Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-18

MARY Miller, OF MILWAUKEE,.
Martha Schloesner, Of Milwaukee.
Just Haak, Of Oconomowoc.
Amel Geissler, OF Milwaukee.
Mary Burh, Of Milwaukee.
T.. Schenbucker. Of Milwaukee.
Fred Barker, Of Pewaukee.
Pat Conroy, Of Milwaukee.
Charles Gillon, Of Milwaukee.
Samuel Maholey, Of Milwaukee.
Gussie Frederlcs, of Milwaukee.
Tommy Clcary, Of Milwaukee.
Ida Daniels, of Milwaukee.
Walter Gillian, Of Milwaukee.
William Gillian. OF Milwaukee,
Rosa Burns, Of Milwaukee.
Catharine MOnahsn, of Milwaukee.
Maggie FlnnIgan, Of Rio.
Annie Mcmahon, Of Doylestown.
(From the Evening Wisconsin, January 49,
TWO niPoKTAST STATEMENTS.
William Mckenzie, the night watch
man at the hotel, was interviewed
as to the commencement of the fire
and his theory in regard to it. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie, who had been in the hotel en-
ploy for about four months, is an intelli.
gent young man and seems to be Of an
observing disposition--all of which rem
ders his statement of great importance
and inter est at this time. He said: son
the night of the fire / had made my
rounds as usual, visiting the different
lodging floors and the basement rooms.
Nothing unusual WAS observed. The
barrOom was open until about 9 o'clock
Wednesday mordlng, and George Schel-
ler, the proprietor, was there for about
hree-quarters of an hour after that. /
had been down to the wood-rOom at
about o'clock, and in opening the
door leading to the barroom hall saw
that the place was still occupied-and at
a later hCur had run the elevator down
to the bottom landing to take up
gentleman who came from the bar.
Nothing like smoke was detected then.
At 3:30 o'clock in the morning L. B.
Elliott came in on a late train. was
Ill the Office and he asked me if the ole-
vator was running. I told him | would
take him up. | did 30, letting him ont
at bis tiOor-the th!Id. Then | went up
to the top floor, taking q railway con-
ductOr up from the third to that. ]
looked around the halls and then got
into the eieyctor to go down. This was
few minutes past half-past 3 o'clock.
As got into the elevator | noticed
very little smoke. | Immediately started
down to see where it came from. BY
the time | reached the Office floor
the smokc was so dense that | could
go no farther il the elevator.
Throwing open the door | rushed out
and started for the stairs, shouting to
Tom, the night clerk, that there was
fire somewhere down below aud WAS
going down to see about it. BY the
time | reached the bottom of the ele-
vator shaft the smoke WAS so dense and
SO sitting that l knew something must
be done. | called to the engineer, who
was III the engine room, and told him TO
rouse the servants, and then | started
back 10 awaken people, for | knew there
was no chance to stop the fire alone.
By the time | reached the first floor
above the Office and had raped at Mr..
Cramers door, the heat cracked the
glass doors to the elevator and in mo-
ment afterwards the flames poured ont.
| in the meantime rushed into the bank
building aud a. used as many Of the
dodgers in that portion as | could.
Afterwards rendered what help
| could III saving people. / hard
ly know what TO say about the com
mencement of the fire, but | know
il caught at the bottom Of the elevator
and not on the upper floors. There was
nothing anywhere around the elevator
that could burn so quickly, and at half.
past 3 o'clock there was no smoke i'll the
elevator or either Mr.. Elliott or myself
would have noticed 1t. And after the
smoke was observed there was scarcely
time to 10 anything before the whole
thing was ablaZe. 1t might have caught
in some of the shops IN the basement,
that back up to the bottom of the eleva-
tor, but on the bottom floor Of the hotel
part there was nothing that could possi-
bly, burn that way, and that there could
have been nothing smouldering through
out the night is shown 10y the fact that
so many were around until such short
time before the actual blaze occurred.
don't know tbatthe fire was incendiary,
bnt there is a very Ineer look tn It
al think there were about eighty lives
lost IN the tire, said Charles p. Pheney,
head waiter. There were nearly 100
guests in the house, the Antisdel family,
and nearly seventy-five employees. l
know where we're ninety one guests at sup
per. as counted them as they entered
the room. Mr.. Antisdel had been talk
ing abont poor business for severel days
past, and on Monday night, in order to
satisfy myself as to how things were
running, counted the people as they en-
tered the dining hall. Monday night
there were ninety-tive at the tables and
Tuesday night 1 counted and checked
ninety. one, think. l had just twenty
waiter girls under me. OF these, but
three escaped. The cooks entire force
is missing. l think they will find good
many bodies along the west walls when
the ruins are searched there, as nearly
all the girls roomed ON that side of the
house. think there are at least sixty
bodies under the wall from what know
of the number in the building at the
time the fire occurred and the number
who escaped"
swEETHKART's GRIEF.
There was terribly affecting scene at
tn, police station this forenoon. Two
well-dressed ladies called to see If any
thing had been heard of John II. Foley,
the electrician. While in the chiefs Of
flee one of the young ladies discovered
shaving mug marked 81. II. Foley I"
in large gilt letterA She burst
out crying, and said that there
was no doubt now about Foley
being in the ruins. 1t was sub
sequently learned that her name was
Miss Mary Hannsford, and that she
resides at Rolling Prairie, Wis, and is
visiting ON Sixth Street, this city. From
appearances Miss Hsnnaford was doubt
less Foley's afianced. Hergrief seemed
terrible, and after leaving her address
she left the station weeping bitterly.
Foley's home was in Hartford. Conn.,,
and brother is now en- route TO
straighten up the affairs Of the lost rels-
tive.
THE ROASTED REMAINS.
The remains or fragments of q num-
Der Of the unfortunates are now lying at