Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-10-24
A List of Those Who Were Injured
at the Burning Of the Leland
House, Syracuse.
The Report Fails to Give the Num-
Der and Names Of Those Killed
or Burned to Death.
The Funera. of Justice Miller-the
Body Taken to Keokuk for
Interment.
The Dead and Injured.

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nifcent Leland hotel, the most modern
and the finest appointed hotel in central
New York, is to-day nothing but a mass
of smoking ruins. It was 1916 Thurs
day morning when the fire was first dis
covered and by daylight almost the en-
tire structure wal destroyed. When the
west side of the building fell in it car
ried with it a tw~o-story brick building
occupied by the Curtis Manufacturing
company. The freight depot Of the
American Express company, on the north
side of the Leland and adjoining the
Central railroad, wal demolished. Some
of the freight was saved. The Central
depot was on fire several times and the
stores and property adjoining on Frank
lin and west Fayette streets were severe
ly scorched by the flames. The origin
of the fire is unknown. It is thought
that it started in the bakery adjoining
the kitchen. In twenty-five minutes from
the time the fire started, the burning no.
tel, as viewed from the street, presented
a striking scene. 1t was agonizing in
the extreme. At many of the windows
of the five stories of the burning build
ing could be seen men and women pite-
ously calling for help or making their es-
cape by means Of the rope appliance. On
the fifth floor, four m appeared at a
window, their screams for help being
heard above the noise. The fremen
shouted to them to stay where they were.
Annie Cummings, of New York, getting
frightened, jumped and was instantly
killed.
VIM. E. Harrop of Elizabeth, N. j.,
whose place of business is at 70 Worth
street, New York, aged 40, lowered him.
self by a rope half way down from the
fourth floor, when the rope burned off
and he fell to the ground. He died at 4
a. m.
Rose Schwarz, aged %, a hotel domes-
tic, jumped from the fifth floor. The
right side of her face was smashed and
she received a compound fracture of
both arms; she died from the shock and
internal injuries at the house of the Good
Shepherd at 8 a. m.
Annie Campbell, a hotel domestic,
jumped from the fifth floor; left leg
smashed, compound fracture of the right
upper arm, compound dislocation Of
right ankle and severe shock; will prob
ably live.
r. S. Drysdale of New York, salesman.
on fourth floor, started down on a rope,
when the escape refused to work, he
dropped to the ground; rupture of ex-
ternal ligament, right ankle joint, con-
cussion of spine, hands badly burned
will likely cover
John Dunn, fireman Of company 4, toes
crushed by falling wall.
Burnett Forbes of this city had slid
down a ROPE to the first floor, when a
woman jumped out of the fifth story win
dow above him and in falling struck
him, nearly causing him to fall. A lad
der was then run up to him. Suffering
from congestion of the lungs, and hands
badly burned from friction of the rope.
F. w. Gilmore of Pawtucket, Z. l.,
came down a rope and struck on a coal
chute; a nail in a board ripped his back
the ulllength of his spine; hands burned
Theodore Guthier, fireman, badly
burned.
Giles, a hotel domestic, cut about the
head and face, fracture of leg, and arm
also burned.
John Hewlett, fireman, completely
burned by falling wall; cheek bone
broken; will probably recover.
Lizzie Landerof, hotel domestic
jumped from fifth floor; bones fractured
and foot badly crushed.
Mrs. O'Conner, a hotel domestic; frac
ture of right arm; serious injuries about
the face.
Max Rosenheim of New York City
fracture of right ankle.
Mary Tyner, hotel domestic; compound
. face.
The missing are: Mary Doyle, a ser
want; Robeft T.. Mills, New York, guest
The total loss exceeds $215,00O; insur'
sSpce $4,000.