Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-02-26

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burned, jumped isa - sssond story. She
Elihu Hays. . Wisoeaia stranger. was
picked up with heuaso tAieh and head.
His recovery 10 hoped ~, bat 10 doubtful
st. Louis bar. jumpsG fFen third floor
~ snasrov space betwsea two cellar en-
tr:1s:.. Shso Two = Ssasss Jumped upon hi.
taken. stin living = TIE hospital. but soon
who lsapsd upon him, escaped with .
sprainsd sncie.
Major J. Wagner, Hungarian BY birth.
veil known es the able typographsr Of St
Louis Co., II known TO have pefiahed. He
retired at night to his rooa st the hotel,
and II since missing.
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Leadsr, makes the following statement which
We extract. and published yesterday. from
the Republican.
my wife" Gays he was very sick last
evening; 20 much 70 that !, staying At
home with her, was unable TO attend ct the
office. then eat with her I'll night, doing
in a chair Early In the .morning-I can
not say ct what time-I was awake ed by
III .. - g.
tics of this At the time. ed posing THAT the
servants were lighing the frsa Shortly Of.
ter, however. Iheard some one running
over the house, shouting fire!" told
my vile to lie still, while / should 70 down
and see what was the mater. When got
some way down the stairs, the smoke over
powered me for . moment recovering. l
went up stairs to my .eom. which was No.
| 10. got . shawl. which Ars. g. put around
her. Ithen led her down. The smoke was
20 denss now that she was oil bat suhocat.
| ing she fell down. then dragged her
out, and left her in the custody Of some one
who promised to take her off safely re-
turned to get my little girl, Florence Gray.
To get to her l was obliged to 60 through
the FIRE, which cut off our return by the
stairs. l got her to the window, then threw
. mattress on to the balcony on this let
her fall, jumping after her. The fire now
seemed to be coming out of the windows,
and apprehending danger in this position.
called out to these who were on the pave
ment, threw the mattress to the ground,
and again dropped the child upon it. At
this moment, some one placed . ladder
against the balcony. but Is l had cut my
foot sadly in jumping, after had got upon
it. fell, the fall completely benumbing my
limbs, go that could not get up. l now
shouted to those who were BY to tell them
that Mrs. Jones and her child were in the
next room to mine, asleep, and then fell
down the cellar, remembering nothing from
that time until. it may be an hour after,
found myself in store on Seventh street
Il think the fire did not begin in the
drug store - seems to be stated, but that
it broke out in the ironing room underneath
travelling along and through the wall. Mrs
Jones snd her baby, l suppose, are burned
up. DIR. White and his family got out.
should Judge that there were from seventy.
Eve to eighty persons sleeping in the house
All Of Birchs Minstrel company, Dr. White
end family, Mrs. Jones and her child, Mr.
Lyons, his wife and child, and Strandler'a
familp OF six, l knew to be in the house."
The private Waterman in the hotel
Sharpe, in attempting to escape, fell at the
heed of the staircase, but was rescued by
one of Birch's Minstrel troupe. Sharpei
face head, hands and feet are said to be
badly burned, and his hair singed Of.
Dr. White safely leaped from his window
and partially received in his arms, in sue.
cession. his wife. three children and nurse
skillfully breaking their fall, 20 that they
are comparatively unhurt.
VIM. V. Smith, a young man, member o.
the day police, boarded at the hotel, and
displayed creditable GOODNESS and intrepid
ty. Adroitly getting from the dining room
window to the porch, he saved himself and
child three years Of age, by tying q sheet
to the balcony and descending upon it.
DR.. D. w. Strader me- :. the follow ine
statement, publishsd yesterday in the Re
publican:
Il have dog that has been in the habi,
of acting ~ watch for me during . grea,
number Of years. He has, when passen ger,
have arrived at night, or when any nois,
has been made in Or about the house, al
ways given the alarm. This morning bark
very loud; little after he came to tn,
door and continued his noise, whereupon
got up and went to see what was matter
The flames were then coming from the druf
store, think. tried to get to the FIRE
plug, but seeing that the fire had made to.
great Roadway for that to serve any useful
purpose, ran to the third floor and hal
looed through there - loud could. Mr.
Davis. who had been slesping with me, ais,
came up stairs and assisted me to walker
the people. Ithsu, supposing must hav,
awakened everybody, went through tn,
window, which broke through, on to tn,
balcony.
81 suppose there must have been between
twenty and thirty lives lost, A Miss How
ard was sleeping in No. II, room adioiuin,
the corner she jumped out and was killed
William Terrence, young man, was badly
burned. Geo. Crane, . brother of Mis
Crane, of this city, was undoubtedly burnet
to death, and Charles Davis and boy VII,
was with him, ware burned up They slep
in room No. %.
Mary F. Morris had, when about to escape
$30Tin money. Her aunt called to her t.
ave child Of Mr.. Lyons, whereupon Oh
dropped the money.
Ny family consisted ofmyself wife. sister
in.law and three children all were saved
but with the loss of everything.
ChaA Davis, reported above, was baggage
master Oh the Tsrre Haute and Alton Rail
road, and arrived on Friday evening will
his wife's brother, VIM. Cunningham, lat
OF fourteen yssrs Both are doubles
among the dead. The former had q wifi
and child at Terrs Hauts.
A shirt bosom was found on which VA
the name Of X w. Gregg. who was aecor-
dinghy supposed to be among the victims :
1t since appears that Mr. Gregg i still liv-
ing. in Illinois. having lately lett the hotel
but without taking with him his trunk anl
clothes.
| Six bodies, or what once were such. ver,
taken from the ruins on Saturday. and thra'
more wsrs found on yesterday. Thee. an,
those killed by leaping. number thirteen.-
Others are reported still missing, anon,
which are those Of
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