Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-17
A FIERY HORROR.
The Leland Hotel. the Finest in
Syracuse, N. Y, Burned
to the Ground.
Gen'l Hsiles Appointed on the
Commission that is to Treat
With and Locate the
Cheyennes.
twenty-five Lives Lost.

SYRACUSE n. u, Oct. lo.-lhe LIE
land hotel, the fiLes In this city, wa
totally destroyed by fire tonight and
IL Ia r. ported that % lives were LIST
Many people, craApd with fright, losl
their lives by jumping from Windows
The building WAS provided with both
fire pscaTes on the outside and ROPE,
on the inside, which were the mans
Of saving many lives. Burnet F"rber
q stock broker of this citv, escaped
into the street almost entirely naked
He was siightly injured sbout ths
hand. The fire started In thu
kitchen. The building will be a tots
loss II was built two years ago at q
cost of $50, 900; was six stories high
and contained 49O rooms. IL Is i'm
possible to learn how many gup-t'
were in the hotel at the time. The
TOTAL loss will not fall short If half q
million dollars. the building being
partially covered by insurarce. 1t /.
impossible to lesrn what the private
and individual LOSSES will lie.
Among those injured is Cora Tn
nsr, the actress. who WIS severely
burned about the head and feet
Every physician in Syracuse il on the
ground. Mos, OF those killed were on
the fourth aud fifth floors.
ga. m.-The hotel is still burning
Vague rumors are sfloat that the lis,
Of killed will number fifty, but this
cannot be substantiated. and Il is be-
.ieved the number will be less than
twenty-five. The entire fire depart
msnt-nine engines-is working hard
10 save further loss Of life aud limb.
An eye witness Of the fire says it ir
positive that at least % per-ons Iost
their live and msny more have teen
more or les Injured. One woman
was being lowered from window by
aid OF q roTe. She had reached y
point opposite the third st'ry when
the rope became ignited from burn.
ing -ili, parted, and the woman fell 10
the vemen.. He brains were dashed
out and her body fst,tn.d into q
shapeless macs. so great is the con-
fusion aud excitement that the Iden
tty Of those killed and injured Is en-.
tirely unknown. Und-rtak-r-' snibu
lances are flying in al directions, and
the streets In the neighborhood of the
Inflated hotel are tarouyed ~ith ex-
cited throng. of people.
CRIES OF WOMEN
standing in the upper windows and OF
the excited crowd below were d.sfen
ing add, added to this the constant
roar of many fire engines. cr' aied n
Bahel Of confusion and psnicky ex.
element In an around the hotel. A,
l:l2 q. M. o man AID woman were
seen locked In each other arms ir q
window on the fifth floor at the north
east c,rner Of the building. Below
them WAS perfect sen of flame. There
was no possibility Of escape except by
the window that was ooen TO them,
and that see med inevitable death.
No assistance could resch them. The
woman seemed anxious 20 jump, hut
her husband was earnestly ent.a,inn
her To desist. The crowd below
waited with bsted breath. The
woman made one last effort To Jump,
was restrsined by her husband ard
the cry of the crows signalled the aw
full fate that must have befa!len them
rs they fell back ward into a mass OF
flames. At the window on the fourth
floor, almost directly under this. wo
man appeared. She was surrounded
from the interior IL the room bv fierce
fl.mes. Sne seemed irt solute rs t6
whether to jump IT, The pavement ol
face The fiery foe that was fast en-
croaching on her liberty aid life. She
stepped upon the si'l os the window
and placed her hands above her head
The people In the street below shud'
dered and turned their faces 10 shu,
out the horrible sight that must meel
their gaze should the woman jump Il
the ground. She did not jump, hui
seemed to be withheld by either fraI
or feeling thai escape would come
from some other source. She stepped
down from the sill Into the room. bu
remained nj the window but m In.
slant, when the whole room becam,
enveloped 10 flames and shessnk from
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