The Dickinson press., 1894-04-14

tlumcs-Elght Of Theus Pcrisl..
Milwaukee, April 1O.-The Davidson
hotel and the Davidson thcatcr We're de-
stroyeu by fire. The lives of eight fire.
men We're lost and stHeral other fire.
men were injured. The property loss
will be $5Ou,tNN).. When the fire was
seemingly under control, the tEeater roof.
OH which Il score OF more of the brave
tiremen stood US they fought the flames.
Went down and the brave men were car
ried with it to the floor of the auditorium
below. Some We're eXtricated from the
furnace of the iiumcs in which the whole
interior was now envclopc,l by their more
fortunate comrades who riSked their
lives I" drag out the prostratc forms of
tho dead and injured men. Six or eight
lGcn were soon brought out, and those
VIII" arc able [" speak said there must
II" ten mole in the ruins where living
death awaited them. For these poor fell
lows there was II" chance. The burning
roof had fallen "n them and they were
roasted 4" death, if they had not been
killed in that terrible plunge from the
roof. The scene That followed is never
to be forgotten by those who Witnessed
ii. For Il moment all was dark: then.
IL lltuleINiuuS SIlccL vi uslulc
shot up. aud with it came the cries of the
tirelncn who had faIlen through the roof
into the thcater below. One man was
heard to cry: My God, help me. am
roasting to death
The men were buried under the blaz-
ing root and there seemed to be little hope
that any would come out alive, if ill
deed they had not been killed by the
terrible fall. One man, however, was
saved. He was John Conley, No. II,
but was SO badly injured that he may
die.
Following is list Of the men who
were buried under the smouldering ruins:
George Jameson. Company No. =.
Assistant Chief August .Ianesen.
Archie Campbell, fire boat Cataract.
Thomas Morgan, No. /.
Fred Koschlnider, Chemical No. z.
Frank McGurk.
Jumes Freeman, No. H.
Ollie Ries, Company No. 3, fatally in.
jured by fall Of ladder; died on the
way to the hospital.
The following were rescued and taken
to the Emergency hospital:
Lieut.. Curran, Company No. /, central
fire station, probably fatally injured.
Fred Marsh, Company No. 3, foot
crushed.
Fred Schroeder.
John Yeo, pipeInan of No. 4, badly
burned; back hurt.
Capt. Inehan, No. 4, probably fatally
injured
The guests of the Davidson hotel, which
occupies purt Of the floor, fed panic
stricken from their rooms when the
alarm of fire ran through the corridors.
They wee really in no danger and had
ample time to get out. None were in
jured.
The Lilliputians' loss is heavy. Rosen-
field Bros, New York, proprietors of
Miners theatcr in that city, own the
| show. 1t is one Of the most deliberately
costumed productions on the roud and
Its scenic property was generally consid-
cred magnificent. All this is gone l..
J. Rodriguez, of the Academy of Music,
said;
1.-The loss to Manager Ludwig Rosen-
field will he between $4,000 and $7O,-
COO"
The Davidson theater was opened in
September, 1902, by the Emma Juch
CItra company.
Manager Sherman Brown stated as he
stood watching the smoke curling up to
the studded ard frescoed ceiling which
had been his pride:
| THE original cost to John and Alex.
arGer Davidson was between $3.50, 600
and S4OO,OOO. The loss, of course, is
mainly OH the interior. The walls will
stand when all else is gone. There is
no way to estimate the loss, but it may
be about half the original investment. 1t
will be year. of course, before we Gun
reopen. l have no doubt the theater will
be rebuilt"