Connecticut western news., 1890-10-22
FLAMES CLAIMED FIVE.
Hairbreadth Escapes at the Le-
 land Hotel Horror.
WOMEN DASHED INTO ETERNITY.

They Refused to Await the Ladders Coming and Mad1y Plunged to the Pavement Far Below-A Man Who Es- capped with His Leg Under One Arm.
 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct 17.-Happily the loss of life by the burning of the Leland hotel is but fraction of the number given in early morning reports of the disaster The known dead are only five. Two or three may die of their injuries, and it is confidently asserted by the hotel people that all the missing have been accounted for. At the outside not more than two bodies are in the ruins. The number of those injured, according to the list which follows, is twenty-four. There were hundred guests and twenty-five employees in the hotel. According to the latest re- ports the dead and injured are as follows:
 The De.sd.
 Annie Cummings, New York, cook, aged 24 years almost instantly killed; died in patrol wagon.
 Bridget Doyle, Marcelus, N Y, cleaver; killed by jumping from sixth story window
 William E. Harrup, Elizabeth, N. J.; died at hospital
 Mary Padden, laundry girl; killed by jumping from sixth story window.
 Rose Schwarz, aged 23 years, servant; died at hospital
 The Injured.
 George Nj. Burroughs, of Buffalo; badly injured. Annie Campbell, aged IS years, servant; seri- ously injured and taken to St. Josephs hospital; may live M. J. Carey, hotel barkeeper; hands burned by friction of rope. Simon Comstock. guest; ill from inhalng smoke; at House of Good Shepherd. Maggie Doyle, cleaner; right leg and both arms broken. R. S. Drysdale, New York, travelling salesman, aged AS years; seri- ously injured, but may recover; at Congress hall. John Dunn member of Fire Company No. 4; toes crushed by falling wall Herbert Fer nald, Rochester; injured about head by fall ing down stairs Burnet Forbes, Syracuse; wounded and ill from inhalation of smoke. E. W. Gilmore, Pawtucket, R. l., aged 3S years; badly hurt. Maggie Giles aged 20 years, servant; badly burned, head and face cut and left leg frac tured. Theodore Guthier, member of Fire Com pany No. 1; face badly burned. John Howlett, aged 31 years, member of Fire Company No. 4; seriously injured, but will probably recover Lizzie Lunderof, aged 19 years, servant; severely injured. Kate McGraw, aged a2 years, servant; great toe injured and hands burned by friction of rope. B. P. Nichols, Dunkirk president of Brooks Locomotive Works; broken ankle and severe shock A. G. Osiecke, New York, aged 32 years, travelling salesman badly hurt; at the Vanderbilt house. Mrs. O'Con- nor, servant right arm fractured, face and eyes injured and suffering from shock. Max Rosenheim, New York;. right ankle fract- ued and hands burned by friction of rope; at House of Good Shepherd. Annie Schwarz, serv- ant; internal injuries caused by fall. George Shean, captain of Steamer Company No. 1; face burned. Susan Smith, aged 24 years, servant; badly cut and shocked. Mary Tynan, aged 20 years, servant; compound fracture of right arm, burned about face and badly shocked. Miss Calvin Walker, aged 45 years, servant; badly burned and shocked
 Frenzied People at the Windows.
 Lewis Leland, proprietor of the Ocean Hotel at Long Branch, first discovered the fire, noticing a light in the stairway lead ing from the office to the kitchen. He and the elevator boy ran up stairs and awaken ed the guests while the alarms were sound ing. But in less than a minute the entire northwest corner of the building was afire and the flames were beyond human con- trol. The terror stricken guests rushed into the halls only to find them full of smoke. Dozens of men and women, who had fallen on the floor and stairs overcome with the intense heat and smoke, were dragged to the exits.
 The police did excellent service in rescu- ing guests. In less than ten minutes after the alarm had been given the rescuers were driven from the inside of the build ing. Frenzied people crowded to the win dows crying for help.
 The Women Were Crazed. At one window on the sixth floor were three women, employees of the hotel. They were Annie Cummings, a cook, and Made line Hennessy, the linen room girl, and her sister Lizzie Hennessy, a chamber maid. The three women rushed to the window, threw their arms about each other and screamed for help. Behind them the crowd on the street saw the flames. A hundred voices from the street called to them to be quiet till a ladder could be placed, but the Cummings girl suddenly | stepped on to the window sill and with a cry, cpd rather be killed than burned" !" 1 threw herself out into the street. She was | killed by the fall. The Hennessy sisters crouched in the room, and moment later they were rescued by the firemen, who car | ried them down the ladder in their arms. | At a window on the fifth floor two women screamed for help. The big ladder was at another window, and a jumping net was brought out
 One of the women, Bridget Doyle, jump | ed before the net was got into position. She struck on her head and shoulders and was dead when she was picked up. She was a hotel empl6ye and her home was in Mar cellus Mary Padden, a laundry girl, jumped from rear window and was kill l J., commercial traveller for New York house, started down a fire escape. The rope did not work and he dropped to the sidewalk breaking both ankles and being injured internally. He died at the hos pital. Several others leaped from windows and were injured.
 The One Legged Man "Hustled.'' R. E. Johnston, of New York, manager ] of Ovide Musin, the violinist, made his appearance at a. m. on the street in 8 variegated costume belonging to three diff ferent men. The only articles that were his own were his cork leg, patent leather shoes and nightshirt. He lives in Brook lyn and has an office at No. 143 Fifth ave nue, New York.
 q was in bed," he said, "when the fire broke out. managed to secure my money and watch, and was unmindful of my arti ficial leg. When raised the window sasl the flames rushed in. Then hustled. IT the hall encountered Miss Dwyer, of tht Cora Tanner company, and a servant girl Together we groped our way down tht stairway to the street. Johnson attracted great attention, as he made his way from floor to floor on one leg, carrying his artif1 cial limb under his arm. He declined il favor of the ladies all offers of assistance
 Of Incendiary Origin. ESa l How the fire occurred is a mystery. A leading insurance man who viewed tht scene declares that in his opinion it was O. incendiary origin. He says that the fr' started in the kitchen, and that it looks a! if grease had been ignited by somebody The kitchen was amply protected from ac cidental fire, and the blaze at the Globe hotel later in the morning, which the sam' man investigated, originated in lik' manner.
 Was flakes Murdered?
 ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 2O-It now look as if William B. flakes, who died nea