Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-11
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
SPECIAL tothe GOLD HILL JEWS
iHTELLioEHcE E.

AhVes Aosts
NEW Yonx, May ia fire In the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night broke
out shortly after II o'clock OIL the sec
ord floor, but was kept secret by the
pr~oprietors and clerks from the guests,
who, when aroused by q female serv-
ant who was burned out and ran
shrieking fire through the halls, were
informed by the clerks that 1t was only
a small fire in the laundry. 1t was
nearly IL o'clock before u passing po-
liceman discovered the fire and called
the engines. The staircase on which
the fire started was ut the back Of the
house, leading from the laundry In
the basement to the servants rooms In
the attic. 1t had no openings except
at the bottom and top, and the flames
rushed up 1t as up a chimney, destroy
ing the staircase, but doing little dam
age till 1t reached an open space at the
top, into which the rooms Of the sery-
ants opened. Here it burst into the
fullest strength, rushing through the
narrow passagc-way and spreading
rapidly over the entire extent OF the
west wing. The woodwork of the
servants rooms Immediately caught,
and soon the entire floor was a
mass Of flames. The servants asleep
in tho rooms at the top OF the stair
case were overtaken before assistance
could reach them, and were conf
pletely shut of from the main build
ing. The firemen, who had In the
meantime arrived, were too late for
assistance, rs by this time the apart
ments Of the poor creatures were ell
yeloped in flames. Shortly after one
O'Clock it was found that a number Of
persons were missing. A police officer
and the Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department effected an entrance, by
means of an iron ladder to a room
where people were supposed to be.
They found there the charred remains
and burned bodies Of sixteen persons,
the bedding and furniture strewn
about the rooms, confused with human
remains. The bodies Of the victims
lay at different places, from which
they had tried to find egress. Some
had endeavored to escape through the
windows, and others had fallen down
the staircase. The bodies Of two wo-
men were half concealed under the
bed In an outer room, where, evident
~, they had tried to shelter them
selves from the s~uffocating smoke and
fierce flames. When the firemcn and
police got into the wing, the floors OF
this room we're sound, but the roof
tlmbers were burned and had fallen
upon tho floor upon bodies, severing
limbs and m~utilating the remains hor-
ribly. In another six bodies
were found, making up to $50 this
morning, twenty-five, which are be-
lieved to be all the victims. There
were about five hundred guests, who,
when finally made aware Of their dan
ger, became greatly excited. 1t Is
said the gross carelessncss was appar-
ent in the warming apparatus. The
attaches Of the hotel are to blame for
their efforts to keep the fire secret, and
making so little effort to save the UNI
fortunate girls. The affair, doubtless,
will be thoroughly investigated. The
loss Is estimated at $4,000 to $780,
900. About o%ne-fourth of the furni-
niture In the house was ruined by
water. Just before the alarm a guest
was assigned n room, which, on reach
Ing, he discovered to be on fire. Upon
returning to the clerk, he was inform
ed there was no other vacant.
The fire was not known In the office
at this time.
1t is now thought that American
creditors will not lose seriously by the
failure of Jacobs Bros, at Antwerp.
The run on the Mutual Bank Is
wholly silenced.