New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-12
SCENES AT THE RUINS.

search for tine dead IN the ruins OF the newman
usso Lrt mona had been found up to o'clock
.h;s evaniny The streets in the vicinity OF the
runs were packed with people. The entire flre Do-
,,ar,en, was engaged in pulling down the remains
of ihewal!s and with each succeeding crash tne OK
citement increased
The police and firemen are conudent tnat as many
as fifty people he buried IN the RUNS, lhcluuihs
number of guess of the hotel not mentioned IN the
list published crowds of people arrived mere oy
overv tram to-day, and the hotels are I'll ed win
taarfu, anxious persons seeking friends or reia-
tions snpposed to have been in the fire. All the
sufferers at the PlankInton and kirby Houses "ere
dong pretty well this morning
w r. Bucsenbacn Western passenger agent OF the
Michigan Central road, ls not seriously n"iO anu
Will re urn to his Chicago friends III few days
port,ons of the fallen walls have piled up the de-
bris at the man entrance to the hotel ana the opo
ot finding bodies seems more fOrlOrh 'nah ever
Rnsiness - all but suspended throughout the CITY,
Mr.. Gilbert of Minnie Palmer's comnany' is dying
There has been little OF chance for hun from inc
strt Jndoe Elhott's condition. is still critical ana
II is he,,evea that he cannot recover Every under
taker in the CITY is bus, and preparations are De-
ing made for twenty funerals. 80
The feeinp here is intense, and those responsiole
for this great calamity receive unlmlted eehsuio,
One gentleman III the Plankinton House sail
have had an insurance Office IN that puilulhg io'
wears aud know 1t well The revenue from ,no
rents anountel to $4,000 year. ana YET 'ne
management would not emJloy nignt watchmen'
There vas one nj who acted the part Oh h'gh'
porrrr d Waterman, but he bad TO attend TWO
trains aud eould not watch the building ihere
.bould have been watchman on each floor
Again there were only two fire-escapes. ihlhk Vi
that for a building $50 by 100 feet in dimensonsi
Three wears ago repeated attempts at lncendlarlsm
were made N the hote. Six times IN succession
persou who was never prosecuted for bis crime set
the place Oh hle.
reporter tried to find out what archl-
tec1 had built the b tel David Newhan
BEGAN it, but became bankrupt, and
John Rugge brought it TO completion. Inc
reporter sought the building inspector, but was
informed that there was no such otncla! I'D the cry
committee is occasionally appain. ed that serves
the purpose OF an inspector but the town IS not lar
enough advanced TO afford the luxury of real NJ
speesor Tie burae hotcl had actually DO divid-
;ng walls of brir whatever. ltwas n magnificent
IN tcl-box worthy of an Eastern watering place OF
frontier town and that is all tnat can be said o H.
Mr. Ansisdel. who conducteG. the hoiel was taken
TO the z ankinton Hotel in a condition bordering on
id,ocy Late at ugh; he was removed to private
house. Tn. facts were kept from him and he
begred to know If more than ten llves hah beeh
lost f. ID. Nash, the owner OF the bulilng ltseil
is escribed in a local paper as having been over
come with grief when he heard "f the indlscrlml
nate slaughter.
PREVIOUS FIRES IN THE HOTEL
Que of the main topics OF conversation, While
dwelling on he dreadful holocaust. was The number
of times TIE Nrwhail House has been st Oh fire
through the instrume tality Of malicious persons
A gentleman who occupied quarters in the house
"a .oau aaf fra at f.
times during the past Two y ars. On one occasion
chli- was piled with oiled kindllne. set on fire
mud placsd in contact with the elevator. The fire
got a urctty good tart before 1t was exiting Isned
The next time lire was starred IL
MA rel of tindar which stood In the hall on the
first floor against the elevator This time, the house
aya.n mad narrow escape The next tine holt
was torn through the plaster IN the wall at the bot
tom Of he elevator AID mass OF infia tnmable stui
inserted which was set on fire aud was extin
gished with tie greatest dlffci ilty. sun another
time, a fire started the bar-room on thu frs
floor. adjacent to tle west side OF the elevator
shaft. These were all undoubtedly of incendiary
origin and we're Star ed at night near the elevator
81 as to preclude any ea OF saving the hon
Luckily each fire wa extlngIishrd. wiih each re-
curnng FIRE the regnl1r boarders sad that some on
had u spite against tine ,uilding and would ye
burn IT, they would avow their intention Of leav
ing but rs time ELAPSED the id "a would be disoelled
oily 20 rccur with another attempt to burn tin
building his tune the feid was successful, a
the theory seems 20 Lave no doubt OF inccnliarisn
TIE building VASTLY constructed. Oalya few week
wear ago a fire was ignied in G.. A. Hendy's roou
from a defcc,Ive CRATE aud II did conside aoc dam
age before ii was puG out. This WAS suppiemcnte'
by another slight fire IN Heudee'S quarters las
week but DO special damage was done.
TIE NIGHT wArcHMANs STORY.
William Mckenzie. night Waterman, makes tn
following impo: aIt statement: ION the night o
tbs fire made my ronnds "a usual. visiting tine di
ferent lodging floors and bascbcnt-roo Ds. but ob
seryed nothing unusual. The bar-room was opcl
unit o'clock III the morning. George ScheleI
tie proprietor. th're for about three-qnarfer
OF an hour afterward l had been to the wood
room az about o. lock- and i'll opening th
door Ieacing 20 the bar-room that the lat
vas etill occupied. Al larer hour had to run IN
eleyaforadown to The ba tom landing to lake up
gent elnan VINO had come from the bar.roobi. Moth
ing like smoke was to he detected then. AT 3:3
O'clock +. b. Elliott came IN on Late trim wa
in the Office and he asked ii the elevator was rul
bnr told him would take INN mp. ami dill s'
letting him ont u tie third t0or. Then "ent n
to the top floor. taking railway copductor y
from the thlr looy to the top looked around 10
halls and then got into the elevator to go down. In
was few minutes Dast haif-past ocioc'
As got into the elevator ! notices very iiit
smoke Immediately started down, 20 see whe
II came from. By the tune reached the oftce no'
the smoke was so dense thar could 60 no furtn'
In the ELEVATOR Throwing open the door rusht
out and started for the stairs, shDutrg To the nigi
clerk that there was tire down below aud that
was going TO see about II. By tn time l reaehs
the bottom of the elevator SHAFT the smoke was
denss and sitting hat knew something must
do'e. Icalied to the engineer, wh, was IN the g
g'ne-foom, aud told hun TO rouse the servan'
linen rushed back to awaken the people. Tor