The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-12
Occupants Are Roasted to Death-FOnr
or Five Business Houses
We're Also Burned Sherman Sends q
Steamer to Her Sister City's
Rescue-Craft, the Ashland Alleged
Murderer is About to Prove
His Innocence-Sch@fer, Americas
Champion, Wins the Billiard
Prize-A Cincinnati Judge Squelches
Bucket Shops in That City.
Other Interesting Items by Telegraph.

GREENvGLLE, April 7.-TSpecial. Last
night soon after midnight, terrible crash
was heard, and the cry of fire rang out
upon the air. 1t proved to be
the falling in and burning OF
the Ende hotel. About forty guests and
attendants were in the building at the time.
Some who had not retired
got out with difficulty. Others
aroused from sleep by the fall, saw
death by fire awaiting them.
The cries of the imprisoned for
help, were heartrending i'll the extreme.
Some escaped, others perished. The hotel,
with four or five business houses in its rear,
Gee was destroyed. A steamer
was telegraphed for from Sherman
by our mayor, and three hours later was
on the ground. The charred remains of
the uniortunates are being taken out at
this writing. 1t is impossible TO give the
names of the lost.
The hotel, which was kept by Mrs. N. Il.
Pruitt, formerly OF Jefferson, had about
thirty persons in at the time of the fall.
Mr.. Jeff Mason, city marshal, was the first
on the ground and gave the alarm by firing
his pistol. Persons rushing to the rescue
met some of the untortunates escaping from
the debris in their night clothes. Those
who escaped, did so with difficulty, and
some received serious injuries. Those res
cued were as follows: Mr.. Fred Eude,
owne. of the hotel, wife and two daughters;
w. G.. Pruitt, of the hotel; Harry Miller,
Charles Brown, formerly conductors on the'
East Line railroad DR.. T. r. Twiner, who
escaped with serious injuries; Lewis Nor
ris; z. C. Cox, of Honey Grove; w. f. Nc
Clure, of Nashville, Tennessee; D. G. Bell,
contractor on the Narrow gauge; Mr.. Means,
Of DangerEeld Mr.. Victors, and several
servants
The following persisted: Mrs. n. E. Pru.
lit, George Pruitt. Miss Lou Davis, Frank
West, freight clerk of the Missouri-Pacitic
depot; Captain +. D. N. Riley, contractor
and builder Mr.. Denton, II R Neal,
cotton buyer of Pulaski, Tennes-
see; Louis Albert, jeweler;
MIR. Hill, John Ford, line repairer of the
Western Union Telegraph company. and
four colored boys. The fragmei is of five
bodies have been recovered, among them
those of Mrs Pruitt and Miss Davis. The
others were 81 charred as not to be identi-
fled. The search for other bodies is still
going on.
The shrieks for help of those imprisoned
beneath the ruins caused the blood of the
hearers to run cold The sad event has
cast gloom over our prosperous town.
Business is suspended, and the houses
are closed to-day.
Memorial sery ices will be held in the
Methodist church tomorrow a. O'Clock
D. IN. IL is generally supposed thai tts
falling of the building caused the fire 90
spread to the adjoining buiiding cansins
heavy losses upon the following parties !;
Fred Ende, loss, $4,000; insurance, SlO,-
00O.
James Armstead hardware; loss about
SO 600; insurance, $1,000.
X /. Lowenstein, dealer in hardware
and agricultural implements; loss, about
$4,000: insurance, $500.
Gee & Wilson, dealers in agricultural i'm
plements;loss. Sl5, 600; insurance, $500.
Mrs. n. +. Pruitt, hotel furniture; loss,
about $1,000; insurance, $500.