Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-04
I'd EDITION.
KILLED AT A FIRE.
Fatal Blaze in Chicago Hotel This
Morning.
MAUPASSANT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Strange Stories About the Greiffs
Hall Raid.
G l. A l Nj ED BY ITALY.
MAUPASSANT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
G L A l NJ ED BY ITALY


Casualties at the Burning Of the waverly
Hotel in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. At o'clock this morning
IRE broke out in the all-night restaurant under
| the Waverly Hotel, 262 Clark street The hotel
WAS at once filled with smoke and the occu-
pants rushed into the Railways and attempted
to reach the lower floor. As a result of the fire
two persons were killed, one fatally hurt and
four others quite badly injured.
The killed are: John Meridith, sixty-fv
years old, residence unknown, suffocated: Paul
Wood, seventeen years. son of Samuel f. Wood,
suffocated.
Those injured are: Mrs s. F. Wood. RICH.
leg broken and injured internally, will die;
Samuel T. Wood, badly bruised and partly suf-
located, will recover; Mrs. Edward C. Dryer,
overcome by fright and smoke; J. p. Clay,
overcome by heat; Mrs. J. i. Smith. overcome
by smoke; NJ Frank, slightly injured about
shoulders by falling
The fire, though small and kept confined to
the restaurant, was very exciting, all the
scenes usually incident 70 hotel fire being wit
| messed. The clerk after strenuous efforts sue
cceded in rousing all the guests, the two who
were suffocated being found at some distance
from the rooms. Several were carried out Of the
building by the firemen and hotel employees
after being half suffocated.
The death Of little Paul Wood and the partial
suffocation Of his parents was one Of the most
heartrending scenes ever witnessed. The Wood
and daughter. The eldest son was in the Of
fee on the second floor when the fire broke
out He at once ran to the top floor and
awakened his parents, brother and sister.
They descended in the elevator. As Mrs.
Wood was stepping out the elevator man
started the elevator up again and the unfortu.
nate woman was caught between il and the
floor, her right leg being badly crushed. Be
fore Paul Wood could be removed from the
| elevator he was dead.
John Meredith WAS on the top floor, and
when awakened became bewildered. He lost
his way when attempting to go down stairs and
when found was nearly dead. He died while
being carried from the building.
The loss to the restaurant is small, being less
than 81 200.
ANOTHER EARLY MORNING FIRE.
WEsrFIELp, n. j., Jan. A fire which
started at 2 o'clock this morning destroyed the
frame building known as Arcadian Hall, at the
corner Of Broad and Prospect streets, quickly
communicated to the Ferris building adjoining
| and thence TO three more frame structures in
the row and, despite the efforts of the
| firemen, all the five buildings with their
contents were destroyed. The total loss
| Is estimated at $4,000. with an insurance of
| $50. 900. Arcadian Hall was owned by Il. L.
Taylor OF New York city. was occupied by the
Ledder and number of societies. The Ferris
building occupied by the Woman's Chris
| tian Temperance Union, Schooner Il Scudder s
| meat market and two other stores, also the
Office of the Standard. The other three struc-
lures were comparatively small and occupied
by small retail store keepers.