Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-17
MET FIERY DEATHS
Number OF Dead at Syracuse
Still Unknown.
FIVE CoRPsBs so FAR RECOVERED.

Eleven Badly Hurt by Their Leaps for
Life and Two Westinghouse Thrilling
Escapes Noted-warren Leland, Jr.'s
Perii-A Gang of Men Overwhelmed
by Hot Coke in "a Blast Furnace and
Terribly Burned-Five Fatalities-Aw-
full Plunge of "a Northern Pacific Train
Seven Injured.
SYRACUSE, y. Y, Oct. l7.-Quartered
under the roof of the Leland hotel when
that costly structure was swept away YES.
terday morning by a whirlwind of fire
were upward of 100 guests and bosrders,
whose lives were imperiled from the mo-
ment of discovery. The number of per-
sons who persisted in the flames is still
matter of conjecture, and must so remain
till the debris is cleared away Five bod
les have been recovered, three others are
partially in sight, many more are thought
to he buried beneath the smoking ruins,
and large number who jumped from
windows or fell while while descending
The ropes with which every room was sup
piled are lying in hospitals so badly man
gled that death must result
The Cry of Warning.
As soon as the fire was discovered by
Lewis Leland, cousin of the proprietor of
the hotel, who had been out visiting. the
electric alarm in each room was set GO
Ing, and the clerks, bell boys, and porters
rushed through the halls shouting ''fire!"
But in the twinkling of an eye the flames
began wit h fury to lick the sides OF the
court in the center of the buildiFg Then
they ran up the sides, creeping lnto win
dows. setting the tapestries on fire, burn
ing the floors and even the beds in which
the guests were lying.
Many Miraculous Escapes.
Undoubtedly many died before their
voice could be heard. At first, many
were saved by the efforts of the police and
citizens who had rallied to the scene No
one thought of saving anything but his
life The escapes from the building were
miraculous. People could be seen sliding
down the rope escapes on all sides. 9th
ers dropped or jumped from their win
dows. The time finally came when the
cries ceased and nothing could be seen on
the great structure bat the rolling, seeth-
ing, moaning pillows of fire as they
mounted above the highest cornices and
made the stars in the sky look dim.
The Roll Of Casualties.
The victims 80 far as their names have been
learned. are a. follows: Dead Bridget Doyle,
cleaner. If Mar ellus. y v, Jumped from a
sixth story window: W. f. Hsrrup. a guest of
~ Worth street New York killed ny Jumping
Mary Padden, laundry girl, killed by jump
ing from sixth story window; r Sc SchwGrz,
cleaner, armed all over body. both legs
broken, a. the House of the Good She =
ard; Annie Cummings servant, skull frac-
h..rl F.l a.
wagon. Mis- ing-R. 7. Mills, guest, New
| York; Mary Doyle, servant, city.
This il tn. list Of injured far as known:
! NJ. J. Casey. bartender at the no el: Annie
| Campbell, servant, compound dislocation Of
| the right ankle joint and a compound fracture
] Of the right humerus, may recover; Maggie
| Doyle. cleaner, city, right leg broken and
| both arms broken above the wrists by jump
| ing from window; Lizzie Lsndgraff, servant,
| serious cCmround tract ure of right knee,
| Jumped, ba -ly shoe ed, case doubtful: Kate
MoGrsw, servant, badly burned all over body
and inhaled fire; Ed Nichols, of Dun
kirk, y. Y, president OF the
Brooks Locomotive work, broke an ankle
| and is badly shocked, nut will recover; Mrs.
| O'Connor, servant, very badly injured about
| the head, compound fracture OF the right m
| a. the wri Z, suffering from shock ami may
| die; Max r senheim, guest. New York badly
| burned and right ankle broken: Susan Smith,
| servant. city, hysterical and suffering from
| fright, doub' full; Mary lyman, servant. COM
| pound fracture o. the right humerl1s. suffer
! ing badly from shock, will recover; Mrs.
| Walker, servant, burned, shock, and smoke,
! seriou-: may die.
How Cora Tanner Was Saved.
! John G. Csrritt of Brooklyn, saved the
| ife of Cora Tanner the actress. My
room was on the third floor said Mr..
| Garritt. Il was awakened by the auto
matte frs alarm in my room. l got on some
my clothes and then came out into the
| hall Miss Tanner was running up and
| down the corridor in search of a means of
escape when l came out. l led her TO a
| window and adjusted fire-escape around
her body. She slid down the rope herself
and followed her Mine and Miss Tan
ner's hands were badly blistere1 by the
rope, but otherwise we are all right.
| A Brave Elevator BOY.
Henry Rucker, the colored boy who ran
| the elevator. assembled through the fire
when hottest and awsk ened and brought
| down five domestics who must otherwise
have persisted. Miss Mcnamara, the
housekeeper, who was sleeping on the
second floor. awoke only when her bed.
ding WIS in flames. She CROPPED her way
TO the stairs with difficulty, her face and
hair singed.
| Warren Leland's Close Call.
Warren Leland, Jr., and his wife at
| tempted to leave their room on the fifth
floor together, but were separated in the
| dense smoke in the halls. Mr.. Leland,
| after retreating three times TO an open
window for air. reached the stairway, and
then the Office, where his wife was wait
| ing for him in state of frenzy. Van
Buren, and Warren Leland, Jr, lost about
81, 900 worth of personal property which
was in their apartments in the hotel