Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-08
and mother. The latter yesterday went

after one O'CLOCK, anu WAS sacSpaHb
soundly when he was rudely awakened
by the cry OF fire and the screams for
help by the inmates of the house. He
an from his room on the second floor,
which was directly over the office into
the hall. He found it filled with smoke
and was forced back into his rpom.
Again he made an attempt, and falling
over some obstruction in the passage
way, succeeded in making his way
down the one fight of stairs TO the
street below. He escaped with only an
overcoat to cover his nakedness. Mr..
Uhlmann lost everything in his room,
including $4,000 in cash. Several
checks and notes and other valuable
business documents were lost.
Despite his loss, however, Mr.. Uhl-
man was cheerful to-day, for as he said,
IF my mother and brother had not
gone away on Saturday they would have
been burned"
Among the narrow escapes was that
OF Mr.. Tompkins, of this city, who was
transient guest at the hotel. He was
awakened from his slumber by the cry
OF fire. He got up and went into the
hallway, but escape down the stairs
was impossible. Mr.. Tompkins kept
his head about him and collecting all
valuables, escaped out OF one OF the
windows down rope. In descending
the flames from the second floor win
dows burned his hands slightly and
scorched his hair.
These escapes occurred before the
|. walls OF the building fell, while the fire.
men were doing their utmost to stop the
progress of the flames which threatened
to envelep the adjoining buildings.
When the walls fell, people were seen
at several windows on the top floor cry
ing for help, but they fell back and were
soon buried in the ruins. The flames
of the burning building illuminated the
| sky for miles around, and drew TO the
scene an immense throng OF people.
The fire lines were strictly drawn and
maintained during the entire day, and
none save person authorized to enter
by reason of his official position was al
lowed within the prescribed boundaries.
At the Morgue the same scenes were
re-enacted which characterized the
Park Place disaster. At s o'clock the
| first dead wagon arrived from the scene
of the holocaust, bringing four bodies,
| two men and two women. AT 1918
o'clock another body was brought in.
1t was that of large able bodied man,
and was entirely nude. The face had
| been burned beyond recognition, and
| the left arm was also burned to crisp.
His Identification was soon completed,
! however, the finger ring Of gold which
IL . bn, nf
1t was the body of II. j. Levick, sales
man for the firm of Stauss & Freeman,
clothing manufacturers OF this city.
| The Hotel was built more than twen-
| ty-fiYe years ago. 1t was formerly kept
| by Messrs. Peris q Butler, but Mr..
Meares leased it thirteen years ago. In
J 1882 the building was remodeied. The
house was the home of many persons in
the theatrical profession, and was pat
ronized chiefly by transients for d
night.
Many families made it, however, their
prominent place OF residence. The
elaborate restaurant was literally pat
ronized by the class Of people who kept
late hours in the upper part Of the Ten
derloin District.
After the fire had sufficiently cooled
TO permit partial examination OF the
ruins, a search was made for the dead.
| The search was at once awarded by the
| finding of charred body almost burned
| to q crisp. 1t was unrecegnizable, but
was identified as that Of Henry j. Le-
wick from ring on one Of his fingers.
The walls were in dangerous condi-
| ton and it was deemed best TO pull
them down before con tinuing the search
! for the dead. A force of 100 men will
| be put TO work early tomorrow morn
ing clearing away the debris.
The loss on the hotel and furniture
is estimated at S250,000 The building
is owned by Hyman Israel, furniture
dealer on the Bowery.
The dead and missing and Injured are
reported as follows:
The dead:
UNKNOWN WOMAN, 10 years old, frac-
tured skull and slightly burned. She
Jumped from window and killed her.
self. Body at morgue.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, about %, good
looking, light complexion, wore an
| abundance Of jewelry. Burned and
! suifocated. Body at morgue.
| UNKNOWN MAN, about thirty-five
years old, dark brown hair, jumped
| from window, head badly mashed,
smooth face, about ) feet inches IN
| height, weight about $50 pounds, wore
linen night shirt and trousers. Body at
morgue.
UNKNOWN MAN, good looking, about
forty-three years old, striped silk an
dershirt. light brown stripes. Evil
! dently a Hebrew. Body at morgue.
HENRY C. Levy, of the firm Of Levy,
Strauss & Freeman, 707 Broadway,
wholesale clothiers, identified by his
brother, II. j. Levy, at the morgue.
The injured are Clarence w. Klein,
| 80 years old, single, lawyer, Hazleton,
Pa, suffocated and burned. Injuries
not fatal. Taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Walter Lyall, 60 years old, clothier,
of Philadelphia, condition serious;
burns and contusions. Bellevue Hos
| pital.
Mrs. Isabella Meares, wife OF the
proprietor, Injuries not serious, will re-
cover. taken TO Bellevue Hospital.
Herbert Harding, engineer OF the
Hotel Royal, fatally burned while try
| ing TO rescue woman, several ribs
broken, taken to hospital.
The missing are VIM. z. Armstrong,
Thanas Kennedy and Charles Close.
The rescued are w. g. Buchanan, c.
S. Sony, Rupert Lamont, c. Kramer, f..
B. Reynolds and wife. C. Cockburn, E.
C. Allen, c. C. White, f. G.. Harding,
w. II. Scott and wife, Langdon Smith,
G. 5. McGee, James Z. Corey, Mrs. j.
Titus, Mrs. S. Knap, OF Chicago. All
these were taken TO the Gedney House.
P. Taylor, II. P. Tompkins and w. c.
Pearce were taken TO the Hotel Metro
pole. .