Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-08-25

McCrccry of Columbia, S. c., came in
town early this morning to see
what he could get for himself and
wife to wear. Mai. McCreery and his
wife had rooms on he second floor and
and hard time in making their escape.
Il tell YOU, boys, it was awful" de-
clareG the Major this morning to group
Of acquaintance at the Battery Park
bank, where he had goneto have a check
caShcd. Il wouldn't take ST 500 for the
property lost, to say nothing of the
narrow escape my wife and myself had
from death. We were asleep but our
rooms were only ,wn doors from the
flames was what walked ne Thc elevo.
tor shaft was all in blaze then and
when we started to the stairway we
.ou,u !n''. our c'''''ee 'o1 getting OUT III
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anu we h'"ue 'o' t''",' liz uoor al Tug
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ene po,en pt,ow anu rom lneiv " " 'ie
srouhu WiLno"e any troupe. we e'ull .
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si IVES wy Wis 'ost an nel u'esscs' ne'
s".nf' unu us. l my e"ene "alu.uoe,
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MaJi MeSleel! iia' oeeil at tLe pel
;ol. loi SUM tl'n. '.'lu n'c "i!.t'n r, ~.
ms p.ot'er " cong a'.u lo''l nm. ine
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NJ" 'i'e 't'"'ny anu was sNpse'eu h.'e
HIS '"te'''oon.
Fair oI sPraihed AhKies'
N. p. Strauss, Henderson tobacco
buyer, came out with two sprained
,rkIes and with very LITTLE ofb;s u,orld,v
,'".H.' ,'. , .,o
Possess'ons' iie 10 Ill oeo' DIT 'Ne pa''eiy
Park hotel, and the physicians promise
him several days OF confinement. Mr..
Strauss was fast asleep when the fire
broke out. His room was at the end OF
the hall on the third floor of the east
wing and he was aroused by the smoke.
didn't have time to think about
saving anything SAID MIR. Strauss his
morning to THE CITIZEN. "Assoon as
woke jumped out of bed and snatch
ed a pair of trousers, an old coat
and shirt, and began to looking
around for some way to get out OF the
building. The smoke and flames cut of
all approach to the stairway and had
second floor was awoy down helow NJ,
and the fire wasn't far enough advanced
to throw any light IN that direction. Sc
! hau 10 70 py guess "olk' + ,ei knew
daoth ,nd O., ;rn,,sd I -or,e,,,ho
landing on the porch and feeling a sharl
pain in my ankles and then my sense
must have left me for few moments
As soon as recovered Iclambered owe
the railing and slid down one of tn
piazza posts to the ground"
Mr.. Strauss speaks in the highest term
of the bravery and pluck shown by tn
women, even in the midst of the confus
ion and excitement. He gives especi.
praise to Mrs. We'll of Montgomery, an
Mrs. Tones of Mobile, who took charp
S of him in his almost helpless conditio
G and assisted him to a comfortable plac
;, after he reached the ground. Eyerythin
MIR. Strauss had was lost, including h
wardrobe, his jewelry and valuab
S gold watch that has belonged to h
e ,.io,1'e'' no"n lle places his loss DIT S'oo