Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

has been guest at the Hotel Royal for
years and lived with his brother Simon
and mother. The latter yesterday went
to their country residence at Lakewood,
N. ]. Mr.. Uhlmann had gone to bed
shortly after o'clock, and was sleeping
soundly when he was awakened by the
cry of fire.
He ran from his room on the second
floor, which was directly over the office,
into the hall. He found it filled with
smoke and was forced back into his
room.
Again he made an attempt, and fall
ing over some obstruction in the passage
way, succeeded in making his way down
the one flight of stairs to the street. He
escaped with only an evercoat to cover
his nakedness. Mr.. Uhlman lost every
thing in his room, including $4,000 in
cash, several checks and notes and other
valuable business documents.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
One of the most thrilling escapes Of
the night of terror was that of young
man named ]. Noonan of Jersey City.
Noonan had been recently married and
had but just returned from an extended
wedding trip. He came to this city yes
terday to celebrate the event with his
friends and after a night Of it went to
the Hotel Royal and went to bed on the
| fourth floor.
Noonan was awakened by the shouts
of fire and the cries for help OF men
and women in the building. For a
moment he was dazed, but in an instant
he collected his scattered senses. He
looked in the hall, but there was no
escape there. He looked out of the
window and no ladder was near him, SO
he with the confidence of an athlete
swung himself from the window sill to
the window below and from one window
toanother he descended until he reached
the sidewalk
Mrs. Kuepes and daughter Of Flem-
ington, N. J., occupied room on the
third floor front. They registered at the
hotel yesterday. They were taken from
their room down ladder by the tiremen
They lost all their clothing save the
night dresses they had on.
| THE HOTEL ROYAL.
| The Hotel Royal was built more thar
25 years ago. 1t was formerly kept b,
Messrs. Peris g. Butler, but M. Meare.
leased it ID years ago. The house wa.
the home of many persons in the theatri
cal profession, and was patronizeC
chiefly by Jransients for night. Man,
families made it, however, their perma
nent place of residence. The elaborate
restaurant was literally patronized By
the class of people who kept late hours
in the upper portion of the tenderloii
district.
The loss on the hotel and furniture i
estimated at $250000. The building i
owned by Hymen Israel, furnitur
dealer in the Bowery.
No cause can be assigned for the fire
It broke out in the Kitchen, probabl
from defective ilue or range.
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The tireme
, while searching in theruins of the burn
, ing Hotel Royal, this morning, foun
! the body of woman in room on til
fifth floor of that portion of the build
, ing still standing on Fortieth street.
, A few minutes later the body of
man was found beneath pile of debri
J under the site of the dining-room.
was intended to put large force {
I men at work on the ruins last night [
Z remove the debris and search for tn
t bodies supposed to be buried in it, br
this was found to be impossible as til
t fire continued burning in the basemeI
/. and in the coal bins.
l At o'clock last night the fire engin,
were sent to their houses and two linz
Q of hose were connected with the fiji
hydrants and streams of water kel
Q pouring on the smouldering ruiz
Q throughout the entire night. In the earl
part of the night there were hundreds
curious spectators standing gazing
j the ruins, but the police strictly mail
/ tained the fire lines and only those ha
a ing business there were permitted to a.
d prosch nearer than 200 feet to the burr
0 ing hotel.
AT 6 o'clock this morning there can
y a babel Of approaching voices and the
|. appeared upon the scene 1875 Italis
d iaborers, each bearing pick, crowbar
l. shovel, and the days work searchir
= for the dead was begun. There hi
already assembled outside the fire lin
large numbers of spectators, many !
J. doubt drawn thither by idle curiosit
n but others, who were friends or rel
n tiyes of persons missing from tht
homes, and who, it was feared, mig
le be victims of the fire, watched the wo
y begun by the laborers with straine
/, eager eyes.
n BODY BADLY BURNED.
y. The first body found at 8 o'clock,
the fifth floor, was very badly burn
y and could barely be identified as that
IL woman. While the extension ladd
u was being placed in position for the
10 moval of the woman's body, a woi
man took hold Of what seemed to
~ charred end Of piece of wood, but
III started back with a cry of alarm. T
seeming piece Of wood was the char
leg OF man protruding through a
ed above the debris. The body was fou
70 to be lying head downward where it h
nv evidently fallen with the upper foo
Oh II was damned 50 tightly in the limb
and mortar that it took over an he
o. and a half to remove it, 1t was fou
Sc to be a man about 80 years old, five t
is high, with dark hair and moustache a
". dressed in dark clothing. On him w
re found gold watch and chain and a
er angle gold emblem, on which were
80 graved the words, Life, Love q
he TRUTH This body, which was
}5. seventh found, was taken to the morl
with that of the woman found a
o'clock.
~ ANOTHER WOMAN VICTIM.
raj AT 1t.3o o'clock the eighth body '
re- found, about 10 feet from the S
an where the seventh body had been
covered. It was that of woman wi
out clothing, about 25 years old, and i
feettw inches in heighth. Beneath
ere body were found black cambria SIX
f. bunch of keys, small bottle Of colo,
in in case, aud check book, on VIII
was written the name &c. A. Ru
yer Philadelphia Nearby were Il
Dor | nair ~ 10 d;aet ahon. j. - 1