Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-11
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.t efa Nest Terrible Firs
Ian. 1O.-Nswhall House
ls,;ck building, on the corne
6csy Dir as,eet and Broadway. wa
~ 1ronnd this morning
- 20 yss and in less than half az
nnnS n4Soie building, long deslg
p ~ =. sDeath Trap" was anvel
ln@ n seems the utmos
= hsm:Isa the inmates of thu
- .s;ug escaping by dozens
rrner windows, covering 10, tn
OS uh th lifsless bodies. Ths
t ~ ~ unfortunate filled the al
@rding manner, the people
- enable to render aly aid
- 10y Of terrified guests anC
- : ~ q the hotel appeared at tns
snd. seeing the distance te
An back to perish IN the
~ ~ employees Of the hotel
- Ir~modated Ir 800 guests, mum
- I.. IN. snd mostly lodged IN
fkk akOry. GAis VOC S
y ~. a uipes, with fire ladders
- .,.ilable for some reason. A
80 "sre saved by jumping on
~ an aOres and offices ON the
a., With their contents, were
.-sed They we're on tus MiCnleaI
The Offices Of the Mutual
~ Co.; H. b. Baumgartner,
.;s.;nc r; shop; Geo. Edes, barber
.s~;cf 3 Armisage, job print
3 Z. broadway Manufacturers
= Metropolitan Plate Glass ~ insur-
~ ;ssnrsnoe agencies Of Charles
VT. Durand, G. p. Hewett,
: g;hhsrd 4 Co., F. w. Montgom-
a Iames II. Watson; the Canada
49, Railway, Office of Nelson's g
S.ssd snd Offices of the Merchants
.cb freight line. A number OF
3..sk Establishments on Water
~ - damaged by the fire and
- m Of the buildings. Among
-: VIM. Cramber. banker; the
- Rubber Co.; Lewis Chad d
r soisosle wine; JAS. Morgan, dry
~ Zimmerman Bros, clothing
Ssk Csudee, cashier Of the Manu-
s.s..s Rank, carried the cash box
SSs hoaae. containing money and pa
y. = ~ amount of 100000 out Of
Ssnsa, Insurance agencies and
- ofBceson the first floor scarcely
S.l snvthtuQ.
~ inenrance on the hotel, it is
1,1s1 81 O. D. Nash, President of the
kaIl House Association, was $275,-
n n held by Cincinnati agencies.
- \ socascely To be estimated, but
n sooch 100000. Telegraph commu-
SInlia viii be interrupted for traffic
rIk = about fifty wires arc down.
r1nntively few guests were in the
113 Ths register was burned, and
SGaot loss Of life can not be deter
~ Il will reach from eighty to
- knndsod deaths. and twenty to
~ Vuouded. 80 far 25 bodies are
s6loseus, and nine are In q place
SP ~ ruins for Identification.
nnng those known TO have been in
Sto1sI are: G. W. BRIGGS of Grand
31k n. Miller OF Ripon, George
rof Chicago, r. N. Baker Of New
XIV. Nahoney Of Rock Island,
n aill Of Hyracuss. N. Y, Amos b.
n1zix Of New Haven, A. J. Case Of
y yosk Phoebe Rae Of Chicago, Pro
~ B. !. Mason Of Milwaukee, and
yk PEinasn and wife Of Sheboygan
~.
yuH1ux1 Pk11ICuLARS.
CHycA0o, Jan. l0.--Ths NEWS special
~ the following Of ths Milwaukee
6looaust: The building long known as
I death trap" and which only re-
nd half an hour to completely en-
- Il II flames. The house had &c
1Ilayoes who mostly lodged in the
~ G6gy. Eight hundred guests can
n b accommodated in the building.
. senps By the roof was impossible
. ooppuat Of tho fire. And for some
- ~ two stands Of pipes and FIRE
t1lu we're not available. Ben Hall,
11nnan, was crushed under large,
m eornice, but was quickly COTTON
T. I'm undse the red hot plates of
|01nnissd iron, severely, bat mot fatally
II Ths hremen fought hsroieall, but
|mQIy able 10 prevent the fire from
|cn1fnR. The hook and ladder CON-
~ vsre most active, and saved
- twelve persons by we'll directed
~ The m0rgue was a hideOus
( y Two small biers were soon filed
I bodies, tightly packed, all girls,
- and mon laid promiscuously ON
snme 6a2s, almost In q heap, a. the
~ tsuuRht In bodies, three and four
aG, d the American Express Of
y Allan Johnson aud wife lay
nksd on the hard floor evidently
- and have since died. They we're
- p jump from q window ON the
] 1em. The blankets that were
= estoh them were too weak, and
eeaS1s vses injured % terribly that
~ pm were wrung from them.
~ Pollock, Of LauCaa1or, aWoke
n = non q the flames broke ont,
~ " clothes and swung from .
~ q the fourth dat 70 the oue
- vesrs . dozen otheEs were,
. noans Of knotted bed cloths all
Il ~ Nuund.
1RAmR Jan. 1O.-Ths following
80 knovn 10 be saved or only
hlEt: Edward Pollock, Of Lam
Wteoolsin; Rowell Sanford and
q UodfOrd, wisconsin: Car1
loe 0nnd Rapids, Michigan; =.
a Waehoe; ]. b. Beyel, agent
Sssal Msetsrn Dispatch & South
-; 9 + Lee, Northwestern
20 agent for the Chicago,
~ = Paot6c Railway; J. w.
@ q Cincinnati; ]. 0ohn, Of
!oxki u Weber, Of Laporte. tndi-
~ Wardrohs, Of New York. Tho
- moeR1e, whore are now 81
vinR 10 : ghastly heap upon the
mail room, 10 heartrending
1soman power Of description. A
toece q police 10 necessary TO
Soss fnQpissm in line. Nine
nooaes hAvs ben reoocnired. e;cht
cuS ~ eeyood recognition. Mn.
Oooy y positively td0nti-
~ = ~ DsaA.
-. known the following are the
~. John Johnson, eonmission
I'D 9ilvaukss, ana wife: Kittv
Nh - nazy Burns, servants; W.
ah3, of LAports; Ban Van
% %n,n, struck b. falling tsls-
- Huis Kelly, kaeQis Owens
-. and Bsssie Brown, KaAo
l.aGie Sullivan, 0usfa Giess,
alda all servants; Tho. z.
N S g Albany. N. Y.;j.J. Houch,
~; D. @. Powers, Nh.
- ~ SAsy Miller, Mary Mona
~ 9Anroy, ssvvants. FOLLOWING
~ ssE W. r. Durand. ineur-
- Co. d. Smith. pesceucee
- q The Lake Shore and
seatheen; Mrs. L. n. Brown.
49, dsesimalSr, Walter and
E Inland.
Is efaly sAid that 60 psopls
%ST thirty snriously ipiured.
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