Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-19
CHICAGO HOTEL BURNED.
A Man Burned to Dcath-A Woma
Killed by Jumping-Loss $4,000

Man Burned to Dcath-A Woman
Killed by Jumping-Loss 100000.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Fire broke out at
o'clock Tuesday morning in Engle-
woods suburb of this city, and did dam
age to the extent of 100000. One
woman was killed by jumping from a
third-story window in a hotel. Bodies
of some of the guests are supposed to be
still under the debris. Those who es-
capped did SO in their night robes and
had close calls at that. Strong
winds carried the flames to a house a
block away, which so alarmed the peO-
pie living between the fires that about
twenty families moved out into tie
street. A dozen more are homeless and
the charity of the people has an oppor-
tunity of displaying itself. Firemen
battled manfully for hours to contine
. the flames within block, but could not
prevent damage to adjacent buildings
from the intense heat.
The half OF the block south OF sixty
third street, between Right and Honore,
was made up, for the most part, Of
only were in the row. The corner at
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cupied by frame structure. The next
four were the brick ones and the rest Of
the block had frame buildings. 1t now
has nothing but ruins. four brick walls
being the only things left standing. The
first of the brick buildings was occupied
by paint store and it was in this that
the fire originated. 1t is supposed to
have been started by spontaneous com
&c Il,o Ni1o A rot fha ~ Is
furnished abundant fuel and added
ferceness to the fire.
Above the paint store and the next
building occupying the second and third
stories, was the Hotel Kent. 1t had
about thirty rooms and no less than
twenty-five guests were there Monday
night There was an unusually strong
wind blowing and the fire was famed so
fercely that the first warning the people
in the house had were the breaking of
the glass III their windows. There was
no time to save anything; men dashed
for the doors and women shrieked.
Mrs. Ada Butler aged about twenty
years, daughter of the proprietor of the
hotel occupied room on the third floor.
She was awakened by the dense smoke.
She found the halls filled and turned to-
warn tIlb WliluOW' III hcl hiS III lbbo
she leaned out and appealed for help.
In the grey dawn she was most pitiable
looking sight. Firemen and policemen
below shouted to her not to jump, but
she either did not hear or she misunder-
stood them. She threw herself head
long and fell on the pavement. Her
head struck first and she was picked up
corpse.
Other people in the hotel went down
the stairways, but it is feared that all
did not get out. Not more than two or
three had time to dress Nearly all were
more or less affected by the heat, one
mans full beard being burned to his
face.
From the hotel the flames COM
municated rapidly to each successive
building along the street. They spread
so quickly that almost no furniture was
saved. Flames were reaching nearly
across the street, and the firemen turned
their attention to opposite buildings, IN
which the heat had already broken all
the glass.
1t looked like the whole town was
going and about this time the spar ks
ladged in the roof of building on
Sixty-second street. That spread The
alarm and about twenty families living
between the two fires moved into the
street
Fourteen engines and three trucks
were on the ground. Trains were de-
laYed until the fire was sufficiently I'M