The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
ANOTHER HOTEL HORROR,

| a Texas Hotel Caves In, Burying fhe In-
mates In the Debris, which Then Take
Fire-Thirteen People Either Crushed or
Burned to Death in the Mass of Ruins
Suicide of One Victim to Escape tle Slow
Torture of the ResistIess Flames.
asg a GREENvILLE, Tex, April Q.
Saturday morning there occurred the most
dreadful calamity ever known il Texas.
The Ende Hotel, three-story brick building
fell with a terrible crash that fairy shook
the earth AS the people rushed .;round it
they were terrified to hear the shieks and
cries of the inmates, who We're crushed be-
meath. the mass of ruins. A fire broke out
and the imprisoned victims were burned to
| death. The killed and burned victims are
| as follows: a. ao 4va..
Mrs. E. W. Prlitt. the proprietress
George Pruitt, crippled son of the proprfe-
tress, burned while begging for relief.
Louis Albert, jeweler, burned alive. I'd
Il. ID. N. Riley, contractor, crushed to death.
Frank West, a railroad freight clerk, crushed
to death. ta8 EcdHf &G.ata- a
r. r. Meals, cotton buyer, manner of death
Miss Lou Davis, chambermaid, burned to
death. So -a4ss3 ta4sB1h sSss9
J: E. Ford, telegraph line repairer, crushed
to death. -s
Mr. Hill, a mattress maker, manner of death
unknown; and four negro servants crushed
to death. nfs .g rsaa sos 81
All the above victims were buried be-
meath the ruins beyond human aid, some be-
ing killed instantly, and others being Gre
mated in the singing flames Up to this
hour a few humps of charTed flesh and
bones have been removed, representing the
remnants of six human beings. OF some
only the skulls remain; of Others the bodies,
with the limbs burned off, making a sight
horrible beyond description.
The inmates of the house who escaped
were: ESQ s91Ase -
W. D. Pruitt, son of the proprietress, badly
bruised and mangled. n9s8 nHt8
DR.. T. r, Turner, horribly burned and terri.
bly, cruShed may die
M. G. Mars, badly bruised. --
The slightly injured are as follows:
D. c. Bell, painter.
K. NJ. Denton, carpenter. t-iEsa.tz si.5I &
Tom Motors, butcher. Me- lTatt7-a 'as. ...,rl
Lewis Morreyschap, conductor.
Percy Fox, of Honey Grove. @ -Al-s lt5st3
w. f. Mcclure, stranger from Tennessee.
Fred Ende, owner of the building, and his
wife and daughter. ~ '~t3e +" e
A negro girl employee. .t.ils5 f.aaa
DR.. Turner lay beneath the timbers till
they burned in twain, thus releasing him,
but not until he was badly burned and
mangled. Mr.. Denton was Imprisoned, and
would have killed himself to escape burn
ing to death, but second crash of the fall
ing walls released him. One man cut his
throat when he found the flames were
consuming him. w. d. PrJIitt raved
like maniac when he knew oil
his mothers horrible death, and it required
several strong men to save him from
plunging headlong into the flames. A tele-
gram was sent to Sherman for fire engine,
which came at the speed of mile minute,
arriving at daylight. 1t poured stream OF
water into the flames for six hours, but toe
late to save any lives. The cause
of the calamity is. uncertain. Z 1t is
thought an explosion of powder in hard
ware store, which had caught fire in the
first story, blew out the west wall,
causing the entire building to come
down with crash. The stores OF
James Ornlstead, hardware, Gee &
Wilson and H. Lowenstein, agricultural inn
plements, with some minor buildings, were
burned; all partially insured. The rail.
roads acted nobly in clearing their roads fol
the train bearing the fre-engine. They also
offer them relief. The telegraph offices are
flooded with dispatches, going and coming
from all sections, and'no subject is dis Used
but the terrible visitation of fire and death.