The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
STORIES OF ESCAPE.
Many Guests Taken Out with Little to Cover
Their Nakedness.


Their Nakedness.
The work of rescuing the guests still
went on and many were taken from the
windows bv firemen and policemen. Ser
geant Ward and Patrolman Phillips ofsire
patrol No. 2, went into a room on the
fourth floor front and brought Walter II.
Phelps and wife down ladder in safety.
They succeeded in saving Mrs. Samuel
Knif who was about to leap from one of
the windows on the third floor.
Mr.. Frederick Uhlman, the dealer in
hops, has been guest of the Hotel Royal
for years and lived with his brother, ST.
mon, and mother. The latter, yesterday,
went to their country residence at Lake
wood, Nj. Mr.. Uhlman had gone to bed
shortly after l o'clock and was sleeping
5oundly when he was rudely awak-
ened by the cry of fire and the
screams and shouts for help of the in
mates of the house. He ran from
his room on the second floor, which was
directly over the Office, into the hall. He
found il filed with smoke and was forced
back into his room. Again he made an
attempt and falling over some obstruction
In the passage way, succeeded in making
his way down the one flight of stairs 20
the street below. He escaped with only
an overcoat to cover his nakedness. Mr..
Uhlman lost everything in his room in
Guiding $4,000 in cash. Several checks
and notes and other valuable business
documents were lost. Despite his loss
however, Mr.. Uhlman 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
II. G. Tompkins of this city, who was
transient guest at the hotel. He was
awakened from his slumbers by the cry
of fire. He got up and went into the hall
way, but escape down the stairs was i'm
possible. He kept his head about him
and, securing all his valuables. escaped
out of one of the windows down a rope.
In descending the flames from the second
story windows burned his hands slightly
and scorched his hair.
Mrs. f. Knapp of Chicago had a room
on the fifth floor. She had presence of
mind enough TO wrap wet towel about
her head to prevent being suffocated and
went to the window and waited until
rescued by burly policeman.
Mrs. Kuepper and daughter of Fleming
ton, n. J., occupied a room on the third
floor front. They registered at the hotel
yesterday. They were taken from their
room down ladder by the firemen. They
lost all their clothing save their night
dresses, which they had on, and were cared
for by Mrs. Knight of w Fortieth-st
Mrs. Knight made temporary hospital
of her fiat and had no less than fifteen
homeless people there at one time.
Among those who accepted the hospitality
was young man named Levy, who had
slid down rope, tearing the flesh to the
bone.
These escapes occurred before the walls
of the building fell, while the firemen
did their utmost to stop the progress of
the flames. which threatened TO envelop
the adjoining buildings. When the walls
tell people were seen at several windows
on the top floor. crying for help, but they
fell back and were soon buried in the
ruins.
Descended the Wall.
One of the most thrilling escapes of the
named ]. Noonan of Jersey City. Noonan
had been recently married and had just
returned from an extended wedding trip.
He came to this city yesterday to cele-
brate the event with his friends. and after
night of il went to Hotel ROYAL and
took a room on the fourth floor. Noonan
was awakened by the shouts of fire and
the cries for help of men and women in
the building. For a moment he was
dazed, but in an instant he collected his
scattered senses. He looked out in the
hall, but there was no escape there. He
looked out of the window and no ladder
was near him, so he, with the confidence
of an athelete, swung himself from the
window sill TO the window below, and
from one window to another he descended
until he reached the ground.
/. NJ. Schoenfeld went to the Hotel Ven
dome after the fire. He ia the owner Of
the Schoenfeld stock farm at Bedford,
Ind., and stays at the Royal when in New
York. He probably Jared better than any
one in the place. Mr.. Schoenfeld occu-
Died Q room on the ground floor OF the