Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-10-18
AT TER THE FIRE.
A Summing up of the Hotel
Holocaust at Syracuse
Shows many Lives
Lost.
An Interesting Description oi
the Escape of Dillon and
O'Brien the Irish
Patriots.


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SYRACUSE. n. Y, Oct. l6.-The
MAGNIFICENT Island hotel, the most
modern and the finest sppointed b. tel
In central New York. is today moth
ing hut mass Of smoking ruins. II
WAS l2:i5 Thursday morning hen the
Hrr was firrt discovered and ty day.
light almost the entire structure was
DESTROYED. When tie west side Of the
building fell In it carried with II a
two-story brick building occupied hy
the Curtis Manufacturing cornpsny.
The freight depot of the American
Express company, IN the north aide
of the Leland aud adjoining the Gem
trll railroad. was demolished. Some
of the freight was saved. The Central
depot wa- on fire s-veral times and
the stores s4d properly adjoining on
Franklin and wet Lafayette stree 8
were severely scorched by the n ,m-s.
The origin Of the fire 10 unknown. 1t
IL thought that IL started in ths bss.
cry adjoining the kitchen. In twenty
five ,5inute- from the time the fiie
started, the burning hotel. as viewed
from the street, presented striking
scene. 1t was agonizing In the ex-
treme. At many Of the windows Of
the five stories of the burning build
Ing could be sten men and women
piteousIy calling for help ,r makirg
their escape by mesns Of the rops aP.
plisnce. On the fifth floor. four
women appeared at u window. their
screams for help being heard above
the poise. The firemeu shouted to
them IN stay where they were. Anne
CuHminRs. Of New York, getting
frightened. jumped and was instantly
killed.
WIN. E. Hsrrop Of Elizabeth, n. J.,
whose place Of business ID at 20 Worth
street. New York. aged ~, lowered
himself by rope ba'f way down from
the fourth floor. when the ,ope burned
of and be fell TO The ground. He died
at 4 a. m.
Rose Schwartz, aged %, q hotel do.
msstic, jumped from the fifth floor.
The right side Of her face was smashed
ana she received compound frscture
of both arms; she died from the shock
and iLternsl injuries at the house Of
the Good Shepherd at s q. m.
Aunie Campbell. q hotel domestic,
jumped from the fifth door; left LEG
smashed, compound fracture Of the
tight upper arm, compound disloca-
ton Of right ankle aud severe shock
will probably live.
r. g. DrysdaIe Of New York. sales
man, on fourth floor, started down OF
q rope, when the esrape refused Il
work, he dropped n tie ground; rup'
ture OF external ligameDt, right ankle
Joint, conclusion Of spine. baDds bau.
ly burned; will likely recover.
John Dunn, fireman Of company 4
toes crushed by falling wall.
Burnett Forbes Of this city had slit
down q rope tn the first floor. when
woman Jumped out Of the fifth stor.
window above him and In fslliuI
struck him, nearly causing him 4
fall. A ladder was then run mp to him
Suffering from congestion Of the lung
and hands badly burned frou frictio
Of the rope.
F.W. Gilmore of Pawtucket, r. /
came down roTe and struck on
coal ch ute; n nail ina board ripped hi
back the full length ofhis spine; hand
burned.
Theodore Guthier, fireman, bsdl
burned.
Giles, . hotel domestic. cut about u
heAo ana lace, fracture OIL iegi ano All
also burned.
John Hewlett. fireman, ccmpleie'
burned BY falling wall; cheek boz
broken; will probably recover.
Lisxie Lapderoff, hotel domeeti
jumped from flfth floor; boues fractur'
and foot bsdly crushed.
Mrs. O'Connor. . hotel domssti
1 fracture Of right arm; serious ipjuri
about the fAes.
Max Rnssshsiu Of New Yo'k Ci'
fracture ef right ankle.
y, Mary Tyuss. hotsl domestic; Coz
pound frsotursoe right arni bsrn'
= about ths hee.
y Ths uisslas sss: Mary Dsyis.