Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-01-18

ethsrs Fatally Mangled.-Hsrrlhis De-
isdi b tails Of The Awfal Scene.

X MILWAUKEE January l0.-7 .. m.--
Shortly before four o'clock this morn.
inp. three alarms of FIRE followed in
rapid succession. One from box 429.
corner vliet and Eighteenth streets,
telephone alarm and then the ominous
box is, this time signaling that the
House was on Gre, calamity |
% long dreaded.l ~ The fire broke out
a. near as can be sscertained at this
writing in the south end OF the huge
ak story building, in either the fourth
or fifth floor, in the southeast corner
of the structure sifil- 2'A%
3 Il spread with lightning rapidity, and |
in its grim sway destroyed human
lives by the dozens in the twinkle oil
moment The whole Fire Department
except the chemical engine which
was left to fight the fire on Eighteenth
street, was called TO- the scene, but
long before any aid could be rendered
number % of lives wers lost in the
doomed building, A.scene Of the ut
most terror prevaileds - ~
T,Ss corr;d ors were 'IilIed with dense
49, s,,1t and half stppefied persons were
lyine across the hallway, while the
shrieks of women and the greans OF
men filled the air. Those few who APP
nsarsd n On ,hs M scene did all they could
+ pe-,s ,.sssno - ,ha bewildered quests, and a
S.as. ,nsnv Tbow many Z can a NOT be told
s tb;s hourl were taken ont s5of the
srons - sntrsnce and from the srsail bal
conv rnun;ny along. the Broad way
front Of the building, but on the south
.;de III The building and in the alley
IN tba vast side of n the scenes we're
araadiul, ID behold. One after anoth-
a. thaI nufortnpates Jumped from the
f;fth and sixth stores, and fell withNa
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS esSone pavefnent be- :
love aiida Al hmost instances they we're
L;llad TIA Ipsautr,o,l ,,l1aa.go wagon was called
far and ssVan f68dies were takstll. out of
tba al,av daadiiIor diving ~ The former
were taken fo Ase, y central a,tll police station
IA otbar q,iacs bainp available The lat
tsr,n,o the offics of 4 the American ex-
nrasa m ssISn comnany, % W hereIthe pco-unfo,tu
netas lav oTr6ahinp mon the bare floor.
t. iss ntteriyimbSssibie 10 even attempt
daalrinf;8b qf tfSa qtIefrfDfes' u Scenes.
TInon tha' 'ieyI1,1 I11 f3aestones sst n theabody of
~, pbFnbwn YifAh was Iayinp, Covered
orlv' W. with h,shirt.P Dcthlees broken and
the skull cleft in twain. ANOTHER
moor faiI6m had craawyylesdd ayylsdd u rp the Cham
hsr ~ TCormerce @ steuss His back was
hrokan ann bes Fnoanei ypite6usly.
gt;Il, another attempted TO lump
from hasixth story window on Broad
wav' mon tba canvas held by willing
hands. but Ne iumped too short, fell
with his back upon the 'bannister
doubled Ip and crashed lifeless on the
pavement in the alley. eA a s
Not less than seven bodies. were
picked up, most Of them poor waiter
girls who were driven frantic by the
smoke, and jumped Needless into the
abyss below. ,stsr aasaI4 n la
At this writing it looks as II the
whole hotel were doomed to destruc
ton. a3s .salassa
The hotel was built by Daniel New New
hall and his associates in 1857, ane
first opened to the public with a grane
banquet August 29th of that year
The original costof the structure wa
$4,000, and the lot was valued a
$4,000. slla gs Ffo IA
The total cost Of the hotel as fin
ished and furnished was $270 O0O
The building is situated on the north
west corner Of broadway and Michigal
streets, having 3 frontage OF lSO fee
on Broadway and 100 feet on Mich
gan street, ''ss " sa5 II fs.2sa IS
MILwAuKEE, Jan. 1.-THE nelgf
borhood OF the ire is by no means az
serted this morning Engines 81 81
still throwing volumes ol water on =
rains. Crowds OF spectators eager !
look on the gnas1iy scene negan ~, g.
erlng at aaylight. ~ 70 oAp,,'.1 =, W
son'os,no 'sy u. daaa hod;as Tb
~enougn ~ soa' IT loi 49, s.a..'ss., , I,
aseulY. ;;.nt;no ,o;rt bas made Il
~ sasna ~ ~ws;rdlv fantastic and il REQUIRE
~. ~ ! sI;rbt effort' Of the i,nmagins
49, 49, - ~ daad hodv or outstretche
sAou w soo S0'0 ~! rrS- -.