Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-16


the list to ninety. Ii is almost sure
thing that over hundred people lost
their lives by the calamity.
No official investigation will be
made into the orlpiu and causes lead
ing to the disaster until tho termina.
ton of the work at the ruins. The
bodies will all remain st tho temporary
morgue until that time unless positive
idenntioatious are made. In such
cases identified bodies will be given to
friends.
The Pigmy's Pressncs of Mind
Special Dispatch to Tus BEE.
MILWAUKEE, January l5.-Gen.
Tom Thumb has made frequent calls
at the police headquarters every day
since the fire to see IL his trunk had
not been found. He would examine
closely every trunk tha. was recov.
cred, but has ,iled to find the object
of his searcn. His trunk contained
an overcoSt, clothing, jewelry and
collection Of old coins. The
general WAS very indignant over
the report that Officer o Brien rescued
him and his wife. lie says he res
oucd o O'Brien, who might otherwise
have porished. He admits that
OBeicn awakened him and his wife
and remained In their room about ten
minutes while they were dressing but
that when they left the room he found
the adder by which they made their
escape and as he commenced to de.
sceud tho ladder told . O'Brien that he
had better follow him. A report
atloat to the eff OF that the landlord
Antiedel has disappeared is wholly
untrue.
What tn, w res Done,
Special hi patch to TnE BkE.
MILWAUKEE, Jaruary 10. A. Well.
er, the manager of the Western Union
telegraph Cthce here, makes the fol.
lowing statement: Careful inquiry of
thoae who Witnessed the burning of
The Newhell house from the COM
mencement DEVELOPS the fact that the
telegraph wires offered no obstruction
70 tho saving of life, but on the con-
trary three or four were saved by
jumpinr upon tho wiren, thereby
breaking The rce os the fall. 1t was
reported Aleu- johnson and wife could
have been taved If the wires had not
obstruc.ed tho raising Of ladders,
whereas the highest ladder the do
partmunt had was raised inside
the WIGS, but was not long
enough 10 the window and
the ilnatos had TO Jump
to the 5jdewall; aud we're killed.
There were two Gre escape ladders
fastened to the house, one on Michi
gan street and one on Broadway, lead
ing froai tho top # the house to the
grounc, passing by the hall windows
of every STORY, aud only three or -four
lives wtro saved by them. Every
avenue of escspe was apparently for
gotten in the panic, and some partiei
jumped throu1h the skylight Of ar
dion ing building and were seriously
irj ard whi'o fire escape was within
three { let ,f them. The reports tel
egrsped every where that the tele
graph wires were responsible for los
of life originated in the brains of
few excited individuals who knew
nothing of the facts and cared less.
Panic Among Pstticuats
spec.af fDispatch TO me Bss
NEWPORT, Il. /, January ID =
Q iite panic prevailed at Perry's cot
ton tnill, caused by the filling Of tn
mili by steam from q boiler whio
burst. The female operatives rushe
! ~ spsll fa,yti,a FIRE tsssres and atRiy
ways, and some made ioS fsJuiL
dows, but wore prevented taking tn
fatal leap by outsiders, who assures
them there was no danger. None O
the operatives were injared. A
reached the street in less than thre
minutes. The fireman and enginee
were slightly injured by the explc
sion.
Tho st L uis Biazs,
special Dispatch to THE BEE
ST LOUIS, January 10. Tho core
ner viewed the remains of the victim
Of the Planters houss fire to-day, an
after examining several wisness gave
verdict that they came to their deaf
'om burns caused by an accidents
fire, No jury Was empanelled and u
cifJrt wls made to determine the or
gin OF the fire. The report tina
another man is miasing proves III
founded.