The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-13

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Account by IN Eye Witness.
CHICAGO, Jan. TT. Il. Andc'
deIson, Of this city, who was IN I'll
NeWhail House hie gives the follow
ing thrilling description IL rat VI
the window sill In my rts,in an0
saW the flames take my lwti anil a.!
clothes, aud the 1sNr sank In nns
! Was mass III flames before exsupe(
! BY sliding down the rain spout whics
! ran along the window. l had u rtn'll
ON the corner Of Michigan avenue
aud lIr0adway. an the fourth fjM,r
1t was nearly an" O'cl'N'k in tIit
morning when went to Nd, having
l'een In cr,n,lsany with l.. 4. Brow"
Of Philadelphia. aud the poor fellow
I saw him aftcrward ~ down I" hi
death in u mass Oi flames. without
Ieing allie to hell, him. Il Is awful.
! ] walked up to NY rCa,'lI, M the elt.
vot"r stopped running 1t u I'D. On
INV way ~, met only the watchlna'l
of the house, anil / asked him how
I cs,uld escape IN cslse Of fire. liz
sai,l easy enough: there were tw'
ways, one l,y the stairway and lhe
other hy going through the labyrinth
hail front. Browns rsMnl was 0p
Meite mine. / went to ted uttes
that, and was awakened i.y the I'"r.
riLle shrieks Of burning women and
the groa,,s Of burning men. 1t was
hell itself. SD terrible seemed to liz
the sounds. The flames were crack
ling all around, and ~ ] opened the
door a great mass Of smoke ami flame
reuhed In, and became s:itlcd. ]
was unable again to shut it, and the
smoke almost killed ME. bad
nothing on but . galsze uNa'eisIitrt,
and felt my strength leaving me. ]
was choking, and sank to the floor.
l thought I was gone, but my sense.
bad not altogether LETT me. !!
gathered myself up ~ sOt'n ~ | could
and made towards the window aud
by n desperate effort I succeeded in
getting there. 1 sank again to the
liOor hut rallied and attempted to
raisc the window. 1t was 80 well
Lalamcesl it yielded at once to h.y
puny effort, aud when ! leaned ont
The fresh mir revived me-. / was
strengthened and cons.iOusness r..
TUNED. l I,x,kesl down below and
saw the firr,,,em and police holding
mattress. They shouted for I,'e t.
jump on the telegraph wires, but
refused. saw ladders against tile
building aud sat down IA the win
dow sill aul saw everything 4" down
my clsthing, vali.e. everything,
and was unable lO save them.
l shouted: ! leggeti; i.l-
pioresl fl: those below to save
me. They saw me but gave Mle 40
help l saw my friend come from h is
room, and he attempted to come 10
n.c through, tlIc flames; but I Saw
hun 70 between the vortex Of flames
TO Iii. death. Oh, sus'l, sight! II
was too horrible IL imagine. I saw
the tin spout. 1t wits partly covered
with ice. Three wtlsen and one.
man had tried tO alecrlIal It aud they
landed in the valley Of death. They
lot their hold aud fell ~ lie street
below. 1t was tle only means If
escape left. ! seized /, with the fran
tic elt0rt Of despair. Everything iu-
idle my room was gone. l caught II
IN = wise like grasp and commenced
70 slide: sometimes l slid fis'nl six tO
,wclve feet, aud ut other tines hut an
ncl', hut l kept going down using
he ice made by the hosea u ft,,:'t hold
mi ca,cl. iur my hands, wl,icl. you
.s.s' are terribly iiistere,l. ] vent
lear down to the cellar, fifteen feet
,ei"w the street. but Twas alive. clad
'nly in my un,ieI*;iirt. On my wmy
l"wn saw two little girls standing
u u window Of the third story, amt ,
hey axkesl me- IL save. them. nat I |
Was l.'werless tO give them aid. and !
had t. see those iiln<h.eMt*, not over !
ix years old, swallowed ur lay the
,eartl.'*s flames. ! saw Kelsey, Tom i
Thumbs '"!'rtsl servant. 20 down A.,
With u wall. lie was c!inying IL u !
window sill in the nth story.
walked cut to the front a:..l went up |!
tMirs into the office, where / found u !
vOIslan who was tearing l:tr hair. i
"ultln't s.v her face. an.l.lh;n't know ;
vhO ~he was. spoke I" her but she
'nk no notice. o me. ! seized her !,
y til" ankles au.l dragged her CowE /
sxlily, thus saving her life. I went /,
eros, I" IL" c:pvc>s office wheel
aw Amti~.i.! VIII, was leaning over
irs. Johnson. lie said. 4 an, crazy:
a'u ru, thi. woman: | want To- -,
nd save my children WAS IT, u.
sssiti"li t.. t".;... naked an.l chilly.
SAIL to fireman standing hy: ]
ave lost everything. lie said. you
re- alive. in'iuting IL II man vii"
rs c'ingimy from the fifth story
'in,low. He said, how wo:,l.l you
K" to change place, with him.
gave me - coat anil
'aiSe,l in my bare feet four blocks
the i'lankintnm ;:oua.
was ln.>itl. myself. met Il wOi,,au
'ho threw u shawl over me ami sail,
,ere raH'r ln,y; take that ! got
otbing, such ~ II WAS, from .tra,ig-
" Ut the l'lamkinl',.. I never want
70 through >ucl. ..n cxla r:tnc-
GAIN"