The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-13
.rae Stre 81 the rlfun-Avenpu.e moeel.
rFrom t,,e New York World December l,thI

alarm was not Immediately sounded, it being
supposed the hotel had resources enough in
Itself to control so apparently trivial o con-
| Migration. III the south wing of the build
| ing, extending along Twenty-third street. ~
Il series of closets and servants rooms rising
one above the other from tho third floor to
| the roof. and even above the main roof In n
| small upper story. In the lowest OF these,
| used rs store or luggage room, where bar
reiS i'li of waste paper were kept, the fire
| had its origin. The Immediate cause is not
known. The smell Of smoke being very
strong al about quarter to II, Mr.. Ten
Eyck, rooming on the third floor, with one
Of the servants burst the door of the closet
and found the floor covered with scattered
bits of burning paper, while In the corner,
where the s'cam-pipes ran up to the higher
stories, the walls and ceiling were in full
and smoky blaze.
The hose was nj once brought to bear upon
the flames. which, however, held their own,
and were gaining rapidly when, at nineteen
minutes past |, the first alarm was sounded,
bringing six engines at once to the spot. AT
this time no flames were visible from the
outside, but slowly rising sheets Of smoke
issued from the upper windows and the roof
Of the south wing. In at the windows,
down through the roof. and up the stair
ways, Went the hose, and a drcnching stream
was poured from all quarters upon the
flames. Within there was great deal Of
panic. The insurance patrol were bllsily ut
work tearing up the pets and covering the
costly furniture with t:,rpduhns. Trunks,
bags, boxes, men and women in all stages OF
undrcS> and all maH.er 81 exclamation.
tiled the halls. But tue lady guests behaved
very pIllckily on the whole, Miss Nelson
the actress amuag them, exhibiting en-
tire Sct-control. Tie chief panic was
among the servant girls, who were huddled
half-drcsScd, covering, and hystcrical into
= single large room Oh the iiiSt floor. One
| Of these, Belonging 10 The " cleaners Mary
| Ann Pagan. was caught by the flames III one
| Of the upper rooms, ana, either losing her
| presence OF mind or Icing silliocated by the
| smoke. was badly burned, IN Fact almost to
| crisp, before she managed 10 make her way
out and crawl down stair, stumbled over by
Il hurryng crowd. She, with another w0-
man, Mary Jane llrcly, who vas less shock
ing!y harmed, was talsl! 20 Tic nearest hos
ptal. Another sufferer was - Rlrcv. Il
fireman. who fell through Il okyl9ht dis
tancc Of some twenty feet OF more, ana be-
sides being badly cut aid bruised, was nearly
>utincatcd 10y the dense smoke Of the room
into which he fell, and into which he was
h ot,r casualties have
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an act OF mani. ualins oli eus paw % y. ."e
nreiilen was .eMaioeu W . .ho $500 fno 30 boar
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servants u"r'";, rn for;, ~ horr;hIe
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