The New York herald., 1871-12-02
NogEL BURNED AT NEwRgRa.

Narrow EsrnDes--rhree Persons Seriously
Injured.
AT two O'Clock on Friday morning fre was OBJ
served in the bathrooa OF the United sfales hcte,
corner OF second anu Front streets, New burg,
joseph ana Lewis f. Goodsell proprietors. zoe
alarm was gwen, aud .he SENIOR partner whose room
al Joins that wAere tao Ere commenced, attempted
su,lc handed to eztingish Tile flames. lie sue
ceeaed IN doing this IA one part OF tue room, but
received severe burns the feet, legs anu arms in
the operation. Finding his efforts unsuccessful
where tao anes were iiercer he desisted, and gave
HE attention 10 arousing the guests ana getIin3
them out. There Were about fifty persons Ia tae
building ~ the time, ana on the alarm De-
Ing given o scene OF the utmost terror and
confusion cnsned. The smoke began TO MI the halls
and stairways, and tie guests IN the upper stories
supposed that the interior was all on Gre. Women
ran sbricking anoat ana the men appeared at the
windows ala shouted for help. Badly burned as he
was ana Will the SKIN pceing or his hands ANA feet
Mr. Joseph Coojseli was very active IN as.
ssllng the guests down the ladders that had
In tne meantime been brought by the firemen. Ono
or these guests, Mr.. James J. Whtted, al Gid and
respected citizen O Aewbur1, partially parayzed III
slipped aud fe.i on tne icy sidewalk ant sustained
the fracture OF Q leg In the 1oarth story OF
me me Soc "efG the sno COOK Ezaos sas
4 woman weighing about two hundred pounds on
LOOKING out OF her window saw tne iremen "A me
act Q. rasing LADDER TO l. In ner hurry ana anxi
ely 10 save herse she got ous o. the window and
sprung lor he ladder, but missed It anu le TO TIE
arm was terribly fractured in three
places the bone nro'raaing from tae snga-
wnich VIII probably prove r.tal. In tue general
aslon OF be traGicai aiiair there aui
Ing iuciden,s OF har-Dleadth escapes. gentle
nsss man Of Aewburg, slept III tae north
ca. eat room on the fcqrta story. An elm
ing, had thrown one ol its branches to within lew
feet Oh his window. On hearing the alarm and
looking gu! OF ms door lie found the lall q ed With
dense, heated smoke, and lie bethoIght himself Of
making du escape by the window. In as night
c!othes ne splang to ,he branch of the oln
aad reached Fe,rd Tr,Rd without acCienl. some
OF HE quests Jumped from their windows on to tue
ROOF of a builng adjoining the noto ana from thence
were taken TO tie ground Dy means oil ladders
Cters tied sheets cRd napkins to.ei Ter, FORMING
ropes, and let themselves down by these. The nignt
was intensely colu and the guests mosl Of who, lad
norDln. but their night co!ning, suffered gyea ~.
Some of the h Grants we're .rolen up ana TIE lTc-
were sreaty numbered IN their Efforts eXtn-
gulsh the lre. The motel building was owned by
Homer Hamsdel. Tue following IS statement OF
the .oses ald nsrranc. As neary as could Dc ascer
Homer Rams iel. building, $1,000; insured for
5000 IN the Commercial a4d Hartford ana another
Company
Joseph & Il. F. coodsell. furniture, liquors &C..
$4,000; insured FOR Sc 0c5 Ia the Un'on Fran
circo, anu 5000 IL tne Commercial. vi new lork.
V. Scudrg's cl9thinS siorc, 81 900; Insured Tor
$4,000 ii the North Dr,lsh ana Mercantile.
Taoma, dessup' ,sls, &c loss l1ly covered by
N.clloiae.
Bai.lwia 4 Crist. Elie Railway ticket oflce; loss
Slight; c vered ng iEsutaucc.
Inc west ED OF the ho.el was pretty Thoroughly
cutted lDe rest oil lie nulldln. ls not seriously
damaged and the brlck walls are a Ding
Among me guests were Nr Young and MS wlie
Town on their wedding tour MIR. Young hanacd
hts young wife very carefully down the laaa der rom
thA tnird story OF Tue building and ooh escaped