Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-08
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. MANY BURNED TO DEATH An Appalling Hotel Fire in
 New York City. THE ROYAL TOTALLY DESTROYED. Guests Crushed by Jumping
 from Windows. BLAINE DECLINES A NOMINATION, Fatal Railroad Accident in
 the West.
BLAINE DECLINES 4 NOMINATION.
AN APPALLING CATAsTRoPHE.

AN APPALLING CATASTROPHE. E. A Hotel Fire in New York Exceeding
 the Park Place Disaster-The Hotel
 Royal Completely Dcstroyed-A
 Large Number of People Burned,
 SuHocated and Crushed in the Ru- ins-Many Men and Women Jump
 From Upper Stories-Mangled Bod- ies Removed to the Morgue-List of
 the Dead and Injured-Howt the Fire Started.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-An appalling ca- tastrophe, paralleling in horror and per haps exceeding in loss of life the Park Place disaster of last summer, occurred in this city early this morning. The Hotel Royal, at Sixth avenue and Fortieth street. opposite Bryant park, was com pletely destroyed by fire and large num- Der of people burned, suffocated and crushed in the ruins. Five burned, crushed and mangled bodies within short time after the breaking out of the flames were removed to the morgue and it is feared that scores of othe victims are buried in the ruins.
 The fire broke out shortly after 3 o'clock this morning and spread with fear full rapidity, the flames soon enveloping the entire building and cutting off all means of escape for the guests rooming in the upper stories.
 FLAMES BURST FROM THE CUPoLA
 The origin of the fire is unknown. It started in the basement near the elevator shaft, which was located in the middle of the building. The flames were first seen pouring out of the cupola on the roof, di- rectly over the elevator shaft by an engi- neer on Sixth avenue elevated railroad train, who stopped his engine directly in front of the hotel and blew the locomo- tive's whistle loudly and continuously This unusual sound awoke many sleeping people in the hotel and brought policemen to tho scene who at once sent out fire alarm from near signal box. Meanwhile the employees of the hotel on night duty sought to arouse the guests by their cries of fire"
 So rapidly, however, did the flames in crease that it seemed an age before the fremen arrived, although the first appsra- tus rattled up to the scene within few minutes after the alarm was sent out.
 CRUSHED BY JUMPING FROM WINDOWS.
 The desperate character of the fire be- came at once apparent to the fire chief in charge, who promptly rang three more alarms in quick succession. Meanwhile and sickening scenes that ap- palled even the experienced frsmen and police were being enacted. The mortified crowd that quickly gathered in the streets about the doomed building saw men and women clad only in night clothes jump from the upper stories and fall upon the stone Tagging of the sidewalks crushed to death or seriously injured. Every window in the building seemed filled with men, women and children crying piteously to those below to save them. Some of these were certainly burned to death, as the police say they saw them suddenly disap- pear from view, while great masses of flames on the instant burst out of the windows where the wretched victims had just been standing.
 WORK OF FIREMEa AND POLICE.
 The first hook and ladder company ar rived about seven minutes after the flames were discovered, and the fremen at once ran up ladders to the hotel windows Fire men, policemen and citizens mounted the ladders and carried down women and children to places of safety. They worked very rapidly, for by this time staircases and elevator shafts in the building were the rear of the building afforded a means of escape to some, whilst the fire ropes provided in all rooms were utilized by many male guests in reaching the strest.
 According to reliable reports there were about 15O people stopping in the hotel last night.
 How many of these were lost may not be ascertained for several days.
 THE NUMBER OF DEAD PLACED AT THIRTY.
 The hotel had 124 rooms and ne arly all were occupied last night by guests. The hotel managers and employees made up the balance of the list of those in the building
 Five dead bodies have thus far beer found. Six injured persons are in the hospital and sixty-three have been report ed alive. This leaves about seventy-si1 persons still missing. The number of deae will, however, probably not exceed at th' latest estimate thirty.
 Soon after the fire broke out ambulance | arrived from the various hospitals. Man, physicians who reside in the neighbor hood were quickly on the scene and did al | they could to relieve the injured. The following are the dead, in jured ant missing, as far as reported: THE DEAD.
 Unknown woman, forty years old fractured skull and slightly burned. Sh is supposed to have jumped from win dow. --2
 | Unknown woman, about twenty-eigh years old, good looking, light complexion wore an abundance of jewelry. Burne and suffocated.
 Unknown man, about thirty-fve year old, dark brown hair. Jumped from vii l dow. Head smashed in pieces. Shoot face, about feet g inches tall, about 16(
 Wore night shirt and linen trousers.
 Unknown man, good looking, abor
 forty-three years old. Had on striped sil
 undershirt, Ight-brown stripes. Eviden
 ly Hebrew.
 Henry c. Levy, of Levy, Striess & Ere
 man, 7O7 Broadway, wholesale clothie
 Identified by his brother.
 The bodies are all at the morgue.
 THE INJURED.
 Clarence W. Klein, aged thirty-nin
 single, lawyer, Hazleton, Pa, nearly suf ! Tr;- fo&o al
 Walter L. Yates, aged sixty, clothier Philadelphia, Pa. Condition serious. Bur end contusions.
 Mrs. Isabella Meares, wife of the prop
 etor. Injuries not serious. Will recove
 Herbert Harding, engineer of Ho
 Royal. Fatally burned while trying to rt
 cue a woman, Several ribs broken.
 These are all at the hospital.
 Richard Meares, proprietor of the hot
 had his hand burned.
 THE MISSING.
 William E. Armstrong, Thomas Ke
 nsdy and Charles Cross. Kate Reilly
 chambermaid at the hotel, and Bradl, F also employed at the hotel, Mrs. Van N i den, wife of travelling salesman, M r. Henderson of Denver, Col, MT. Wycl V and Mrs. Begley, housekeeper at the hot 3; Dr. Obdiah Lusk, who was reported mi Q ing, is at the Cedney house and is
 right.
 to THE pRoPRIEToR's THRILLING ESCAPE.
 Richard Mearss, the proprietor of 7 hotel, says that at 3:05 a. m. his VI , awakened him telling him the house ,
 on fire. She heard the cracking of