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HOTEL HOLOCAUST.
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that has visited syracuse Tor many
wears was discovered In the Leland
Hotel af lassO o'clock this morning.
An rye wttnes 10 the FIRE says IL u
positive that az least twenty-five per-
sous have lost their lives and many
more have been more az less injured
Ono woman was being lowered from a
window by the aid Of a o She had
reached a point opposite the third story
when the rope became ignited from a
burning sill the rope parted, and tho
woman fpll % the pavement her brains
being dashed cut aud her body iattened
into a shapoloss mass
Fraukrarrlck. Of Glouns Falls y. y,
has been identified as n Of those that
were burned 10 death.
Many people crazod with fright lost
their lives By jumping from windows
One man says he saw six people jump
from different windows on the Fayette
street side OF the building within a
space Of four minutes and the sight
s.ckcned him with It's horror and nc was
compelled 90 leave the spot
The building was provided with both
iron fire escapes IN the outside and
ropes on the inside. which were the
means OF saving many lives
Among those injured is Cora Tanner,
The actress, who was severely burned
about the head and feet She was play
ing an engagement at the Grand Opera
House, and had a room In the hotel.
Most Of those killed were on the
fourth and fifth stories.
Frank Casey. Of Glenns Falls, y. Y,
and Emil Forbes, a prominent brewer
of Syracuse. are among the dead.
The building will be a total loss. IL
was built two years ago at a cost OF
sI5O, 600 and the total loss must be $780,
900. IL was SIX stories high aud con-
tanned 400 rooms.
The fire, which started In the kitchen,
spread by means Of the elevator well,
which was near the stairway and so ali
means Of escape were cut of and those
In the upper stories we're compelled to
lump.
Yithin fifteen minutes after the blaze
was first discovered the entire building
was wrapped in flames 1t was impos-
sible for the guests TO escape. Tho
scene was one Of the widest confusion
and people were TO be seen at the win
dows on every floor shriching frantically
for help, which could not be given them.
Many were seen TO fall back into the
lanes faintinE and exhausted, while
Others hurled themselves from the
windows, meeting death on the pave
ment.
The scenes and incidents connected
with the rescue Of inmates were heart.
rending in the extreme. A man and
woman were seen locked in each others
arms in a window on the fifth floor al
the northeast corner Of the building.
Below them was a perfect sea OF flame,
with no possibility Of escape except by
the window and that seemed inevit'
able death. No assistance could reach
them. The woman seemed to be
anxious TO jump, but her husband
was earnestly cntreating her to desist.
The crowd below waited with bated
breath. The woman made one last eff
fort to Jump, was restrained by her hus
band, and the cry Of the crowd signaled
the awful end that must have befaller
them as they fell backward into the
room into a mass of flames.
Ats window on the fourth floor, al
most directly under this, a woman ap
pcared under the window. She was sur
rounded on all sides from the interio
Of The room by fierce flames. Sh'
seemed irresolute as TO whether to jun
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that was fast encroaching on her life
She did not jump, but seemed TO b,
withheld by either lear or a feeling tina
escape would come from some othe
source. She stepped down from tho sill
into the room, but remained at the win
dow but an instant when the whole roor
became onveloped in flames and tn
woman sank back from view.
The frlghtful shrieks OF the guest
and the crackle of the flames could b
heard for blocks away. Tho buildin
burned so rapidly that most of the pee
ple on the upper floors we're obliged {
use the fire escape or jump for thei
1tves
Seven or eight men and childre
jumped from the upper stories onto
shed in the rear OF the building. a
one time seven persons were strugglin
together on the shed, which had alread
caught fire from the flying sparks. Tn
victims we're half naked. Several
them were seen to tear of of the
body under garments that had caugt
fire.
One Of the most frightful incidents {
the fire was the terrible death of
woman who jumped from the fifth stor
OF tine building. Several policeme
stood on the sidewalk holding ne.
ready to catch the guests as they jumped
Two persons, a man and a woman
jumped into one OF the nets almost
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