New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
FATAL FIRE IN A HOTEL.
FOUR PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH AND
MANY INJURED AT BRADFORD. PENN.

SEVERAL PEE-oNs MIssIXG-A BABY DROWNED
PANIC AMONG TIE GUESTS AWAKENED
BY THE CRY OF FIRE.
Pittsburr. April IA dispatch to The Leader
from Bradford. Penn. says:
The Higgins Hotel. large wooden structure
opposite the Buffalo. Rochester and Pitsburg sta
ton. caught fire from gas jet in the Kitchen
about o'clock this morning, and was soon
| mass Of flames. One hundred and twenty-five per
sons were asleep in the house at the time Many
jumped from the second ard third story windows
and were seriously injured and several lives were
lost. The railroad station and frelghthouse ana
the house of Agent Lundcrgan. adjoining them,
were also destroyed. Lundergan and his wife
barely escaping. Lcroy's grocery store. across
the creek, and the Higgins cigar factory were
also burned. The loss on the hotel is 81 1000;
insurance light. The loss 20 the Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Pttsburg Railroad is about SjO.O0O, well
insured. The total loss is estimated at 81 900;
insurance, $4,000.
Five persons known to be dead. and several
others missing. Between twenty and thirty
persons were injured, some Of whom may die.
The dead and injured, so far as ascertaincd are
as follows:
DEAD. Alkt /.
BOND Miss Georgia OF Bradford.
CULLEN Thomas Of Bradford.
HAVELIN. r.. Of Sunbuiy, Penn
PARKS. George Of Bradford.
TUCKER -. aged two years drowned in the creek.
INJURED.
BRIsSON. James. carpenter; head cut.
BHYSOR. James; face. hands and feet badly cut.
BURNS. T.. hoscman; hurt by porch falling on him.
CADY. j. j., Of jamestown; hurt about the head.
CAMPBELL. III. j., OF Bclwoo1 Penn; arm broken, hip
spTaincd.
CODY. j. badly burned and hurt In jumping.
Misha. hand and stnnid hurk
DRYSDALE. w. D.. injured internally
HAMMER j.; cut about hands and head and Injured In
tcinally
TASTED W. j.; injured internally.
HIGGINS Mrs. -; hurt internally and badly burned.
Higgins. Rici ard ; am broken ha ds burn'd
HOLIDAY. W. j.. travelling salesman ankle broken
JONES. H.; head aud face cut.
M'NABLE, c. A.; face and head hurt
NEUMENkK J. w. leg broken.
slraintd injuries considered fatal.
PlCKARD. p. j., clerk leg broken.
RHODES. H.. ankle srr,ined
TuSKEG H., M n,ns F. and BABY Of Emr' N ~ tody
WEAVER Mrs. and baby; burned about the hands and
The inmates Of the Higgins Hotel were awak-
encd from their sleep by a man who rushed
throug!, the Railways, kicking at the doors and
calling Fire" The men ard women rushed
from their into the balls. which were al
ready filled with smoke and flame. AMI the gen
cra cry was Jump from the windows ana save
yourselves" Many took the leap but 1t was
dangerous one From the uppc. story It was
thirty feet on the west side. with plank road
way on which to land. On the east side was
the creek, which made the jump forty feet. Scv-
cral persons made the jump for lif" into III"
trcam and were rescued Mr.. and Mrs lIiggn"
escaped from the burning building after th"N
we're nearly sunocatcd by the smoke. Mrs lis-
gins was badly injured and was carried 10 tue
Riddle House. e.. ,,
II was after o'clock before the hr,t DEFY TN
was found IL was "A charlrd mass OF il"si. IN"
second was found soon aitcrward. Ill -inlIa,,
condition One Of III" hodie; was soon r'o'n"''
as that of Engineer lIavcl'n, of the Bulaio
Rochester and Piitsburg. who cam" IN IRON
Rochester last night. The other was iomh' I"
be- that Of a machini.' named PARKS. In all Tour
bodies have been recovered from the ruihs' hh'
the search for Others is still going on
The Riddle lIorSe has been Transformed mo
Temporal. hospital In on" room is iro'S>n
Ncumcycr Of the Jamison Orchestra iiis h'I'
foot was crushed. and he Is crlou-lN huf' III
ternaly In another room }: W u,pofh'' HT
both lis legs are broken and his back Is lhJni'"'
In another apartmcr' are Two men, nun mr.
nally and badly huisci about their hands; ="
women are IN another room burned hpou' tir'lr
faces and hands one of ia" women has lost HOY
inhy and her agony Ii pit.tnl John John'"n,
how ,yos found wandering through ~" streets with
two-y.ar-old baby in his arms, It's face arms ana
hands harmed and bist"fed