New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-12

n moment afterw ard the flames poured out. In .no
meantime l had rushed into the bank Duiiuins
and aroused as many dodgers in that porVon
az could. Afterward rendered what help couia
in saving people. hardly know what TO say aoou.
tba beginninp of the fire. but know it caught at
the bottom of the elevator and not on 'he upper
floors. There was nothing anywhere around tne
elevator that could burn so quickly and at halt
mast q O'Clock there was no smoke in the elevator,
or either Elliott or myself would have noticed IT,
After the smoke was observed there was scarcely
time to do anything before the whole thing was
ablaze. II might have caught IN some OF the snops
in the basement that back up to the bottom Oh 'ne
elevator but on the bottom floor OF the hotei p'n'
there was nothing that could possibly Durn tna'
way and that could have been smouldering through
ont the night. This is shown by the fact tnat 30
many were around until such short time before
the actual blaze occurred. do not know that tne
fire was incendlary, but there Is very queer iooA
to it."
HOW ONE OF TIVE GUESTS ESCAPED.
r,a ,roSt remarkable story told by any of the
rescned il that OF J. w. Maxwell, Of the firm OF
Maxwell. Manning & Co.. Chicago. He was IN
room on the third floor, over the office, and after
soono that the halls were filled with smoke closed
tho transom over the door and locked the door
Rnrstne ont one of the windows he determined. on
second Thought to risk the hallway rather thah Ia
| from such height. Turning back he attempteato
,,et into the hall The KEY would not turn in the
| lock He returned to the window, laid down near
il to get fresh air and knotted the pea
| clothes into rope, by means OF wnlcn
he lowered himself to the ROOF OF INC
inner court. He was clad only in his undershlrt.
The roof was partly made of glass, and was nearly
| covered with snow. There was another man there
before him. who was wandering about in dazed
| manner with no clothing on but pair CT drawers,
| which he allowed 70 fail around his feet. lie was
| in danger of falling through the glass when Max
well seized him and endeavored to encourage bm' LII
was of no avail however as the poor fellow had been
lutterly deprived OF reason. Maxwell tre To burst
into n room but found tine door locked. In another
trial he was more fortunate. The door was sngn'iy
| a,ar. but the smoke an1 fire IN the halwavs were
siiing hot and 1t seemed useless to take the risk oil
escape by means thereof Nevertheless he tried
and succeeded
FRUITLEss EFFORTS AT RESCUE
Dateetiye Riemcr one of the first officers to arrive
on the spot, saws: I'VE held canvas, but what good
was il for peope falling from such height! The
| moor prls came down 'thnd thud,' and as each one
vonld fall we would try to catch her. only to nave
| the corners of the canvas pulled from our hahds.
| Al one tine the back alley was mass OF gore anu
seven girls were piled there dead, while number
| were groanlng in the agones OF death. Our men
report that they could hear the cries OF the dying
| as tar off as Fourth and Ches'nut-sTs One poor
| fellow crawled down from window to wlndow Tor
distance of three stories and then gave out. fell
| and was killed. His hands were torn IN shreds
| .Judson j. Haugh of Peoria, Ill, who had both
laos broken and received internal injuries by jump
| INC from the fifth-story window into canvas held
| Inv fremen died at the Central Police Station. Dir.
| Uau0h was visiting the family of Allen Johnson
| He was the special agent of the Northwestern Ma
laional Fire Insurance Company of this city and
| leaves a wife and four children. lie was about
| forty wears of age. There was touching scene
when he tried TO tell the bystanders where he lived
He spelled out the words "Peoriawife, baby" and
died. ,.,.,. ,,,,r,,,esre
| imam named Marsh from Wausau, occupied n
oom on the third floor and was akened by the roar
of fire but found all means of exit cut oil. lie re-
tnrned to his rlom dropped from the window 10
the second story and caught on the SILL and IRON
thence he dropped TO "a small balcony in the
front parlor, near the southeast cor
ner of the building. From there he
gas rescued by means of ladder. and though con-
,derabIv dazed he was able in few minutes TO re-
late the ory O. his escape
Henry Calm. of New-York, arrived from Chicago
the midnight train and took quarters at the ILL
"a ed hotel being assigned to a room on the third
eoor near the elevator. lie was awakened by the
noise NJ the flames which had already caught the
,r,nsom over the door of his room, which was on
tho broadway front He then broke open window
and descended by the fire escape to the second
floor crawled along the cornice TO the building on
the north and entered il through window, and
thus escaped. - 80
| Officer Oscar Kleinstenber, who has charge OF the
police pa rol system, at the scene shortly after
the fire WIS discovered. and rescued four men and
three women from the building. with lantern
he ascended the fire-escape on tho north
side of the building to the fourth story and entered
through window ana aroused number of the in
mates who were asleep. Within twenty minutes
| he conveyed our women aud three men down tho
ladder, and did not quit his heroic WORK un'' hi'
own life was in danger
| John NJ Ewing arrived upon the scene when the
fire was confined to the southern portion OF tho
| buildine Az he was running down Mlchigan-st. u
the aley in the rear Of the hotel TO help the mel
with the jumping canvas, woman fell Mt his fee'
with dull thud mangled beyond recognition a
few steps further on another woman came tumDhhl
down from one of the lower stories with nothing oi
but a fragment of her night garfn mt. She wa
badlv bruised but not seriously injured. Mr.. EwiD
tbrew his oy.rcoat over her and sent her IN hac
| TO the Plankintop House.
j. r. Duvall who occupied a room on the 10
noor tbs northeast corner. makes this s'aVe"eht
AT little after o'clock. think. my roommate
Andrew Hardy awoke me, and sa that our room
was filed with smoke. / found James McAldin
) running through the hall to the front. and he re
+ tnrned nj once. The smoke was binding and W
were nearly suiIocated. There was eat confusion
and s, rick after shrek heard from the ser
wants quarters. finally reached the north window
broke through it and jumped 10 the roof OF tn
> adjoining building Mr. Hardy and Mr. McAlpin
were injured the latter badly. l am all sound
they were sent to Kirby. l saw no flames"
: Martin webber, OF Laport, Ind, says he arrives
. at the hotel on Sunday and was assignee
10 room No. 15s, on the fourth hool
floor. lie was accompanied by friend named