St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-08

Then called to the poor wretches in
the buildings: Don't Jump. Wait, the
firemen will be here IN a minute; wait,
walt, for your lives; waltz But it
seemed an age before the fire.
m EN- got there, and l really be-
lie We it was ten minutes before the
first ladder was raised. Then the build
ing was one mass of flames. Oh, the
poor wretches in that fire trap. My
God, shall never forget the sight. it
was terrible to see the poor inmates,
Crazed with Fear,
raise the windows and Jump headlong
10 what seemed sure death. The mem
DRY of that scene will haunt me forever.
i shut my eyes, but | hear them strike
with sound that makes my blood run
cold. L saw man jump from the
fourth story. The poor DEVILS clothes
were on fire and he came down like a
stone and struck the sidewalk only
few feet away from me. When | opened
my eyes he lay there a mangled corpse
with his brains scattered over the pave
ment- A woman, entirely nude, ap-
peared az the third story window and
climbed upon the window sill. We
shouted to her not TO Jump, but she
seemed to have entirely lost her senses.
The firemen had just got a ladder up to
her window. when she climbed right
over brave fireman who was trying to
rescue her. He tried to grab her, but
she was on his back, and he could not
Then she rolled off and fell head first to
the sidewalk, and was instantly killed.
Two other persons, both men, jumped
from tho third story, and believe they
were killed. saw a man in third story
window, nearest to Thirty-ninth street,
take three little girls and a woman
and pass them along the cornice into an
adjoining window in the next building.
Then he followed them. It was brave
act, and fearfully dangerous, but all
were saved. There seemed to be more
people on the third floor than elsewhere,
and God only knows how many of them
were saved. L saw at least fifteen men
and women rush to windows, look out
despairingly and then fall
Back in the Flames.
whether any were saved l do not
know. 1t was impossible to get in
the house through the office, because it,
was all mass of flames in few moments
and it would have been madness for
any one to have attempted it. The ele-
vator shaft must have been burnt in
stantly and cut off escape early both
by elevator and stairway, but many
persons escaped. Several dashed by me
out of the office with only their night
clothes on. and even then they had
their hair and clothing singed and
scorched.
The police of the West Thirteenth
str eet station and the firemen recovered
quantity of jewelry, trinkets and
wearing apparel about the scene of
the fire. There was a gold watch
case. number 12,4O5. and bearing the
Initials IS. NJ" Oh the case; black card
case, containing pawn tickets and a
memoranda on ladies' reticule and no.
tions; silver watch case and several
trinkets picked up in a paste
board tray on the F0rtieth street
side of the hotel; lady's black leather
reticule with silver trimmings; package
of letters marked Lena Cohen;'' box
oiiO 1WO nail uoIICS. d VI
papers and photographs; bundle of sill
yer bracelets; a sealskin sacque with
black handkerchief, pair of tweezers,
and timetable of the Lehigh Valley
railroad in the pocket; bunch of keys,
with tag bearing the name paul D.
Warning, Yonkers. N w; silver tray
and few silver trinkets: two pair of
opera glasses: small case containing
coins; bundle of kid gloves; another
package of letters; package of papers
and card cutter; trunk containing
pa tent papers, twotrunks containing
men and WOmen's clothing; a case con-
tanning 25-cent piece inscr ibed first
fare collected en- tn !, Crook yn elevated
railroad" a silver t.limble marked IN.
A. d." and two pair of scissors.