Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-01-18
THE MILWAUKEE HORROR.
Thrilling Scenes In ana About the Bla
ing Dpnth-Trau


of tumultous excitement and deer
mourning on the 10th inst. A cal.
amity that has long been feared and
dreaded has at last ovortaken her; and
now that it has come, the details are
horrible beyond description-equa
as horrible rs those connected with the
loss Of the steamer Lady Elgin, Sept.
Is, 1860, when four hundred and over
resident Milwaukeeans found watery
graves in Lake Michigan. The New
hall house has been licked up by o
fierce conilagration, and been convert
ed into funeral pyre, on which have
perished scores of human beings, of
every rank in life from the humble
servant to the opulent business man.
Such bodies rs have been recovered
lie side by side in the morgue, with
blood-staincd features and mangled
bodies, to be wept over by loving rcla-
tives and friends and stared at by
motley throngs whose only desire is
the qualification of idle curiosity.
THESE MANGLED DEAD
cnIpraGG young ana oIu' maIc ana le-
maze aIiKe' ana they arc crowded so
cloSeto cach other lliat tlere Is scarce
y room 10 pass between them'
II Is siSht caiculaleu 10 Shock
the strongest nerves and melt
'hG heartS Oh inc most oDdurate.
Inc ilre was llrSt discovered at 1
o CLOCK H. M Just soulll OF thc man
entrance; III originated III the base
meht anu shot win thc raPiuity OF the
alr current up inc smart 10 the roof.
linus Ihe names maze theil appearance
on every hoor Almost simultaneously,
anu aS lhc elevator shait was SITUATED
nU", ;no "p,'. LIa ''"Lt ~ v"'o WIS "'9o 30
off tbo retreat Of those ocrunvinT tL9e
southorn tirrs of rooms on The ibrrc
upprr floors and n little later involving
retreat from the second and third doors
also, In addition to this stairway ono
of similar dimensions existed st thc
north end Of thn lobby which monv
of thn rnnsts ovo;lnd themselves Of IN
their liiUht for safety Means of cyit
also existed ot north end of thc h,ll On
thc fourth floor through n window nro.
tnatnd Inv iron shutters loodinr td tbo
roof of thc building odioining to thc
nortb A covered nossorn-w5v wcst-
ward across tbn oilev from tho fonrtb
floor and an uncovered passage was
from the fifth floor, in the same direc-
ton, also afforded means of escape, but
unfortunately few of the panic-stricken
occupants of the building bethOught
themselves of these. In fact those who
had been aroused from deep slumber
awakened to find their rooms so filled
with smoke that they were at once
DRIVEN TO THE WINDOWS
for rclief from sur,oco,ion. and rnor
nor,iolIv roroynrin~ tbo dnmos L,J sn
for smrc,d thrnurb tbe LoIIworS tbat
on,v nnr of two alternatives rcmo;noJ
to remain in their rooms and be
burned to death, or to Jump to the
pavement oclow ana meet certain, per-
maps instantaneous, death IN that man
ncr' by inc tlme the iIrc department
reached the scene IN response to the
telephone ana box alarms, the dlilcr-
cnt iIoorS at the south END OF the huge
structure W re sea OF rumbllng, roar
ing anu CRACKING names linen Oe-
gan the terrible tragedy
TnRILLISG EXPERIENCES,
Guests and members of the hotel help
rent the mir with their hcart-rcndinr
cries and appeals for help, which those
in the fast-incrcasing multitude in the
streets below were powcrlcss to render.
Men who in the daily walks of life have
Dech accounted heartleSS anu uhlcclihg
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uU1uI % , utto' %II pcMi'"yIyu' rti rIo'aliii ii
my thy WY. 'IS NY You; uou, mi in,S y .,otliunc, ,
,, llcii " !i p!',oN ooiccS 'I MIunu 1ppc"F i on
tne s o"Isl',1 VI VI 'i'c ,,, wlnuo"' "f''c" ou'
ny 'nc S'lioNo '"'' ''"'i'c''
a PIERCING SCREAM
rcud the morning air. and heayythud
would announce that a human being
had droppcd from the dizzy height to
meet death on the pavement below. At
one time there were six persons hang.
inc from the window.silis of the fifth
story at the same time, CRYING in ago
nizinr tones for the help that could not
be rendered them, and one after anoth-
cr lo5scd their grip and met their fate.
One man, by letting himself down at
arms length from II fifth-storv window,
nut his feet throuoh the window below
and reached the fourth floor in safety.
The oncration was repeatcd until the
third floor was reached. each point
Gained in
HIS rENlLo's pLSCLNr
being greeted with encouraging cheers
from the bystanders. AS he was put
ting his feet through the top of the sec
ond story window his hands slipped
from the sill above, and with wild
shrek of despair he fell backward,
turning over several times, and, strik-
ing the pavement on his head with n
dull thud, was picked up and borne
off u mangled corpse Another man
jumped from the iifth-story window,
struck the telegraph wire on Michigan
street, bounded up, and came down q
mangled mass of flesh and bones. Fire
men and citizens joined in supporting
a stretchcr of canvas. One man
| jumped and landed upon the canvas
with his feet; the canvas slipped from
the grasp of the brave men who held
it, and he struck the sidewalk with
great force, sustaining injurisc which
caused his death several hours later.
Two others essayed to reach the
canvas, but missed their mark and