Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-30
The Fire mt Ha@erStoNn.

A brief notice of the Burning Of the Wash.
| irgtou House, at Hagerstowo, Nd, was given
in yesterdays Gsz:t.e. The hotel WAS large
| four story brick bulldog, 90 the main street
near the court house. and 10 tho hrhr! Of the
| towo. Tho first floor YES reached By !oog atari
| ways from the street, the lower Story btlDg
ussd fer stores 1t wss double building, H.
shape, with hail and stairway in the c;otrc and
10 Drs 3ossa ho bi dGiff hqDidUG i. Hammond and
Edward w. Mealey, and the minor Children Of
&. 9. Baldwin,, heirs Of tho lato Hon. j. d.
| Roman. There was DO Waterman employed
| about the premises. AID the fire IVES FIRST dis.
| covered by one tf tho portels sftcr it had
gained considerable heaaRay. 1t seemed 10
have originated under the Stairs in the ball 90
the first loor, and spread rapidly: 81 that it
| had we'll high covered that entire floor before
any alarm was sounded or any effort made to
arouse the guests Then followed a scapo of
CONSERVATION and confusion that was agopizing
to behold. Tho hotel was crowded to lis ut
mes. capacity, there being seventy two guests
in the house, forty two Of whom were tra1sieut,
and many Of them parties 10 attendance on
court. As the b0arders were aroused and
rushed from their Apartments the lower stories
OF the building appeared sea CT flame, aud
many, being strangers aud unfamiliar with the
premises. looked 10 vain for s)rne other meas
Of exit than the stairway and ball, which bad
become chimney for the seethi1g flames, up
which they were sucked i'd the furious drauRht.
Returning 10 their rooms many escaped from
tho windows by climbing down The balconies
from pest to posi-; others were rescued by lad
ders; others sough! to escape by ropes mado Of
their bed clothing, and others jumped from the
windows at the risk OF their lives Many of
these were badly crippled; others fell into the
burning mass and wer1 dangerously ibjurcd.-
The c)rpss OF man with bis hands and feet
burned off and oh"raiac horribly maDglcd was
taken from Inc ruins Ii is supposed to be tito
r,mans of Thomas Troxall. of Curlboraud.--
lie leaves a WiIo and SIX children.
The list of IT, 1rcd, IS far Gs cen be ascertain
ed, is as follows: +. D. SniVcy, Shady Grove,
Pa, supposed fatally iciurrd. tendon CT The
knee cut and body buroed; Mrs. T, B. Cushwa,
ankle spraire1 and foot cut by climbing down
back porch, Miss Gsary, nnkIe .spra'Oed; j.
Marshall Lands, lately OF Frederick, severely
bu.ncd about face and hands and Iaocratcd by
climbiur; Christina lIsnicha, of Cumberland,
legs broken and head Gnd iaca Injured; Frank
L. Burgess. agent Of Turner & Co., Baltimore,
thigh broken in two places and badly chi;
Michael SbanDoc, Of Cumberland both wrists
and back broker; James Ii. Ezos. Of Han.
Geek. Nd, hip brcker; he attempted 10 lover
himself with tedclUtbcs. and whilst going down
the Iopo broke aud he fell from distance Of
three stories; Solomon jenkins. OF Hancock.
both ankles broken and back Injured; q. Her
ringer, CT Cumberland, ankle broken. 1t is
supposed that some other bodies are buried 10
the ruins, though notEiog dciinitc eau DO asr
certoiocd, az the hotel register was destroyed.
Ia tic pario many thrilling Incidents occurred. |
Mr.. Samuel II. Dorsey Was burned about The |
face 10 resouiog his friends, Mrs. Patterson,
daughter and child, Of Baltimore, who were
stopping there. A l.lIo child was thrown TO
the ground by its mother from third story |
window, but miraculousiv escaped unhurt. Ooe |
of the donates 10 endesvoring to ts,apo from |
the fourth story by rope OF bcdclothes, isll to |
the ground and Was badly hurt. Mono OF tho |
guests saved anSthlpg but the sclnty clothing |
IN which they were rescued. Tho fire Is sup
posed 10 have been the work of loaendlarles,
IS every preoiu:iou vas taken to guard against
fro.
Tho estimated value Of tho building was
$25, 900, lis assessed value being $40 600. The
loss was almost wholly covered by insurance.
The personal effects Of the proprietrcss. Mrs.
we're Insured for Sc 900. Adams
Express Company. who also occupied one OF the
lower rooms, lost all its records aud packages on
hand. ID. s. IIartc. proprietor of WASHINGTON
House saloon, los. his entire stock, amounting
to 81. 900. Judge George A Pcsrre saved moth.
lug but his night attire. b. +. Snively, of
Shady Grove, Pa, who was 10 the fourth story
threw his pocket look. containing $l,l00 out
Of the window, and then attempted 10 escape
by means of blankets tied together, bu: fell q
distance Of about thirty feet, receiving Injuries
internal. and which will probably re-
property adjoining the hotel, sustained coz
siderable damage. G. II. Herbert, restaurant,
damage fully covered by 81, 200 insurance.
HAGERsTOwN. Md, May 30.-F. B. Snively,
Rho was Injured at tho Washington House fire,
died at an early hour this morolng.
No more bodies have been found 10 the ruins,
md owing to the loss OF the register, it cannot
10 asoertained at present whether there are any
,lher victims or no.. u