The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-13
VICTIMS OF THE FLAMES.
souR LIVES LOST IN A BURNING
HOTEL AT CHICAGO.

crszed With Fright, Woman Leaps
4.orn a Fifth-Story Window to Her
Daeth - Her Husband and Infant
zscane Unhurt Three Cherred
1odies Taken from the Ruins by the
n-Horror-stricken Women.
CucAGo. Oct. 12-By fire which broke
tin the Putnam European hotel, at Adams
,udTa Sale streets early this morning, four
;,es we're lost and score Of persons had
.arrow escapes. The fire was caused by an
,~r,os;on of a kerosene lamp which had
oosn left burning in one of the Railways.
rhe burning oil set fire to the stairway and
.oon a sheet of flame burst from the
.aar windows. An alarm was i'm
,,aIiatslv turned in and a second one
Ave minutes later. The inmates Of the
Souse were awakened by the noise or rush
inc engines and found themselves enveloped
~ smoRe while the flames could plainly be
seen making considerable head"ay; Lad
dors were run up by the f1remen, and those
who did not get out by the stairways de-
scended with the aid of the firemen.
LEAPED FROM A WINDOW.
Mrs Minnie Robinson, who was sleeping
IN front room on the fifth floor, with her
husband and baby, became crazed with
right. and. rushing to the window, leaped
10 The nayement with her infant in her
arms She was terribly crushed and lived
INF short time, but miraculously the in
fant escaped uuhurt.
BURNED TO CRISP.
By o'clock the fire was under control.
md the firemen began a search of the house
h see if any other casualties had occurred.
IN a room on the third floor, Edward Pey-
Ton, lcolored) porter OF the hotel, was found
mrned to a crisp. The search was con-
6nned. and the firemen soon found in
mother room on the third floor the charred
bodies of two other men, names unknown,
gho had been caught in trap and burned
odeath
When the firemen reached the spot the
INNER floor was ablaze. So rapidly had the
Gre spread that the marshal thought q
second alarm necessary. With increased
forces the fire was quickly put out. The
smoke was still dense and the members of
Engine Company No. l had a great diff
fculty in searching the rooms on the upper
floor.
FINDING THE BODIES.
Three fremen managed to force their
way into some Of these rooms. In each of
the three rooms they found the dead body
Of man. The first was a white man.
Hardly had the patrol wagon left with this
body when the firemen came down the stair
way carrying the body of negro. His
body was partly burned, but it was evident
that death was due to strangulation. He
was carried to the sidewalk and laid out for
amoment for Identification. The women who
had escaped from the burning building had
taken refuge in the doorway of the building
east of the Pullman hotel. 1t was on the
sidewalk in front of this doorway that the
body was laid. AS the women caught sight
Of the familiar face of the negro they
shrieked, ITS poor Ed. PeYtonp Peyton
had been general utility man about the
hotel.
A short time after Peyton's body was
carried out. the firemen found another body
In the building. 1t was that of white
man burned almost beyond recognition.
KEPT NO REGISTER.
The hotel was one of those houses where
no register was kept and no questions asked
guests: On this account it is next to i'm
possible 10 find out how many people were
in the house or tell to who they
were. When the men and women
Il VINO had sought escape by the way of the
IRON ladder on the building reached the first
noor they found that the fire escape ended
there. The man who had reached the end
nrst hung there, while above him, shrieking
auu struggling, hung number of frightened
women. Several came near falling off, but
the prompt arrival of the fire department
with ladders relieved them.
THE KILLED.
The names Of those killed were:
Mrs. MINNIE ROBINSON
Tom BOWLER, a barber
b. K. SANS, formerly Pinkerton at
tache.
EDWARD PEYToN. the colored porter.
The total loss is about $4,000.
Tom Dowler left his room aud entered
tne haming hall to meet his death. One of
The windows opened directly on the fire.
escape, and his roommate made his
escape easily. Presence of mind wonld
nave saved his life as we'll as that of H K
hall. ''i o'S 'ne
THE BABY SAVED BY ITS FATHER.
Inc Impression prevailed among the no.
tce ana 1renen present that Mrs. Robinson
I4d her baby i'll her arms. This was not
tne case Mr. Robinson descended the fire
@cape carrying the infant. His wife did
S hot follow him from their room along the
sAl san 10 the room in front of whicn was the
nre escape. The dense smoke and flames
a"ode n6r lose command of har oanoao