New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08

4 Of u jar, but should think myself lucky Il ni
escaped with broken leg, for ! never before -" "
fire burn 80 fegcely as the one "l'h co"Sui"'u INV
Royal.
Il ran into the Office rs soon ~ ] reached the
ground and there | found the hotel people acting Ike
lot Of inmates OF an insane asylum. was Tue
nr~t person TO se. ont Of that hotel. ard cannot
imagine bow any Of the other guests got ON "h'e'
saw Mr.. Ncarcs and The night clcik ~ We ONCE
For Gods sake | ,aid why don't SOu turn IN q
lire alarm A. couldn't sand around IN the cola
with nothing on, having saved nothing but my UNI
breIa and awI strap fastened to the Ciedney House
There / registered. secured suit Of clothes WHICH hd
not fit me- from The night clerk, and then returned to
the fire Even at that time the Fire Department hau
not arrived. and men. women ana chllurn "cic a'
the windows screaming for some one to save them !
saw two or three people jump from Windows. II was
ten minutes after | returned TO the fire before ladder
was raised to any Of the windows. heard there were
more than 100 people in tue lou,e when got out and
/ cannot understand how more than twenty Of them
escaped with their lives. II will be a difficult matter
10 convince me that many Of them were not roasted.
THEY NAY BE ~ THE COURT.
There wa, a court in the rear Of the hotel and
many Of the windows of The inside rooms overlooked it,
Here believe dozens of people lost their lives From
my room when | awoke ! heard many people, who
we're in the windows overlooking the court, call
Ing for help. and when the fire became
100 hot for them in their rooms they
doubt Jumped % inc court Dcltdtl u'u iHtlc
persisted a. the only way TO reach the street from
there was through the hotel. The passaSeway from
the court was near the elevator shaft, where the
flames never ceased during the fire. and If good
many dead bodies have uot been found in the ruins
there already they will certainly be found today
HOW A WOMAN WAS SAVED.
: Among the regular boarders mt tho hotel who es-
caped without injury Frederick Uhlmann president
Of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, and member OF
the firm of > a f. Uhlmann. of No. 90 BroadSt..
and Mrs Harriet f. Scght. Mrs. Sleight is seventy
five years old, and has lived at the Hotel Royal
since the death Of her husband. Cornelius \. slcght,
in 1899. Ms. Sleight's experience was graphically
told by her son. Henry VI. Slcight, who said
Il went up SiX'havc. past the hotel just before
o'clock this morning with my brother and two other
gentlemen. We went into the Manhattan Restaurant
I'm s!Xthavc Forty fourth st., ard ordered some
supper which had not been served - ITS when
someone came in and said that The Hotel Royal wa
on fire. / rushed to the door, jumped Into a cab
and was at the building within twenty minutes,
at the outside OF the time had zone by ana there
was no sign Of fire. Now the whole house was mas
II flames. Just l got opposite my lnotler' VIII
dows on the Foricth,t side puff of black smoke
olscllrcd everything, and / ripped up. fonm that
had struck Il mans body lie had jumped for his
life and split III mead op.h Oh .hc PaEci%ni it
him the bodies OF TWO women, also al ,Ju,t
then hook and ladder company came mp ana 1 SHou.
ed that had Il 500 note Tor any one VINO wOhi save
my mother. scaling ladder wa put nP, am "eois"
.. y.
in the vindo" ana dl,pltai'u. j.! u MIMI ,h,,, " ~
appear ID with my mother I'D MS arms uhhHt W.
West Forcth ST. where she stayed until THIS iOfrhoo
when she went - friend, hoi'c. She lost every
81. After rc-cuinS my mother young Fox went around
10 the ~NtA.tc. side and rescued auothe woman IRON
u ia ,Dry '2I ' socmc s' a, F here vq some
person at almost cvniy w!ndo" shouting i"r heiP. i
could zee them In relief against tn flames behind unul
one by one they jumped to IA" strc or fell back into
the ire The captain Of ioNs COMPANY 'o 90, mr. 'i n
H.. fad1 .ft IT, fl. q
came paid force and before that had been volunteer
fireman, bat b. sald he never saw snch ssht AT Any
Glc.'
FREDERICK UHLM,N cor OFT.
Frederick Chlmaun and his brother simon have lived
at the Hotel ROYAL Tor many years. simon thnnnn
went 80 Lakewood on saturday 10 spend sunday Win
his mother. and Frederick remained at the hotel.
lis room was on the fist no1r. He awakened
by the fire and rushed out wearing only his night
shirt In the Office he found old oyeroat, which
be put on When he got Ia the street he met
policeman. who conducted him across the avenue To-
Lyric iiali: WHORE b,ll was In pIof,',' W.: ~
IafrfoOtod and harchcaded. with his nlghehrt hang
Ing several inches below the borrowed overco"t us
appearance caused a decided sensation among the |
escaped hlimtic Mr.. Thmaun lost everything which
he had in his rooms except tbs nlghtsllr when ne
wore.
lie DROPPED FROM SILL 10 SILL.
Justin NJ Noonan 81 40 lO- Eandoph-avc jersey |
CITY. Wa, IN the hotel. In speaking Of hl' narrow
escape he aid to a Tribune reporter last night: 81
went into the hotel about O'Clock aud assigned
To- q room on the fourth Goor the sixth ave side
About :: O'Clock WAS awakened by The smoke In my
room. got up and thIev open IA" window but a.
there wa no ire c,cap" outside J went Ia the door.
When I opened II a volume OF fame came In 80 |
hut Il aud going back the window cried ioC help
\ fireman below cried back to ~" that - ladder would
he put mp waited n long a. po.shle for IN" ladder
hut cam" climbed out and swinging down. let
20 OF the sill and caught tn" FIJI o the neat "lh'vN
below. dropped again aud struck ladder at nc
carried ne 10 the ground. was then taken 10 the |
drug store at sixth and fortlcth-t. where soon
some clothes. am not hurt. except for bri." on |
my ann and Ont on my forehead. but stu feel the
effects Of the shock
THY SAVED , PARROT AND \ CAFE.
Charles T. IIu-scy the electrician at 80 1876 Liberty
St. and ~, wife wor, among the number who were |
safely carried down Of the ladder, put mp by u
hook and ladder company. " Had / been further mp |
than the first floor / should not have escaped, D.
lieyc,7 sail Mr. Ilus-ey when seen at the "cincy |
House Yesterday. Ny wife and / had II over |
the restaurant. and aroused by hearing loud
I opened the cnor OF my room AMI looked |
Ont into the hallway and at once that escape |
that way was cut of. The stairway was all abluze, |
and | know that our only chance Wa 10 ert out |
this lime, but aroused her and told her not |
10 gci excited. alsl told her not to trouble about |
any Of her clothing. but. woman like she took the
time 10 pick up a new mink cape winch she had re
Gently pnichascd | took her W the window fully |
prepared to jump but the gremcn got III
tho leap and We got out without being injured In any
way. Nv wife had pet parrot in cage In the |
room when the fire broke out but did rot allow him |
to bum | threw the cage and parrot 10 q man in the
street when waiting FOR the ircrlen TO reach ~ and
the bird no doubt, j. all right. But haven't seen |
him ,ihoc l tossed him ont Of the window
Mr. and Mrs. Iiusscy were permanent guests at the |
house. and the set Of rooms which they occupied had
been furnished ~ themselves. Mr. IIussey says that
books worth about 5000 among The things |
which he lost. "flc only things saved" sid Mr..
IIussey, were the parrot and my wilcs mink cape
HE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT
samuel Knight, who ives at No. l03 West For
tctlst said that he went by The hotel Just before
O'Clock on his a home. lie had scarcely got into
the house taken his overcoat or when he heard the
cry Of fire. and ont again. Not FIVE minutes
had elapsed from the tine Ice went b. the hotel and
vet naucs Wcr,, already breaking from many windows.
Mr. knight sisted in the work OF rescue and took
many " the victims u his house. whore he supplltd