Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-08
LATER PARTICULARS.
Horrible Scenes People Burned, Suf
foeated and Crushed TO Death.

NEW YORK, Fsb 7.--Au appalling ostss-
trophe snd unpSiellalad horror. perhaps ex-
ceeding In loss II life shat OF the Park
Place d,ssster las. summer, occurred 10
city e'ry this mnr1.rg.
Ho,el Roysi, xLh avenue and 40
street, opposite Br)abt park, was COM
pietey destroyed by the fire, and large
number Of people were burned, sutfUcsied
and Crusht d j The ruins.
Five burBed, msCgled, 5isfgured bodies,
vi hin shor. time sttCr the Dresklng ont
# tie flimfs, were removed to the mufgur,
srd it IS fesred SC res of other victims are
tur ed in the ruins.
Ere broke Gus shortly after 3 o'clock
this morainR sBd spread vita fasfful
rapidlty the hlmes seon envelopiHg the e.
tire building and cgtFirg off all means or
escape for guests roamng in the upper
stories of The bulldog
The origin of LGe fre is unknown. IL
started in the basement near the elevator
! 5haft A i nas l5CAled in the middle Of the
u ding
Flames were frs5 seen pouring out Of the
cupola On the rUlf, direcily over the IL
vstor shaft, by an engineer on the Sixth
avenue elevated railroad tTsi1, who stopp.
his rgiue directly ia iron of ,ha hotel and
blew the locomotives whistle loudly sld
continuously.
TINS uau.ual sound sWoke many sleet-
irg people ~ nc hutel, and bflusnt the
policemen 90 the Fgeue, Who ss once rent
fire sisrm (rau, near BY sgnal box.
Mean hiie the employees Of ,he hotel on
night du'y ught 20 arouse tho guests BY
cries of fire
30 rapidly d,l the f.mes ioc,esse that i.
see mad sn Fg b f'Fe The tifemeH came si-
though the d 81 gppArstUs rsttitd up % The
scene within few minutes after The aiaf m
~sg Mt Gus. Tbs desperate character Of
| he fite b5csme apparent to The hte chief
| in c1gEge who promptly reug three mUte'
alarms IN qllck succession.
Meanwhile, hesrren1iDs sad sickering
scenss appalled, even the experienced tre-
mcn and p7l ce, vail be1g enacted.
| The norrfied c'owc that quickly gathered
| in the ttreets about the doomed building,
saw men and women, cisd ONLY IL their
| night CLOTHS, jump from the upper stories
| and fall upon the stone tagging Of IN. side
| vslks, crushed to desth or seriously mi jlrs d.
Every window OF the bulldog seemed
| flied wish men. women and children cry
Iog out plteJuely to those below TO cave
| III m
Some Of these were certainly burned t.
death, as ihe police say thsy ssv them su =
eenly Gissppear from view, ~bile great
masses OF flames on that instant buJst out
| Of the vi Ldoes where the wretChed victims
hst just been standing
Toe fret hook ana ladder company ar
r'ved in about seven minutes sf'er the
flames we're discovered, and thg Hfemen ST
nnce ran 40 the ladders 10 the hotel win-
dows.
Firsmen, policemen and citiz mQuated
! .ha ladders and carried down women and
| children to pisces Of fsfsty.
Ihey worked very rapidly for b. Ills
| time the stair cases and elevator shafts in
| the building were ei vsIopsd in flames.
The fire escages IN the rear Of the build
| Ing afforded u means ea escape to sums,
while the fire ropes provided in all ths
| rooms were u'ibzsd by many male guests
! in reaching the street
| Accnr ing to the most reliable reports,
about $50 people we're sleeping in shs hotel
last night.
How many we're lost may not b5 ssseE-
tanned for several aays.
The hotel bad l2i rooms and nearly all
! were occupied las. ulghs D. guests. The
, hotel managers SD employees msde Dp ihs
bal-nee Of ihe list of those in the bpilGi1g
| Five dead bodies have thus far peen
found. Six Injured PERSONS are IN the hoi
/ p!tsi aud G3 are reported alive.
| This leaves sboat rs perso,a So II miss
ing. The Lumber of dead VII prot
ably not exceed, st the latest
estimate, 30 people. Soon after
toe fre broke ou: au,buiauces siTva d from
the various hqspitsIs. Man phJ sicisas
sho reside ia the nsigo69rboo1 wsrs qai K
| ly OIL The sc.ns and cd al. Ihey eou,d 10
| n lisve tie jared.
Following s,e the dead. far as reported ::
uosao~u woman 40 years old, fEscia.ed
.kuli and slgstiy burned. Is i,
supposed she had jumped from The wiz
| dow An unknown woIDso, sbo1t "a, good
| looking, light complexion sni sots Al
abundance Of ws!fy, wss burned sad sui
| focatsd. An HpkEOWn man, shout 81. DARK
| brown hair, Jumped from uihdoy snd
| h q head was srlssnsa ~ pieces. t5noaih
/ face, sooa; FIVE fees n.De i7Ghss
! in height, weighed abog 1870; wore iilzn
night shi:s aud ,rousers. Unzn9sn i8sn,
| good looking. sse about 43; had on a
striped SIX undsrshirs viEn iignt brown
stripes. He was evidently 2 Heove~,
IlcBfJ y. Levy VI Levy SEifhs q FfEt
man, 707 Broadway, Wholesale co.aisr.
The bo1ies OF ali are Al thu morgns.
OF the four injured we're Walter L
Yates, go years ola, cioihier Of Pbl41el-
phia, coeJiio1 setiors; Herbert H,t1inQ
/ engineer at Hcss. RsTs.i. fs.sliy barnet in
trying 10 rescue women; ali a. the hss.
/ pital. Those missing, ~ far =, known, are
VIM z. Arms1ong, Thes. Kennedy and
Cbss. Close
ks'e Reilly, . chsnbesmsid at the hotsl
Am bradley, employed Il the hotel, MTs
Van n .rden, wife Of travelling salesman
brs. Hsndsrson of Denver, Col,, Mr.. an
Mrs. Dssis ard daughter, Mr.. WJckoa
Mrs. B.sley housskespss st the hotel II,
Obadish l.. Lusa, reported missing, is d
the Gednsy House, s'igeily injured
Richard Mes-ss, proprietor OF tie h1te !
| says that al c5 A. NJ his wife swsksnet
him. telling hin the hosss ~ss On nrs. s5hl
heard the cracking OF II .mss sad sag III
smoke coming through gae crevioes O. ttzi
bedroom d5er.
J Mr.. Msafes retired " ore n'csoek ard
was aroused ~ith difficulty. He sprsng ga
o. bed srd ran issa the hallway. Vntume
Of smoke flied shs halls AID .5e fl y1es
were making say :apidi5 up tls s.sv4sa
shsff.
| TEeir apartments were oa ias t4.fd fiss