Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-13
SCENES 4 ND INCIDENTS
HORRIBLE BEYOND
DESCRIPTION.
THE FITZ JOHN PORTER
BILL PASSES THE
H OF S E.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR
ANCE OF A ST. LOUIS
BE L l. E.
The Milwaukee Fire.
MILWAUKEE, Jan.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 10.
i. Anderson, of this city, VINO was 1T
the Newhall- house fire, gives the. fol.
lowing thrilling description: | sat on
the window-siii of my room, and saw
flames take my bed, my clothes. the
floor sink in mass OF fame before |
escaped by sliding down the rain spout,
which ran along my window. l had
the room on the corner of Michigan
street and Broadway, on the fourth
fl or. Ii was nearly | O'Clock in the
morniug when | went to bed, having
been in the company OF J.. A. Blown
of Philadelphia, and, poor fellow, saw
him afterwards 60 down TO his death in
mass of flames without beng able to
help him. 1t was awful I walked up
stairs To my room, as the elevator lad
stopped RAINING at hali-past l. On
my way up met only the watnhman
OF the house. and | asked him how ]
could escape in case Of fire. He sail,
Easy enough there were two ways
one by the stairway, another by going
through labyrinth D: halls to the
frcnt.' Browns room was opposite
mioe. | went to bed after that and
, was awakened by
THE HORRIBLE >HEIEkS
cf burning women and groans oi burn
iny men. II was hell itself, 50 terrible
seemed 20 be the sound The flames
were cracking all around. and when |
! opened the door a great mass of smoke
and flame rushed in, aud | became
stitiad. | was unable again to shut the
| door. and the smoke almost killed Inc.
| had nothing on bat q gauz7 under
shirt | felt my strength leaving me.
| was choking I sank TO the floor and
| | thought | was gone. but my senses
| had not altoge Their left M, and | gath
| cred myself up as best | could and
made toward the window. BY des-
| perate effort | succeeded in getting
there ! sank s-ain TO the floor, but
| rallied and attempted t, raise the win
| dow. 1t was So well balanced that it
! yielded at once TO my puay et11r6 and
| went up. | leaned cut and the fresh
air revived ME, and Consciousness re-
turned. | looked down below aud saw
| tirenen and police holding a uat:rass.
They shouted for me 70 jump GA the
telegraph wires, but | refused. |
saw the ladders against the
| building. sat down on the
window sill and saw everything
so down--ny clothing, valise, every
thing. Unable to save anything, |
shouted, | begged, implored for those
below to save me. They saw me. bu1
gave me no help. | sag my frleni
come from bis room and attempt to
| come to ire through the mass OF Il mes.
but saw him 90 into the vortex of
fl .me to hls death. Or. such sight.
| Il VAS
TOO HORRIBLE TO IMAGINE.
saw the tin spout it was partly COW
ere6 with ice. TIRE w"fnen and one
man had tried ~ descend. and they
landed in The Valley of Death. They
| lost their hold AMI tel to the street
belu~. It was the only means Of
escape LETT | seiz-d IS with the frantic
eft,rt of despair. Everything inside
my room was gone. | caught the spout
3 vic9- like grip aud cammenced to slide.
| Sometimes | slid from six to twelve
ieet, and a. others but q few inches.
Bat kept going down, using the ice
made by the hose rs foothold end
catch for my hands. which you see are
! t.rrif,'Y biistered. | went clear down
| 20 the cellar, fifteen feet below the
! street. but was alive. clad only 10 ny
| ,apz: uDdershirs. On my way down
| saw twr li5tle girls stan,lingin a win
dow on the third story, and they
| a.k.I me 10 save them, but /
! was ppwsri~ss to give :hesn aid, and
| had 10 see those innocents, not
/ over six years old, swallowed mp
by the frish5fui flames. | saw Kelsey,
| Tom Thumbs criorei servant, @ down
with the w;di. He was csinging 20 the
window sill in the fifth s:ofy. i walked
| out to fne from. a,ui went up stairs into
the Office, where found w0tnan, who
/ was
| TEARING HER HAIR.
| could not zee hpr face, ana do :,ot know
who he was. | snoae To her. hut she
.nok no notice 81 noe. ! seizel her by
he anki's and dragged her duwu
bodily, Thus saving her life. vent
across t. the express office, where | saw
Anti.del, who was leaning over Mrs.
Johnson. He said. 81 am crazy; you
rub this woman. | want to 60 save my
children" | was In a condition to be
rubbed myself, heing baked and chilled.
| said to a fireman srauiing By, Il have
lost everything He said, 8 You are
alive Pointing to q man who was
hanging from iifth.story window, he
said, How would you ike to change
places with him. Somebody gave me
\ coat, and l walked four blocks iii my
bare feet to the Plankiuton House. |
was beside myself. met WOMAN, who
threw a shawl over me. aud said,
Here, poor boy, take that. " | 60,
clothing, such as it was, from strangers
It the Piarkinton House. never
want to 60 through such an experience
again.