The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

QYlBg rose ABOVE The nO8rSo notes OF the
tremen and police. Following is a
partial list of persons believed to be in
the ruins:
SUPPOSED TO BE LOST.
Louis n. Bronzon and wife. |
M. Walody, editor German Herald. |
Andrew F. Whiting and wife.
Dwight H. Buell., jeweler. |
Wellington Ketchum, proprietor OF
Hotel, wife, son Eddie and. brother
George.
Rev. DIR. Perrin land wife) secretary
of the Congregational Tract Society.
w. Tillatson, commercial traveller.
Mr.. STILES, safe agent.
William Maymour and William Skin
ner, employed in the boiler room.
Eddie Boyle, employed in the hotel.
Charles M. Webster insurance agent.
MIR. Pond, of Indiana. Democratic
speaker. (
Harry Perry, night clerk.
John NJ. Housman, of the Revere
Rubber Company Boston.
George u. Root traveller for Waite
| Williams d Co.
A. F. Tilhotson, traveller for Merrill
Chemical Company of Chicago, taken
| out dead.
George NJ. Gaines, night porter, at
| hospital.
Jacob Turpin, colored waiter.
| Helen Pointe, guest.
! Jennie Decker, Unionville; badly
bruised and both legs broken.
Michael Kerrigan, Unionville; badly
bruised.
1t is understood now, that the bodies
of Bropzon, wife and child, have not
been recovered.
| Pendleton, of Indiana, who was solic-
| iting subscriptions to complete the
monument to Thomas A. Hendricks, is
among the missing.
Mr., James, agent of the White Star
Line, taken out not seeming to be very
badly injured. He said that Landlord
Ketchum and wife were under where he
laid and were still alive.
SAVED THE HELP.
The loss of life is believed to be less
than fifty, but it cannot be s ed defn-
ately, as the night clerk is among the
4 missing and the books are destroyed.
81 Nearly al the help employed In the
hotel were saved. They occupied sleep
ing apartments in the annex, which is
only partially wrecked by the explosion.
The entire main section OF the hotel
is gone, only pile of brick and tlmbers
remaining.
A TERRIBLE SCENE.
The scenes about the ruins were hor-
ribIe. In the centre of the hotel were q
man, his wife and little girl. No help
could get to them, and they finally fell
back into the flames and persisted IL
plain sight of the spectators. The
child cried for help, but the man ano
woman uttered no sound. Embraced
I'm each others arms, they met death
bravely.
- = G A woMAN's CRIES.
The shrieks of another woman caused
the blood of the spectators to turn colo
as they saw her lying with a beam hal
across her body, and look OF agony or
her face. Finally the support fell ano
she dropped out of sight.
By q m. the flames so far subdaeo
that the rescuers were able to beglr
| work. Some of the victims were pinness
beneath the heavy timbers on which
rested the masses of masonry, render
ing the work of rescue extremel.
hazardous, yE--
/ T. CALL FOR HELP. =.
AZ 10 am. two special alarms Wer
sent in for assistance at the ruins
which it is supposed means summon
for rescuiDg party.
One more person has been taken iron
the ruins in dying condition.
,SoIcrLNcK OF THE MILITARY.
The special call sent in at 10 an
was for a company of State militia 10
! the purpose of aiding in the rescue an
- form a Gordon around the standin
uolis which look very threatening.
: The force of the explosion threw
! bod with a sleeping woman on IL Ia
Z into the street.
! The report circulated that the HOOD
: man Blind theatrical company were
= the hotel is denied. -, ~.
Z The bodies of Dwight Buell., Lou
> Johnson wife and child were TAKEN VI
? at 10 o'clock! 4oIo.
was rescued, severely bruised; :.
Tho house had accommodations II
1n0 nersons. and as many guests WEI
- tnrned away Saturday night. 1t Is o.
= lieyed that the hotel was 1ull, anu ~
thought that at least elgh [w pe Of ybe
about twenty, mostly Servants,
q eaped. Six persons have been taken
the hospital
JOY AMID THE SORROW.
Amid enthusiastic cheers Landlol
Ketchum and wife were taken o.
alive at p O'Clock. The extent OF the
e injuries cannot be ascertained at pre-
"a ent. 80 NJav Yor
"a Soon after, Walter Jay; OF New eV :. q;
. AGENT for the Higganum Manufacture
q Company, was taken out alive.
"a The dead body of J. G. Hill, CONNIE
"a cial traveller, was next taken out.
N Daniel Morrison, brakeman, an
III Frederick Haines, fagman, on the NE