Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-22

A&3S ka&xtf &8nGytzared fks
ss = = trem can Of bsnxfue on ire
he boy % that door avs - 49, 80 ;
snnsk, and instantly tie hrs $500 >,
sns elevator shaft, ard darss.3 -, :.
~ s shaft nsssnss q thA so~. ~ 60
naasdinR. and from the third 49, =,
we nfEn n waseneFsled bJ q sooien
s1Airssy. which vas the only means ~
$3.50 70 these n0ors- The elevator
snaIt, % sad = its eonb1fsibilitv. n
s1eeseo WITH thin wooden lattice vork
Ans aneond noor. where ths, FIRE ztartad
sss pres room. tue third q eosuooS.
inR room, the fourth a ssor.Cu
room As the Ere started H..
SaHsan, yo1nR nasn, co1sir
OF tbs proprietor, n,n m 49,
stAirszy g. tbs afth fIoor. - siTs
warning % tbs eiris. Instantly aInnost
% found be Vas too lase 20 OF thsr1
oosu tue stairway, and that his own
retreat sas eat %. when What be did
TOT tne frightened xiris soald b toIa
~ eii@pees thst eOald be sssn of hin
tnfoaRn sne smoking windows. ghenoe
,9s Rigis nsd already lesped 10 deafh-
.. IA hinsiey 500 and his foreman mad
koas 70 tnetr root, adjoining this one
~ ne ses.. ana knowing the girls we're
ImpfIsoned on the t0or bei0z, they
preearrd fope and lowered IL "a ~.
window where SaIIiva1 vas. IA ~
seanfiy grssped il and fasseuino ora ~ !
TIE girls 10 Is be heiped her ouf Of ths
window, and Kingsley 1nd Shrods. Iox-
ered her safely % the sidewalk. Ths
rope was brought up and Sullivan oujek- |
y fastened q to anothsr girl ana s@ot |
net COVE safely. The rope came 20 a |
tniro sanes and ss the other girls /
of tois time we're ali sudocated or 1
we're AFRAID 70 venture. Sullivan fast |
eneo toe rspe 70 his bsDdy, and Vas be- 1
inR lowered Whsu he was half Wv
DOWN the flames shot out of the win
dou, and he fell head foremost % the i
sidewalk, IN the presence % a horrifird |
e-oud Of people, Who tad Witnessed his /
nsroism- Wien the girls we're jumping
from the vlndog large colossd man
trled 10 catch them, and break the force
OF the tall He nearly lost his own life
ID the attemps. Within ten minates
after the IRE began patrol Of wagons
was called into use % carry awaS the
wounded and Gssd. As we'll as can b
ascertained there we've about so occu
pants OF the building, of vhsm % or q
we're girls on the fifth story. The bows
we're on the second aud third floors,
and this accounts foe their escape. An
agree that the spread of the flames WAS
almost instant W. b. kinzley, who ran
90 has upper hoors in The rear, where the
flames we're in danger Of coming throuob /
his window. foand THE smoke 20 esense
be bad to crawl on the door % reaah
his wiadov and Gloss ID. All this while
there was an avenns Of escape xhieh
the panic stricken girls did net think
OF. There vas An og,eniaR in the roof
which they could have easily reached
from bereh standing beside the wall.
and once on the roof they could have
reached other buildings with perfees
ssse- Lack Of ready access 10 this
plses lost all their lives.
The nre vas 90 insignificant that the
wooden stairway aisound the elevator
shaft IL not burned 90 AZ 20 be ussIezs
or unsafe, Jet the flames seem 10 have
pervsded all the floors, and to have
ruined all the payer and other liQht
comoustiole matter. Mr.. sullivan essi-
mates bis loss nj six or ten thou
sand dollars, viii ample Insurance..
Fne loss 10 the buiiding il slieht.
The scenes at Habig's undertaking
establishment wh-le the bodies we're
taken and where friends and relatives
came 10 identify them were Of the most
painful charsteF. IN one case police
man Of Coyington, kentncky. identified
his two sisters, Lizzie and Doilis Han
del, who we're twinA Mrs. Meir found
the body Of her daughter and had to be
led away from the terrible sight. Mrs.
Leoen had the awfea experiences of find
ing her three daughters among the
dead.
The total List, as aow made mn. n.
Anna Bell. aged 20, wife OF p. Bali No.
IS Lock street; Dollis aud Ligzie Han
del, twin sisters. 20 years. No. 7l3, Scott
street, Covington; Fannie Jones. %
years, corner Liberty and Freeman
streets; Della. Katie and Mary Leban,
slsters, aged %, II and le respectively.
No. 106 sixth street; Katie Lowry, 20
years, Newport. KY; Lizzie Meyer, Is, No.
6t5 Broadway; Annie Mcintyre, 20 years.
30 East sixteenth street: Penny Nor
ton, ~ years; Katie and Mary Put
man, sisters, - and 10, respectively
John Sullivan. - years. a05 Broadway
Lille WINNIE. % years. 50 East Fifth
street.
Toe injured are: win Bishop. printer.
- Years BIB Fifth street. Coyingtnn. Ky..
crushed and barnsd. will probably die;
Josie Hawkes.. broken leg; Emma Pinch
back, OoxinRton, unconscious. will
FAugN@ty 0t1s AAHulG 0HCQUCtu. mead l.
badly cut, lives on Harrison street.
Already preparations are In progress
for the relief Of the families Of che /
victims. most OF ghom were the sup
port % dependent parents.
Pressyseriaa Geaerai Assembly.
CrsoEsSATt. May H. The General As
sesnbly OF the Presbyterian Caureh be.
gan ils session this morning In the First
freabyterian Church. The Rev. Geo.
z. Hayes Of Denwsr. Col, The retiring
moderator, preacksed the opening ssr-
mon, after watch the General Assembly
was formally constituted by PRAYER and |
adiouraed until afternoon.
Essse Rail-.
PsoyIDEscE. May A. Chicaeo 10
Pravidenes q.
BosTsS, May "a Bossons &; De-
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