The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-12
seven tho debris heap OF smouldering smoking
timbers and steaming mortar and brick

seven tho debris was heap OF smouldering smoking
timbcrs and steaming mortar and brick.
STORY QUEST.
Your correspondent during the day met r. y. Welt.
brec Of Colorado, who occupied room on tho fourth
floor and no gave Interesting Of the scenes
inside OF the burning ed.1cc He Is naturally very
sound sleeper and had been In bed about hour
when unusual noises awakened him. He jumped out
OF bed into his clothes and rushed into the entry,
which no found full OF smoke. Tho excitement and
confusion were Undesirable. In company with one
or two other gentlemen no proceeded to sndeavor TO
awaken the occupants Of tho rooms on the
fourth and 9th doors In half dozen In
stances the doors were broken down before
the inmates could DO awakened All tho guests In tho
vicinity succeeded In getting out in safety, a. far as
could be Judged. Whom Mr. Wcitbrec descended from
tho fourth floor to paror floor he TO the vicn
y the elevator and At that time, although fire
was visible. the smoke thick and oppressive. Men
aud women then crowding down stairs. gut ding
themselves by tho banisicr, and shrcking A few
seconds aerward tho light began 10 shine through the
elevator doors, and in about i've minutes thereafter
dcuso mass dame shot up through me elevator AMI
broke the upper stories, thus indicating beyond
doubt tina, the nro started on tho lower door Mr..
wetbreo again ascendod to tho Nth door.
ARoUsIso sLggP.Rs.
On that floor policemen and guests busily
gagged kicking doors and routing every body that
could DO found. As the flames drove these
out OF the top floors they descended dong what they
could 10 save life until they anally driven from
the building entirely.
Mr. werbrec Is pretty well satisfied that all the
people the end Of tho building tho third and
fourth doors, and most tho nth door, got out In
safety. Becoming satisfied that nothing more could
DO done in that part OF the building Mr. weitbrec
stepped out roof OF building the south side
OF the west end OF the hotel
DAUGHTER
There somo men putting up ladder cndeavor.
ing to reach tho nnh story windows whero thore
an elderly and young lady. mother and daughter The
former shouted to the mon:-
.'save my daughter"
The woman ,hon tied two blankets together and
der reached only the fourth story; but by OF
the blanket the Young woman reached the ladder not.
however until she had almost fallen, having slipped
her hold She got down IN safety and her mother
dcavorcd TO follow. She clambercd down almost 70
the end the blanket, but evidently lost control OF
herself let CO. struck tho ladder and fell to the roof
below A couple OF men carried her Oh. She had
apparently been killed Instantly.
Mr.. wcubrec next noticed dead man lying on the
roof baro the waist ms shir. having been pulled
over his face TO hide tho distorted features
At the time those accidents occurred the flames had
not reached the south end OF tho extension which
reaches TO Elm street.
The lrcmen were cndcavoring TO keep that portion
OF the structure COOL SIX women were seon at tho
southern window OF tho top story on tho west side.
Three streams were kept constantly playing 10 thai