Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-23
A BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
me LAsGHAN 1oUss sUHHE0
Five Persons kacssa % haze Lost Their
lives The Total Loss o. Property
Not less Than $3.50. 600.

Cr.llsts8. March - fle LaEg gi.am House.
a args family aolel al Csc e0rner 1T j.cAsol
aud Wabash avenues. burned l-st nlg1t
The buiidual i Is ags-st9rl brick and stone
strnetars. eizig guests sels n the hotei,
s4icn 4as soadoeied ~ -. ~. ohas B oon-
lu ias ground door 3ls the holel o-iee.
-nertlaa tiiior shop. bsrangers Saloon, .
lsaldsy anI restaa1alt. Last f4A il vas
ssid t8r x4HpFl N104s11ds II people
md ne streets 30 xIfue-s the nle. AMI
thirty steamers Iisged on tlf baiitn-, beg
Il 0llF ssclied - llaAe tle nfe barn lrre-r-
AZ lllliligaE os bu4ldilg gfts cOml tri-
1reck. MF-. oeihnap, q rrtlisii nt guest rroll
tie soutl, llnpod tgou q sintiOF alld ~as
instantly kliir4- Jonu " al-cn AMI Liaara
hosct tsas buried beneath tae falling val
ant 4ere killed. Edward Roach, an mIios e
of hlzsr d Co... gaper dealers. ~ also le-
hoeeI - have prrsael- iAr total io-s .
not less than s-otN0. -artly Insured
The body af joan heuue-sL4. AZ emu.oye
of faxau Il Co.. was recovered tryiu the
rlns SUNDAY afternoon. he aas amou.
tha party buried beneath tAe ialAng WALL
and kas found osu-hel beneath a heavy
piano. the dead are. john Henue--cg
single - IS iathrop Place, ~ uI. Bean, mar
ried. = Van Barsn street; Mr- Belklap, and
Fire Insurance falgoimen John Walsh aut
Edward ioue-. both single. Mrs. beikn4p
ml -ni have been saved b-f became sild with
fright and iesIcd from a BftA-story Window
- ths street. while a ladder Wa being raised
% her re-cue- Nothing q known of her
identity further than that she came frOm Al
ALBANIA, and has been at the hotel only q
lev days. her neck ~as broken. had tie
hro occurred later in the evening the lO-s OF
life must have been appalling a. there was
maay guests and attaches of the hotel had
already retired % bed aud ollF escaped IN
their night dresses. hr. and Mgs. Hoole, Of
Cincinnati. had a rniraculOus esctpe. Both
are cupples, untbie 20 aallS. Mr.. doole L. "a
member of ths lrm 1f Snider s. hooie. In
thi- clty. ben The nre broke out Mr..
Maruniiale. cashier of the nrm- was on a
business visit 90 Ihelr room GA the fourth
door. 30 ctnghl the mvalid-, one under
each arm, and carrying them % the elevator
started downward They rushed INTO the
heart 0f Che IRE. and the car became a. hOt
a. an oven. reversing the motion they tried
IRE Ihifl ur. bot found tAe door
iacSit Nlrtudale threw himself against
D.. broke lt Open. and Dragged the couple
a lWu three Fights OF stairs. in.O the street.
NJ. and Ms. Sears, of Salt Lake City, were
hemned in by the haInes. AID thought death
certain. They were about ID administer
laudtnuIn when the hremen reached their
window with ladders. Mrs Murray. wife Ot
j. A. Marray travelling passenger agent OF
the West Shore railroad. climbed down the
entirs iength Of the IRE escape, lnas-l-ted,
with a little son clingiug 70 her neck The
pecunlary loss VII not vary materially from
thar reported. 10 Wiu probably agyre; ate
$4,000. The heaviest losses are: Howard
g Cummings. on buIlCiugs %. VI shaw g.
sons. the hotel pr0pr.etors. and the Harden
H--na Grenade Co.
blind man named Thompson, An EN-
pio,e Of tie hc tel, IA missing. and also Is
trave.inx salesman from New York. name
unknown. The salesmau'z valisc was saved
from the ofice snd bears the initials ID. t..
h. He was seen - enter the building when
tine alarm sounded.