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Cnic'ao, IT,. siafuh "a -Ths Lang.
ham lIolel, formerly the llafdlok House,
located ai ths eefaof u wabash avenue
and Jackson streets, was entirely de-.
sifoyei BY hfe iist evening, noiwiih.
standing the persistent efforts Of eleven
hie steamers, whose many streams oi
water seemed bot 70 make The flames,
which extended from cellar 10 garrett, burn
nefccr and brighter The hrc originated
In one of the lower rooms from nero.
sene lamp, which was accidentally over.
turned. AZ the time the restaurant Of
the house contained 100 guests At supper,
aud ~ many more were IN their rooms.
The people In tho restaurant had no
trouble In getting out, but several per.
sons In the upper rooms had very mar.
row escape.
Mrs. Belknap, an elderly lady, was
Killed jumping from tho fourth story
Into The alley Subsequently the cry
was raised that the walls were failing,
and that Bulwnkles fire insurance pa.
trolnen were inside the building. A por.
slon OF the south wall was seen TO 10 tier
and then II came down with a
crash. Two members OF the Are insur.
snce patrol barely escaped the tumbllng
bricks and timbers. Two others we're
pinned fast, but after long efforts were
finally extrlcatcd. The legs OF both
were severely bruised. Patrolmen A.
Jones and John Walsh are believed to
have been suffocated beneath the wall.
The ilrcmen never ceased heir efforts TO
secure the two missing patrolmen and
about four hours aftcrward they were
found In the basement Of the building
next 10 the hotel, buried under broken
flooring and fragments Of the falling wall.
They were taken out alive, aud will prob.
ably survive their injuries.
The escape Of Mrs. j. A. Murray and
child was marvellous. The lady occupied
room on the nth floor, and wa. un.
aware OF danger I'LL II was too late to at.
tempt TO descend the starways. She
reached the lirc.escapc, but at each floor
found the hole 10 the grating too small
10 admit the passage Of herself and In.
liant, and she was therefore compelled
four times, with the flames bursting
around her, TO seat the child upon the
platform, lower herself over the edge and
reached Tho ground without assistance.
aud Il quarter OF an hour aftcrward had
wholly recovered from the effects Of her
terrible experience
roncenan MARKS saw TWO doinesilcs a.
". ,as " snsnoJ wy ',' ", vi "lnuo"s a'.r u
rescued. Ho rushcd nm the burning
staircase, and a few moments later an.
peared, dragging out both womon, who
had been rendered unconscious by smoke.
The hotel, which is total loss, was
erected Immediately after the great nre.
While substantial looking outside, II was
called fre.trap. II was formerly known
as the Burdick House, then as the Craw-
lord, and, recently, as the Langham.
Cummings Z Howard, owners. Shaw &
Son leased the establishment. The lat.
lers loss Is ssoO,OOoi insurance, $4,000.
The building was valued at sl50,000 and
Insured Tor hall. kletz & Son, picture
trainers, and llardens hand.grenade
agency suffer total lossi Insurance un-
known.
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oonneeVeu WIN 'ne ouriilns Vi the Lang
ham House last night. The body OF john
Hennessey, an employc Of Faxon & Co.,
was recovered from tho ruins this after.
poon. uIe vas amopy IN. marty h,,,.a
h.no.,, ,ho ,.,,,n, ,.i, .nt 900. 80
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crusheu oeneauh hea'y piano. Ihe
dead are;
John Henncssey, single, twenty eight,
Winthrop Place.
william Bean; married, seyenty.tvo,
Van Buren, street.
Mrs. Belknap.
Fire Insurance Patrolmeu John Walsh
aud Edward Jones: both single.
Mrs. Belknap might have been saved,
but became wild with fright and leaned
from a ilfth story window TO the stree,
while n ladder was being raised for her
rescue. Nothing is known OF her IDENTITY
further than that she came from Alabama a,
aud had only been at the hotel a few
days. Her neck was broken by the fail
4 blind man named Thomp pson. an EN-
ploye Of the hotel, is missing. Also ,
travelling salesman from New York. name
unknowp. The travelling mans baggage
was saved from the hotel office. bears ths
initials "D, n. B.r which is all that /,
known of him. lie was seen 20 enter The
building when the alarm sounded. and
has not vet appeared 10 claim the bag.
gage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooly. of Cincinnati had
q miraculous escape. Both are cripples,