South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-01-19

there, or would ever have found it a !.
gain. There is certainly special pro-
violence for fools. PuoNo.
a Milwaukee Wis, Death Trap.
Destroyed by Fire-Six,y Persons Con.
sunoiin the Conhasta,ion, snd Many
injured.
The following condemned account
of the tire we clip from tie W heeling
intelligencer, Of the llih inst:
The Ncwhall House, a six-s,ory
brick building. al the corner OF Mich :
lgan street and Broadway. WAS burn.
CT 10 the ground yesterday iorenpon.
The fire WAS discovered mt i y. II.
In less than half an hour the w'hele
building, which has long been desig-
mated rs death trap, WA: cnyelopcd
IN flames. Scenes of utmost terror
prevailed, the inmates OF the doomed
building jumping by dozens from the
upper stories, covering tic stone eide.
walks with lieless bodies. Tie
shricks Of the unfortunate FLIED lie
air n a heart rcnJing manner, iiac
people below bcIu., t:ilhic to render
any aid. Il uumAvr OF terrified unesis
and employees of the hotel appeared at
The windows and scoin4 the sIis'uacc
to the ground, fell back to pcris, IN
the flames. Tie cnpioyes OF tie no.
tel, which accommodated 800 guests.
numbering cighiy.siX. mostly lodged
III the sixth story The exit by Tie
way OF the roof was cut Off by the fire
and the two stand pipes with fire lad
ders were not availlji. for tue same
reason. Very few were saved hy
jumping on the canvas.
Christina iIagan. oue Of the SER
wants reported missing, is safe. i lis
makes 50 known To b. saved on; of
l77. Fifty one bodies So far have been
recovered, % Of which were burned
beyond recognition, leaving thirty
still missing. It's supposed tile re-
gistcr IL in the safe, which will be
reached by the diggers shortly. The
excavations reache:! !ho west wall to.
day. where five bodies were found in
IL heap under the location Of the ser.
wants quarter. Il is almost sure tiat
over 100 persons lost thei, lives by the
calamity.
An EN?LANATfCI
ben Tee. the heal clcr% OF lie
Newlall House. made the following
statenIent bearing on the fire Sumo,
body set the binding on ire. Down
near e." loot Of the stairs leading FROM
the inside Of The hotel to the barber
shop was i closet used for kiniIiny.
separated by only . wooden partition
from tie slIli't OF the elevator. The
fire was Pet in that closet. OF course
If burned through the partition into
the waterway before il would be far
enough IN any other direction t. be
discovered The inside h4tchway
was saturated with oil from tie ma.
chinery, especially up to the third and
fourth stories. The flames feeding OF
this oiled wood, rushed right up the
hatchway, bursting out on the third
and fourth stories, where it was first
seen from the outside. 1t was the
burning OF the oiled wood up the
ha;chway that made such dense
smoke and terrible heat. Nam of
the saved were terribly burned BY the
heat, although they did not come in
contact with The flames.
A Hint to Smokers.-An English
worl<ingmau. Just past thc middle age,
found that bis pipe, which had for
many years been a great comfort to
BIN, was beginning 10 tell on his
nerves. Before giving it w. howe
yer, he determined 10 fluid out iftherc
was no way by which be might con.
time to smoke without feeling lis ct.
iects to au Injurious extent. lie &C
cOrdlngly wrote to a medical journal,
and was recommended O fix tie bowl
OF tie pipe one third full oftable salt.
and press the tobacco hard down up
on IL. as in ordinary smoking. The
result was very satisfactory During
the process of smoking the salt soIidi-
iies, whjlc remaining porous. and
when tho hardened lump is removed
at the md Of days smoking it Is
found ~ have absorbed SO much of
the OIL Of tobacco as 20 be deeply col.
ored The salt should be renewed
daily.
Tie best medicine of The ag1 for
quickly curing Indigestion, nervousness
ctc, IS Browns Iror Bit,efs.