Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-08
MONDAY SALT LAKE CRY UTAH TERR1ToRY

thought at one time that We shouiu
never get out at the room any ~
was certain death 10 Jump hlN sprI.s'
and, IL was either that or burn !" uealh'
| said 90 my wife: 'Aatue, ! Mh 20,
ing to shoe, you aud XVI mysen''
concluded II would be ueueI 10 ulu
that way than he burned 10 ueathi anu,
no l always sleep with a feVvlVef un-
der my pillow, hurried 20 we peu 70
get II. by this time the hames were
coming up through the cracts ~ lne
door and through the cIaohs OF the
door. just as / was about 70 shoot my
wlfethe noor fell with u crash ana we
went down probably two stoflte: Ihe
flooring stopped opposite WiniCW,
and my wife jumped 0ht anu Ihnueu
nu portic3 beuvaib. n rope was
hanging out tnia window AM WIN
this nssis,au1c managed TO- get down
another story, but here s1lt nud iel'
o. the potticO beside my VIE.
picked her up, hut was unaDle TO carry
her, aud was almoal auiiocalei aud
he fall had inJured m. ! was en-
logv0ring 10 reach a lad ler when Two
iirrnen took her from me. How l
reached the .trcet do not know"
Harmon " confined TO bis bet at the
Gudnoy house. His hands aud chest
are severely burned, aud hia half and
eyebrows singoi. He was told today
that his wife was being cared Tor a.
one Of the hospitals, aud that she was
not fatally injured. IL 10 believed,
that Ehr II one Of tho dead.
There was not even n rope iire'rscapc
In the room ON the second iiOor which
Felix Kraemor, salenman Tor stein
way n Sons OF New York, occupied,
aud had II not been for Krnemer's TX
perlence at hotel fires and an umbrella,
he would be numbered among the vlc'
Tins.
'IIsd not 1 had strong umbrella, |
should either have been burned or
killed by jumping, "said Mr.. kraemer.
~ have uocn burned out AT hotels
three tin co now. Alta FIRE nj Warfens'
burg, Mo-, guest escaped 10y using an
open umbrella TO case BE flight from
an upper story window. | never for
got IT,, aud since, have etlways been
prOviiod with strong umbrella for an
emergency. As toDn as l reached the
window | opened my strong umbrella
quickly and carefully put y shawl
strap over 10, no ~ TO prevent II from
turning insiio out. Then | made Il
leap. did not 20 sailing grhcefully
out into tue air and land lightly on the
ground beneath, but | landed without
any broken limbs and am all rlgh.
now"
Further Inquiries were made during
the evening VI the West Thirteenth
street police station for the following
who were among the missing; Kate
| Reilly Elizabeth Donahue, Maggie
Giiber May Ryan aud Susan smith,
! ChRmbermalds; Auuie Cummings,
Mrs. Van Norjcn, william &. McliAno
anu wife, aud o. A. Murphy.
Among the iDJared were Mr.. AMI
Mrs. L0ckhgrt, permanent guss,s, wine
came from Scotland on visit ~ thi'
country.
The Worid has the foll0wing: one Of
the scrub women at the Hotel Royal
made a startling statement TO WOrio
reporter last night. she said that al
O'CLOCK In the morning, when sh,
let the hotel 10 go across the street u
sleep, Engineer Harding was drunk
she taw him stagger, she said, anl
others told her that Harding WA
seen under the influence Of liquol
earlier Ia the night.
Might Clerk underwood denied The
story when repeated TO him. He sale
that Harding was a steady man snt
was sober Saturday night.
The chief Of the house said yesterday
that one Of his cooks may have lett /
grease pot on the stove and that Il
might have boiled over. Tho burning
fat In that event could have set fire {,
the door and and wall, or blazed up t.
tho ceiling. The FIRE may have started
his way.