The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-02-01
MEXICAN.

AMERICAN.
! RICHMOND (Va), Dec 24th.-Just as porter COM
meuced waking the passengers for the Southern
train at the spottswood Hotel, he discovered it on
fire in the lower floor. An effort Immediately
made TO wake up the guests and the scene soon be-
came indescrbable. Men commenced rushing about
trying TO their baggage, and the women, nearly
naked and barefooied, were seen fleeing into the
snow-covered streets. The steam engines were
promptly hand, but the water being frozen it was
some time before it could be thrown the building
The flames spread TO such an extent that escape by
the staircase cut Off and the guests commenced
leaping from the windows. P P. Clarke, the stew
ard Of the hotel, leaped from the third story re-
ceivlng fatal injuries. most fearful of dis
asier then followed. Mrs. Emily Cornelius, the
housekeeper, appeared at the window of the fifth
story, with one or two ladies, screaming ''help,
help" The fire company's ladders were put up, but
the dremen failed to reach the window by two stories
While the iremen were endeavoring TO lengthen the
ladders, the crying women disappeared in the thick
smoke and were soon lost, the room Frightening up
a moment after with flames. Up to noon to-day the
only burned, whose names are known are Erasmus
Ross, Mrs. Emily Cornelius, S. W. Robinson, Samuel
Hines.
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give the names of the strangers who may be lost
Several believed to have perished as there are
about dozen unclaimed trunks belonging to per-
sons from New York and other northern cities The
weather is intensely cold SO much so that the tee-
graph wires in front of the burning building were
co.ered with ice, and the steamers were encased in
ice an inch thick.
Among the remarkable escapes was that of c.
Shilter attached to the office Of the State Printer,
who was in the fourth story and escaped by drop
ping from one window cornice to another until he
reached the ground. He was badly burned.
The correspondent Of the New York Herald had
narrow escape Guests lost all their clothing and
the ladies had to walk barefooted over the snow to
places of shelter.
The total loss is sSOO.OOO The business houses
destroyed were Branch d Currant's crockery store,
United States Express Office, and other smaller
buildings.
RICHMOND, Dec. 26th.-Eght persons are known
to have persisted by the burning Of the Spottswood
hotel A number of missing guests turned up but
several Others have not of whose safety there is lit
tie hope.
The James river is frozen over this morning.
PoUeHKEEPsIE, IN. ~ Dec. 26th-A fire to-day
destroyed nine places OF business on Main street and
two on Graham street. The loss is heavy The
amount cannot be asccrtained tonight.
CHICAGO, Dec 26th.-To- day is generally observed
as holiday.in business circles. The weatheris much
more moderate. The mercury was above zero all
day. tonight 10 deg above. Accounts from the in
terror announce the intense cold of Saturday, and
at Springfield, H., the mercury fell to is degrees
below zero.
HARRIsoNBuRe, Dec. 25th.-A fire took place be-
tween four and five O'Clock, this morning. which has
destroyed large number of the principle business
houses in town, and burning Endez' square before
the flames were subdusd. Loss 100000; insured
for $4,000