| Show Might Haye Been Worse Milwaukee 17A fire discovered in a laundry in the Plmkinton house this evening created great excitement ex-citement among the two hundred guests who remembered the New hall house holocaust and rushed into the street The female servants mostly on the upper floors made a rush for the fireescape and abou twenty of them with the assistance of the fireman landed safely upon the sidewalk Owing to the breaking break-ing of the gaspipe and the ignition of the ga the firemen had considerable consider-able difficulty in mastering the flames and eight of them were asphyxiated as-phyxiated by mingled gas and smoke but were resuscitated Damage about 5000 the house and contents were fully insured Order waR restored after a coupe of hours and the guests returned tot to-t leir rooms |
