Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-11

HrSG Oh lne ground. NO tangible reason
can be found for
INCENDIARIsM,
beyond the fact of the fire breaking out
near the foot of the elevator and spread
ing SO rapidly that the building was de-
stroyed in half an hour. Regarding the
origion of the fire, Antisdel. said: 'EThe
night Waterman saw the fire first, but be-
fore we could do anything it
had shot up the elevator, burning
on every floor. L am confident
it started in the elevator, but howit ignit-
ed 1 can't say. I was awakened by the
noise and rushed out to find the building
filed with flames and smoke, and people
flying for their lives. After saving my
wife tried to save others. l met father
and mother in their night clothes and tried
to get themlto leave the building, which was
fast becoming furnace of flames, but
father was apparently out of his head and
said he was bound to go into the flames
to save those in the building, but by
force got him to the street, and being
afraid that if let him go he would again
enter the flames, conducted him by force
down Michigan street andswhen near the
alley some one
FELL FROM THE UPPER FLOOR
to the ground a few feet away and caused
him to become frenzied." number of
rescuedsguests say the fire started in the
basement and went through the elevators
to all parts of the building before the
alarm could be given. A man employed
in the baking department, and who arrived
on the scene about o'clock states, that
at $50 he passed to the third floor and
assisted in rescuing number of
dodgers. 1t is stated on good authority
that there was no fire in the near portion
of the building, by means of which all
those quartered on upper floors
COULD HAVE MADE THEIR ESCAPE.
However, the smoke was dense and those
who were not sutfocated lost their presence
of mind.
W. 81. Crompton, the old Rogers in Es-
meralda, of the Madison Square Theater
company, Miss Herbert, Miss Dunlap and
W.. Layelle arrived on the
midnight express from Waukegan
and went to the house. Crompton
had room 391, Miss Herbert adjoining The
first he knew was an indistinct sense of the ter
rible noise outside. Before he could fully real
ize what was going on he was startled by the
knocks of Miss Herbert at the folding doors be-
tween the two rooms. He unlocked them and
she came in at once. Her apartment was so full
of smoke it was not thought safe to return. Both
started for
THE FIRE ESCAPE.
Crompton managed to throw on some clothes,
but Miss Herbert had no time to save anything,
Crompton carrying her down with moth
ing on bat her night dress. hack
was passing, and she was brought down and
Miss Temple carried to Collins boarding
| house. Miss Dunlap and Mr.. Lavelle escaped
in similar way, but were more fortunate in
both getting partially dressed. One of the
most
| TRYING SCENES
incident to the fire was witnessed at the
morgue. At 6 o'clock fifteen bodies were laid
upon the marble slabs and floor. The allotted
space was too small to accommodate them all.
One of the first bodies recognized was that of
Mrs. John Gilbert, of the Minnie
Palmer company. They were married
yesterday morning in Chicago, and
! THE BRIDE OF NIGHT
| lay upon the cold marble chared and bruised
almost beyond recognition. 1t is said she was
| a Miss Sutton, of Chicago. The Minnie Palmer
company and Tom Thumb company have can
| celled their engagement at TIE Opera house and
Academy of Music, owing to the death of MEM
| bers of their companies. VIM. E. Cramer edi-
tor of the Evening Wisconsin,, and wife, who
had rooms on the second floor, received serious
but not fatal INJURIES and he is now under med
ical care at the Plankenton. Mr.. Cramer was
badly burned about the hands and head. Mrs.
| Cramer's hair was badly burned;
also her hands and feet. A story of
HAIR BREADTH ESCAPES
from a terrible death is related by Lizzie
Augland, one of the dining room
girls. She woke and heard noise about
O'Clock a. 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 sheet of
flames Miss Connors was terribly
frightened, and screamed out, ''My God,
Lizzie, we can't get through therer' Lizzie re-
piled, ''We must get through PERISH With
tnis, Lizzie rushed through the flames and sue
ceeded in reaching the Office floor, where
|
She terribly burned about the neck and
lower portion of the face, arm and limbs, be-
tween the feet and knees. Her injuries, though
severe, not fatal, and she is cared for at the
Axtell house. From Miss Augland the fate
of Mollie Conner is learned. She says
that when she started through the flames
she turned to see if Mollie
was coming and saw her fall on the stairway.
This leaves no doubt but that Mollie persisted in
the burning building.
ANOTHER ESCAPE
to be recorded is that of a man, whose name
could not be learned, who was seen swinging
himself from the fifth floor of the burning build
| ing until his feet touched the window below.
He grabbed the SASH This was repeated until
he reached the balcony, from which he was res
cued with his hands cut. 1t is report
ed on the street that there were
$50 guests in the house lastnight. IL this be
true, the horrors that will be revealed by the
moval of the debris is
TOO DREADFUL TO eNTEMPLATE.
The Newhall was known to every traveller in
the northwest, and every person in Milwaukee
who had resided here year or two, as fire
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