The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-16

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planters House, 81. Louis, at one |
| III. l@rccst hotel in the country, was |
i l',. a. nv fire at o'clock sunday morning.
isH,~ 81 ~ The philadelphia Tines says:
~ slTs' -, watch in the cngine-room was |
u,a" NV, g. zoo the blaze. IL was IN the |
De ~ and fast communicating to the adj |
w." ~ o,,ortn,enis and TO those Just above
oi"'us III the servants were sleeping sound |
NJ ,,,tchman ran 70 the corner OF the |
II IL ,,,,llcd one Of the new iirc-alarm !
o.e' '"I IT, iusf one minute aud thirty Sec
PoN'S;, -, ,ioi fine the frc-engines were |
|pnos n Nv. ,.ronnd. This quick work saved !
q po" uS ernefure. for bad the tiro-laddieS /
" u'"," ,,on,eut later the fire would have |
a nv n.sond control. and even rs it was
gu ~ 80 Great blaze, and il looked as
the Milwaukee disaster was TO be !
a ACCUSING TIE GUESTS.
81 .;,h, clerks. bell-5oys, and porters
s. NV" Itch ran through the building
"a ."n'pc fbc guests. They began at the
"a "a ar and Knocked at every door a.
- ran through the halls and shouted
II ~ the hotel was on fire. From the sixth !
q orv they descended 10 the fifth and then
4 o,yrwsrls an through the hotel, and !
4 ,tcd up about everybody in il.
n Tbcy cried a. they raped on each door:
3 Tiret fire! Wake up. Don't wait a
fnuic.'
A. a consequence, the halls were soon
fUcd with frightened, pauic-stricken
I'D of men aud women and children,
4 no had followed the advice without TAX
/, r time 10 dress. and therefore everybody
rsbed down the stairs dressing o. they
epi. and CrOwding each other in frantic
tndeavor 70 reach toe street. The rotunda
Is iled in very short time with "a mob
II erotc~quc-lookiug people. who, Is they
Eiled 10 see anything but smoke, stopped
II put on what few articles OF cloth
h. they carried. They poured out
hio the street in thick volume
kthoUt head or fect-c0YeTing, and with
Ettle 10 cover the body. The Milwaukee
korror was fresh in the minds Of all, and
h. cry Of "Firc; get up; the house Is on
h. i" sent thrill OF terror through every
teaIt. No one at FIRST could really tell the
ty,ent Of the fire. The greatest excitement
sppesred 20 be in The servants quarters.
A. soon rs they were told that the house
H. on fire they became frightened. and 4
banic Tor few minutes cnsued. The wo-
r,en shriekcd and rushed ont lightly clad,
Zach striving 10 he the first TO get down.
rgir,. An succeeded eventually. Their
4uariers were right over the kitchen.
FIGHTING TIE FLAMES.
4 The house was surrounded by engines
3most Immediately after the alarm was
riyen. and the effect OF their efforts was TO
*l,eck in aSh0rt time The progress Of the
4me.. II was then realized that the scare
No. greater than the fire. The fire origi-
natcd m the kitchen, probably from the
fanee, and spreading rapidly at first, filed
a. few who were aware OF the existence OF
b with horror. The smoke found its way
fll through the halls and accelerated the
<pecd Of the guests in eyacrlating the
building. Lights were turned on then,
and something like order followed the
Retreat. On the streets were groups of
men and women, Shigcring i'm the
cold. One man was clad in an undcrshirt
and oveTcoa,. Several OF the women were
in their night-gOwns, and were crying Bit
serly. Most of the ladies were attired
merely i'm a skirt and a shawl. One lady
booked like Iamlet's ghost as she moved
mound clad in q comfort suatched from
her bed. None Of them had head-cOyer-
ing. One man had a handkerchief around
L,k ears. and no shoes or socks on. Those
dfiyen ont found shelter any and every
there they could. Hundreds facked into
ia Globe Democrat office, which is on the
corner opposite the hotel. Two hours after
DO fire was discovered the engines quit
Work. the firemen having confined the
hines 10 the kitchen and helps quarter.
IL .IpIt
Hptel, and forced it TO close its doors.
Il THREE DEAD BODIES.
4 After the fire the rooms visited by smoke
N flames were looked into. 4 man en-
Woycd IN the kitchen was found lying in
DID middle Of the floor in a room in the
second story. An investigation proved
Ebat he was dead, though the body was
fbl warm. lie was an Italian, named
Rebel Carno, and was about forty years OF
H9e II il thought that i'm trying TO make
int escape be rushed into the smoke and
Ws suh0catcd before he could get out or
e. for aid. The body was taken ont by
and iircmcn, placed in the
Htrol wagon, and taken TO the mOrgue.
81 ON the fourth story, over the stOrcrOOm,
aenan was seen i'm bed by the iircmcn. He
~ llocated where he Icy. Efforts were
nbde to reach him, but it was an hour be-
DC his body was recovered. He proved
ID be Dennis Raparti, a meat-caIVer, who
came from Italy with CarnO.
Late this afternoon another body was
|ennd in the Planters House fire. The
only man now missing is Henry Blaney,
and though this body is charTed and unre-
cognizablc, il is supposed TO be his. He
Nsls man Of sixty. and Tor thirty years had
been waiter in this hotel. His body was
'ound on the stairway leading from the
ieps' quarter 10 the alley. Running down
bose stairs, he perhaps dropped from
9nokc and exhaustion, and was then
Burned 10 death. OF the injured, Julia
fassell, tbTty-threc years, an ironer, left
u servants quarters in fright and leaped
Town the stairs, which were very narrow,
breaking her right leg and forcing the an
f. down TO the heel. Jennie and Annie
Boomer, elderly scrub-wOmen, were eat
I'D bruised in the excitement Of getting
lway.
JUMPING FROM A WINDOW.
Owen Murphy, employed in the kitchen,
Eas sleeping i'm a room in the third story,
1nmcdlatey above the engine-hOuSe. He
as almost suHocated by the smoke. lie
3mped out Of the window TO the roof OF
Naorehouse and then lowered himself
rOWyope used for hosting meat TO the
he The end OF the rope was on fire,
he \ Q{phy burned his hands severely.
tours ycs<hing the alley he wandered about
Vim ne19tp his Undertaking, bare feet,
enh pIl1 ldered state, and was almost
hi. n3H4Een he was brought into the
he q pa office aud given a chair by
tserir|
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