Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
to The Star.
DISASTER IN MILWAUKEE.
A HOTEL. BURNED--5O TO so LIVES LOST.
DEATH OF HON. LOT n. MORRILL,
MRS SO0vILLE GRANTED A DIVORCE.
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS IN HUNGARY


Frighsful Disaster in Milwaukee.
HOTEL BURNED AND 50 OR 90 PERSONS, MOSTLY
GUESTS, LOSE THEIR LfyEs-THE srRucrrRr IoS.s
KNOWN AS A "DEATH TRAP"
MILwArkEE, Wis, Jan. io.-The Newhall House.
a siA story orick building on the corner OF Mich
igan steet ana broadway was burned 20 the
GROUND thls morning. The fire was discovered at
= a. M, and i'm less than haif an hour the whole
building, long designated as n death tran was en-
prevailed
TERRIBLE SCENES
The inmates OF the doomed building jumped nv
sidewalk with lifeless bodies. The shrieks of rhe
unfortuna,es filled the air in heartrentiinr man
ad ass dhe people below were unable TO render any
employees OF the hotel appeared at the windows
and seeing the distance 10 the ground fei back TO
persn In the nalneS- The employees OF the hotel
which accommodated 800 guests. numbered So
mostly lodged in the sixth story. Exit by way of
the ROOF was cut of 10y the fire, and the two stand
pipes. Win the IRE ladders were not available for
the same reason.
VERY FEW WE'RE SAVED
ny jumping on canvass. The stores and Offices on
the ground floor were entirely DESTROYED Among
those were the ofices or the Mutual Union Tele.
graph company, the Manufacturers bank Metro
aro pu.,.an n am iiate Glass Insurance company,
large number or insurance agencies. !. H. Watson
agent or The Canada southern railway comnany.
tne Oiilce OF Nelson's coal yard, and the olice OF
Tue Merchahts Dispatch line. A number OF
wholesale establishments in Water street We're
damaged by IRE and by the falling walls OF the
building. Among them were William Cramer
banker; the Goodyear Rubber company. Ionis
Scnadegg Co., Wholesale wine merchants.
james Morgan dry goods, and Zimmerman Bros
clothing. William Candee, cashier OF the Manu-.
Iacturers' bank, carried the cash box OF the nsr-
tuition, containing money and papers amounting
10 $6O0.OoV, out OF the flames The Insurance
agencies and general offices the first floor saved
scarceiy any papers The insurance on the hotel Is
stated oy CD Nash. president or the Newhall house
association, at sls3.0Q0, all held by the Cincinnati
agencies The loss is scarcely TO be estimated at
TINS hour. but IL VIII reach S500.O0U Tue tee-
graphic communication Will be INTERRUPTED for
trdllic north, as about fifty wires are down.
5o TO 60 PERSONS Loss THEIR LIVES AND % To 30
ARE WOUNDED
comparatively few OF the guests on the hotel reg
lster were burned and the exact loss OF life is not
determinabie, but IL will reach from 50 TO 80 dead
ana from % TO 30 wounded. So far % bodies are In
Tue morgue. and nine more in places near the
ruins. Identification comes on siow
SIXTY DEAD AND THIRTY INJURED
IL may safely be said that sixty persons are dead
ana thirty seriously injured The mayor has
caHed a meeting 10 organize q salvage corps 20
search the ruins About a week ago the local
board OF underwrlte was applied To TO make a
rate on the building that the local agencies might
take risks thereon as the building was considered
a death-trap and risks had been refu ,ed. Tom
Thunb and party and the Madison Square COM
pany are all safe as far as learned.
BRIDE BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. John Gilbert, OF the Minnie Palmer trouoe
married only two days ago, was burned to death
In sight OF the multitude.