The Hope pioneer., 1893-08-18
. HORROR IN CHICAGO.
Fire In a Hotel Cuts OF the Escape of
Many Guests-Sevcn Lose Their Lives
and Thraa A

Fire in a Hotel Cuts or the Escape Of
Many Gnests-Sevcn Lose Their Lives
and Three Times as Many Are Injured.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Fire started in the
office of the Senate hotel on the second
floor at lS4 Madison street few min
utes before o'clock Monday morning
and ran through the building rapidly,
spreading panic and death among the
guests which it awakened from Sleep
The following is the record of fatalities.
which number seven, the injured num-
bering twenty-one, of whom perhaps
-four will die:
Fanny Reedc. of New York. widow, q years
of age, chambermaid n, Great Eastern hotel,
corner SiXty-tifth street and St Lawrence uv-
enue: Sutfocated.
James w. Short. jumped from third story
window: picked up dead no occupation given
James Taylor, New York, injured by jump
ing: died at county hospital
Harry Godfrey. aged :. son Of Jay Godfrey
OF Buchanan, Mich. burned and suffoCated
Philip kronberg, of Little Rock, Ark:
Il years old skull fractured and legs
crushed by jumping from third-story window,
burned about head and face taken to county
hospital and died at p m.
Dan Tucker, aged about % years, board
marker at the Hawthorne race track sufIo-
Gated in bed.
William Ullrey. II years old. nephew of James
Godfrey His head and arms BADLY burned and
hands cut by breaking glass in the window
Taken TO county hospital, where he died at
. p. IN.
William Barabino. the night clerk, was
among the first to discover the fire He
was waiting for the day clerk to re-
lieve him shortly before T o'clock.
He stepped into the wash-room,
and while there says he heard a
queer rattli1is noise in the office which
might have been caused by the falling
of lamp On opening the Mushroom
door he found the hallway and office
full of smoke. He raised the cry of
fire and made his escape down the
stairway. BY this time the flames
We're climbing from the starting point
on the second floor up the stairway to
the third floor. Smoke was pouring
from the windows, and Pill alarm
was bringing the changing fire engines
to the spot. The noise awolle the
guests and they rushed half dressed to
the windows.
Among the first to escape was Joseph
Wilson. who had room in the rear of
the third floor. He was dressing when
he detected smoke in the house. He
Weakened his roommate, Harry Gavanai
and together they made hurried
round of the rooms trying to rouse the
guests. Wilson then slid down an
iron pipe into the alley in
the rear Gavana fingered few mo-
ments and then started down the pipe.
He was part way down when a man
named Morton started after HIM. Nor
ton seemed confused and lost his
hold. Gavana was knocked from the
pipe, and the two men fell distance
OF 15 feet. Gavana escaped injury. Nor
ton was picked up unconscious.
The next person to appear at the
rear window was Edward Short. He
was badly burned, and seemed crazed
with fear and pain as he leaned from
the window. He threw his hands
wildly over his head, and then toppled
into the alley below. His dead BODY
was removed to Sigmund's morgue, 73
Fifth avenue.
While these tragedies were being en-
acted in the rear a great crowd near
the Madison street entrance were the
spectators Of an equal horror. A man
supposed to be James Taylor, a Chica-
go horseman, appeared at third-storv
window almost nude. He hesitated a
moment as a volume of flame shot out
around him. Then he jumped to
tie stone flags below. He was picked
up bleeding and mangled and removed
to the county hospital
A moment later there was a crash of
glass and Jay Godfrey appeared at an
other window He had broken tho
sash in frantic efforts to get fresh air.
His daughter Annie, 13 years old, stood
beside him. His wife and son Harry
were still in the building.
A ladder was run up to them and the
hremen helped them to make the
descent Godfrey was not badly in
jured, but the daughter was terribly
burned. and was hurried away to a hos
pital.
Another crash at another window
came. and f. A. Coons appeared hold
ing his wife. His 15-year-old daughter
Flora was beside him, and William
Ullery right behind him. p ladder was
quickly run up and the party taken to
the ground. Mrs. Coons was badly
burned and was taken to Mercy hos
pital. Flora had sunk half suffocated
on the window sill. She was uncon-
scious by the time the ground was
reached, and was taken to the hospital
with her mother.
The cause of the fire is supposed to
be the accidental overturning of an oil
lamp in the Office by the day clerk.
The. loss is slight. Coroner McHale
was on the ground early and left or
ders for the detention of the day clerk
should he be found. His name is Bel
goin. He is Canadian who had been
employed but short time