The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-24
HOTEL HORROR

HOTEL HORROR
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6YRAcU& n. T., Oct ;6-What
proved 10 b the most disastrous Are
that hes visited Syracuse for many
years vas discovered in the Leland
Hotel st 1880 o'clock this morning.
An eye witaes - the Are says it 10
positive that 1t least twenty-five per-
soas have lost their lives and many
more have been more q less injured
One woman was being lowered from .
window BY the aid OF . rope. She bad
reached . point opposite the third st5ry
when the rope became ignited from .
burning sill, the rope parted. and tho
woman fell 20 the pavement her brains
being dashed out and her body hattened
into . shspeless mass
Frank Carrick. Of Glenns FsllA n. u.
has been identified ~ one Of those that
were burned TO death.
Many people crazed with fright lost
their lives by jumping from windows
One man says he saw six people jump
from different windows on the Fayetta
street side of the building within .
space of four minutes and the sight
s.ckened him with its horror and he was
compelled to leave the spot
The building WAS provided with both
iron fire escapes on the outside and
ropes on the inside. which were the
means Of saving many lives
Among those injured is Cora Tanner.
the actress who was severely burned
about the head and feet She vas play
ing an engagement At the Grand Opera
House, and had . room in the hotel
Most Of those killed were ON tho
fourth and fifth stories
Frank Casey. of Glenns Falls n. Y.
and Emil Forbes, . prominent brewer
Of Syracuse, are among the dead.
The building will be a total loss 1t
was built two years ago ut . cost OF
$50, 900 and the total loss must be $780,
OOO. 1t was SIX stories high and con-
tanned 400 rooms
The fire, which started in the kitchen,
spread by means Of the elevator we'll.
which was near the sta rway. and so all
means Of escape were cut of and those
in the upper stories were compelled &c
jump
was first discovered the entire building
was wrapped in flames. 1t was impos-
sible for the guests to escape. The
scene was one OF the widest confusion
and people were to be seen at the win
dows on every floor shricking frantically
for help, which could not be given them.
Many we're seen to fall back into the
flames fainting and exhausted. while
others hurled themselves from the
windows, meeting death On the pave.
ment
The scenes and incidents connected
with tho rescue Of inmates were heart
rending in the extreme. A man and
m were seer locked in each others
arms in q window on the fifth floor at
the northeast corner OF the building.
l:elOw them was a perfect sea OF fame.
with no possibility Of escape except by
the window and that seemed newt
able death. No assistance could reach
them. The m seemed TO be
anxious to jump but her husband
was earnestly %cntreat:ng her to desist
The crowd below waited with bated
breath. The woman made n last eff
fort to Jump, was restrained by her hus-
band. and the cry Of the crowd signaled
the awful end that must have befallcn
them q they fell backward into tho
room into a mass OF flames.
At window on the fourth floor, al.
most directly under this. q m ap-
peared under the window. She was sur
of the room by fierce flames She
seemed irresolute as TO whether to jump
to the pavement or TO FAC the fiery foe
that was fast ~encrOaching on her life.
She did not jump, but seemed TO be
withheld by either fear or . feeling that
escape would come from some other
source. She stepped down from the sill
into the room. but remained at the win
dow but an instant when the whole room
became enveloped in flames and tho
woman sank back from view.
The fr;ghtful shrieks Of the guests
and the crackle OF the flames could be
heard for blocks away. The building
burned 30 rapidly that most OF the peO-
PIE on the upper floors were obliged to
use the fire escape or jump for their
lives
Seven OF eight men and children
jumped from the upper stories onto .
shed in the rear of the building. At
one time sever persons were struggling
together on the shed, which had already
caught ire from the flying sparks The
victims were half naked. Several Of
them yer seen to tear of OF their
body under garments that had caught
fire.
One of the most frightful incidents of
the fire was the terrible death of .
woman who jumped from the fifth story
Of the building. Several policemen
stood on the sidewalk holding nets
ready to catch the guests rs they jumped.
Two persons. . man and . woman.
jumped into one Of the nets almost at
the same moment and escaped with
broken limba
The next to jump was . woman who
appeared in q window on the fifth story
in her night clothes She leaped out
Of the window, and missing the net WAS
dashed TO pieces on the stone sidewalk.
She was picked up and removed to the
m0rHue.
AlIsaoee Se0ek Yaed4
KANSAS CrTY. Mo. Oct 16-The in
tended extension Of it's business by the
Farmers Alliance Of the Southwest was
discovered when it was learned that
they are about to establish an independ-
ent stock yards in Kansas City. Kan.
TexaA Nebraska and Iowa arc back Of
the scheme. Fifty acres Of land ad-
joining the present stock yards is the
site Of the new Yards Nv maintaining