The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-11-03
HOW rs SAVED Him sELF.


said Ue WouII DO.
Presence Of mind and bravery In
the face Of peril was being discussed
IN the Zee OF ". y. Busenhark, gen.
eral manager OF the Maple Leaf
route. oao morning, according to the
Chicago Herald. Tho capsizing of a
yacht OF the lake froRt the day be-
fore suggested the theme.
After listening to tho thrilling sx-
periences which each OF the group
present related-and somehow on tbs
occasion of al exceptional acciden.
people are prone TO talk thrillinglv Of
what they have passed through them
selves-Mr. Busenbark told a story.
He did not need to call our fancy to
his aid to give interest to his tale. He
had been a central figure in the we'll
remembered burning OF tho Newhall
hotel in Milwaukee, being the only
person above the second floor who did
not perish in the terrible fire.
Referring to the manner in which
he escaped. he said that he owed his
life to the fact that q man who was
burned to ashes in the flames the Same
night told him how he would try to
save his life in casa OF fire.
This is how Ii was boys " said
Mr. BuSenbari. i got orders from
my road 10 meet one Of car agents
named Ware, Who was to be trans
;erreA FROM Detroit 10 Milwaukee
and introduce h1m to our patrons in
the Cream city. Jnine& him here in
Chicago and we went t. Milwaukee
together. j. was the day OF the New
hall hotnl fire. On the trip. by g
strange coinaideuca wa began talking
about fires. Ware lnink, brought
up the topic isA ii was Ware, and
what started him 81 fj'a subject was
tho TACT tha} h. ha,I Ss.n6s sad big
ire in the Western G., Iton Duilo1ns y.
Detroit at aicb avo iivss ~s=-@ lost.
'.Gn't it crrioas. HnsenbarA, saii
Ware to me 'haw common sense will
desert q man in the hour OF danger.
A mum Der r operators could be seer
standing helplessly and in wild despair
1T the windows Of tho Western Union
building. There was & perfect net.
work OF telegraph wires within twenty
feet OF th@m. By jumping on which
they might have saved their lives.
Bat they didn't Jump and they per-
lshed. What = puzzling is that the
telegraph wires IS u means of escape
Tor tho p"or follows did not occur to
me until after al was over"
" No accounting for these things
Ware, said to the Detroit man, and
then We talked about other matters.
That evening, after arriving al
Milwaukee, we went to hear Minnie
Palmer in My Sweetheart Il remem-
Der it as if it was but yesterday.
About IL o'clock We reached the New
hall and were given 9 double bedded
room. When was awakened by the
heat and sitting smoke | pulled Ware
out OF bed and tho poor fellow dashed
from the room and toward the STAIR
case. | never saw him again. alive
or dead. for he was burned to ashes
l rushed to one OF the windows of my
room and stood for fully half an hour,
dazed and bew.lde"ed. Right under
the window was network OF tele-
81 NEAl ~ A. SS" i OOI w arc SLOpy
of the Detroit incident flashed
across my mind. l jumped toward
the wires and all that remember ia
that grabbed them. They told me
afterward that hung on for about a
minute ana then fell to the pavement
below. ! was put among the dead in
the old bank across from the hotel,
but l revived, and two months later
was able to tQll5. ~.
Ware inspired me with the idea
that saved my life, and while he had
the same opportunity as had he did
not avail -himself of it.
cit is idle boys, to talk of what one
would be sure to do under given cir
cumstances. There is no accounting
for what o man will do when he is
looking into the jaws of death"
All the boys looked thoughtful and
agreed that It wan Sc.