New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-15
FIRE IN A HOTEL.
GWEN GUESTS BURN TO DEATH
THE SENATE HOTEL IN CHICAGO TOTALLY
DESTROYED.

.,opE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE INJURED-CRowDs
WATCH THE EFFORTS OF TIE IMPRISONED
PEOPLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE FLAMES.
chicago. Aug IA hotel fire resulting in the
a.sth Of seven persons occurred this morning lie
a.. was in the Senate Hotel, three-story struct-
90. in Madison-st., Ffth-ave. One man
;nm,ed from window in the top story and was
laid Six others were sufocated or
sn,ned to death. The loss on the building and
.ontents is practically total, but the structure
r,s old and the furniture cheap the amount VIII
~, sxoael a few thousand dollars.
4 restaurant occupied the ground floor and the
a.nats Hotel the two upper ones. Ii contained
,hirty-six rooms and held thirty guests when the
a.. broke out shortly after q. IN. The rooms
ava separated by fimsy wooden partitions. Inc
,,.,a started in the office the second moor ana
.n,sad rapidly through that and the upper rooms
p.fore the guests could be warned the flames hao
49,. oa the escape of a number from the stairways,
s.d they were caught like rats in trap
The dead are:
fgkLlr fR1s oHoSHEh' aged twenty '"e '''''' '''''
HAEnsa ware mer, hant Of Little Rock Ark; burned
xps FANNIE REED. twenty-seven years old widow
recently from New.Io.k
INWARD SHORT. Of Chicago a gambler burned ana
Ahmpd from rear window.
uTIIAM rLREY. aged seventeen. of Buchanan Mich
r,snovn nan about thiry.hve years old-May be u a.
qaylor of Hot Springs, Ark
n.xnown man, about twenty ythree years old
Thi. is the list of injured
yAY GODFREY. hardware merchant. Litos kocs r Ara:
ssntTi9,, sgrHSid aOSEi %iil hsa rseovsr siu '"0''D
vps GODFREY wife Of above slightly burned
nRACE GODFREY. thirteen years old Will p'opaoy
die; taken Mercy Hospital
coONs Lake CITY, MInn.; cut BY glass about heau
will recover. - s oups
AES; sScrt = sbouders and breast will recover
rngA COOYs fifteen years old found almost SUMO
Gated recovery doubtful ,,a..
R. viii III NSSTSN lssG7sS SYRACUSE Az ..n.
w,TrIF AHREHs. Chicago. eighteen years Old arms
WyTR Of chicago. a spectator; head cut by falling
gas. . sor,ous,v
l. ts%nsd: n; G0eh"S '"'''''
William Barabino, the night clerk, was Wa''ins
far the day clerk to relieve him shortly oeiore
o,c,ock He stepped into the washroom' an"
rh,le there saws he heard a noise III ul'' oi"oe
vbich might have been caused by the 1aii'hs .,
. lamp On opening the washroom door he iouh
N. hallway and Office full of smoke lie raise"
n. cr, of fire. and made his escape down 'he
front stairway. .- ,h,
pr this time the flames were climbing from 'he
starting point on the second floor up the s'a'r""'
"a the third floor Smoke was pouring from ''o
windows, and as the guests awoKe 'neii s'''
,v.ro hoard. and half-dressed forms began 10 aP-
near at the windows
Ar,o,o the first to escape was Josrph "iison'
,vbo had a room in the rear Of the thiru hoo', "
,v.kened his roommate Harry 'aNaha' anu W
Gather they made hurried round ol '"e io''"'
,,aking the guests Wilson then SAD down an i'oi,
r;ne 10 the alley in the rear IaVai'a nne9''
a few moments and then started down 'e PIP
He was part way down when man ha'ic' "''
ton started after him Morton seener WI -, =
.rd Lost his hold Cavana was knocked ron s"e
pipe and the two men fell distance u "''e''
feet H., Giant
H. ,b. front mart of the third floor, gropcd their
,v.r tbrouph the sitting smoke to In" wlhio"
"a ..ood ont on the sill The crowd "'i ,"
r.u.a N them not 10 lump. The women clhn-
m the framework keeping a. far on' a. p,I pI H. -
While the smoke and flames hurst ,nro"i n. .'nJ ,'
windows around them At..os-i ,.. -rivai Of a hook
thsv remained there until th- aFrlNai @ W r";.sd
snei smS 1adder company. when a ladder was ial'''
and they were rescued ,..o., ,,ox. reached
A man whose identity Is un<hoMh IN N'nrrbin"
,h. window The flames were alit'"N =. .Lo
w w ,nos. naked body and hn jumped u we
stone nayerrent. lie was plck'd up III rri,aJ
eonsc;ous condition. The hrcm"h ,iien ,iienii o. ,lc
tsd5ors ,vare raised and the WORK oil r'SO'"- W.
ladders w mai; ;omates was Systematically BEGUN.
'Hpl TIT. fire was one Of the most horrible nsrt nat
~;,reSsed in all nv experience on te nrr uepa',
VIZ, sa;d Assistant Fire Marshal Muslam. ~
o'cook in the morning with the str''' any , citv
neon. and one Of the principal streets III Wv onid
4 SONS Incredible that 80 many Pi .c,"es
to.s ,har lives Had there been any hreIssc, so
tose t.'ei ;,I;nn tLn loss would not have been NJ
great but the law does not ruin I'm r ss than
Ha.i s .t a. Ia height Hence there were h2u'
and the poor people in the bnlIdI wo 20 Imp or
In reaching the windows hdd eiahef " jump
wait until we could take them OH. ,,,.,,lon.
aIhat the loss was not greater II mar man ."
I'm I thiuk People are nor QUICK uau''in I' mil
heed warnings remain on window crs' cn fire %, j.
slsddar can be thrown mp 10 them wh.h III .L,c
, iei"c, lid ,bem Yet when got there 'hl''
persons were clingne TO GdGTs e e I'M in roa n We
shound @yd 20 All to remain where they were r anc
sher hr,velv stuck il out until the iaioers WIZ ~
,a;saa One moor fellow was found dcaI Ju7. ~,
ront % Of window from which aTge % 'rh.aignE dhnsd snr
scn rro.ctcd over the street. 1iad ne cho, rnS
n.hn-p rcc, he vould probably have rScap a. nu'
that window was blocked comPG'eT r"m "y , ,bc NEXT next
,non sm .o oot him ont. There is law proiioi'i's
the hanging Of these signs