The daily gazette., 1883-01-11
MEN, WON EN-, CHILDREN
sURNED ALIVE IN A DEATH
TRAP.
SCENES OF HORROR IN A HOTEL.
Particulars of the Burning of the NewbaIl
House, Miiwaukee--Exact Loss OF Life
Not Yet known.

Additional particulars Of the burning of
| the Newhail House, Milwaukee, received
this morning, tell a story of horror exceed
| ing even that Of the burning of the South
| ern Hotel in St. Louis. In the building at
the time was the Minnie Palmer troupe and
General Tom Thumb aud his wife, both of
| whom made narrow escapes. Mrs. John
Gilbert, only married two days, was burned
10 death. Her husband, member Of the
Palmer troupe, is thought to be dying.
Many acts OF bravery are reported. The
fremen had great difficulty in raising their
| ladders, owing to the network Of telegraph
wires around the building.
John F. Antlsdel, principal proprietor, has
| gone crazy over the terrible affair. He ran
| up and down Michigan street moaning and
and crying, "Oh, oh? Ny God, who set that
shrel' Over his head was a black cloth,
When be came to the mangled body OF one
| of his guests, his rawlings were pitiful In the
| extreme; all efforts to soothe him failed. His
| son aud partner, James Antisdel, stood on
the street silent and undemonstrative during
the fire, as If paralyzed BY tlA horror.
TIE ORION OF THE FIRE.
Shortly before o'clock three alarms Of
fire were sounded in rapid succession. One
was from box 439, corner of Wick and
Eighteenth streets; another was q telephone
alarm and then followed the ominous sig
nal from box Is, this time signaling that
| the Newhall House was on fire. When tho
fre.nen arrived on the scene it was found
that the fire broke out In the South end of
he huge six story building In either the
fourth or fitch floor, starting from the South
east corner OF the structure, 1t spread
with lightning rapdity, and in its
deadly path human life vanished and dozens
of charred bodies marked its progress. In
| the twinkle of a moment the whole fire de-
partment, except the chemical engine,
which was left to eight the fire on Eighteenth
street, was called to the scene. A scene of
the utmost terror prevailed. The corridors
were filed with dense smoke and half stnpe-
hed persons were lying across the Railways,
while the shrieks of women and the groans
of men filled the air. Those few who ap-
/ peared on the scene did all they could
\ to rescue the bewildered guests, and
| a great many were ta1en out
Of the front entrance and from
the small Balcony running along the
| Broadway front of the building. The fire.
men went heroically to work but 1t WAS soon
1 apparent to all that efforts to save the build
ing would be fruitless. Attention was then
directed TO getting the inmates out of the
| building, bnt how unsuccessful they proved
is shown by the appalling death-list. The
jumping" cloth proved Of little assistance
/ About dozen unfortunates attempted To
| jump, but rebounded from the telegraph
wires, perfect mass Of which surrounded
the two f.cn.s Of the building.
Meantime the whole building had become
enveloped in flames, and terrific volumes of
tire and smoke shot with lightning-like
rapidity through the roof and high up into
the morning air. The fire had started In
the basement of the building near the eleva-
/ tor shaft, through which 1t had spread from
/ floor to floor, so that flames were issuing
from all parts Of the building at once. Al
5 o'clock the hotel was a mass of roaring
flames, and before the reliet engines from
/ Chicago arrived The fire had spent Its force
/ and was under control.
| Regarding the origin Of the fire Mr.. An
| tisdel said
The night watchman saw the fire 6rst, but
before he could do anything the flames shot
i up the elevator igniting every door. was
awakened by the noise and rushed out be
lore the building filed with flames and
smoke and people flying for their lives.
Il After saving my wife tried to save others.
met my father and mother in their night
| clothes and tried to get them to leave the
building, but father was apparently out OF
his head. lie said he was bound to go into
Il the flames to save the building, but by orce
got him into the street, ana being afraid
| that If | let him go he would again enter the
the flames, conducted him by force down
| Michigan street. When near the alley come
one fell from the upper door to the ground
few feet away and caused him to become
| frenzled.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The following is the list OF the burned and
/ injured SO far as has been made out
| Dead-Mary Anderson, servant; Annie
| Brown, servant; Bessie Brown, chamber
naij Mary Burns, servant; Mary Burke,
ehamocrtnaid; Libbie Challis, dressmaker,
| of this city; August Gesa, servant; Mrs.
John Gilbert, who was married only two
| lays ago to an actor In the "Minnie Pal
mer" troupe, Her home is Chicago; W. A.
Hall, miller, of Laporte, Md j. Fl. Hougs,
commercial traveller, Of Peoria, IL; @.
| HowPy, conductoron the Wisconsin Central
railroad; - Huff, insurance agent of
Iowa; Allen johnson, commission merchant
| of this city. Both he and his wife jumped
| from the window aud were killed; LiEzia
/ Kelley, servant; Mrs. Kelley, servant; Chas.
Kelsey, attendant on Tom Thumb; Kate
Lnehan, servant; Mary McDade, servant;
| Mary McMann, servant; Bridget o. onnell,
hall girl of Du Prairie, Wis; Mrs. 0'Neil,
| servant; Maggie. Owens, chambermaid; D.
| g Powers, inventor, of this city; Maggie
| Sullivan, servant; Ben Van Haag, fireman,
struck by falling telegraph pole; Thomas
g. Van Loan, capitalist, formerly of Albany,
y. Y, but since resident ol this city; Orie
| Waltersdorf kitchen girl; Catharine Mona
han, waitress.
| Injured-Mrs. l.. ". Brown; Kate Connors,
servant, of Doylestown, Pa; W. T. Durand,
insurance agent; Maggie Finnegan, servant,
Walter Gilleland, bell-boy; William Gille-
land, elevator boy; Bradley Kellogg. COM
mission merchant of Ashton, Oak; William
Mckenzie; Mary Mack, Chicago; - Men,
telle, railway cmploye; - Newhall, engi.
i neer, Of this city; Judge G. H. Reed,
formerly ef Manitowoc; - Scott, rail-
way employe; u. g. 9th passenger agent
of the Lake Shore and Michiga1 Southern
railroad; Professor W. T. Tomlins, Chicago;
Captain James Vose, United States Engi-
neer.
THE LOSS.
The loss so far as can be ascertained Is, as
was stated yesterday, about 500 900, and 10
! supposed to be nearly covered by insurance.
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THE RUINS.
Crowds Gathering Around the Burned
! Hotel--f nRlnes at Work.