The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-13
[pMILWAUKEE HOTEL FIRE
rouy GROWS IN HORROR A.
1T UNroLDs.
,.ss Of Life Estimated at One
hundred and Ten.

uuudrcu anu hehs
INNS r.eape.and Terrible Experiences
~, Fire Inoendiary :-known to Have
a -, Are Four Times Before-mrs.
-, Ever, hi, woman-Tho Pc
Mary Loss --
~ .h,yn papers continucto be Tiled
,",a,ls q, the Milwaukee holocaust,
,he story grows its horrors increase.
"a 49,, estimates place the loss OF life at
|E -, these 90 have so far been identi-
z,oong The dead, IS are missing, and
Known 10 have been saved, leaving
,coounted for, who are supposed o
the ruins. Names are constantly
~ added to the list.
:, In Have Been Set Fire Four
Times.
81 belief that the fire was set by an an
nv i growing stronger hourly. one
~ ,1ojn TONES Of conversation has been
q ,nbcr of times the Newhall House
sci on fire through the instru-
~ INV Of malicious persons. A gen.
- I, who occupied quarters In the house
"a the building had been set on fire
~ four times during the past two
- ON one occasion chair was piled
"a oiled kindiiug, set on fire, and
"a in contact with the elevator. The
s pot a pretty good start before il
g ytinguishcd. The next time a fire
a started i'm barrel OF finder which
"a in the hall on the first floor against
ELEVATOR. This time also the house had
brow escape. The next time a hole
5torn through the plaster in the wall ut
bottom Of the elevator and msss OF
unable stuff inserted, which was
4 beng eXtinguished only with the
q est difficulty. Stillanother time fire
q N near the bar-r0om on the first floor.
z< n, the west side Of the elevator shaft.
"a were all undoubtedly Of inccndiary
III. and were started at night near the
3stor so as 10 preclude any idea Of saving
|kouse.
kcenes In and About the Hotel.
k4.lerrsm 10 the New York Times says:
frantic fear with which nearlya dozen
~ r.cirls flung themselves from the fifth
~ Of the hotel was the most dramatic
40 Of the disaster. Clothed only in
~ night-dresses, they appeared at the
16ws. one Of them, wilder than the
- before the flames approached her
"a out into the black space, and whirl-
q ~ or and over, fell mass OF mangled
q 6pon the stones beneath. Three OF
r &pmpanions followed her, striking
|fsln two feet of each other, all OF them
I1x killed and
SHOCKlNGLY INITIATED.
rhc rescue party attempted to stem the
Il al the slaughter by holding blankets
nc1th, but the girls were hurled down
~ salch terrible force that the cloth was
d nom the hands OF the strong men, and
) writhing forms were as before dashed
death upon the pavement. Some OF the
{afed ones, thinking that they could in
ne manner chamber down the side OF the
Hiding, swung themselves out Of the
ndoWs, only 10 drop instantly to the
ne pay oment, where, without exception,
were shockingly laceratcd and crushed.
)efeetiyc Ricmer. one of the first officers
arrive on the spot, says: " We held can
j. bnt what good was it for the people
Ine from such o heighti The poor
~ CANE DOWN 'THUD, THUD,'
I "a each would fall we would try to
<h 1er. only 10 have the corners Of the
.->.< I. ,Il,I from, o,r bapIs In epifa of ne
onetlme the back alley was mass Of
II nd seven girls were piled there dead,
Mad number were grooming in the ago
td death. Our men report that they
the cries OF the dying as far oil
"a corner OF Fourth and Chestnut
4k. ;"
}cj1n VI. Ewing arrived upon the scene
lea the fire was confined TO the southern
fEIon OF the building. As he was run
X1own Michigan street TO the alley in
sfxer Of the hotel TO help the men with
Mmping-canyas a woman fell ut his
4 Mn dull thud, manglcd beyond re-
zpi{ion. A few steps further on another
[9cme tumbling down from one Of the
Ftf$ tories with nothing on but frag-
n<tf her night-garment. She was bad
aised, but not seriously injured. Mr..
Fl4f threw bis oycrcoat over her and
& 8er IN a hack TO the Plankinton
H1fer Oscar klcinsteuber, who has
nd ~ the police patrol system, was nj
1r<ne soon after the fire was discovered,
rescued four men and three women
b dc building. With lantern he
AsCENDED TIE FIGE-EsCAPE
the north side Of the building to the
sth story and entered through a win
) nd aroused a number of the inmates
tNere asleep. Within twenty minutes
four women and three men
hi the ladder, and did not quit his
ne work until his own life was in dam
0D Thumb and wife were rescued from
s1btel by Police-Oilicer O'Brien, who
<one OF the little people under each
Ind carried them down stairs and
~ the street to the American Express
M They were in their night-clothes,
" lady suffered much from the cold
phere. The General Immediately
being placed in the Express Office be-
pourmng the loss OF valuable dia-
and other iewelry belonging to HIM
3nd wife. The latter heard him
b, and replied reproyingly, "What
have lost everything; just look at
people there" pointing to the man
pms Of twenty dead and dying men
pmen lying mp the floor.
THE LITTLE WOMAN
1aYely began relieving the suflerings
r around her by supplying them |
alter and the display OF other acts Of |
heue kindness. In the evening, mt !
enk'nton House, a reporter net the |
IN The rotunda, who, standing on |
koi ms toes to strike match on the /
n. Tue man'elpiece, said: Z" Yes, the
q "a in entered our room, but he did |
~ on one Of us under each arm. /
q aown The ladder alone, sir. Yes.
they carried my wife down. but |
ilrst. Ny body-seryant. the
boy, Charles Kelsey, was COM
purnedup, and then my managers
r. Blee ker, jumped from a second
lndow and fractured both her legs.
TOE nrst experience OF the kind
~ ana don't want any more.'