Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-03-06
THE ST. Louis CALAMITY.
onderful Escape Of a Family frsm the Bur-
uinn il.te4
(From the pi,tsburs Dispatch.

'onderfui Escape Of a Family frsm The Bur-
ming tiote..
(From the Pttsburg Dispatch)
Below we give part of private letter from
T. q. ID. White, son-inlaw Of Robert Hill,
So, Of the, Ninth ward VI this city giving
me particulars OF the awful scene at the
% lire in ST Louis, with full account Of the
ry remarkable escape from death OF DIR w.
i,self, his wife, three little children aud
eir nurse, by jumping from u third story
nduw Of the Jurnng hotel. We have had
intimate acquaintance for some years with
amisble lady (Mrs. W. who seems to
We suffered severe injuries, and sincerely
pc that she may recover fully aud rapidly.
letter ia as follows:
Lours, Kings Hotel, Sunday, Feb. 81
DEAR SIR AS you have been previously
ormed, by telegraph the Pacific Hotel
house at which we have been boarding
ne time past) is burned At twenty min
past three, on Saturday morning we we're
used by lion.like roaring Of our hosts
90 dog and the Simultaneous cry OF "fre
y" re.sounded through the building. We
at once jumped out Of bed, and l opened
door aud locked out, when the staircase
only avenue of escape) was enveloped in
nes n Que solid sheet of Mt least twenty
high. We were 10 the third story, aud
case was. indeed very desperate one
re we were, confined to our room with GER
death il we remained another minute aud
ost certain death il we took the terrible
,. raised the window and looked out it
a fearful moment ; not q sound escaped
wife or children, or Alice, (tbe nurse); all
ted my action. l snatched q msttrass
n bed aud dropped it out it fell as ia
ably as / could wish. Bidding all good
.nl jumped and found myself IN safety. j
sed up Mary Ellen This wifa) was at the
dow. called to her to throw the children
ch she obeyed ut once, and it is almost
Aculous to relate l caught them all one
r the other and then braced myself TO
i, her, which did it no doubt saved her
but nearly proved fatal to me; sheis quite
roe woman to fall on man at that dis
e. My friends took each uchld, and car.
them to Ere, short distance oil, to
them from freezing another strong man
IN INV wife aud carried her into German
slnp shop and fortunately met an omni-
driver at the deor, who seeing our situa-
hurried to the stable, only two squares
nd brought around an omnibus, to take
, the hospital but Mrs. w. objected, aud
ed TO 90 10 Kings, which we did. Dr.
was immediately sept tor, and came at
He examined us thoroughly. Marys
seriously hurt, lit is her left one) and
that the iusiue of the socket that re-
the head of the thigh bone is fractured,
Ihe lirament that ruus from the socket
the head of the bone, is also broken to
r. with the sack arouEd the head of the
called by physicians the "capsuar liga-
She is unable to help herself or to
do not think she is in any specie!
.r. but the shock was terrible. Reaction
of fully take place sixteen hours aItar
Jury. Neither Of the children was Sc.
, hurt | think. Ny back was wreuched
ching Mrs. W aud DIR Pope said 1T
.uly miracuuus that il was not broken
ching such "a weight. Cannot got up
four inches high without help, sud Rm
much pain As it is necessary for any one
:, snif,,r. but do not cominain. | have
nv wife aud children aud their nurse
fine latters back was hu,t tomc, but
liked home few hours nfterwsrds) -
rancv to Yourself our situation. nearly
aud cold enough 10 have ffozen any
death in one hour, and am sure you
At have "A very agreeable picture, to cay
,6t oft la one miuGte from the time
clear. the roo; ana floor fell into the
rbare we're eight fall grown men burn
,.ath within fifteen feet Of our room and
all esc.ped-two women and three
IS children-wben the chances were
nJ thu men lost. 1t seems as il the
Of God directed me how to act, and SO
!. for it was all doue in less than it
gu to read this. A lady friend Of ours
same llopr, Jumped and broke her lower
to pieces, broke her left leg, just above
20 and the bone ran through the hesh
it stuck out three or four inches.
;he must die rs she was alfo pregnant
time. Another young lady jumped
he window aud was killed az once. A
,ear US took the same jump we did,
,oth legs, injured his head, and other
IDLY in ured ! think the watehman
gtishmau. Henry Petersl was drunk
gep. us | have seen him asleep when
in nr.vions TO the fire. lie was burn