Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-06
TIE FLIGHT OF GUESTS.
Many of Them Have Narrow Escapes-Ref-
uee Had With Friends and Relatives.

MANY of Them Have Narrow Escapes-Ref.
uge Had With Friends and Relatives.
The guest of the house who had the mar
rowest escape was Mr.. N. Underwood, Of
Milwaukee. He was the last man to write
his name on the registry. at about IL 80
o'clock. He repaired directly to his room.
and was washing and dressing for dinner
when the fire began. He was not warned
until the hall outside of his room was full
of flame, and in trying to escape that way
his hair and beard were burned He finally
got out of the window by fire rope.
D. c. Mason, of New York, escaped from
his room, on the west front, by letting him.
self down on a rope made of bed clothing to
the roof of the adjoining building, occupied
by W. II. Holmes & Son.
1t was reported that Thomas n. Hill, a
travelling salesman for Landrouth 8 Son, of
Philadelphia, has lost $4,000 in cash and
valuable jewelry, which he left in his room.
The report was incorrect.
A New York drummer named W. M.
Post was in bed at the time of the fire, not
feeling well. When alarmed he ran down
to the office, got package of diamonds from
the safe, returned through the smoke 10 his
room, packed his trunk hurriedly, lowered
it from the window by rope and then slid
down himself.
Hugh Naughton, a lumber dealer Of Chi
cago, saved only the key for his room,
which he happened to have in his pocket.
E. j. Fairfield, of Philadelphis, lost only
a few small articles, which he had in his
room.
j. L. Carnaghan, of New York, threw his
gripsack out of west window to the top of
the Holmes building, and then let himself
1a,r 81 h. To-, I'D
The wife of Captain w. W. O'Neil occu-
the fire, but not until the halls were full OF
smoke. She was helped out through the
kitchen.
Miss E. s. Farr, travelling saleswoman
for A. H. Rosenbaum & Co., of Boston,
dressmakers and dealers in silks, etc., oc-
cupied rooms IL and II. She had about
81, 900 worth of ladies' costumes on exhibi-
tion, the price of one of them being $500.
She was exhibiting the goods to several
ladies when the fire broke out. The lady
had no time to pack the goods in her trunks
and barely escaped before the heavy smoke
filled the room. She went to the Seventh
Avenue Hotel. After the fire she went
back to look at her goods. She found them
considerably damaged, but they are in
sured. She could not take possession of the
costly fabrics until they are examined by
agents of the insurance company.
Mrs. Gusky and her son were boarders at
the house. The lady is in New York and
did not know anything of the fire until
telegraphed by Mr.. DeWolf, her superin-
tendent. The latter was at the store at the
time and rushed to the hotel. He got out
Master George Gusky and his sister, Jennie
DeWolf. They are now at the Seventh
Avenue. At the same house are Mr.. and
Mrs. Danziger, Hugh Naughton, of Chicago,
G. W. Taylor, of New York, N. Under
wood, of Milwaukee, w. 81. Tallman,
President of the Etna Iron Company at
Bridgeport, o., and w. T. Graham, Seere-
tary of the same company.
Milton Weston, of Haymakerford, arrived
at the hotel Tuesday morning. It was re-
ported that he had $40, 900 worth of railroad
bonds which he thought were lost in
the fire. He returned to the hotel and Sc
cured the bonds. He is now at the Du-
quesne. George E. Goddard, the wholesale
jeweler, and his wife are at the same hotel,
with W. M. Port, the diamond merchant,
and D. Kaiser, the. wholesale jeweler Of
New York.
The guests who found refuge at the An
derson were Sterling Glover. of Buffalo; G.
P. Leatherburg, of Baltimore, and Thomas
H. Hill, of Philadelphia, all travelling men.
boarded in the house, had his rooms filed
with bric-a-brac which he has been gather
ing for the past 20 years. All of it was
damaged by water and some relics were
completely ruined. Mr.. Carson found
quarters at the Seventh Avenue.
W. c. Quincy, General Manager of the
Monongahela Connecting Company, and
his family, were fortunate in securing rooms
at the Seventh Avenue. j. II. Campbell
and wife, of New York, P. M. Shannon and
wife, OF Bradford, also managed to squeeze
in at this hostelry.
The st. Charles and other smaller hotels
managed to catch some of the overflow. The
Duquesne, Anderson and Seventh Avenue
were crowded with their own guests, and
found it difficult taking care of few of
those who had been burned or flooded out.
The majority of the resident boarders at the
house had to find a refuge with friends and
relations IN the East End and Allegheny.
All the hotels were so crowded last night that
dozens of travellers were turned away.