The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-02-13

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palling in horror, and bringing to mind
the terrible occurrences in Park place,
still fresh in the public mind, occurred
in this city early this morning.
The Hotel Royal, that we'll known
landmark which stood for more than a
quarter OF . century at the southeast
corner of Sixth avenue and Fourth
street was burned to the ground, and q
large number of people were burned,
suffocated and crushed in the ruins.
At the time Of the disaster there were
nearly $50 guests in the hotel. The
hotel employees all told number fifty
five. OF this number of people five have
thus far been found dead. six are in the
hospital and sixth. three have been re.
ported alive. One hundred are still
missing. The number of the dead will
probably not exceed, at q later estimate,
thirty.
The scenes were heart. rending and up
palled even the hremen and policemen,
who are used to terrible scenes.
Soon after the fire broke ont ambul-
ances arrived from various hospitals
and many physicians whose homes are
in the neighborhood were quickly sum-
moned and did all they could to relieve
the injured. Nearly every one of the
100 rooms which the hotel has on ite
five floors was occupied last night by
guests, many of them transient. In
fact all the rooms rave four had been
taken at 1 o'clock this morning, when
Richard Mears. the proprietor. vent &c
When the flames bust forth from some
unknown origin near the elevator shaft,
the building wat instantly enveloped in
famee.
The dead, missing and injured are re-
ported as follows:
The dead are:
UNKNOWN WOMAN, 40 years old. frac:
tured sRull aud slightly burned. She il
supposed to have jumped from o win
dow and killed herself. Body at the
morgue.
UNKNOWN WOMAN. about %, good
looking, light complexion, wore abund.
anoe of jewelry, burned and suffocsted.
Body at the morgae.
UNKNOWN MAN, about IS years old
dark hair, jumped from q window; heaG
smashed in pieces; smooth lace, about
i've feet nine inches in height, weighed
about 1870 pounds, wore linen night
shirt and trousers. Body at the morgae
UNKNOWN MAN, good looking, about
AZ years old; had on striped silk under
shirt. Light brown stripes. Evidently 6
Hebrew. Body at morgue.
HENRY O. LEVY, Of the firm OF Levy,
Strauss & Freeman, .707 Broadway,
Wholesale clothiers; identified by his
brother, b. J: Levy, at the morgue.
The injured are:
Clarence w. Klein, 80 years old,
single. lawyer. Hazleton. Pa, ~suffooated
and burned. Injuries not fatal. Taken
to Bellevue hospital.
Walter l.. Yates, 80 years old, olothier,
of Philadelphia, condition serious; burns
and Commissions. Is at Bellevue hospital.
Mrs. Isabella Mears. wife of the pro-
prietor. Injuries not serious; will re-
cover. Taken to the Bellevue hospital,
Herbert Harding, engineer of the
Hotel Royal. fat Ally burned while try.
ing to rescue q woman, several ribs
broken, taken to the hospital.
The missing are: -. -. ,..s IT,
VIM. E. Armstrong. Thos. Kennedy,
Charles Olese.
The rescued are: W. @. Buchanan. q.
8. Sonby. Rupert Lamont. @. Kra
mel, E. B. Reynolds and wife, @. O.
Oockburn, E. e. Allen, O. E. White.
p. g. Harding, W. Il. Scott and wife.
Langdon Smith, g. s. McGee, James
p. CORY, Mrs. J. Titus, Mrs. s. Knapp
Of Chicago. All of these escaped from
the burning building and we're taken "a
tue dedney house. p. Taylor, 81. p.
rompkins and w. @. Psarce were q
cued and taken to The. Hotel Metropole,
four blocks away. I. '