Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-08


the building This wss before ,he hrst a ite
eHgtos arrived L. fas minutes the iss
Was s6 1slng from sl the windows on tue
| upper Il rors Mr.. Mesres soon reagised
| that he was not followed out by his wife.
| AT thai momen; the Hook and Ladder
company arrived.
Mssres emplored Of them TO save bis
wife 4 ladder wSs 9aicsly PLAYED in p,si-
| sion 10 the window Ihst he said VAS his
vites rooms. This proved not 10 be Mrs
| Me&ies room, but Su unknown ~omsa
| stepped o5t upon the ladder and was Csl-
rlsc dom in safety.
| Then the ladder vas placed sgsinst the
wiz dow o. Mrs MesEe's room. Mira
/ Mesre sppesr,d 4, 'hs windos, she wss ye'y
nervous and iu mskias the d. scert slipped,
and fell 10 ihs sdew0lk snd ~xs Injured
| Oae man jumped from the taird-,t,rY
wlnG,w on the sixth Avenue side and sss
| Killed mamenI LASER snother man lesped
| from the sisdos on the 40lh street side aud
was instantly killed.
| Shortly sfierwsrds two women jumped
| from the windows on ths Sixth Avenue side,
/ SerseAnt Ward and Psuolmsr Philips
! went into q room on the fourth Il or front
! srd rescued Walter II. Phelps and wife,
i They also saved Mrs ) niue! klotf who
about to leap f'om window.
! fKeieliUA Uhlmsrn, desier In hops, who
| had been puesI at The hotel for years.
| had rnCm or the second floor lie 80
capped d1wn stairs 10 the strees with Cith-
/ Gu t., with Grly his ovsrcnat 10 coyir his
| akedness Mr Uhlmsrn last ye'y lhti
ia ms room, Including Sl2. 900 in cast,
| seytrsl che cks, notes and other yaIu.Dig
| buFin.ss documents
! HIS m tntr aud brother. who lived with
| him a. the hotel, lef. town Saturday. II
/ c. TompSins Of THE city escaped down
rope The flames from the second ii ,or
burned his hands slightly and seorched his
hsl-.
Mrs. + Knspp Of Chicsgo hsd q room
| on the ftth npyr. She wrapped 4 vet
| tov eli srouEd her head 10 prevent heio2
| saffoelied and vent to window spd aited
! until rescued ny policeman.
| Mrs Kueper and daughter of Fleming
ton, N. j. ,eceupied = room ou 'he thud
| floor. end we're iakep Down q lard"r by TIE
| trenen. They lost all ttelr eloihing save
the ni2ht drtsees they had on. Mrs. Rue-
| rer suffered from the shock and Miss
| Kuepef's lcrg black hair wss ringed by TIE
! flames which hurst over htr head rs she
| sICnped from the ladder.
Neus OF the disaster spread through the
| city and Al xigus FRI, nd, Of those wh1 lived
| N the hotel hnfried 10 TIL spot, Hotel
Aoysl was built more than 25 years 500
| MIR Meare- leased l. l8 wears sRJ. The
bsu.e was the home of msny people in the
! ,hps'ricsl Yrotes.lon g. i was tattonizfd
| CHI Il by trsusicnts for the night. Many
| families ho#tvc-, made it 'hsir pefmsneni
! residence. The restsufaut WAS libersiiy
| pstroDizgd by people who kept late h ur.
AbOu, 10 months ago Mr.. Byafes tooh
I fhatlle Phelps intn business with him.
! Heymsn Israel fur itnre dealer hsie,
owned the bulldog j. bong valued from
Sl50 coo TO S2C0, COOS we'll incurred. Mr.
M.arps say lis own loss is s15 0O0 TO $780,
! OdO; fully Insured. A iEga force viii lie
pus 10 work in the mornIBg clssTlng away
the debris.
When the 1smcs were gotten under cor
| rrcl search was made for 'he Lolei register
sod EeEspsper msU WAS 'purd msklng on
| With il, thinking no doubt 10 secure 3
beat BY printing exclusively the ltts Of
names. He may hsv" to answer to the
charge oF lafcrry. Th- register was Of
comparatively lite value, fer not ell who
engaged rooms ware registered. nor did all
| who register yut doyu their tue names
! 1t vrs reported at = late hour that no lees
,h1n 100 ,,.IrIs .vs still a,srC.uuted for.
! ~hi. s,et ing ~; ualfrogr woman vac takef.
m the hossitAi y .ba ttactor,d skuu and
thtob l. /. t7,u,bt ,b. vii die tonight.
j One Of the mogt thrilling csespoa wAs
1 ,h.tr4J Mama, Of ,i,,.e, CITY. NJopsp
| had ig.t Islgtped from bis wedding trip
and had come ~ The city 70 celebrate hts
| marriage with some fIle1ds After "a
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