Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-16
A PRISON OF DEATH
A INlOUN UT ULA III Terrible Holocaust in a Hotel
 at Syracuse.
 THE LELAND HOUSE DESTROYED Resouing the Living and Recovering the
 Dead Early This Morning. THE KILLED ESTIMATED AT sS. Panic-Stricken Guests Leap from the Windows to the Pavement.
THE LELAND HOUSE DESTROYED
THE KILLED ESTIMATED AT sS.

Three Hours-One wOman's Brains Knocked Out While Being Lowered from a wIndOw-COra Tanner, the Actress, Burned "A Babel of Confusion and PanIcky ExcItement-The Fire Started in the Kitchen-LOss Half Q Million.
 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 16.- Wha t proved to be the most disastrous fire that has visited Syracuse for many years was discovered in the Leland Hotel early this morning.
 The fire burned fercely until o'clock, although the entire fire de- partlnent, consisting of nine engines, was working on the building.
 Guard lines stre tched across the streets were inadeq uate to keep back the surging crowds of people that were packed in the streets leading to the hotel, and police were stationed all around the building.
 Compelled to Jump.
 The fire, which started in the kitchen, spread by means of the elevator we'll, WulCu was uouE bAo anu bO all means of escape were cut of and those in the upper stories were com pelled to jump. The clerk of the hotel began sending in the alarm by tele- phone but the flames spread so rapidly that he was driven from the instrument and compelled to jump to save his own life. The fremen saved many lives. Nothing Is left of the building except the elevator shaft and the chimney.
 E.-- oitement that the identity of those killed and injured is wholly unknown. Undertakers' am balances were flying in all directions, and the streets in the neighborhood of the ill-fated hotel were thronged with excited crowds of people. The injured were taken to other hotels and hospitals and on this account 1t is impossible to obtain 8 list of the names.
 Twenty-Five Killed. An eyewitness of the fire says he is positive that at least twenty-five pc r. sons have lost their lives and many more have been more or less injured. sa Many lives were lost by people crazsd with fright, who jumped from windows.
 One man says he saw six people jump from different windows on the Fayette street side of the building within e space of four minutes, and the sight so sickened him with its horror that he was compelled to leave the spot.
 The building was provided with both iron fire escapes on the outside and ropes on the inside, and was the means of saving many lives.
 One womA an was found with @ nurs- ing babe in her arms, crouched under stairway, whore she had been overcome by smoke.
 Burnet Forbes, a stockbroker, of this city, escaped into the street almost naked. He was slightly injured about the hands. He loses a gold watch valued at $500 and all of his cl othing.
 A woman's Brains Knocked Out.
 One woman was being lowered from Q window by the aid of Q rope. She had reached point opposite the third story, when the rope became ignited from A burning sill. The rope parted and hswoman fell to the pavement; her brains were dashed out and her body fattened into a shapeless mass.
 Cora Tanner Among the Injured.
 Among those Injured is Cora Tanner, the actress, who was severely burned about the head and feet. She was playing an engagement at the Grand l OpoEh 11ouSo anu ubo Toom Ill tuo hotel.
 Heartrending Scenes.
 The scenes and incidents connected with the rescue of inmates were heart rending in the extreme.
 The cries or women standing iT upper windows and of the excited crowd below were deafening, and added to tbis the constant roar ot many fire engines, created @ babel oi confusion and panicky excitement ir and around the hotel. cd
 The Building a Total Loss.
 The building is total loss. It wal built two years ago at cost of $150, 900. It was six stories high and con tained 800 rooms.
 It is notknown how many guests wer, in the hotel at the time the fire broke out.
 The building is partially covered by insurance, but 1t is impossible to learI how much insurance was carried ol the hotel furniture or what the pri vat, and individual losses will be.
 The total loss will reach e hal million dollars.
 Frank Casey, of Glens Falls, N. Y. is among the missing.
 All is Confusion.
 Physicians are attendi ng to the in