Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-04
FIRE IN A HOTEL.

Flames Break Out i'm the Hotel Rich.
 mOnd Causing C0nsternat1on
 Among the Gsuest-Several Narrow
 Escapes-Actors and Actresses and
 Others in Peril-A Defective Flue.
 Yesterday morning at 11:45 o'clock smoke was discovered issuing from the billiard room of the Hotel Richmond on Union street, and upon closer investiga- tion the whole Interior of the room near the bar was found to be in flames. An alarm was immediately struck from box 26. The fire department quickly respond ed and soon had the fire under control. The damage, the most part of which was done by the water and smoke, will amount to about $5, 900 and is fully covered by in- surance.
 At the time of the fire, the house was well filled with guests, several of whom had quite narrow escapes from suffoca- ton. @sThe smoke was so dense the ingress was had only with the greatest difficulty while egress was practically shut off. One of the occupants jumped from the window of his room to the yard beneath. Miss Beverly of the Fat Mems Club company 1uI0p0o out Uu0 W1uuoW oA HUI 4oOLlA " Q roof and thence to the ground, and two other boarders, Joseph L. Allabaugh and John R. Davis, were taken from their rooms by means of ladders Two fremen were badly overcome by the smoke and carried by their companions out on the roof where the fresh air quickly brought them to.
 The first intimation of the fire was given by Miss Byron of the "Fat Mems Club, , who rushed down stairs from her room and informed the clerk that the house up stairs was filled with smoke. The door ei the billiard room, which is located ir floor, immediately over the furnace and which was directly under the room occupied by Miss Byron, l was broken open and the entire corner o1 the room where the bar was located was discovered to be in flames. An alarm was at once turned in and the guests notified Many of them rushed down stairs en disha- billie and completed their toilets in the din. ing room Five pool and billiard tables were more or less damaged by fire and water. The fire was probably caused by g smouldering some time before it was dis, covered Fire Marshal Kennedy will make an investigation to-day. The hotel has been since October under the man I agement of Mrs. Thomas Levin and J. A. Hanrahan and was being repainted and furnished throughout.
 Corner Stone Laid.
 BRIDGEPORT, May 2.-The corner stone ] of Fair6eld's new Congregational church
 was laid to-day with appropriate cere
 monies. The pastor, Rev. F. s. Child
 delivered a fine commemorative oration
 Prayer was next offered by Rev. Gardner l s. Plumley of Greenfield Hill and doxology
 and benediction by Rev. J. Strother Jonel I of St. Paul's Episcopal church of Fairfield | This concluded the impressive exercises
 and the immense assemblage slowly dis
 perssd.
 John Abbey, a printer, aged thirty-sev
 en, was found dead in bed at a house ol
 Water street Saturday. He had been il
 bed for week owing to injuries caused
 by falling against well post and diet
 from loss of blood and exhaustion, witt
 no one to nurse or care for him. Whil
 he was dying in one room his mother hat
 been suffering with the grip in an adjoin
 ing apartment on Monday. An old wo
 man, who had been taking care of tn
 mother and son, was Saturday removed t.
 the almshouse, being too weak longer t.
 remain alone. The authorities believe sh
 will very soon follow the two she hat
 been caring for.