Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-08
-. p,.lructlon by Fire of the Large
Hotel Royal In New
York.
.,,nse or PERSONS REPORTED
DEAD on INJURED
Lillian From the Wndows.--llero-
lc Work Of Rcsening.-hir'
arulous Escapes.
,-.,.n,ovn New York building
",.,,ss,-Grcnt Loss OF I.ife.

v.i.Lnoun New York nuhdinF
nrrpsa.-gTcnt i.sss Of Life.
r,,y York, Feb. IA disaster,
d. ,i,'pe Ia horror, bringing 70 mind
,.,,ibie occurrence at Park Place,
.u Wv, ON IN lhu public mind, occurred
wv ~, ~, ri,y carly this morning. The
va RoJa, that wcll.known land
a l',t Which has stood for more than
Hia.,,irroi century al the southeast
moi "a sixth avenue md FoItioth
.,sst harmed TO tho ground, aud "a
~. number Of peraon1 were burned,
.,a,,atcd aud hurried an the ruins.
ri Inc time Of the disaster there
T. nearly $50 guests Ia tho house.
n hotel employees all told numbered
is,.dye. OF this number Of people
s,.tbus inr have been found dead,
I, ,fe In the hospital and aIxty.tbTeo
I've been reported alive. Ono
..rlfed arc still missing. The num-
',f Of dead win probably not exceed,
W,lAlef estimate, Thirty.
rhr scenes were hvattrending, aud
,.e,llet evon the iircmcn and police.
IA, VINO ara used 10 Terrible sights.
IN after the fire broke Out niuhu-
nee. arrived from the various hospit.
M Many physiclans whose resi-
,rces are In the nyighborhood were
KY on the scene anh dil all they
Ia 10 relieve the iuluted. Nearly
~ one Of the ia rooms which
y i0lel had on its five floors were
cooled laiD night by guests, many
upm Transient, In inct all VI the
l,s save four had heon taken Mt !
.'sck this morning when Richard
ifes, the proprietor, went To bed'
shtn the flames burst forth from
ne unknown origin near the oluya-
,ha0, the entire builuing was in-
sanity developed IN flames.
The dead, missing aud injured are
pplf,td Us follows!
pEAD.
An unknown woman, 40 years old
PICTURED skull aud burnett about the
1iy; an unknown woman. about ~
sd looking, light complexion, album
lance ~ lewclry; an unknown man,
cut % years old, dark brown hair;
lGtel rom "a window; head smashed
LA pl,ces. An unknown man, good
boxing, about ~ years old, evidently a
HelssS; Henry g. Levy, New York.
ISJURBD.
Clareno ". Kcin, 30 years old. law.
ye,, Haiellon, Pa; Waiter l.. Yates,
. 20 yeas Old, clothlrr, Philadelphia;
1 Ma Isabella MeaTes, wife Of the pre-
pfisioF Herbert Harding, engineer OF
he holel, fatally burned while trying
- rescue woman.
MISSING.
William T.. Armstrong, Thomas Ken.
ntdy, Charles Close.
RESCUED.
W. G. Buchanau,C G. =. Soney, Rupert
Lamont, g. Cramer, T.. u. Reynolds
ADD wife, q. q. Cockburn, o. Sepler,
e. White II. q. Harding, W. II. Scott
aud wife, Langdon Smith, "a. s. McGee,
JAMES h. Corey, Mrs. j. Titus, Mrs. $.
; Knapp, Of Chicago; all these Is.
capped from the burning building and
atle tAtcn TO the Geduey House; T.,
layori II. =. rompKins, W. q. PeiTce;
l99e We're rescued and taken to the
holel Nle,ropOle.
At&O5 O'Clock Mrs. Isabella Moares,
Vie 4 the proprietor Of the hotel,
mlsened her husband, telling him
THE HOUSE WAS on FIRE.
s5' heard the cracking flames and
nEsmosp coming through the creyi.
e'sof the bedroom door. Meares had
lryfelired nj O'Clock and was aroused
WIN dilllculiy. Ho sprang out OF bed
Anl nan into the hallway. Volumes
smoke iillcd the Railways, AMI the
l'lnes Masking headway rapidly up the
elevator SHAFT. Their apartments were
on The third floor and forty feet from
Vhe stairway. One glance nj the stu.
iaoh was enough to tell him the story.
ne iau back TO his wife's room aud
HVuledi snow you follow me- -
,lllehed coat and again ran Into ihe
.'nNay. Hu fought hia way straight
ue staircase, supporting his wife
o'o,s behind him. Tho passageway
w ehohed with dense smoke, which
ah9it slTangled him. Then, throw.
,us hls ovcfcOGt over his head 10 pre-
,rul sullOcaiion, no bent his head
NV anu CROPPED his way tothe ba mister,
"a which he placed his left hand. The
Hiuiss were shooting from below his
a-ni which WAS on the rail. His hand
~ unfnei and his hair singnI. His
nvA'lOn was perllOus. 10 run down the
.llh 'ot two iiight5 meant death, and
Hhn'i,Wingiug himself over the hand,
snl' dropped twenty feet 10 the ground
a,OL he landed on his feet without
'oAen bOhes and made his way 10 the
N,eL Moarta was among the fret u
ave me burning building and when
mhue his exit, not oven fire en-
gus rad arrived. But even i'm thOso
.,aules the flames had gotten the droI
nWe lated structure aud tho hamei
NY shooting from all the windows O
wv upler loore. When Meafes reache,
M, 3! IN tho street then he realizoC
MS WAS NOT wrrH MN.
q. nat moment hook and la,ldoI
~mlany arrived. The ladder WA,
'lehly placed In position 10 the win,
NV which lie faid was his wiie's room
fPNe lldder Policeman Merritt nm
,b%, window selected was not In IN,
v es. room In It was an unknown
Ld'an, VINO quickly stepped ON 10 tn,
Ts.ei anu Waa carried down in safety
s Ivp lhe ladder was placed against III,
e'uuoW Of Ars. Meares' room A voun,
Ws,na,n ran nlmoly mp To help save In,
tbe iad VINO had Ahead stopped upoi
tSe auu,r' MssIes ran up the lRidc
ver, asu stepped otl to the roof VI tn,
ts,' snIa over the entrance to the ol,icI
Shs,,aly ms wife when she came dow n
M 's very nervous, and, in maxim,
s.vee,seen', slipped and fell to N,
""A with a hprained anklo au,