The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-30
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BURNED IN THEIR ROOMS.
FIVE PERSONS PERISHING IN 4 BURN.
ING NEW H4MPSHJRE HOTEL.

some Very Narrow Escnpe--The Proprietor
Isnshina hts Little son 10 Boarder anA
All Three Getting safely to the Ground.
CLAREMoNT. N. H.. March ga fire broke
out Mt o'clock this morning in the Office OF tho
fremont House, In this place. originating 1t is
supposed. from a defective chimney. About
forty persons. including bonrdcrs and help
were In the house. The 1re spread so rapidly
that the building was soon filled with smoke
and flame. compelling most Of the inmates to
make their escape from the windows and roof.
Notwithstanding strenuous efforts to rescue
them. five persons perishcd as follows: Mrs.
Hannah p. Gibson OF Chester VI. the mother
Of one Of the proprietors; Charles Morgan. Q
boarder; Lydia Merrill. table girl; Anna john
son. chRmbormaid: and Mrs. s. A. Place. cook.
VIM. Butler OF Brattleboro Vt. and Frederick
Marvin and wife were injured by jumping from
the window. Mrs. Marvin. 1t is feared. Ia dan
gerousy injured. There wore many narrow
escapes and the cries for help were heartrend-
ing.
The hotel. four-story wooden structure.
owned by Aureius Dickinson was totally de-
stroyed. Loss unknown insurance 81 000 y.
u. Gibson and Riley Domng the landlords Of
losses % are as follows: 4. G. stone 4 'S@ C" oelS.
pying "A wing Of the hotel insurance $4,000: II.
!; Clement, livery stable INSURANCE 1000.
inson, boots and shoes l.. u. P1ucr. harnrss:
Mrs. Hnrlow. dressmnker; and t. Lefebre. up-
hol5terrr. were completely destroyed. Several
adjoining buildings w"rc injured.
. The first person awakened by the fire was Mr..
RllCy Demtng, manager OF the hotel, who, with
his WIFE was sl'epng on the onlce floor. Mrs.
Deming was awlkenpd by n noise like an ex-
ploson and called her husband. who vent
with smoke. but did not appreciate the magni-
tude Of the danger. H. started for water. but
before he could procure any the, drnught made
10y opening the doors swept the Utmns through
The Office and up the stairway shutting
2m on the ne oraarnary an msmps oi escape Tnd-
gave @ the alarm as best he could.
lie then went 70 his room and assisted tho es:
many Of the inmates. who gave tho alarm to
others; AL were in panic Of fright. and as
in sunocatinR and binding volumes. A
tGo.,es to escape 5y the windows but the
house. frantirally rushed TO the corridors and
screamed for help. Abel Mccoy. bonrler snyed
down a back stairway. To the kitchen and thence
through window to the fiat roof Of the dining
room. aud thence to an adjoining building.
H. Gibson. proprietor Of the house. found
egress from his door impossible, and. though
his wife to get out of the window and hang by
tho blinds. He then passed his three -year-old
lightning rod himself. and. placing boards
against the wall. assembled and rescued his
Wlle. MS motner coulu not De rrhcIleu, ana
she perished In the flames. Mrs. Fred Marvin.
wife OF the clerk. jumped TO the ground from
the third story and fell upon gentleman who
was assisting Mr.. Gibson. and she was fatally
injured.
All those who lost their lives we're on the third
floor. Several appeared ut the windows. but
the height deferred thom from jumping. and
while they sought other means OF egress they
were overcome by the heat or suffocaton and
pcrished. Ono came TO window aud foil
across the sill Ladders were raised and nm at
tempt ut rescue made but before she could be
lifted by her arms the smoke drove the men
hack. and she was burned to death In the win
dow. II Is thought that some one else in the
room had hold OF her body. All the bodies
were recovered to-day except that OF Morgan.
orig rhgJIA t9 ss otfhtn tnAe ssaae
posi ION was caused by coal gas. generated by
Tho heavy atmosphere. in large stove in the
onlre. Tho hotel was in nowlse lrcproof. II
had only one stairway. and this Is the rcnson
why five persons pcrlshed and others had TO
get out Of the windows.