Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-10-23


Is.s Of Life by Barnia< and other-ts>
-fuiir rwenty-f1vs. and rsrh-p. .
sr~.s~r Number viii Comprise the
Death Ii.t-H~srsrenalnx scenes st Tn.
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SrRAcr~E. y. v. Oct Ia d-wha.
proved % - the NOS. DISASTROUS nre
that aas visited Syracuse for many
years was discovered In the Leland
Hotel a. half-pAst twelve o'clock this
morning Is Is nov two o'elock and
the Ere Is still burning aerrely. al
though The entire hrc department. con-
sisting OF nine engines. are working
hard to save further loss o, life and
llmh
An eyewitness % the fire. says he is
positive a. least twenty-five persons
Lost their lives and many more have
been more or less injured
one woman was being lowered from''a
window b. the aid Of rope. She bad
reached point opposite the third story.
when ;he rope became ignited from \
burning sill. parted. ami tho woman
fell 10 the pavement her brains being
tashe / out and her body cat,enesi into q
shapelcss masS
80 great Is the confusion and tho ex-
eitement that the identity o, ;hoSo
killed and injured is wholly unknown
Unacr;akers' ambulAnces and other
vehicles are flying in all directions and
the streets in the neiyhborhocd OF tho
ili-fatsd hotel arc throngcd wish excited
crowds Of people
Many people. craEcd with fear. lose
their lives By jumping from window<
One man says be saw six people jump
from different windows on the Fayet.s
street side OF tho building within \
space OF four minutes. AMI the sight
sickened him with is horror anI ho
vas compelled 20 leave the spot
The building was provided with both
iron Ere escapes on the outside and
ropes on the inside. which were tho
means Of saving many lives
Bgrnet Forbes stock broker o.
this city. escaped into the stree; al
rost entirely naked Hs was slightly
in iurci about the hands
Onc woman vas found with a nursing
babe in her arms erouehed in stair
way. where she had been overcome by
the smoke She was removed By the
iircmcn. but has not ret regained con-
sciousncss. and it Is impossible to tell
what her name Is or wha. her expert
ence Ea<
The fire Is said to have started in tho
kitchen.
The building will be n total loss 7,
Sas built two years ago At a cost q
si50. 00o IL i SIX stories high ant con-
,ained 900 rooms Il Is impossible 70
estimate how many guests were in tho
hotel az the time The IRE broke ou.
The total loss will nOs fall short OF a
half million. partly covered by insar-
ance.
Among those injured Is Cora Tanner.
the actress. who vas severely burned
about the head and fces She was play
ing an engagement at the Graui Opera
house and bad a room IN the hotel
Every physician in Syracuse ia on
the ground Most Of those killed wers
on the fourth and fifth ao1rx
Vague rumors are afoat that the lis.
of the killed will number fifty personS
but the fact can not b sub4tantiated.
and 1t Is believed the number will bs
less than twenty-five. the first estimate.
Guard lines stretched across tho
streets arc inadeQgate 10 keep back
the surging eroNssi % people tha: arc
packed in the streets leading 10 the ho-
tel. AMI police are stationed all around
the bailding
The scenes and incidents connected
with the rescue OF inmates are heart
rcnding in the extreme. The cries Of
women standing in upper windows and
Of the excited crow below were deaf
ening. and added 70 this the constant
roar Of many Are engines created
babel % confusion
NJ i.iz a. m man and woman wera
seen locked In each others arms in a
window on the ffth floor At the north
east corner OF the builIinx. Below
them was a perfect sea Of fame No
possibility Of escape except by ths win
dow Vas open 10 them. and that
seemed inevitable death No assist
anec coald reach them The woman
seemed 10 be anxious 10 jump.
but her husband earnestly eutreated
her 20 desist. The crowd below waited
with bated breath The woman made
one last effort 10 jump. was restrained
by her husband. and tho cry Of tho
crowd signaled the awful end that must
have befallen them as they fell back
ward into y mass Of flames