Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-01-18


poised in mid-air, and then dcsccnde,
with crash through y window of tn
hotel. 1t formed a bridge across tn
alley, however, and before it became
steady in its position the man hat
crossed over into the hotel. Then
amid the cheers of the multitude below
the man dragged the helpless creature,
across the slender bridge, until sever
or eight were rescued. They were all il
their night-clothes, and suffered fromth,
clothes, Awoman in adead faint, unable
to help herself in any particular, wa
dragged across in safety, but at on
time the whole of her body was hang
ing over clear of the ladder, while til,
brave man held her by one of he
ankles The crowd below held thci
breath in suspense, expecting ever,
moment to see the ladder turn over o.
break beneath the terrible strain. TIL,
man, however, was equal to the emer
gency, and by
A lIERCULEAN EFFORT,
pulled her through the slender bridge
and finally placed her out of danger
while the crowd, which had cndureC
the most painful suspense for fully ter
minutes, burst forth with round after
round Of applause.
Mrs. l.. W. Brown, wife of the gen
eral yardmastcr Of the Chicago and
Northwestern, is dead. Mr.. Brown
made a rope of sheets, which he tied
to a sewing machine. He slid down
and received but slight injuries After
reaching u foot-hold he called to hi,
wife to follow, but she did not, and q
few moments later was
BURIED BENEATH A MASS or FAILING
BRICK
in her room. Miss Libbc ChclliS, fol
ten years in charge of the drcssmaking
department in T. A. Chapman's store,
occupied n room in one of the upper
stories fronting on Michigan street.
Surrounded by flames, she appeared al
one of the windows, and for an instant
looked imploringly down at the throng
below and then fell back inth the vortex
of fire and peIishcd. There was 4 fire.
escape within her reach, but the poor
woman was so completely overcome by
the horror of her situation that she
was powcrless TO act.
Judson j. Hough, of Peoria, ILL.,
who had both legs broken and rCcciv-
ed other internal injuries by jumping
from n fifth-story window into the can
vas held by the iiremen, died at the
Central police station. Mr., Hough
was visiting the family of Allan John
son. He was a special agent of the
Northwestern National Fire Insur-
ancc company, of this city, and leaves
awife and four children. He was about
40 years of age. There was a touching
scene when he tried TO tell the bystand,
crs where he lived. He spelled out the
words:
-W-I-F-E-B-A-B-Y.'
Charles Kelsey, with the Tom Thumb
Opera company, is missing, and was
undoubtedly burned to death. Mrs,
Sylvester Blccchcr, the wife of the man.
ager of the Tom Thumb company, is nj
the Plankinton house under medical
treatment but is.not expected to live.
She suffered disl6cation of the left
shoulder and hip, and received a COM
pound fracture Of the knee Joint. Her
death is momentarily expected. The
other members of the company are
safe and escaped without receiving
any injuries. a story of hairbrcadth
dscape from n terrible death is that re-
lated by Miss Lizzie Augland, one of the
dining-room girls. She awOkc and heard
the noise about 4 o'clock H. m. She awak-
ened her room mate, Miss MOlle Con-
nors, and the two girls hastily dressed
and attempted to descend by the stair
way, only to find themselves facing Il
sheet of flame. Miss ConnorS, terribly
frightened, screamed out: "My God,
Lizzie, we can't get through thcre!'
Lizzie replied: 1--WE must get through
or perish" With this Lizzie rushed
through the flames and succeeded in
reaching the Office floor, where she
fell inscnsible. She was terribly
burned about the neck, the lower por-
ton of her face, her arms, and her
limbs between her feet and knees. Her
injuries, though severe, are not fatal,
and she is now being cared for at the
Axtcll house. From Miss Augland the
fate of Mollie COnnors is learned. She
SAYS that when she started through
the flames she turned to see if Molie
was coming, and saw her fall on the
stairway. This leaves no doubt but
that Mollie Connors perishcd in the
burning building.