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and condition of the hotel has been deter
mined upon by the authorities. James II
Earnest, whose name appears among The
| missing, was prominent Democratic poll
tician Of southeastern Wisconsin
Matilda Trice, Annie Mueller and Amelia
Stahl, servants of the Newhal Hoouse, re.
ported missing, have turned up all right. II
is supposed that 80 bodies are still in the
ruins, making the total loss of life 81 so fat
| as ascerlained.
Events of the Fire.
AT the burning of the Ncwhall House two
brave flremen dragged ladder to the roof of
the bank building, directly opposite the ser
wants quarter, in the sixth story. For a
moment the unwieldy thing was poised in
mld-air and then descended with crash
through window of the hotel. 1t formed II
bridge across the alley, and before it became
steady in position the men had crossed into
inc Motel. Then, amid the cheers of the
multitude below, they dragged helpless
creatures across the slender bridge until fully
dozen were rescued, all in their night
clothes, but many were badly frozen before
reaching shelter. A women in a dead faint
was dragged across IN safety, but at one
Time the whole of her body was hanging
over clear OF the ladder, while n brave man
held her by one of her ankles. The crowd
below held their breaths in suspense, expect
ing every moment TO sec the ladder turn
over or break beneath the terrible strain.
The man, however, was equal to the cmer-
gcncy. By herculean effort he pulled her
upon the slender bridge and finally placed
her out of danger, while the crowd, which
had endured the most painful suspense for
fully ten minutes, burst forth in round af-
d, nf n,,N1n
were rescued by these brave men
The two brothers Clayton, rescued
four women, carrying them out bodily
Lizzle Augland, one Of the dining-room
girls, awoke aud heard noec about a
O'Clock u. m. She awakened her room
mate, Mollie Connors, and the two girls
hastily dressed and attempted to descend by
the stairway, only to find themselves facing
a .heet of flame. Miss Connors, terribly
frightened, screamed out, My God, Lizzie
we can't get through there" Lizzie re-
piled, 1--WE must get through or perish.
with this Lizzie rushed through the flames
ana al, succeeded in reaching the office floor,
where she fell insensiblc. She was terribly
0nrncd about the neck and lower portion OF
The face and on her arms and legs, bus her
injuries are not fatal. When she started
through the flames she turned to see If |
Nlollle was coming, and she saw her fall on
the stairway no doubt she persisted in the
burning building.
man whose name could not be learned, |
was seen swinging himself from the fifth |
lioor OF the burning building until his feet |
touched the window below; kicking in the |
glass, he dropped and grabbed the sash.
ms was repeated until he reached the bal |
cony, from which he was rescued wit h his |
hands badly cut.
How the milwaukee Fire started.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, jan. l5.-Tice, the |
head clerk OF the Newhall House says that |
near the foot OF the stairs leading from the |
inside OF the hotel to the barber shop was IA |
closet used for kindiugs, separated by a |
wooden partition from the shaft of the Gle |
vator. The fire was set in tina. closet. The
lanes fed on TIL wool in the ha'chway,
soaked with oil by tie machinery, and rush
ii W the shaft, bursting OFT in the third and |
ourth stories where it was first seen from
he outside.
Christina llaZcn, n servant reported miss.
NJ, is safe. This makes 90 saved out Of III.
riity-ono bodies so far have been recovered
md 80 are still missing. Five bodies were
ound in heap under the servants quarters
o-day.
The manager of the Western Union telc-
graph office makes the statement that care
III inquiry of those who witnessed the burn
ne hotel from the commencement develops
lie fact that the telegraph wires offered no
obstruction to saving life, but three or four
ives were saved by jumping upon wires,
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