Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19
TIE ST: LOUIS FIRE.
Startling Incidents Of the De-
structi0n Of The Southern
Hotel.

Milton Mobiles, an actor (tOrmerly
connected with EIisler's dramatic COM
pany), in leaving his room hurriedly
put on the wrong pair of pants, and
after finding himself safe, discovered
that he had left his own pants to be
burned, with eight hundred dollars in
the pockets. .--
a st. Louis special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: "Amony the many acts
LOT heraisln none WAS more noticeable
Ithan that Of Clifford A. Saunders, b
/ rrperfer Of the Globe e-Damocrat, who
lat great peril assembled Ladder to the
fifth story and threw a rops to those
IN the window above, thus enabling
them to descend to the LADDER ana es-
lcape. lu this manner Saunders was
the means OF saving the lives Of seven
Or eight servant girls who Otherwi G
would have perished, rs the wall tell
almost Immediately after their RS
rle." Saunders bioss Oined Tor somt
time in Columbus.
The same special has the following
e As six women were seen ut the south
ern window uf the t. p-story, nn ths
: conatantiy playing in that vicinity. A
II ROPE had neen thrown to a man in ths
fourth story little to the north of thu
women, VINO succeeded in throwing =
4 Mailer rope To them. The man thei
lslipped down to the roof. while thu
. Itiremen were making their ladder
l re ,dy for the work of rescue the al
. ,rishted guests dropped their rore
/, After good deal of difficulty the lad
, I.ier Mas erected ami attached to tn
;, tiith story. A s,nallar ladder, will
!. nooks On the end, they sue, eeded II
, ifa-tening to the window sill, and hay
uIs attached a euide.rnpe, the womel
!, si,EiLed down one by one, the last ON
!. n cloud of dark smoke, which Wa
!. Just beginning To pour from the win
!, dow which sne had left. Three girl
:. S.Ie Carried to carriages in waitin
;, lani DIR ven IF. By rht. time this h
=. pencil the dir!dink walls between u,
- bull ,ing proper an.i tue extension an
!, sou. of the side walls aeie cruiHbiiE
70 AVA under the extreme heat.
!. X 'ie CiaXton, xhO made such
n miraculous escape IRON the BrM KY
" holocaust, was among the rescue
ur>tS. She occupied room on IN
third hnr. She was awakened from
oond sleep by loud cry of fire.! fror
y the hall. Jumping out of bed, sh
IL groped to tire door, and opened it
1t find that tie place WAS dense wit
h smoke, and that immediate action Wa
lr ne .essary. Slipping into the scantie'
VI or garments, she threw up one Of tn
Di wi rduws to ascertain the chance Of e.
OF Gaping by that route, and finding ths
'e iL was decid.dly slim she conclude
y that her only hope of escape lay by tn
=" hallway. People were screaming an
10 hurrying past her door, and she dete
10 miurd on the instant to cast her X
10 with them. There were no lights, an
III what was done had to be dune in tf
~ darkness. Entering the hall she hu
Or ried in the direction OF the stairwa.
Is a I'd before proceeding far was mater
p ally assisted by a gentleman, wi
Or seized hold of her arm and pushed h'
along with a proper appreciation of til
10 need for haste. When she came TO tf
stair way she iell down, and rDlled Il
~ ,me distance after getting to the bo
ION, bat not being badly hurt was ab
ig to pick herself up expeditiously, al
made her escape. She lost every art
}, Gle of clothing she had in the hote
u save what she had on.