Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-11

| advances plausible theory as to the orig
in of the fire. He says that the partitions
were built too close to the freplaces, caus-
ing them to ignite, and the fire spread
rapidly between the walls, and got good
| headway before being discovered.
Regarding the origin of the fire Mr.. An
tisdel said: THE night watchman saw the
fire first, but before he could do anything
it had shot up the elevator and was burn
ing on every floor. am confident that it
started in the elevator, but how it origin
ated cannot say. was awakened by the
noise and rushed out to find the building
filed with flames and smoke. People were
FLYING FOR THEIR LIVES.
After saving my wife tried to save others.
1 met nay father and mother in their night
clothes, and tried to get them to leave the
building, which was fast becoming fur
mace of flames, but father was apparently
out of his head, and said he was
bound to go into the flames to save those
in the building, but by force I got him to
the street and being afraid if let him go
he would again enter the, flames, con-
Quoted him by force down Michigan street
and when near the alley some one fell from
the upper floors to the ground a few feet
away, and caused him to become frenzied.
He broke away and don't know where he
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from the building
j. 7. Richie of Louisville, Kentucky said
that he was awakened about o'clock by
the great noise and clatter. He partially
dressed and then found that
the hotel was on fire. He
was on the floor over the
Office and on opening his door found the
corridor full of smoke. He worked his
way to a corner room and got into it. He
found man there partially dressed, tear
ing his sheets and blankets into shreds
and twisting them into rope. The man
had tied one end to a chair. Richie pulled
up the bed to the window and attached the
hastily improvised rope to it. Then the
two descended to the balcony and after
screaming to the fremen a ladder was
placed against the balcony and they final
~ reached the ground.
The Tom Thumb party and large num-
Der of people were on the balcony
and Mr. Richie says the scene was the most
appalling he ever saw, the flames fast clos
ing in on them, and they were so fright
ened it was impossible to tell which way to
try to escape. An old woman lying on the
balcony, who travels with Mrs. Tom.
Thumb, had
BOTH LEGS BROKEN,
and was otherwise badly injured. She was
moaning and wailing, crying most piteous-
ly for some one to carry her away. The
whole party, in an almost nude condition,
was conveyed to the Plankinton, where
they received every possible attention.
RoUNDsMAN DENNY SULLIVAN
said: = Officer McManus and were among
the first on the scene. All could see was
smoke issuing from third-story window.
McManus rushed to box15 lat the chamber of
commerce corner and pulled it, but the
department had already commenced to
arrive on telephone alarm, sent in by,
don't know who. I rushed in the building
crying for the people to hold on, as the
windows were already full of men and
women in the attitude of jumping. But
my voice was lost, and I looked out sud
denly to see man coming down feet
first. He would strike on the window sill
and cornices, then rebound like a rubber
ball. tried to catch him, and he struck
my arm and nearly broke it, passing on
below to have both legs broken. 1 don't
know who he was, poor fellow. With this
several others followed and I set about
doing all could to restore order and save
life.
CHIEF LIPPERT
said the fire originated near the
streak of tightening. He says the fire
was undoubtedly started by some one. A
burly POLICEMAN grasped Tom Thumb and
wife, one each under an arm, and rushed
onto the balcony with them, from whence
they were rescued without harm. G. D.
Nash says there were two fire escapes, one
on Michigan street and one on Broadway,
besides passage way to the bank build
ing and door leading on to the roof of
the building just north of the burned
building and connected with it. He says
he can't see why the servant girls es-
pecially could not have escaped if awak-
ened in time, as they all knew of these
modes of egress. When told of the sad
fate of Miss Chillis great tears came into
his eyes. and he wrung his hands in
agony. He said he wanted to erect an iron
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