, 1890-10-23
KILLED AND MISSING
Only Eight Persons Included
Among the Victims.
IT WAS OF lNCENDlARY ORIGIN
Another Hotel Fire Started In Pre-
cisely the Same Manner-A
Narrow Escape.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct l6.--The mag.
niticent Leland hotel, the most modern
and finely appointed hotel in Central
Now York, is to-day nothing but mass
of smoldering ruins. 1t was 2:45 this
morning when the fire was first discoy.
cred In the region of the kitchen on the
second floor. Inside of fifteen minutes
the building was in flames from end to
end and before thirty minutes elapsed
the walls had fallen with exception of
the northeast corner. Tile whole was
one seething furnace to which was added
the horror of many lives being in
yolved.
At first 1t was feared the loss of life
was about thirty, but as the night wore
along the number Of missing and dead
was reduced to seven or eight.
When the flames began to sweep
through the hotel ght Clerk Jones set
the automatic fire alarm bell ringing.
Before the rutcly awakened guests could
realize what was the matter the flames
and smoke rushed through the halls,
cutting Off the usual means of exit.
Each room was provided with q common
rope fire escape, and by means of these
many lives were saved.
During the fire, the hotel, viewed from
the street, presented a scene which will
never be forgotten. At many windows
OF the five stories of the burning build
ing could be seen men and women pite-
ously calling for help or making their
escape by means of the rope appliance.
On the fifth floor, toward the Fayette
street side, four women appeared at a
window. Their screams for help could
be heard above the din and roar, and
the firemen shouted to them 10 stay
where they were. In trying TO put a
ladder in position the evil of the over.
head wires was sagain demonstrated.
The wires in the way prevented the
raising of the ladder, and the min utss
seemed like hours while one of the lad =
der men mounted the rounds to cut the
wires Among the frightened women
at tho windoy was Annie Cummings,
one of the servants, and her companions
tried to persuade her from jumping
headlong into tile street. While the
ladder mon were ut work hoisting lad
ders, willing hands had hold of the
jumping net, and the Cummings woman
jumped, with the evident intention OF
landing in tho net, but she missed and
was dashed to death.
On all sides. men and women could be
seen dropping from windows or sliding
down fire escapes. On the roof of til Z
boiler house, located on one side OF th,
building, ut one time lay seven person,
unconscious and injured.
Cora Tanner, the actress, when
| haI nj In -
and cried: For Go5's sake, save me- ,
He let her down by rope and she es-
capped with only LAGER ated hands, saving
all her vsluables. Other members of he
company also had narrow escapes.
Alb O'Clock this afternoon the super
intendsnt of public works ordered the
men engaged in exploring the ruins tc
| stop work, AS all the missing had beer
accounted for.
THE KILLED AND MISSING.
The following is a corrected list of tn
killed and missing;
Annie Cummings, Of New York
servant, "a years old.
Bridget Doyle, of Marcellus, 25 yea.
old.
William l.. Harrop, of Elizabeth, n
j., 30 years old.
Rose Schwarz, aged 23 servant.
Mary Doyle and Mary Hadden
servants, missing and supposed to hav,
perlshed.
| ANOTHER HOTEL FIRE.
| There was another hotel tire in thi
city this morning. About o'clocl
flames were discovered In the kitchen O
the Globe hotel, separate from the maii
building. The guests were called, bu
only few responded, the fire bein,
| quickly subdued,
! IHCENDIARIsM PROBABLE.
Mr.. Perry, of the insurance firm o
Bowen q Perry, believes the place wa
set on fire. The fire started in bacl
room, where a lot of grease was stored
As TO the Globe hotel frs, too, Porr,
snys he was quickly on th,
scene, and declares that the fir
kitchen in precisely shs ssn same manner M sns a
at the Leland. He believes that botl
places were set on fire in precisely tn,
iame manner by the same person o
persons employed in the hotels 4
vigorous investigation will be made.
AEARRow ESCAPE.
Rev. Johnson, Of New York, wa
around this morning wearing one man
trousers, a second man coat and . thir,
rpan's battered crown hat. The oui,
things he wore OF his own were his corl
lek Shoes. Mr.. Johnson had q marrow
escape. He made his way through tn
halls to a staircase, after an excltin
experience. He carried hts artificial
leg on his arm, not having time TO MI