, 1877-04-20
THE SOUTHERN Hotel,

sr. LOUIS, April 1O.-The Southern Hotel In.
quest was resumed tha morning. Eustscs j.,
Cooper, General Travelling Agent Of tho uurllng.
ton Il Cedar Kaoids Railroad, gaso vivid dtsctir.
tlon OF his experience At the hrt. This material
part Ut biz teslEmoay was shat be waa awakened bY
tho screams Of women in the hall. Got dorm to
tho paslos door, with part Of his clothes on hla
arm, BY cropping through tho balls ia tho denscat
smoko he ever saw. There ho met twenty OF thiF-
y petaona la Tho greatest t1c,temcnt. ahd = man man
telling thom that there was no danEcr. that there
Ita1 hFrn Gre In the basement, but II was ~ 9ut
III Ssy eou ~
The ren,atsrer at The morning sessIen WA taken
up In examining pernons who identified tho bottles
description VI Tho 9fs*aunanctatoe In tho hoase.
given by Charles tlelstss, lls Inventor.
ssna L ". IT. !, I'D ID d.
stsned 10 give warning 1t tho oflra Whenever
fpon Or part Ut shs loeI connected with rsaehsd
instrument was Ut. 1t was vety detlcaieiy ID.
Iii. s ca.e iii i lsd neen neglected.
Theatre. was boar!ss ~ tue house; Heard the
cry OF nsr. Han nut Ut hls Toom and down.statss
peep!a ia's IN various sissss af cscitsmeat iieafI
UroFxe Darling tFynx u quiet tho wonlon bY eell-
ing them thssu ~as no dsnKer; that tho ss "as ost
Joseph csewshax, who put tbs ,sa.. pipes IN the
house when It was buli said tho latke meter which
;sps ;sy ;fs h. a eet s H. hyf sts
with shls uetsr wss melted 10 during the ass shciu
w4s volnmo q gas added to lhs aan,ss saas!ent
I'll !afxa gka'n,otcss should br placed under tAs
sidewalk.
Charles z. Barney, OF tho hsm Of scruEg4 Van
doyoIt i barney, had boatde1 It tbs hotsl ase Or
six year4. Was awakened hy cries OF tFe. THE"
his oyoFcVat over h!s wtfs's head aud started los
tho lover door. A. Tho foot Of ID. .tAlts % ths
Darling ssld, "Uun't 10 excited. There IN no
danger. This Ass IL out" About two Minutes
later msI Gspt. Warner, who told h!in Gne 6Es WA
greater than Mas supposed and aatl4ed hini and
passing By tho Filth street o. ladies' cntfancc
Chares II. Shepherd, Que Of the p!4Psietors and
cashier, rooultl III tho si1th door. W.a awakened
by u night. brlI boy. Don't know tho time. T4a
han, 10 call lsusssif. ths sa9tnees and haso Tho
water Iutued ou.. staEtsl for Tho o!lcc-doos, aud
WA nearly stthei ty snuxe getting thuFu. in ar
TlslnX ut lbs oncU attempted ~ open tha aafs. but
there wsa ~ much smoke couldn't Aee the rombtl
psE4ons OUT Ut the hop.e. uass no urdeEs to any
Qua while Ut this Office 10 have the RueetA aroused
and nol!ded Of tho dse. Attempted u Ascend tue
main stairway to the paslot door. but couldn't get
up On account Of smoke. Tho hrc-annune!aor bad
uias in IT, operations. aud gasc tass alarms uase
no warnIng that night until thu afe wAs well under
hcadwsy. Had Apoksn 10 lteiater. the maksr oi
it.. day or Two beforu sbout!t< bud working and
Aakr4 hfsu to liz 1t.
john Dasl., saloon keeper was 1t the hre. ~.
sisted In scscuux several ladies' from tho building
Heard Geor1e Darling tell tho people on sho par
lvr lloor there WIZ NJ danger anJ nuk ~ be
tos lbs deata.uts ses,ans.xsrls oI the southesn
llotel: Was very xenssuus one. The house VA
hlIed In syesy part. Everything Was volunteered,
and tbs mel proceeds will probably sa&sh f., 900.