Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-12
FIRE AT MILwAUKEE.
Tie NewhaIi HOUSE burned win
Loss of 100000.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan lO.-lne New
hall housc was DESTROYED by fire this morn
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my "hic 'ne A"'s'' WV -
rers ms persisted in the ilames. III was SIN
story building. Tie hotel was a mere shell.
M h,.o,,,o,,, ,,os djvidoJ into offices and
NJ '''e
besldes' Il large jon pruning U.s.
Enlistment Scenes of the utmost terror
inmates iunpinr by dozens from
s-..'..i,,. ,,,a s,,,,o .;dovolks
upstairs s'o''eS' r'''',"b ."' ''o,'' 49,,
with liiclcss bodies. Shrltks OF inc uh'or-
Inmates filled the air. In hoait-rcnding
,,ornor =, nuuhcr nf terrified rucsls and en-
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pIoyes Oh INC ho'e,, "li'e"''" u, '"' "'''o"S
and seeing Inc distance To inc srouhu ici
hack to perish in the namcs. The employees
of the hotel numbered Sc and were mostly
lodged in the sixth story. Exit by way OF
the roof was cut of by fire,
and two stand pipes with fire
ladders were not available Tor
the same reason. very few were aaved
by jumping on canvas. Among those known
TO have been in the hotel are the Tom Thumb
party, {. o. Biisgi U. Grand Rapids, Mich,
n. Miller OF Riptun, George Young OF Chi
cago, j \. Manning of Chicago, X n.
Island, H., W. }. Hi, Of Syracuse, n. y,
A. b. llendy Of New Haven, Conn, a. j.
Case of New York, o. llobler OF Chicago,
s. }. Craig of DpsMoiGes, Chas y. Handy
of Milwaukee, Orange Williams and D.
A. irincc and swife Of Shcioyran Falls
John &. Clark of Warsaw, n. howell OF san
ford, Mr. Rpwell Of Modford, Ben Ticc, thu
chief clerk, John ii. Antisdel proprietor, ant
Benz. Mason, teacher, OF Milwaukee,
John Antisdcl, proprietor oil the Ncwhal
! House, is raving maniac running up ant
down the street crying ION, my God, Win
sci tia fire y I'll j. I'M, commercial
traveller Oh syracuse n. y, is among th'
saved.
The fire started apparently on Tue thir'
floor oil the building over the SIDE entrance
Before tine fire department got steane
fairly in position fumes envc!oped the whole
southeast corner OF Inc building. VIII
lightning like rdpidty the flames were car
rtd 10 the northern wing and some blunder
ing individual, seeing the reelection OF th'
holocaust on tie SKY, tuned the alarm iron
box u, causing the loss OF WORK OF ON
steamer Tor ten inmates JuSt Wheh tne ni'
was at Its worst ana every WINDOW In I'M
huge building lined WITH shricklnS humanity
n vast crowd hal gathered, bnt lew nae
selt-po s. ssion and luton enough 10 zen,
a helping hand Many OF the victims might
have teen saved II immcdlate attempts a
systematic rescue had been made.
The halls OF the hotel were the scene o
the widest confusion. Men, women nh'
children rushed up and down IN the dens'
suilocatlng smoke avoiding inc biInd'h!
flames aud roaring blaze, and IL Their iran
nc efforts rushing by the stair"aYs anG WIN
dows leading 10 the ilrc escapes sluhDllh!
over bodies lying unconscious. maj
stood ON The cormct OF Tie iiith story ~ MN
litcs not daring to leap: Finally he became
bewlldered by the smoke and slid oil lh'
perch 10 the canvas below. The lew who
held it coHli not give it the necessary resist
ance ami the body was shattered 10 lliclcss
ness. All the while hundreds OF PEG
pie were looking on, nobody rt
spending. to the demands OF tn'
officers for aid. Everybody seemed spell
bound 10y the terrible spectacle. Above The
last unfortunate sat a man crouchcd upon +
window sill gazing like one absont-mindcl
into the fiery abyss motionl' S. aut from tlm'
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