The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-18

George Frank GOuey, whose crushed and bat
Some gentlemen came In and tenderly raised
the form TO a stretcher and carried IL away.
On the shirt front of one OF them glitter.d
little golden compass and square. They were
masons, and solemnly they bore away to an
undertaker's establishment the remains Of he
who stood high In their order. One of the
men told the reporter how Mr.. Gouley and
wife were awakened to realization of their
head and, going into the hall, made her way
down stairs: how he lost her, and re-entered
the room; how the flames cut him of, and
how, when his room was ablaze, he stood up
boldly and made the leap into eternity.
A female form was next in the line. A cloth
thrown over the face concealed 1t. The repor-
ter turned Ii down. The face was young. and
darkly fair. The large black eyes, wide open,
stared CHASTITY upwards. The long black nair,
II was very long, streamed over the floor The
tongue of the poor girl protruded from the
mouth. The teeth were closed upon IL, and it
was fairly cut In half The single night gar
ment, carelessly twined up, showed cash in
the lower half OF the left limb, that cut the
flesh and severed the very bones. This was
Kate Nolan. q poor Irish girl, who was a
scrubber in the hotel. She had leaped, In her
frenzied fear, from fourth door window.
Beside her lay Mary Moran. The face was
quito small. TWO terrible gashes i'm both of
the lower limbs and the hideous distortion of
the bust spoke eloquently of the manner In
don.
THE LAST BODY
was that of tall, slender, dark haired, dark
cut, the neil, Injuries That caused her death having
been Internal. A weeping sister, accompanied
by several friends and relatives, came in to
rending in the extreme. The air YVES nlled
with lamentations. The sister threw herself
by the side of the body and kissed the cold,
God, was ali the grief stricken one could say.
1enderIy they raised her from the side of the
dead. aad then they bore the body away,
The reporter, sick at heart and glutted with
horror, turned and left the tomb like struc
ture and went out into the sunshine and the
fresh air; The hungry eyed crowd still crowd
tance TO the home of the dead.
Personal Experiences.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MISS CLAYTON.
A reporter of the Republican had am inter-
view with Miss Kate Claxton last evening at
her quarters at the Lindell hotel, sitting in her
room awaiting the call to the theater. The
lady was suffering from great nervous depres
sion, and said that she felt the reaction great
er than the agony of suspense during the ter
ribIe scenes at the Southern the night previ-
Gus. She was evidently making great effort
TO keep up, and with fOrtitude almost Spartan
expressed her determination to appear last
evening should Manager SpaIding conclude to
open the Olympic theater.
Miss ClaXt0n's statement was In substance
that she was sitting with Miss Osborne and
Miss Mcclellan in the dining room of the
Southern. This was about II O'clock, and she
was admiring the calm, please mt expression of
Miss McClellan's face while they were waiting
for their supper to be brought to them.
she IDen rotlreu-ner DrOJner, VINO accom-
panies her on her tour, going to his room near
by on the fourth floor. She slept soundly
about an hour, being wearied out with her ex-
ertions In the role of Louise, which are very
trying, and being constant strain upon her
musculsr, nervous and mental systems.
She was first awakened by shout of "Fire,
Fire." AT first she did not comprehend 1t and
turned over in bed, but 1t was supplemented
by another shout, of whose dread purport
there could be no mtstake-"Fire Fire" She
was half dazed but getting up from her bed
endeavored TO light the gas. 1t burned
but htfully and the room filed
ture on her face, and she comprehended
the terrible situation at once; sue rushed to
as there was a IRE in the hotel. In her room
was her wardrobe. her jewels and alarge num-
Der of private papers; she returned for
moment but realizing the danger of the situa-
ton, staggered back, with nothing on but her
night dress and a skirt which she had put on
when she nrst got up. She was barefooted,
brother was in the hall and amid the mOke
which was rolling In volum-s through the
halls they groped their way along the stair
case. For moment they were dazed, natural
IL going In the direction OF the elevator which
they had always used. After q time, however.
Swarms Of otSers In iss and an1 rne
clad and some almost naked, finally reached
the Sidewalk more dead than alive.
Miss Claxton saw some very heartrending
scenes, and passed one frantic woman who
was In her night dress and who stopped sud-
denly, press d her hands to her temples and
child and went staggering back In the smoke
and was not seen again.
Miss Claxtou was soon taken.by her friends
TO comfortable quar- ers and was cared for as
kindly as possible. She visited Miss frankie
Mcclellan and was much shocked at the APP
pearanoe OF that unfortunate lady, for whom
Miss Clsxton had formed great attachment.
The lady has lost everything; jewelry, ward
robe, and what she valued most a number of
valuable papers, letters, etc., which she had
preserved for long time and whose loss is a
1rI,a oIo
her by kind friends, and while the reporter
was speaking with her maid entered with a
small package which evidently contained
returned her thanks
The lady has gained some unsought for no.
toriety In connection with two OF the most
terrible catastrophes which have happened In
this country for q ong number of years. Her
action during the Brooklyn fire stamped her
as genuine heroine. She states that she pre-
serves her calmness at such moments more
than at any other, and never, I'm time OF dan
shrek or faint. On Christina day last-her first
appearance after the Brooklyn calamity-she
was at Washington theater playing her
character OF "Louise" in the 1.-TWO Orphans"
aud the cry of fire was raised in one Of the
crowded galleries. The "Reminiscences of the
Brooklyn terror and its connection with the
play aud the star, in addition TO the highly
emotional and touching character of the rep
resentation, had worked on the audience, and
| and her fellow artists so0n quelled the disturb
snce and the play went on.
The lady viii fulfill her engagement here un-
less she breaks down utterly under the trial
| she has undergone. She Is thankful for the
| preservation of her life, but has suffered
greatly from the reaction following the excite
ment of the scenes sho has passed through.
HENRY HAzRr.
The saddcst case of all was that OF young
MT. Hazen, chief clerk in the aud itor's Office
/ Of the Missouri Pacific railway. The auditor
Of the road. Mr.. q. l.. White, has for some six
| weeks past been very sick, and Mr. Hazen was
In the habit OF nursing him and sitting up
with him in his room on the sixth door OF the
| hotel. Al. er the alarm OF fire was given on
yesterday morn ing, he was the first OF the two
to wake He sa~ the flames coming in. and at
/ once woke mp Mr.. White. The twain imme-
i diately set to work to pick up the bed
clothes and make line. Mr.. White