Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-01-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Horrible Fire at
Milwaukee.
THE NEVHALL HOUSE BURNED TO
THE GROUND.
CHASTITY Scenes in and
Around the Ruins.
SIDEWALKS COVERED WITH
TIE DEAD AND DYING.
Men and Women Jump from Nights
and are Crushed.
SIXTY PERSONS KILLED
I'M BURNED.
A List Of the Dead and
Wounded.
THE LOSS 0s PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT
HALF A MILLION.
THE LOSS 0! PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT
HALF A MILLION.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

sPECIAL TO THE sENrISEL.l
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 10.-The Newhall
House, a six-story brick building on the
corner Of Michigan street and Broadway,
was burned to the ground this forenoon.
The fire was discovered at i 4. NJ, and in
less than half an hour the whole building
long designated as The Death-trap''-
was enveloped in flames. 1t seems the
utmost terror prevailed. The inmates of
the doomed building leaped by dozens
from the upper stories, and covered the
sidewalks with l~ifeless bodies. The pierre
ing shrieks Of the unfortunates filed the
air in a heartrending manner, the people
below being unable to render assistance.
Quite a number OF the terrified guests and
employees of the hotel appeared at the
upper windows, but on seeing the distance
TO the ground, fell back to perish in the
flames. The employees Of the hotel, which
accommodated 500 guests, numbered Sc,
and were mostly lodged in the sixth story.
The ext by way OF the roof was cut off by
the Ere. and two stand pipes with the fire
ladders Sera not available. For some
reason very few we're saved by jumping on
the canvas. All the stores and Offices on
the ground floor, with their contents, were
destroyed. William S. Candee. cashier of
the Manufacturers Bank carried the cash
box Of the institution, containing money
and papers TO the amount OF $500, 600, cut
Of the flames. Tie insurance agencies and
general Offices on the first floor scarcely
saved anything. The insurance on the
hotel was Sl25, 900, all held by Cincinnati
agencies. The loss can scarcely be esti-
mated, but will reach $500, 900. Tele-
graphic communication will be interrupted
for traffic north, as about so wires are
down. Comparatively few Of the guests
on the hotel register were burned, and the
exact loss Of life is unknown. It will
reach fully 30 or so, however, and 20 10 80
wounded. So far 23 bodies are in the
Morgue, and nine mora in a piacs near the
ruins, for Identification. The severe cold
hampered the fremen and caused them
intense suffering. Three fire steamers
went from Chicago al 6 O'Clock, in response
10 a call from the Mayor. The train bear
ing them went over the Chicago & North
western, and consisted CT are cars. It
went to Milwaukee, 30 miles, IN : little
over an hour. It is reported here that the
Minnie Palmer Troupe, who were at the
Nevhall House, were lost. This is not
confirmed.
c DISPATCH.
So far as known the following are dead:
Allen johnson, commission merchant, and
wife, Milwaukee; Kittie Baily and Mary
Burns, servants; ". A. Hall, Miller,
Laporte; Ben Van Hoag, fireman, struck
by a falling telegraph pole; Lizzie Kelly,
haprfn nrrunu Annfn a-I D-,r;- D.
Kate Hinchon, Maggie Sullivan, Augusta
Giese, Mary McDade, all servants; Thomas
+. Van Hool. Albany, n. Y; ~. Haugh,
Monroe. Ill; D. G. Powers, Mrs. Brown,
Msfy Burke, Mary Anderson, Mary Miller,
Mary Mcmahon and NJ. Conroy, all Of
whom were servants. The following are
missing: ". I. Durand, insurance agent;
Geo. G.. Smith, Passenger Agent OF the
Lake Shore Il Michigan Southern road;
Mrs. L. W. Brown; Miss Chellis, dress
maker; Walter and William Gilliland are
seriously injured; Orange Williams, resi-
denca unknown Benismin Tice, clerk of
the houssi L. ". Brown, Train Master of
the Northwestern road T. D. Elliot, law.
yer, fatally injured, W. r. Buezenbnch,
General Western Passenger Agent OF the
Michigan Central road; Rose Burns, Mary
Owens, Minnie Mclaughlin, Kittie Con-
nors, servants.
It can safely be said that SO people are
dead and 80 seriously wounded. The
Mayor has called a meeting of the Cham
Der OF Commerce to organise a salvage
corps to search the ruins.
About Il week ago the Secretary o! q local
Board Of Underwriters was applied TO
to make a rate on the building. so that the
local agencies might take risks. The build
ing being considered a death-trap, the
risks were refused.
The Tom Thumb party and the Madison
Square Company all escaped; SIS ia. as
learned. john Gilbert, Of tho Minnie
Palmer Troupe. married only two days
ago, was burned to death Ia sighs Of the
multitude.
This scenes st the Morgue, where thirty
bodies axe lying in a CHASTITY heap on the
floor of n small rooa7, are heartrending,
and Beyond human power Of description.
A strong police force is necessary to keep
the troupe Of wildly-anxious inquirers in
line. Nineteen bodies have been identi-
fed, and eight are beyond recognition.
Mrs. John Gilbertis body is positively
identified. The charred bodies Of girls,
women and men were laid promiscuously
on the stone flags almost in heap, as the
patrol brought in the bodies, three or
four st a time. In tho American Express
Office, Allen Johnson and wife lay stretched
the floor, evidently dying. Since dead.
They we're forced to jump from a window
Of the third floor. The blanket held to
catch then vas too weak, and their backs
we're ininr.d 50 terribly taat cries Of pain
were wrGas .rim them. Edward Pollock
Of Lancaster was awakened nearly as soon
g. the flames broke ont. lilo grabbed his
snd swung from the balcony On
the fourth floor 10 that beneath, whore q
dosen others ware, and by means OF knot
ting bedclothes sil reached the ground
Chief CLERK Tics, who had a mar
row escape, says there were 1l0 boarders
and 80 employees in the hotel. So far Sc
are u~naccounted for. Tom Thumb got
ont by the front entrance. His wife was
taken down the fire escape by fireman
W. n. Compton, Misses Herbert and
Dunlap, and W. A. Lowell, of the Madison
l-.oua r1na0nn1 arr,val he fba ,,,J,;plt