The Meeker herald., 1892-02-13
TERRIBLE FIRE in NEW YORK.
Tho Royal Hotol Destroyed and Nearly
Fifty Persons Perish.

A disaster paralicllng In horror
nnd probably exceeding In loss OF life Il e
terrible occurrence In Park Place, the re-
mcmbrance OF which Is fresh In tho public
mind, occurred In New York early Sunday
morning. Tho Hotel Royal. Mt Foriie,h
Street and Sixth avenue, was burned TO
tho ground and u large number Of people
wcro burned TO death. many sunocatSd by
smoke anu Others crushed TO death In the
| ruins. II IL known that there were iai
guests Ia the house There wero also
some nfty-Gvo employees la tho house. OF
these ,ia have been found dead, six ar, In
tho hospitals and sixty three have been
reported alive, either b. themselves or
friends.
AZ this writing II IL impossible to state
tho number o! killed or Injured with any
positivenoss. The polio. place the number
OF killed al MY. while they adini, tho
number OF injured will DO very large.
II was u few minutes after . o'clock IA
tho morning when tho flames wcru hrsi
discovered. They never had better fuel.
Tho building was composed Of several old
structures, all ainalrHmaird into tho Hotel
Royal years aso. SO far a, can DO learned
tho iianies klndlei Ia tho shaft of tho Gle
ya,or In tho basement, at about the middle
depth Of :ho building. A isnl,or was at
work In the b4scment at tho time, aud was
suddcnly frightened by tho flashing OF tho
iiamos. lilo rushed To the street and not.
ned tho policeman on tho Sixth ayunuo
corner. who ssnt In an alarm. while tho
laal,or rushed back Into tho building TO
arouse tho sleeping guests.
In hf,son minute. tho whole Of the liz.
story structure wa. ablafu. Planes sto.
on, from every window 10 tho fron, OF
tho house and people In tho s,rco, could
eco p-rsoas rushing Practically TO and fro
on every noor OF tho burning building.
Ono. two. three alarms w-rs sca. out In
rapid succession. aud the siEeous and aSa'
MUGS wcro seoa allied with nro ons!Ees and
trueks. Other alarms brought aH.brlanecs
from ororJ hospI,.. la tho city. The Hos,
heroic caorts Of tho nrrmcn were impo;ea,
against tho jcyogrin. element and tho
whole niiddi, portion Of tho sky Was bril-,
iianuy illuminAird by tho uusns Hdous
blAfr.
Narrowing scenes were witnessed by
those who wore assonblrd Ia Sigh, of tho
burning hotel. Ono unipown ilaa .psans
FROM = window GU the third floor aud was
daAhcd TO death 90 the sidewalk besorv
the hosrincd eyes OF the spectators. This
terrible scene wac eaar;ci ca tho s.sih
svcago aide OF tho buiidlnr. A mouirat
later another nan lcsycd FROM . window
on tho fortir;h stree. sldc and wac taaa.
elc,i TO death 90 tho sidewalk. Shortly
afterwards t~o women .amtci from win
dows on tho sixth srcnsa aldo Of III,
building. Willing haaas soon srasl-si
them VI. bu, they were dead Th.ir
bodice woro al oaeo removed TO tho
n,or1ao. Thus. ALREADY. had four llscs
been sacrificed. From other window. Of
tho doomed hotel women hal lcapoi Ia
their mad enacavor TO e.cst-s !roEs ths
flames. and 40 far as known none OF ;hrm
wcrc killed outright III, ambai.n :, or
econs who were summoned =. seor a. tho
Gro was discovered had moro usa they
could do to a,,cad 10 tho burned aad In
!arcd people.
A. 20 tho walls fell In and all hopr Of
roscuine any other unior;gnasrs was al an
oud. A great number OF thrilling expert
enccs and had narrow cscsprsaru reported.
ono o! the mos, thrilling escapes CT tho
night was tina: Of yogts naa named
Nooaan Of Jersey City. Nioaan bad been
but rcon;iy married. Saturday nish, no
cam, over To tho city y celebrate tho
happy occasion with HE fricnis aud after .
long aud !oyial season no was taken to tho
Hotel KoYal. whcru ho wac sngsiy psi to
bod by his companions ia a room on tho
fourth floor. Soouan WA awakoae,i from
his sleep by the shouts u fru and cries for
help Of tho women and mon. For mo-
inca, ho was dasci, bat IN an insinn, ho
collected his scattered senses. Hc looked
gu, In tho hall. bg, there was no escape
there. lilo looked out Of tic window and
no ladder was near him 30 he. with the con.
ljcucu Of an athlete. swung himself from
the window .Ill TO tho window below aud
from one window 10 another h' descended
until he reached ~ ground.
There are various theories az 20 tho
cause OF the Gre. but nothing certain IL
known.