St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-20
The Fire at Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Dreadful Loss of Life.
TW WENTY-TwO PERSONS FOUND BURNT
To DEATH.

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To DEATH.
NEW YORK. Dec. lI.-A fire broke
ont last night ut il little past eleven. in
the upper part of the Fifth Avenue IIn-
| tel. on Twenty third street side. En-
glnc> were on the spot and soon at
work pouring streams upon the flames.
which at midnight cuvrlOpcd the whole
of The IWcnt N-thiId street side Many
/ guests had retired or were about rctir-
! ing when the alarm was sounded and
when the iiIcmcn took the hose, into the
/ interior of the building il panic cllSuIrd
among the more timid of them. who
made Il rush for trunks. etc. demanded
settlement of their bills and left the
/ house.
After the fire had been pretty we'll
rNtimguiShcd. the tircmrn. in g"im.
| through the rooms in what iS known ~
"t"cklotl. occupied 10y laundry Woml-
cm and domc>ti.>. wcIc Mortified hl
stumbling over the remains of human
beings which were piled on the floors
/ Lanterns were Immediately pr"currd
and horrible SIGHT WAS revealed.
On the floor ot Il room about twelve
feet square no less than fifteen bodies
were found. all burned hey umd rcro.mi-
/ ton. Bodies were tonUd wing mean
an only window ot ii room. which Wa>
7 barred. 81 that escape 10y that means
/ (thc staircase leading I" the room he
/ ing on fire. Was impossible. and they
were compelled I" wait for death with
/ what resignation they could summon.
| 1t l. supposed that many were burned
to death while asleep. rhr p">itinn>
of some of the charrcd remains showed
/ that the unfortunate creatures died in
great agony. Efforts will he made to-
| day to convey the remains of the uutnr-
tumatr Victims tn the m"rguc Owing
to confusion and excitement the nim,.>
of the victims could not hr .i>crIt Limcd
. = I" twenty minutes past Two o'clock
/ tWrutN N-tWo dead bodies had been Ic-
COVERED. sixteen in one room and >iN in
. another. which j. probably all.
he fire originated in the cIrN LtnI
OF staircase leading to the laundry d.
There were five hundred guests in the
house. hu' none alc reported injured.
The damage 10y tine and Water will not
fall short of Il huudrcd thnu>and dol
lars.
The alarm WAS lil>r given H., one of
the female >crN ants who >hIirkcd lirr
through the Railways. awakening the,
guests. of " hum there were about five
hundIcd IN the hotel Man, ut the.
guests went tn the office and inuliicd
~ To the excitement. but were inform
ed hN the clerks that there WIS only Il
little ire IN tn" laundry. This attempt
t" keep the fire quiet - ~ To avoid
Il panic. helped t" bring about the tci-
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