Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-17
ankles. and MI. ~ Cramer is blistered
over the shoulder blades, Mrs. Cramer.

ran Dack to her husbands bed and
awakened him from sound sleep.
There was no time for dressing or
saving anything, but with great
presence OF mind and heroism she
seized Nh. Cramer and hurried him
down the stairway, the steps of which
were SO hot as to Ulster their feet. They
did not pass through any fame, but the
intense heat in the building blistered
their skin like the heat from q blast
| furnace.
THE PECUNIARY Loss.
The officials at the fire department
headquarters cannot definitely estimate
the total loss, but it will reach at least
bnlf a million.
tFrom the Evening" Wisconsin, January ILL
During last night crowds of people
visited the corner of Broadway and
Michigan Street to view the ruins of the
Newhall House. The tall shafts of the
shattered walls loomed up in awful
grandeur in a cold, cheerless atmos-
phere heavily freighted, the greater
part of the time, with skurrying snow
flakes. The air was thick and heavy
and the night gloomy, an exceedingly
appropriate night to follow such au ap-
palling calamity. This morning by
daybreak crowds began to blockade
both Michigan Street and Broadway
in the vicinity of the ruins. The
work Of removing the
sMOULDERING MASS OF RUBBISH
has been in progress since quite an early
hour. The crowd has been kept back
from the space occupied by the work
men by eleven policemen, in charge of
Chief Wason and Lieut.. Jansen. \
force Of one hundred and twenty five
men are engaged in the work of clearing
away the debris piece by piece. So that
efficient service may be done the men are
divided into gangs under the ward fore.
men, and the whole is supervised by
Captain O'Ccnnur. The fremen did
not cease pouring into the pyre streams
of water clear aud cold, until late last
night. The mass Is still sizzling and
smoking. Chief Lippert, AS
sistant Black and Foreman Bic.
mer had their men at work with
large quantity Of heavy rope and tackle,
pulling down the jagged walls, which in
three instances lowered for q hundred
feet skyward and quiverel with the
breeze, placing the workmtn in i'm.
minent danger OF being crushed to
death. Several exciting scenes ensued,
but tue walls we're tlowned with a rever-
berating crash, without the slightest ill.,
jury to a single soul. When the bricks
fell they covered the ropes so deusely as
to require the combined efforts OF
hundred men, with the advantage Of
leverage, to dislodge them, and then
only with great exertion Citizens free.
ly gave aid and volunteers for any thing
were forthcoming at the slightest ap-
peal.
SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS.
They are hunting for two poor girls
at the southeast corner there" Was the
murmur which ran through the crowd
at about 1890 o'clock, and all eyes we're
turned in that locality. A WISCONSIN
reporter forced his way to the corner,
and found such to be the case. Some
one had said he witnessed two poor
things jump at that corner just as the
wall came down. But owing to the mass
Of refuse being much heavier there, the
work proceeded slowly. Detective Han
nifin said: "Most OF the bodies are in
the northwest and southeast portions of
the ruins. Here they Hooked and were
crushed down by the falling roof. Some
OF them no doubt are not burned
at all, or much, simply suffocated
and crushed beneath the prepentlerance
Of falling t1mbers.'' Chief Lippert was
sought and found in the midst OF the
ruins. "There must be dozens of bodies
IN here he said, pointing to a space
between four walls. This was a yard
which was surrounded by those walls,
andinto this pit the unfortunates leaped
in scores. But it will take long time
to get at them with this force of men,
although there are lao at work.
At least 500 more men should
be put to work and they should be tear
ing ont this stuff from the west side, in
the alley there. All the timbers are
burning below, and if it wasn't for that
all this mass would freeze and then it
would be next to impossible to
get it out" A WISCONSIN re-
porter delyed among the seething
SMOKING MASS OF BRICKS,
timbers and charred scraps. Here and
there, where the density was not so pro-
nounced, the smoke would issue from
the small assures, curling up through
the air in graceful turns, and proving
the assertions that a heated furnace
ragged below. Like miniature world,
rough and smooth, rolling and full Of
ravlnes, the mass presented plenty for
deep meditation. There mound coy
cred with a CLASSY facing of ice and at
another place broken pile Of frozen
bricks. Here stood the vault, here
the elevator, here the interior
yard, and one posted could locate
wildly all of the details of the house.
The jutting and jagged timbers and
iron beams were hard to remove. Once
inside the walls and work progressed
slowly, and will until sufficient space is
obtained, to throw back the pieces,
without carrying them and heaving them
on to the sidewalk.
AT THE MoRaUE.
The morgue continues to attract
hundreds of curious spectators, all iay
long the sidewalk in front of the build
ing having been crowded with eager
throngs Of people. Three bodies re-
main at the morgue, that Of Otilie
Waltersdorf, IS years of age, an employee
Of the Inflated hotel. She has been
fully identified by brother residing in
this city. A young irish girl, supposed
to be Nora Flanagan, waiter. She
was recognized by Mary Hardy, of the
Plankinton House, but the lady could
not positively swear to her identity.
The body of an elderly woman, appar-
emily Of Irish nationality and about IS
years of age, is as yet unidentified. She
is OF medium size and has dark hair,
slightly tiDged with gray. On the mid
die finger of the right hand is a fat
band ring. A gentleman thought
possibly the body might be that of
q Mrs. Mcclure, a kitchen employee,
The body OF Mary Anderson, a waiter
girl, identified by Mr.. Keogh, a cousin
OF the deceased, and two friends. was
removed to Foley & Dullea's uudertak-
ing rooms at 10 o'clock this morning,
aud at q o'clock WAS forwarded to
Doylestown, the. home of her parents.
The bodies were laid out on the marble |
slabs, all being neatly dressed with un-
1prclOfhino and omha(Yno1 nv F.,lav e. !