Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-20
A HOTEL HORROR,

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A rhree-story Hotel conapses, the Rain,
Catch Fire and Thirteen Of tia Inmates
are Roasted to Death-Heart-Rendir,x
appeals Of the Victims aid.
+ - GREEsvILLRsTEx..A April Z. -
This morning our town was horrifi<d beyond
measure by the most dreadful calamity ever
known in Texas. The Ende Hotel, a three
story brick building, fell with a terrible crash
that fairly shook the earth. As the multitude
of people rushed around it they were terrified
TO hear the shrieks and cries OF the inmates,
who were crushed beneath the mass of ruins,
with the mad flames rolling above them and
coming nearer and nearer, till all sounds were
hushed in the sea of Ere. s--s ssAssssss's1-as.a'
THE KILLED.
Mrs. W. e. Pruitt, proprietress, whose plead
ing for relief from her prison in the ruins
melted the hardest hearts. wC
George Pruitt, a crippled son of the pro-
prietress, was burned while begging for relief
> which no mortal could give.s 'aaaaAsa'
Louis Albert jeweler, was burned to death.
F. ID. N. Riley, contractor, was crushed to
death.
Frank West, railroad freight clerk, crushed
todeath. ltrttaa-aeS
r. R. Neal. cotton buyer; manner of death
unknown. 3 ts.syss "a p
death.
]. E. Ford, telegraph line repairer. crushed
to death.
Hill, mattress-maker, manner of death I'M
known, and four negro servants, crushed to
death. -.
All the above victims were buried beneath
the ruins beyond human aid, some being killed
instantly and others being cremated in the
eurging flames. Up to this hour few humps
OF cnarred flesh and bones have been removed
from the ruins, representing the remains of
SIX human beings, some just skull, others
the body, with limbs all burned of, making q
horrible sight.
THE INJURED.
The inmates of the house who escaped were:
w. ID. Pruitt, son of the proprietress. badly
bruised and mangled.
DIR. T. r. Turner, horribly burned and teri
bly, crushed; he may die. -,..
NJ G. Mars Dangerfeld, badly bruised.
. d. c. Bell, painter
X. n. Denton, carpenter.
Tom Victors, butcher.
Lewis Morreys.
b Charles Brown.
E. L. r. X. Conductor.
Percy Cox, of Honey Grove.
w. F. Mcclure, "a stranger from Tennessee.
Friend Ende, owner of the building, and his
wife and two daughters
negro girl an employe.
The stories told by survivors begcars de.
scription. DIR. Turner lay beneath timbers till
they burned in twain. releasing him, but not
until he was badly burned and mangled. Mr..
Denton was imprisoned and would have killed
himself to escape burning to death but a
second crash of falling walls released him.
One man -
CUT HIS THROAT
when he found the flames consuming him. NJ. /,
d. Pruitt raved Ike maniac when he knew
OF his mothers horrible death. and it REQUIRED
several strong men to save him from plung-
ing headlong into the flames.
teiegrem was sent to Sherman for the fire
engine, which came at the speed of q mile a
minute, arriving at daylight. For six hours il
poured stream of water into the flames. but
too larp TO save any lives.
Inc cause of the calamity is uncertain II il
thought an explosion of powder in a hardware
store, which had caught fire in the first story |
olew out the west wall, causing the entire
building to come down with crash of death.
The stores of James Armstead, hardware.
Gee Wilson and X. L. Lowenstein, agricul-
turai implements, with some minor buildings
were burned; all partially insured. Business
houses are all closed to-day, and a gloom
bangs deep and dark over our city The ex-
cavatons still go on. The railroads acted
noply IN clearing their roads for the train
gearing the fire engines. They also offer other
relief. The telegraph offices are flooded with
news going and coming from all sections. and
no thought is entertained and no subject die.
cussed but the terrible visitation of fire and
1eath. ..l.I..l'' :