Mason, the city marshal, was the
first on the ground, and gave the
alarm by firing his pistol. Persons
rushing to rescue, met some of the unfor--
| Inmates escap ing from the debris in their
night clothes. Those who escaped did so
with difficulty, and some received serious
injuries.
Those rescued were: Fred Ende, owner
of the hotel, wife and two daughters; W.
G.. Pruit; Harry Miller; Charles Brown,
| formerly conductor of the East Line rail-
road; DR.. L. r. Twina, who escaped with
serious injuries; Lewis Morris; P. G. Cox,
| of Honey Grove; w. F. Mcclure, of Nash
vile, Tenn; D. G. Bell, conductor of the,
Narrow Gauge; Mr.. Mears, of Dangerfeld;
MIR. Victors and several servants.
The following persisted: Mrs. N. E.
Pruit, Geo. Pruit, Miss Lou Davis, Frank
West, freight clerk at the Missouri Pacific
depot; Capt. F. D. N. Riley, contractor and
builder; Mr.. Denton, r. r. Neal, cotton
Mr.. Hill, John Ford, telegraph line re-
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| company, and four colored boys.
| The fragments of five bodies have been
recovered, among them Mrs. Pruit and
Miss Davis. The others were so charred as
not to be identified. The search for the
other bodies IS still going on.
The shrieks for help of those impris-
oned beneath the ruins caused the blood
of hearers to run cold. The sad event has
cast gloom over the whole town. Bust
ness is suspended and houses are closed
to-day. A memorial service will be held
in the Methodist church tomorrow.
1t is generally supposed the falling of
the building caused the fire to spread to
the adjoining buildings, causing heavy
losses upon the following parties:
Frederick Ende, loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000; James Armsted, hardware, loss
$4,000, insurance $4,000; B. L. Lawenstein,
hardware and agricultural implements,
loss $4,000, insurance $4,000; Gee & Will
son, agricultural implements, loss $751;
600, insurance $500; Mrs. ~ z. Pruit,
household furniture, loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
AN ENGINE AND TENDER SMASH INTO
DWELLINGS.
ST. LOUIS, April About 6 O'Clock .
NJ, as the southern express train Oh the
Iron Mountain; railroad was turning curve
from the levee into Poplar street, en- route
to the union depot, the engi le jumped the
| track and plunged into a three story brick
building, 123 and 125 Poplar street, break
a big hole in its front. The coupling be-
tween the engine and tender broke, and
the latter shot off III an opposite direction
| and tore down the entire front of 120 on
the south side of the street. Both buildings
! were dwelling houses, but none of the in
mates were injured. None of the cars left
the track, and noSdamage was done except
to the buildings and engine, the latter of
which was stripped of all its outer works
STORE Quilted AT SIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, April "A fire this
morning Quilted Peavy 6 Stephens furni-
ture store. Loss on stock, $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000. Loss on building $4,000,
and insured.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WAREHOUSE DE-
sTRoYED.
PEORIA, Ill, April THE agricultural
nipple ment house of Geo. w. Rouse & Son
/ was burned this morning. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, So, 5000.
RAILROAD WRECK.
ST. LOUIS, April THE passenger train
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road was wrecked yesterday neay Cedar
Hill, Texas. Most OF the cars were badly
damaged. Two express messengers had
limbs broken and the baggage master was
seriously hurt internally.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
PoRT JERv1s, N, Y, April 7.-Daniel Van
Nay and wife were killed by train.
| HEAVY LOSS By FIRE.
BOSTON, April THE losses of the fire
at the Hotel Berkeley aggregate $4,000,
of which $15O,OO0 was personal property
and $4,000 on the building.
A GEORGIA FIRE.
AUGUSTA, Ga, April THE Industrial
works, for the manufacture of barrels,
buckets and tubs, and similar articles, was
burned this morning. LESS $4,000.
ALL HANDS DROWNED.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, April THE
American schooner Estella and Mexican
pilot boat Trodorita, have been lost on the
bar at Taxpen, during a norther, and all
hands drowned.