The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-01-04

was blocked up with an indiscrim-
mate mass of luggage and people
trying to escape. Rushing then
to the right wing ofthe building,an..
other staircase was reached which
brought one to the second floor,
and here the long corridors but
served as f1ues to conduct the fame
through the building. Continuing
on, the ground floor is reached at
last, and then the cold, icy air
strikes the face.
A PITEoCs SCENE.
Here / saw the wife of Captain
McPhail in her bare feet, with a
blanket wrapped around her, while
her husband, halfdressed, carried
their infant child, whose piteous
cries could be heard above the din
offalling timbers and crashing
floors. But there was
AN ACT OF cuIvALRY,
worthy of mention. A young
man named Towers sprang for
ward, pulled off his shoes and
gave them to the lady, and divest.
ing himself Of his overcoat, wrap
ped the child in it, and carried it
a distance of several squares, to
the house Of a friend of McPhail's.
Again, there was another cry,
ga MAN AT A FIFTH STORY WINDOW"
Fl looked up, and there was @. A.
Schaffter, the State Superintendent
of Public Printing, clinging to
the ell Of fifth story window
His feet reached the upper row of
glass in the fourth story window,
and he kicks out the panes. He
places his feet on the sash, moves
his hands cautiously 10 the cap Of
the window and then descends to
the sill of that window. In this
way the gallant Schaffter came
from story to story, amid the
plaudits of the crowd, by whom
he was seized and carried out of
danger when he reached the
ground.
| AMONG THE VICTIMS
is Mrs. Kernsly, the housekeeper
of the hotel. In vain was she
urged by the proprietor, Mr.. Luck
to escape; but she wanted her
trunk. This she got, but then she
wanted to save something else, and
at. last all the avenues of escape
were cut off, and she was swallow
ed up by the devouring element.
Besides this lady and Hines,
among the known victims are
Erasmus Ross, famous as clerk of
the Libby Prison during the war,
kSamuel Robinson, of New Or
leans, cigar vender. and III. A.
Thomas, agent of the panorama of
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress w.
III. Pan. IF Danville, Virginia,
United States mail agent, and J..
B. Fariss, messenger of the Sonth
ern Express Company. A mum.
Der of strangers OIL the register
are missing, some Of whom may
have gone off on the morning
train.
THE FOLLOWING NAMES,
however, appear on the register
who are not believed to have gone
off:
Samuel Friedman and Henry
Kroeth, New York.
d. N. Cannergore, of Cincin-
natl /; G, George and E. III. An.
drews, of Syracuse, New York !;
j. III. Wilcox, of Lynchburg; N.
Beimstem, of Washington; A.
Licl, of Tampa, Florida ii. G.
Krotte, of New York and John
Fl. Holman, Jr., Of Jackson Ten
nessee.
w. FL. II. S!owell, Congressman
elect from the Fourth District, was
registered and is also missing.
The Spotswood Hotel was valu.
ed at $4,000, and insured in
northern companies, represented
by d. N. Walker, for $50, 900.
Messrs. Branch & Current we're
insured in the North British and
Mercantile for $4,000. Messrs.
Sublett, Luck & Co., proprietor
of the Spotswood, had their furni.
ture insured for $4,000, and their
wines and carpets for $1,000, in
the North British Company.
The National Insurance Compa-
ny, Of Baltimore, loses $4,000, and
the Continental, of New York,
$4,000. fAll the goods ready
for delivery in the celler Of the
Southern Express Company were
destroyed. The company's money
safes are buried in the ruins.
Among those who had very
narrow escapes were M. Maille.
fert, of New York, engineer of
the James river distractions S.
A. Pearce, of Columbia, S. O.,
private secretary to Senator
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