Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-12
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SEARCHING FOE BODIES.


MILWAUKEE, Jan. IA force Of 1875
worknen were engaged all day at the
ruins of the ill.fated Newhan house,
searching for bodies but none were found
up to p. N. The remaining walls were
pulled down, because they endangered the
workmen, bat the north wall which is a
partition wall with the adjoining build
ing may tumble any moment.
One of the main topics of conversation,
while dwelling on the dreadful holocaust,
is the number of times the NswhalI has
been ignited through the instrumentality
of malicious persons. A gentleman who
occupied quarters in the house said the
bull ding had
BEEN SET ON FIRE
at least four times during the past two
years. Once the fire was set on chair
and placed in the hall in contact with the
elevator. On the chair had been piled
oiled kindlings. The fire got pretty good
start. The next time the fire was started
in barrel of tinder which stood in the
hall on the first floor, against the elevator.
escape. The next time hole was torn
through the plaster in the wall at the bottom
of the elevator mass of infammable stuff
inserted, which was fired and only extin-
guished with the greatest difficulty. Still
another time the fire was started near the
bar room on the first floor, adjacent to the
west side of the elevator shaft. These all
had an undoubted incendiary origin, were
started at night also, and near the elevator,
so as to prevent any idea of saving the
house. But each time
LUCK HELD SWAY,
and the blazes were blighted. With each
recurring fire the regular boarders would
say some one had spite against the
building and would yet burn it. They
would avow intentions of leaving, but as
the time would elaps&fxeir ideas would be
erased, only to &sur with another
attempt to burn the building.
This time the fire iend was successful.
as this theory seems to leave no doubt that
the building was lily constructed. Only
few weeks ago the fire was ignited in
Hendee's room from the bad CRATE, and
burned considerably before being put out.
This was supplemented by another slight
fire in Hendee's quarters last week, but no
special damage was done.
AT THE MoRGUE.
Three bodies remain at the morgue.., That
of Ottie Waltersdorf, eighteen years old
an employe, has been fully identified by
a brother residing in this city; young
Irish girl, supposed to be Dora Flanagan,
waiter, was recognized by Mary Hardy
of the Plankinton house, but not posi-
lively. The body of an elder
ly woman, apparently of Irish nationality
about forty-Ave years of age, unidentified;
medium height, dark hair, slightly tinged
with gray; on the middle finger of the right
hand is fiat band ring.
''o1ewNH1's QUEST"
A formal coroner's inquest will be held
next week after the recovery of the bodies
under the debris.
VIM. Mckenzie, night watchnen of the
hotel, makes the following
IMPORTANT STATEMENT:
On the night Of the fire had made my
rounds as usual, visiting the differ
ent lodging floors and base
ment rooms. Nothing unusual
was observed. The bar room was open
until 2 o'clock in the morning. George
Scheller,the preprietor,was there for about
three-querters of an hour after. I had
been to the wood room about o'clock,an
in opening the door leading to the bar
room saw that place still occupied. At
later hour had run the elevator down to
the bottom . of the landing
to take up gentleman who
came from the bar. Nothing like