The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-04-19

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they could scarcely breathe. He knock
ed out the windows with his fists, cut
ting them severely, and placed the la
dies and children on the balcony, from
whence they were rescued by the fire
men shortly afterward. Added to the
list of dead are Mrs Moran, a laundress
in the hotel, Bridget Burns, Kate Reilly,
Mary Doran and Andrew Heinsman, a
commission merchant, of this city.
The German Consul, Herman Gerlach,
who had room on the third floor in the
southern portion of the west wing, took
his wife in his arms and leaped from the
window to the roof of the low frame
building below, breaking one of his legs
and receiving severe internal injuries.
His wife was also seriously injured,
They were removed to the saloon of
Tony Niederwiesser, corner of Fifth and
Elm, where they were cared for, and
were subsequently removed to a neigh
boring hotel. in @
Miss Osborn and Miss Clifton, of the
Olympic Theater, were saved with only
their night clothes. Mr.. Milton Mobiles,
who is playing an engagement at De-
Bars, escaped in his night clothes, and
| all his wardrobe and effects were lost.
Charley Keenan,, young man well
known in the city, rushed into the build
ing during the early. part of the fire to
save a friend, was suffoeated by the
smoke and persisted.
The indications now are that the num-
Der who persisted viii fully reach 20,
although it is impossible to arrive at
anything Ike correct estimate of the
loss of life.
Col. Carr and wife, who were in room
l175, were saved by John Davis, who
awoke them and carried Mrs. Carr
through the.heat and smoke to the Fifth
Street entrance.
One man on the Fourth Street side sal
in fifth-story window till the flames
struck him; about the same time help
reached him from the outside. When
he reached the ground he tainted and
twas carried away. aiu
Mrs. A. Mccoy, of Altoona, Pa, ar
rived at the hotel late and was assigned
to No. 800, second floor, over the din
ing-room. She says she felt a strange,
unpleasant sensation when she retired
but slept till she heard tremendous
noise She unbolted and opened the
door of her room and looked out into
the hall, where very large heshy
woman had tainted. She realized the
presence of smoke and returned t.
her room, picked up her shoe!
and stockings, gathered her cloth
ing from chair and started
out into the hall in the hope of finding
way out, which she did. She had as
cended by the elevator, and. knew moth
ing of the stairway, so that her escape
was only a matter of chance. He
baggage, money and effects general.
were lost. She saw some man trying t.
drag the large woman who had fainte'
down stairs, but has no idea what be
came of them. One man, a commercial
traveller, whose name we did not learn
was lodged on the first floor over TIL
dining-rOom The first warning he hat
was a terrible yell from the hall. III
had only time to gather up his shoes
pants, coat and cap, with which he mad
his way out. On the way he heard tn
means, and stumbled over those VIII
had fallen by the way.
For time when all regular means o
escape were cut off, interest was cen
tered in the south side of the Elm Stree
wing, where a number of servant girl
were gathered in the last window of tn
sixth story, with no hope of escape ex
cept by the window, and the neares
ladder beneath falling many feet shor
, of reaching them. Here was witnessed
an example of bravery and daring o.
the part of some of the firemen such n
men seldom attempt. The smoke wa
{ issuing fromunderth the roof and fromnea
windows, while the center end of tn
wing had already fallen in. A fireman
was here seen to mount to the top O
the highest ladder and toss a ligb
rope to those above, being tn
female servants in the house. With thi
! a heavier rope was drawn up, and wit
:. this again a ladder, which was attache
to the window, and they began to issu
8 from their living grave by the aid of on
/, of the men who assembled to the windo'
!, and helped each of them down by tn
! long ladder, on which were other me
who landed them safely by turns to tn
roofs of the low buildings here frontin
! on Fifth and Elm.
One of the regular boarders, on con
= ing into the hall, found friend, also
boarder, trying to save wife and tw
: children. He took up one of the littl
: ones and landed it safely out of danger
An English clergyman who arrived i
the city by the steamer Grand Tower
few days since with his son, leaped frol
a fourth story window and was killed.
Miss Kate Claxton, the actress, escape
! at the Walnut Street front by tying bee
clothes together, and slipping down t
the sidewalk She saved nothing but
dress and under-clothes.
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The Gorilla in Confinement.
Great interest attaches to the caree
of the young gorilla now in the Berli
I Aquarium. DR.. Hermes describe
: some of his peculiarities at a late NEE