The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-11
A Milwaukee Man-Trap, Called by tonr-
tesy a Hotei. Burns, Entaiiipga
Frightful Loss Of HUI
man Life.
A Bride Of Only Two Days is Roasted
In Sight of SorrOWiGl Bnt
Helpless
Multitude, and the Scenes Of Suffering
Are Said TO Defy Human Des-
ERUPTION.
The Heroes of the Hoar Are Equal 10
the Emergency,
And Humanity Has Credit Entered ON
Heavens Ledger.
The Minnie Palmer Troupe Alleged 10
Have Perished,
But the RumOr Happily Lacks Definite
Confirmation.
i
But the Rumor Happily Lacks Deiinit
Confirmation.
Other Foreign and Domestic News
Milwaukee Horror.

the ground this morning. The fire was dis a
covered at 4 a. M, and, in less than half an ;
hour, the whole Luilding, long designated
as a death.trap, was in flames. A scene of
the utmost terror prevailed, the inmates of
the doomed building jumping by dozens
from the upper stories and covering the
stone sidewalks with lileless bodies. The
shrieks of the uniortunates in the building
filed the air and were heartrending, the
peope below being unable to render
any aid. Quite q number Oh
terrified guests and employees of the
hotel appeared ut the windows, and seeing
the distance to the ground. fell back to per
lsh in the flames. The employees OF the ho-
tel, which accommodated $50 guests, num-
bered Sc, mostly lodged in the sixth story,
and exit by way of the roof was cut oil by
the fire. The stand.pipes with fire ladders
were not available for some reason. Very
FEW WERE SAVED
by jumping on canvass. The stores and
offices on the ground floor, with contents,
were destroyed. There were on the Michi-
gan street side, offices of the Mutual Union |
| Telegraph company, j. Ill. Baughartners,
sign.painting shop, and Burdicks & Armit- |
age, job printers. On the broadway |
| front there were the Manu- |
facturers' bank, Neapolitan plate
glass company; offices occupied by
| insurance agents; Charles Crainc, William
L. Durand, j. L. Hewitt, G. T., Hitlard Il
Co., T. w. Montgomery q Co., r. NJ. We'll,
West e. Myers, l.. A. Wheeler and j. IL.
Watson, agents OF the Canada Southern
railway, offices OF the Nelson coal yard,
Merchants Dispatch Line and number OF
Wholesale establishments. The business
houses and offices on East Water street
we're damaged by fire and tho falling walls
of the buildings. William S. Caudle,
cashier of the Manufacturers bank, car
ried the cash box of the institution,
containing money and land papers,
amounting to 100000, out of the
flames. The insurance agents and general
offices on the first floor scarcely saved any
papers. The insurance on the hotel is
!, stated by c. d. Nash, president of the New
hall House association, at SIPS OO0-all
held in Cincinnati agencies. The loss is
SCARCELY TO BE ESTIMATED
at this hour, but will reach $500, 600. There
/ we're comparatively few guests in the hotel,
q The req lister was burned and the exact loss
of life is not determinable, but will reach
0 fifty to sixty deaths and twenty to thirty
# wounded So far. twenty-three bodies
@ are in the morgue and nine
', more in places near the river,
Identification comes in slowly. Among
c those known to have been in the hotel are
$ g. A, Briggs, Grand Rapids, Michigan; n
. NJ, Miller, Ripon George Young, Chicago
y !. A. Manning, Chicago; W. ID. Lewis, Chi
d cage; Il Baker. New York; j. Y. Mahoney
d Rocb island; W. J. Hill, Syracuse, New
IL York. \. b. Handy, New Haven, Connect
cut; A. J. Case, New York; i. b. Habler
., Charles A. Handy, Milwaukee; the Ton
II Thumb party; OTgone Williams; j. A
s. Pringer and wife, Shebogan Falls, j. q
g. Clark, Warsaw; Mr.. Lowell, Sanford ant
1 Rowel, Medford, Ben Tice, chief clerk
- John Ii. Autisdel, clerk; John II, Autisdel
y proprietor; Benjamin Mason, Milwaukee
lie ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
h CHICAGO, Jan. l0.--The Western Unioi
= wires between here and Milwaukee are un
northwest all are down. There has beef
very little additional to the press report o
the Newhall house fire received here up t.
1880. Severe cold hampered the iiremei
10 and caused them great suffering. Thre
20 steamers went from Chicago AZ ESQ in re
Spouse to call from the mayor, togethe
10 with two men and LOCO yard
% extra hose. The train bearing them, whicl
+ went over the Chicago & Northwestern, con
is sisted OF five cars, and went to Milwaukee
re 90 miles, in only little over an hour. 1t
:, reported here that the Minnie Paine
10 troupe, which was at the Newhall house
U, were lost, but this has not been confirmed
III TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
-, MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1880 far as known
Nv the following are dead: Allen johnson
IN commission merchant, Milwaukee, Kit
o Baily and May Bearn, servants OF W. "A
es Hall Miller Laparte. Ben Van Boay
eI fireman, struck by falling telegraph pole
m Lizzie Kelly, Maggie Owens, Hall, ANN
20 and Bessie Brown, Kate Stouohavan Mag
=, y. gie Sullivan, Augusta Yelse, Mary Nj
m Dove, all servants Thomas Il. Van Horr
70 Mrs. j. J. Hav, Marco, Illinois; ID. !
n. Powers, Mrs. Brown and Mary Burk,
ed Mary Anderson. Mary Miller, Mary NJ,
of Mahon, Mary Cone, servants. FoIowin
no are the missing: w. y. Durand, insu
N. ance agent George G.. Smith, passeng,
ee railway; Mrs. S. W, Browne, Miss @. Belle
~ dressmakcr; Walter and William Gilett
y Seriously injued are; Orange William
X. residence unknown; d. j. Rice, clerk OF II
,al house; l., Brown, train-master Northwes
cS ern railr ad; Z. b. Elliott, Law
NV yer; w. Il. Buzbach, general ives
to ern passenger agent Michigan Centr
pr railway; Il. Burns, Mary owen
IL. Mamie Mclaughlin, Kelly Corners, boy
for stem, servants IL can safely be SAID thi
40 sixty people are dead and Thirty serious
ID wounded. The mayor has called NEE
To ing of the chamber oicommerce to organii
in. q salvage corps to
ed SEARCH THE RUINS.
nj. About q week ago the. secretary OF u
/, II board OF underwriters applied to make
,ce rate on the building. that local ogenci
M. might take risks; the building was cons
,ts cred death.drap and the risks refused.
mi Tom Thumb and the Madison Squa
III companies are oil saved so lar as learne
,re Mrs John Gilbert, Of the Minnie Palm
aw troupe, married only two days ago, burn'
nd to death in sight ofthe multitude.
m. The following guests are known ~ save
w orNonly slightly hurt Edward Polloc
Lancaster, Wisconsin Rowell sanfor
nd Modford, Wisconsin; Carl Briggs, Graz
a Rapids. Michigan John Q. Clark, Wa
his on J. II; Dewa, agent S o. me sire srs
ms lines; George +. Lee, northwe
c ne Rock Roe Island & Pacific; j. W. MaIwe
40, Cincinnati; ]. COIN, New York. M. Web,
he Ia Porte; James s. Wardroth, New YoI
ale The scenes at the morgue, where M
Al tUenty.three bodies are lying IN ghas,
In heap on the floor Of the small room, q
tie. heartrending
ted prroxp HUMAN DESCRIPTION.
nj A strong police force is necessary to Ike
ary anxious enquirers In line. Nineteen bod
sa. have been identified, eight are
10 yond recognition. Mrs, Gilber
ors body has been positively i'd,
her lifted, IL was touching scene,
one bride of a night laying upon the cold m
.ea bic. charred aud bruised, with anguish
,er. picted In her delicate features. 1t said
'bis was Miss Sutton, Of Chicago. previous
nm. her marriage with Gilbert, who Is mi
i'm i'm. dened beyond control. The iiremen ma
The superhuinan efforts. Eleven waiier'gi
re. were brought safely acSoss , TN, 'a ~,
q" Of the hotel TO e roof
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