The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-11
SIXTY BURNED OR KILLED.
Mrs. John Gilbert, Of the Minnie
Palmer Troupe, Two Days
Bride. One Of the victims.
LUCKY ESCAPE OF THE NUGGETS.
Partial List OF the Dead, Wounded.
and Missing Eiearfrcnding scenes
at the Morgue-The Loss
and Insurance.
&C.. &c.. &c.


The fire was discovered at A. NJ, and in
less than half IN hour the whole building,
long designated as q death-t,ap, was envel-
oped in flames.
SCENES OF UTMOST TERROR
prevailed. The inmates OF the doomed
building jumped by dozens from the mp
per stories. covering the stone sidewalk
with litcless bodies. The shriels Of the
uniortunates flied the air in helrtrcnd-
ing manner. The people below were I'M
able to render any aid. Quite number OF
the terrified quests aud employees Of the
hotel appeared at the wi nd)ws, and seeing
the distance 10 the ground, fell back TO
perish in the flames. The employees Of the
hotel, which accommodated 500 guests.
numbered eighty-siX, and mostly lodged
in the sixth story. Exit by way OF the roof
was cut off by the fire, and the stand-pipes |
with the tire-ladders were not available for
the same reason. Very few were saved by
jumping on canvas.
THE EXACT Loss NOT DETEININABLE.
Comparatively few OF the guests on the
hotel register were burned, and the exact
loss Of life is not determinable. but it will
reach from fifty to sixty dead and from
twenty to thirty wounded. 20 far twenty
three bodies are in the mOrgue and nine
more in places near the ruins. Idcntiiica-
ton comes on slowly.
THE KNOWN DEAD.
So far rs known the following are dead
Allen Johnson. commission merchant, OF
Milwaukee. and wife; Kitty Baily and
Mary Burns, servants; w. 4. Hall, miller.
OF Laporte: Ben Van Hang. fireman,
struck by a falling telegraph-pole; Lizzie
Kelley, Maggie Owens, - Hall, Annie
and Bessie Brown. Kate Stanchan. Maggie
sullivan. August Giese, and Mary Me-
Lade--all servants; Thomas EyanthOrn. OF
AbbOts, y. Y; J. J. IIaugh. OF Maroa,
H.; d. q. Powers. Mrs. Brown, Mary
Burke. Mary Anderson. Mary Miller. Mary
Mcmahon, and Mary ConroY-ail SER
wants.
THE MESSING.
The following persons are missing: W.
T. Durand. insurance agent; George Smith,
paSsengcragcnt Of the Lake Shore and Mich
lgan Southern railway; Mrs. L. W. Brown;
Miss Challis. dressmaker; Walter and VIII
liam Gililand.
TIE SERIOUSLY INJURED
arc Orange Williams, residence unknown:
BENJAMIN Tice. clerk Of tie house; J.. W.
Brown. trainnaster on the Northwestern;
f. r. Elliott, lawyer, fatally; w. Il. Buc-
scnbach. general western passenger agent
Of the Michigan Central railroad; Rose
Burns, Mary owens, Mamie Mclaughlin,
aud Kitty Connors, OF Doylestown-all
servants.
It may safely be said that sixty persons
are dead and thirty seriously injured.
The Mayor has called meeting TO or
ganize a salvage corps 10 search the runs. |
About q week ago the secretary OF the local
Board OF Underwriters was applied to to
make a rate on the building. that local
agencies might take risks thereon, A. the
building was considered
ADEATH-TEAP,
and risks lad been refused.
Tom Thumb and party and the Madison |
Square Company are all safe Is ftr rs
learned. Both troupes were in the hotel |
BRIDE BURNED TO DEATH.
Mrs.. John Gilbert, OF the Minnie-Palmer I.
Troupe, married only two days ago, was /.
burned to death In the sight OF the multi /
tude. Three steamers went from Chicago I
at ten minutes to G in response to a call /
from the Mayor. The train bearing them (
went over the Chicago and Northwestern 4
nihoad. and consisted Of five ears. 1t /
Went 10 Milwaukee, 4 distance OF ninety !
miles, in only little over IN hour.
CHASTITY SCENES 1T TIE MORoUE.
The scenes at the Morgue. where now f.
thirty-two bodies arc lying in ghas.ly /
heap on the floor OF the small room. are .
beyond human power OF de- /
scription. \ strong police force Is neccs-
sary to keep the anxious inquirers in line. /
Nineteen bodies have been identified and /
eight bodies are beyond recognition. Mrs.
John Gllbert's body has been positively
identified. Il is said she was Miss Sutton,
Of Chicago, before she married Gilbert,
who is inconsolable.
4 HEARTLEss PROCEEDING.
The Fire Department called for assist
ance from the soldiers Home. but General
Sharp refused 10 send an engine, at which
there is general indignation.
The Chicago aud Racine relief steamers
are now on tue way here, but the fire is
now under control
FIRENEN DOING NOBLE WORK.
The 6remen made superhuman efforts,
and eleven waiter-girls were brought safely
across ladders stretched over al alley from
nm adjoining bank building. The Jump
ing-cloth did little service. About dozen
attempted TO jump, bat re-
bounded from the telegraph wires, per-
feet network OF which surrounded the two
fronts of the building.
The APPEALS FOR AID
were piteous; but little could be done.
-hortly before the Newhali-HOuse alarm Il
part OF the Fire Department was called TO
/ small fire about three miles distant, and
before the engines were in working order
.he hotel was blazing pile. Tom Thumb
rot out through the front entrance, and his
wife was brought down The fire-escape by
fireman. w. ii. Compton, the Misses Her
bert and Dunlap, and I. Lovelle, OF the
Madison-S1uare company. arrived by the
express, and the whole party.
lnly partially dressed, were saved by the
ire-escape.
LOSS AND INSURANCE.
The hotel was built by Daniel Newhall
md his associates in 1857. The original cost
was 1885,, 200; total cost, including furnish
M, S277,O William L. CrImer, OF the
tUening Wisconsin. was saved through
he heroic efforts OF Charles Crossing, n
Sentinel printer. Chief-Clerk Tice, who
lad narrow escape. says OF one hundred
md ten bOarders aud Einety employees in
he hotel so far tifty-eight are unaccosnted
or. The Milwaukee companies had re-
used TO take risks on the building The ]
insurance amounted to Sl25, 900. all held in
-'incinnati. The loss will probably aggre-
.ate half 4 million, including those Of
raiders OF various kinds on the ground
loors OF the hotel and in adjoining build
ngs.
LIST OF THE SUFFERERS.