, 1872-12-12


mings, Mary Cordery, Margaret O'Connor, Mary
Campbell, and Kate Gushing. They will proba-
bly, have to be buried as unknown women, as not
familiar expression or vestige OF clothing re-
mains.
From this eickening spectacle at the Aforgue,
your reporter went to the female ward No. %
Bellevue Hospital, where Mary Jane Hovey lies
suffering from severe contusions on the back.
The history Of her escape, told by herself, Tas
as follows:
the Light and jump into bed, when one of the
girls, who slept with me in Room 529, asked me
door, heard an alarm OF fire: ran back into
the room and told Maggie Kelly, Katy Burns,
and Mary Hand that the building was on fire.
At that moment a man rushed into our
T42% Wnu tore sna 4' a%pea a0n e@ from on ts
roof. The. three girls, followed him,
but I Vas afraid and ran to the elevator leading
to the laundry. It WAS on fire. The flames
were bursting up all round me, and the blaze
Mas T 5 5e hs nd T n9xpg up
who goto bed early and have togetup at 3o'clock
in the morning to acrub out the Office, bar
room, and other places. When I found could
not get down that way, went to the window
where was going down, and fell. I hurt my
self severely"
Concerning her room mates ehe said: ~
know Maggie Kelly is safo, but an uncertain as
10 tne oIhere. a LOT OF men were On otr noor'
gaining the women ana tel1ng tnem that tne
house was on fire, but they must have forgotten
to awake the scrub women"
The Coroner Will begin an mVestlgat1on to-
morrow.
Among the Western guests Of the Fifth Ave-
nue. yesterday, we're the following:
Chicago--H. Riddell, q. Gossage, W. a. Boyn-
ton, J. Hlpp1er, G. D. Brown, q. III. Pullman, h.
L. Brown.
st. Louis. A. Emery, J. e. Hamilton:
LonlsVllle-Mrs. hunt, Allas ward, j. W.
hunt.
ITO the associated Press.]
New YoRK, Dec, 11.-A fire broke out at the
Fifth Ayenne Hotel last night. short1v after II
o'clock, on the second floor of the hotel. The
staircase upon which the fire started Jaa one at
the back Of the house. leading from the laundry
in the basement to tie eerYsnts' rooms on the
attic floor. The flames ran rapidly no the stair
Tav which operated an a chimney. there being
no nnnninr frorn a ercant at the TIM and hot
tom. It afe M The staircase and oharred it's sur
round;npa rancbinr t11e onan anaca into which
the rooms of tha eaTranta 9neneJ whera Il h,Tst
;-,ta ;ta +n11aa+ e+ran.+I ~. -
Tha ao7naa IN tIeir r.eaooo d;d 1;++1a or m
d,-aa',a 1-t;1 49,. r. w "nrr;5nr ~ - +o
Isn I. kuoy 1oaeIou VIC So4t-u av sno ~
ray su tmv H. aanas n;,li1 an al!g9
t1y ay 10 49, anu -, ha6
snoaaa or t1,a ot,t;ro artan+ f }ha ,vaet .v;,,
T'he wooduoris ~ the 1oonoa whara he aarva1 ~
a1aS+ ~ I aaoa ~,
yep. I; ineoasely caugnt Ize ann 5000 m4 sao en-
snraad % rn1,u 1hat ia aarvanfa an1aan j., 11,a
~ ou. sso1eop -
atnra ~ asa;stance ~ ,nn1d raon +ha,' ~ 4or
trara onnatav .1ut off fro1n +e ' 1o; M h;1j liz
T1a ..t ~ 5'4 =; .o ~ -
Ill., ~ ~ r.. WIZ au a. 1no 10 T.
Mt;eu M "e1a too tate ~ tu1u asslosauso, ae ps
.n1s 9lnlo tne aRalaments oi 1ne poor cfea'ure7
"e!e ap1, e4reloPea @ IN aIan,s LANES. , = f .,,o+
atsqa ~ ea1rA "nGn :. ~As oi;oa @
Ger ana Ce1 o. the ~ are
~ ~ ~ meaaa ~ ~ non aa ,aaao1 ~ ~
%neto sne u, WIZ ~ ~
If 3btaen e Renr aud
were 1n strsvn about the rooms, Confused @ with ha
an 1ian.s fra1 ~ ~ Icy o.
- ~ poG, ~ ~ ~
naTa oUo t1ars H -; r. w.
fnu air. ha3 fallen at The boad Of the staircase.
under Ind % bed Il in an an omter % room. where thev had
eV;dant1v ] tT;ad tn ehe1ter % the,nse1ves fron TIA
bi;n5;na s,,Tocst;no sn,,ta onJ tIa acatb;1o
annaa Whan S tho f,annan and IN nol;ce got ;nt6
tha VIM tha 41oora nf t11;a Too4n Tgere sonnG,
but I The FOOT timbers Tere T burned and had fallen
hoi;es Tha xrator thrown from Tho hese ,yaa
aevarai ;nchoa deen nnon the f,oor md va
61ter;no throuch tn fha cronnd The haavv
beams Of the ROOT had fallen unon the burned
ha5faa aararinfr THAR iT1ba and u1ntiEafinr ffa
ren1a;n'a Inrr;hfv '0-1 11''0' %>>@ 1'1'e WV
Tha hot1iaa wera aneedi1v ronooved tn tba
Ro1ievne Hoan;tai whepce todav thev viii ' ha
aont IN fha Mprrna O1Tin1 10 ths ,confna;nn o ana
o1citement. the names of fbe victima conid mid t not
he ascertained in to twentv Tninntes mast
n'clocE % dead bodfes had been recoYered. 16 in
ana rnom and in nonthar. Wbich are nrobab1v
ali A0O'1 '110 "A1'o'1 @-0 eN0O@'
The alarm waa frat civen 1,v ona of tho fena1a
eerrants T whn ahr;efed g - };ra y throneh tha
ba11.~avss oraIan1n H. oraaIe ~ rho47, tha-o
were a1;nnt 5 in the hota5 1fanv ~ ~ tha a,1aata
n,cnt hnt wee infor1ned hv II the c1arns tSat
nit yas on1v - 1;tta fra in tEa 1a1,ndrV Th;s
attamnt to Eaan the Ara on;et so a. to
avo;d ,,an;c bef,,ad n hr;noa aho,+ tbo tor1
rihia reen1ta 1' mantioned Whan D t1a w nesta
hecano cnon;1ant ~ fha;r anaar '1o ece1ea ne
confas;on ensned tie naonle moSine Ie abonf IN n
onna-ont ;7etract;o,, Hs4nooa f1ia3 ~ hon- IL
aPPaious 'usti1esion. osSEa5a Auea t9e nau-