The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-27

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stslr. or We shall be lost Ny brother
was tbep half dressed and reached
sroas tho red ~ pick 10 something ~
| fbpy over me. We could not find the
staircase, and the confusion and The smoke
and roar Of the fire were mingled with
the most piercing and heartrending
screams. ! shall never forget H. We
were not acquainted with the hotel Mr..
rangem6nts, for the common practice II
10 use the elevator in ascent and descent,
and therefore could not find q staircase
or any means OF escape. There were
Others on the same floor In the same
terrible dilemma, but could not see each
other for the smoke. We CROPPED along
and presently found n step downward,
and commenced 10 descend. What hap
pened | cannot say, for ! do not distincly
remember. | have been in greater dan
ger, ~ you know, and | always endeavor
to maintain my composuTe, but the
smoke last night stifed the senses. We
reached by some means. or other the first
landing of the ladies' staircase on the
Fifth street side, opposite the Olympic
theater. There was a great crowd of
ladies in their nightdresses in tho vesti.
bule, and some of the physicians were
persuading them that all would be safe.
We did not heed this advise, and passed
out OH the street. A way was made
through the crowd for us to reach the
hotel opposite, andiI remained there some
little time to recover myself. There |
saw poor Miss Mcclellan brought in. |
can never forget it. My brother pro.
cured a carriage shortly afterward, and
we came down to the Lindell. | feel
very much worse to-day than | did when
| arrived here after the escape. | have
lost everything, literally everything, for
| am under obligations to lady s~ypathiz-
srs and friends for the clothes which you
see me wearing new. | have nothing of
my own whatever, except the night-robe
in which | escaped"
MR.. AND MRS. GERLICH.
Herman Gerlich, the new German
consul here, and his wife, jumped out of
a third story window on to the east
porch, and both sustained serious inju.
ries, Mr.. Gerlich breaking his left leg,
and Mrs. Gerlich injuring her spine.
Mr.. Gerlich succeeded Robert Rart to the
consulship here, and received his appoint
ment from Bismarck some two weeks
ago.
MR.. AUsTIN's ESCAPE.
Mr.. Austin, one of the hotel clerks,
also had a very narrow escape. He was
sound asleep in the sixth story of the
building when the alarm was turned on,
and when awakened by the shrieks of
the ONE in the Railways and adjoin.
ing rooms nearly every avenue of escape
was cut off. Fortunately for Mr.. Aus,
tin, he knew the Railways and stairways
of the hotel almost as well in the dark
and smoke as under the most favorable
circumstances, and it was this that en-
abled him to crawl along the floor and
slide down the banisters to the second
story. Before leaving his room he had
.he precautioh to tie a wet towel about
lis mouth and nose, but on the second
1oor this did not seem to keep him from
breathing enough smoke to sufscate an
ordinary man. In the open space sur.
ounding the rotunda opening he made
,ery little progress, and finally lost his
bearings altogether. He could see moth
ng, and could scarcely breathe, but it
would never do to give up unless forced
o do 50, and so he continued crawling
bout the floor until he finally struck
ne of the plaster OF Paris goddesses
ear the south wall. This was the north
to him, for he knew exactly where
e was, and what direction he must take
escape from the building. He fol
WED the wall toward the west, and then
lrned the corner, and entered the
lining room. The smoke now began to
g less dense. and breathing gradually
more easy. The rest Of the
lm-street side, he found a ladder and
.escended, and was sOon in the midst of
lie crowd on the street. ,