The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-08

bruised, but alive, and the crowd
cheered him wildly while he disappeared,
unidentified, in the crowd Mrs. Keuper
and her daughter, Julia, who occupied
o room ON the third floor at the corner
of Fortieth street and Sixth avenue, and
who registered from Pennington, N. j.,
on Saturday, were rescued by police
man and fireman, who carried them
down ladder. They lost all their
clothing save their night dresses, which
they had on. Mrs. Keuper suffered
per's long black hair was badly singed by
the flames, which burst out Of the win
dow as she stepped on the ladder to
safety.
Proprietor Meares' Escape.
Richard Meares. proprietor of thn
Hotel Royal miraculously escaped death
with his wife. They retired at / ocluca
and were asleep on the second fJoy
They were aroused by the watchman.
Saying follow me- Mr. Meares, wifi
his oyercoat over his head, clalnbercH
over the banistors at the end Of the hen
of the stairs and dropped to the floor BE-
low. Turning to catch his wife whel
she dropped he was Mortified to see tina.
she had not followed him. The frantic
man would have rushed back up TIL
burning stairs, but the firemen seized
him and roughly hastened him out OF
the building and handed him over to
policemen unhurt.
Meantime Mrs. Meares had acted for
herself with rare presence Of mind. Sht
rushed to the window and leaped TO tn.
roof Of Il portico and was taken dow
by the tiremen. She sustained a sprainGf
ankle, but was otherwise unhurt by he
thrilling experience.
Mr., Noonan's Thrilling Escapc.
One ot the most thrilling escapes oi
the night was that of young MAJ
named Noonan, of jersey City. Noona.
had been but recently married. Satur.
day night he came over TO tins city t.
celebrate the happy occasion with hi
friends, and after long and iovial sea
son he was taken to the Hotel Royal,
where he was soon put to bed by his
companions i'll a room on the fourth
floor. Noonan was awakened from his
sleep by shouts of fire and cries for hell
from women and men. For a moment
he was dazcl, but in an instant he col
lected his scattered senses. He looked,
out in the hail. but there was no escape
there. He looked out of the window
and no ladder was near hiln, SO he, wit
tie confidence of an athlete, swung him.
self from the window sill to the window
below, and from one window to anothe
he descended until he reached th
ground.
Fifteen lab0rers were put to worii
clearing away the debris of the corner
Fortieth street. They continued thci
work until dark. Early this mornin
100 men, under Contractor GALLOWAY
We're put to work, and it is expected til
fearful work of the FIRE will soon b.
known. Coroner Hanley who was carl
on the scene arranged for the remove
of all bodies recovered, direct to IT,
morgue, where a description of theL
viii be taken and thcy will be placed j.
collins for Identification.
Comedian Powers Story.
James Il. Powers, the well know
comedian, who witnessed the whole G.
the terrible conflagration and its accom-
panying horrors, was seen i'll bed at hi
hotel BY n reporter. He was pretty sicj
in consequence Of the excitement he ha
been through, but was willing to talk
what he had witnessed. He said: '',
called to the poor wretchcs in the bull
ing, Don't jump; wait for the iiremeu
they will De here III a minute--waii
wait for your lives, wait. But it SCENE,
an age before the tiremen got there, an
| really believe il was ten minutes. The
the hnilding was one mass of flames
shall never forget the scene. 1t WI
terrible to see the poor inmates, Graz
with fear raise the windows and Jun
headlong to what seemed sure death.
shut my eyes so as not to see them, brl
| heard them strike with sound th',
made my blood run cold. saw mis-
jump from the fourth story. The POI
mans clothes We're on fire, and he can.
down like stone and struck the sid
walk only a few feet away from M,
When opened my eyes he lay there
manglel corpse with his brains scatterc
over the pavement. A woman, entirel
nude, save scant garment. appeared
a third story window, climbed mp on L
window sill and rolled off falling heu
first to the sidewalk and was in5tuat
killed. The other persons, both mer
jumped from the third story and b.
lieFe they We're killed. l saw ma
too, at the third story window furth,
toward Thirty-ninth street take thl
little girls and to woman pass tht
along the cornice into an adjoining wi
dow in the next building. Then he f.
lowed them. 1t was brave, heroic q
aud fearfully dangerous, bnt all We
saved. There seemed to be more peo;
on the third floor than elsewhere, 4
God only knows how many Of til
were burned. saw at least fifteen l..
and women rush to windows, look
desparingly and then fall back into
fumes. Whether any We're saved
not know"
List of the Recovered Dead.
List of the dead-Unknown woma
about 10 years old, fractured skull, s.
focated and slightly burned; suppos,
to have jumped out of the window al
killed herself. Unknown woman, abo.
2S or 80 years of age. very good loolfin4
rather light complexion, very much b
| jeweled; burned and suffocated Un
known man, about 3j years of age, heavy
dark brown curly hair, evidently jumped
or diyed out of window or from the
roof OF the hotel; he was all smashed
to pieces; partly burned. His face is
crushed in on tho right side. Unknown
man, very good looking. about 43 wears
| old; apparently Hebrew. Henry
| Levy, member of the firm of Levy,
Strauss 6S Freeman, 70G Broadway,
wholesale clothiers, body very badly
| burned. -...
The Injured.
The injured-C. w. Klein, aged 80,
| rOrn afrjp1 lawyer by DrOfpSsion rpsi-