The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-02-11

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At the time 81 the disaster there were
nearly 49, guesta~iQ the Apuaa The
five 81 this d befan aped Is ave
haye.thps far bco I'D eadS ix are
AhA hospital ana Sixty :shree have,
beed eported alive. >: t"ass 5.szzs5ss.
Il is feared that . search Of the vast,
'Sekes..j| dh:atk(3yssk 'I. e,t :;
finds. 1t was reported at q late hour
! tnlthoAe t4sp A9Q spa9Ah xere still
Ndaceom ted for. Soon after the fire
bBnVk anhqlancses erriyad Il from
the various hospitals. Many physician,
S3y9 kss sssas'E s. II . ssIsas sad
did all they could to relieve the injured.
OF the dead, only one body has been
identitied-that of Harry c. Levy. of
sthGfr4 ia bavH gH1aA & Freeman,
wholesale clothfers at 7o7 Broadway.
sQf the ether ouf tvps 4re 3vomen and
two men. The injured, so far rs
: sk4anw9.eEGt fol 9zs assags'x 81; :
Clarence W. Klein, 50 ysers old, single, law!
yer, Hszleton, Pa, partially sunocated and
burned injuries not IA tai, taken to Bellevuo
hospital; Walter l.. Yates, 90 years sold,
clothier Of Philadelphia, condition serdouss
wife Of the proprietor, injuries not serious viii
recover, taken to Bellevue hospital; Herbert
Harding, engineer 81 the Hotel Royal, fatally
burned while trying to rescue o woman several
ribs broken taken to hospital.
st< The scenes at the, fro before the fire
companies arrived were heartrending.
One man whose name is not. known
sprang from a third-story window and
was dashed to death on the ground be-
low. This was on the Sixth avenue
side of the building A moment later
another man leaped from a window on
the Forticth street side and was in
stantly killed Shorty afterward two
women jumped from windows on the
Sixth avenue side and were dead when
picked up. The bodies were taken to
the Thirtieth street station house, and
afterward, unidentified, removed to
the morgue.
When the walls fell people were seen
at several windows on ths top floor
crying for help, but.they fell back and
were soon buried in the ruins The
iaames of the burning building illu-
mined the sky for miles around and
drew to the scene-which during the
entire day was an object of curiosity
an immense throng of people. 81.
After the fire had sufficiently cooled
to permit a partial examination of the
ruins a search was made for the dead
The search was at once rewarded by
the fading of q charred body almost
burned to crisp. 1t was almost I'M
recognizable. Tut was identified as that
Of Henry J. Levy from ring on one
of the fingers. The walls were in a
dangerous condition and it was deemed
necessary to pull them down before
continuing the search for tie dead. A:
force OF 100 men will be put to work
at once clearing away the debris
The loss on the hotel property is es-
timated at $3.50, 900. The building was
owned by Lyman Israel, furniture
dealer on the, Bowery. The Hotel
Royal was bnilt more than twenty five
years ago. 1t was formerly kept by
Messrs. PeriS & Butler, but Mr.. Meares
leased it thirteen years aga In 1882
the building was remodeled and an ad-
dition was made on the south side.
The house was the home of many per-
sons in the theatrical profession, and
was patropized chiefly by transients
for night.
The guest who probably had the
most narrow and at the same time
most marvellous escape was NJ. L. Har-
man, = travelling salesman for St
Louis wholesale grocery house.: He
resistered at the hotel on. Saturday
evening with his wife. He said:
"'1 had a room on the fifth floor, and was
aroused from sleep by q loud cracking noise
and by the sound of q whistle which, 1 think
was from one Of the engines on the elevated
ered that the stairway leading to-, tina
lower, foora Was ina blaze. The hall was flled
with smoke, land as. it poured into my
room ~ long nj the door was open I quickly
closcc It. knowing that there was no escape that
way. then vent to the. window and opened it
and there seemedsto be % much smoke on the
outside as there was in the hallway, for the
ton.
"F3oth ny wife and would have suffocated in
the room had not taken two towels whichkI
soaked with water. These we used to keep the
smoke outof our lungs by holding them oNtAk
our mouths and nostrils,sI tried to find ? fire
and thought at one time that Aas,tf1pu4dAever.
get out OF the room alive ~ =. :. -.
. 1T was certain death to jump i3ivc.stories and
ASH waseither that orburn todeaths Il said to,
my Wife, Matte, ap going,to shoot you and
then kill myself concluded Ihat il Wodd be
better'to die halfway fhhn shfn to death; sand
So always sleep with . reyH1yer under my pil.
low hurried 70 the bed to getit By.this time
the flames overcoming up Through the cracks
ofsthe f1oorand through the cracks Of the door
yost as Was aboltzto" shoot mywife the
floor tell With ~. s crsh and, Ne. vent down
probably two "storiess The flooring stopped
opposite q window .aud my wife jumped:
out and landed on sthe sportico beneath.
rope was hanging out Of this win
dow and2snwith. this assistance I man
aged TO gets down another story, but here
Isnpped and fell. to theportico beside my wife.
picked her up, but was.unabie 70 carry her,
and was almost sufrocated and the fall had itS
jured me: 4 was endeavorinR 70 reach ladder
to carry her down to the street, when two fire
men took Shey from me- How T. reached the
atreetI do not know ~ s
s SHIRLEY, ~; Febs s.-Miss Eva Mel
son, q bright young. lady Of attractive
presence, was instantly. killed Sunday.
by the Chicago & Alton nortl bound
spassAnge trair. 3 She Attempted to
cross the track ahead 81 the train, was
struck hurled high in the air and, fall
ing @hetween theS track and the depot
platform WIS horribly manglsd ];
pr..s s...mer .nd a,.e ss,,sr. Lost.
'SLoXD6s, Feb A Greek steamer
bound from Cardifffor Malta, has been.
lost on one ofthe -Scilly islands. Fif-s
teen Of o.., her gre w,were saved but nine
are missing. - - S''s = '$'1s