Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-11
ROASTED ALIVE:
Many People Perish in a
Burning Hotel.
SEYENTY-FIYE MISSING.
Lowest Estimate of Lives
Lost Placed at Thirty.
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
Several Jump from Windows
and are Killed.

New va nK, Feb. AN appalling
cotostropbe unparalleled in horror and
exceeGjuy in oss CT lie the Park place dis
aster of Lass summer, occurred in tins city
early this ms rnug. The Eotei Royal at
Sixth and 4otl street, opposite Bryant Park,
was completely destroyed ny fire and large
number OF pct pile We're burned suffocated
and crushed IL the RUNS FIVE ournea
mapgled and
hi ,n,t mbored Bouies.
within sh ort tine after the breaking
out Of the faEnes were removed to the
,norruo and il is feared that scores Of other
vioti,ns are ! ,ured in the ruins. The
fir. broke out shortly after 3 O'Clock
this morning al, u spread with fearful rapid
itv tina flames soon envelCpins the eptire
building and
Cut.ing OF I'll Means of Escape
from tie first. and those rooming In
The upper ST oreS al the pu"l
ing. The orirn, of tao fire is un-
known, 1t started IN the basement MAR
the elevator shaft, winch was located IN the
middle of the bull, hng. the flames were
first seen pouring on of the cupola OIL tho
roof. directly over til . elevHtor SHAFT. Tho
engineer on the Sixth avenue eiecslet rail-
road station. who stop ped his engine directly
in front of the hotel blow the lo~umO-
tive's whistle loudly al d CO aCnuously- This
unusual sound swoke man sleeping peopie
In the hotel and broug bit policemen to the
scene, who at once ent fire alarm by
signal box Meanwhile Ube employees VI
the hotel sought
To Arouse tn Guests
by shouts Of "fre." Stl rapidly, however,
did the flames increase, tn VI IL seemed an age
before the firemer got tn first fire apparat-
lis up to the scene within. n tew minutes
after the alarm was sent out. Mean while
the sickening scenes that appa. ed even the
experienced hremen al police were being
enacted The Mortified crowd that quickly
gathered in the streets about the doomed
building saw men and women clad in their
night clothes
Jump from tho Upper stories
and fall upon the stone tagging of the side
walks, crushed to death or seriously In
iured Every window OF the building
seemed to be filed with men, women and
children, cryfng out pteously to those be
low to save them. Some OF these We're
doomed to dacth, as the police say they saw
them suddenly disappear from view, while
flames burst out OF tho windows in which
the victims bad just been standing. The
first hook and ladder company arrived
about seven minutes after the flames were
discovered end the fremen at once
Put up Ladders
to the hotel and house. Policemen and
citizens quickly mounted the ladc ers and
carried down women and children in safety
They worked very rapidly, for by his time
the stair and elevator shafts in the
building were enveloped in flames The fire
escapes in the rear o! the building afforded
n means OF escape to some, whilst the fire
ropes provided in all rooms were utilized by
the male guests in reaching the street. Ac-
cording to the most reports there were
About $50 People
stopping at the hotel last night How
many Of these were lost may not be ascer-
tanned for several days, The hotel lid 1924
rooms aud nearly all were occupied last
night b. guests. The hotel Managers and
employees made up the balance Of the list Of
those in the building. Five dead bodies
have thus far been found six injured per
sons are in the hospital and 63 have been re-
ported alive. This leaves
About 20 Persons stun Missing,
although the number of dead will, however,
probably not exceed at the latest estimate
thirty people Soon after the fire broke
out ambuiauces arrived from the various
hospitals Many physicians who reside in
the neiShborhood were quickly on the scene
and did all they could TO relieve the in ur-
ed. The following tho dead, injured
and missing, SO far as reported.
Doad.
Unknown woman, 40 years old, fractured
skull and slightly burned She is supposed
10 nave jumped from window.
Unknown woman, about ~, good looking,
light complexion. wore an abundance of
jeweiry. Burned and suiTocated.
Unknown man. about 80 years old, dark
brown hair, jumUe1 from IA window. Head
smashed to pieces Smooth face, about
five feet nine inches in height, weighed about
$50 pounds, wore linen night shirt and
trousers.
Unknown man, good looking, about AZ
years Old, had ON striped silk uDdershirt,
light brown stripes. Evidently Il Hebrew.
Horny c. Levy, Of Levy, Striess ~ Free
mau, 10I Broadway, Wholesale clothier.
Identified by his brother.
The bodies are all at the morgue.
Injured.
Clarence W. Klein, 30 years old, single,
lawyer, Hazelton Pa, nearly sufPocated
aua burned injuries not fatal
Walter J.. Yates, GO ears old cothier OF
Philadelphia; condition serious, burns aud
Commissions.
Mrs. Isabella Meares, wife of the proprie
tor; injuries not serious, will recover.
Herbert Harding, engineer of Hote
Royal; fatally burned while trying to rescue
woman; several ribs broken
Richard Meares proprietor OF the hotel
had his hand burned.
Missing.
William f. Armstrong, Thomas Ken
nelly, Charles Clouso.
HOW THE PROPRIETOR ESCAPED