The New York herald., 1872-12-12
STATEMENTS OF EYE-WITNESSES.

WHAT Mr.. DARLING, ONE OF THE pRopRIEroRs,
SAYS.
Mr.. Darling. one Of the proprietors, said to q
HERALD reporter 81 am OF the opinion that these
poor girls were sufocated They never knew what
hurt them. You see, the flames came up like whrl-
wind. The hand elevator for taking up the linen
from the laundry runs up like aue right to the
room where the girls slept, and the draught OF
air in the nue is so powerful that 1t was
perfectly impossible to put q stop to the
fire. The fire burned under their very heads Had
they not been sufrocated they could have stepped
out OF the windows on the roof just all the other
girls did 1t was as easy as stepping out in the
street. 1t is horrible thing this loss of lives"
REPoRTER-ls it true that you hustled the bodies
of to the MorgueS
''Be kind enough to state,n Mr. Darling said,
that had nothing to do with this. Mr.. Nichol-
son. who is one OF the Commissioners OF Charities
and lives here, ordered this to be done. We had
nothing whatever to do with it. l presume you
win ask how the hre originated but really do not
know anything about it. Nobody knows how the
fire originated. The loss in the building will prob
ably not amount to more than ten thousand
ture win amount to much more, $4,000
building was saved bat the Fire Department, the
police, the guests the servants, everybody did
splendid service am more sorry about this ter
rible loss OF lives than am about our pecuniary
loss. Mrs. Darling has been taking care OF the
servant girls all this morning; has given them
dresses shoes and clothes, for they all had lost
almost everything"
What Mr.. Griswoid, One or the Proprie-
tors Says. !,
81 have heard 1t stated,r Mr.. Griswold said to
the HERALD reporter, 'that had delayed giving
the alarm. Now, have proof that ordered one
of my men, Evans, to give the alarm two minutes
after had discovered the fire. was just coming
from my room when saw the smoke, and called
this man Evans and ordered him instantly to give
a nj
good deal OF excitement and every
time PASSED through the hotel panic.
stricken ladies rushed at me and asked me
whether the fire had been extinguished; told
them to be quiet, that they were all safe, for we
knew that we had the nre under control. Every
body has been very kind 70 u.s.. Mr.. A. T. Stewart
despatch from Mr.. Libby, his partner, offering to
send me one hundred men. He has sent here
are doing i. to clear away the rubbish, b,isS and md
In few days everything will again be In
goo, d., order; There is despatch from Mr. chds,
dest feature Of the calamity is the loss OF so many
lives; but 1t was impossible to save these poor
anybody could be near to render assistance. The
loss, as far as the building is concerned, Is proba-
furniture will In all probability amount to from
$50, 900 to $4,000.
What Mr.. Lyman b. Jewell, q Boa rder.
IL heard the alarm OF the nre,r said Mr.. Lyman
B. Jewell, a brother Of Governor Jewell, OF Con-
necticut, "when 1t was nrst given. My room was
In the part Of the building which was exposed to
the fire. heard some one outside CRY for the hose.
went out and Immediately took the hose in the
haIl and began TO play upon the fire. This was in
the hall OF the second story. Probably the water
from this hose was the first which helped
to stop the fire. never saw
fire fought with greater pr0mptness or
energy 1t was confined TO the servants
stairway until 1t reached the roof The hotel hose
was Just where II was wanted, and was In good
order. But for this fact and for the solidtty with