Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-04-06

be rebuilt.
A Destructive Fire Mt bradford, Pa, nes-
troys "a Hotel i'll which 1875 People Were
Slecping---Six Known to Have Been
Burned to Death, and Others Supposed
to Have Been LoSt--Jumping From Win
dows to Meet Death in tho stream Be
low.
PiTTsBuRG, Pa, April IA special to
the Lealer from Bradford, Pa, says
Fire at 40 o'clock this morning de-
strOyed the Higgins Hotel. the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg railroad depot, the
Higgins cigar factory, and the grocery
store and building OF j. Leroy.
AT least six persons were burned to death,
and the list OF injured numbers between
20 and 50. The bodies of six persons have
already been taken from the ruins and are
burned beyond recognition.
OTHERS MAY HAVE Persisted.
Last night 125 persons went to sleep in
the building and while il is known that
many had jumped from the second and
third story windows it was feared that maNy
others had persisted i'll the flames. 1t vas
after 10 o'clock before the first body was
found II was an unacceptable Charred
mass of flesh. The second was found soon
after in similar condition. The search
continues as this dispatch is being written,
and it is impossible TO state ut present how
many lives have been lost
SOME MAY HAVE BEEN DROWNED.
1t is feared that some of those who
jumped from the hotel into the creek were
drowned. The list of injured is long one.
| AROUSED BY CALL OF FIRE
The inmates of the Higgins Building
| were awakened from their sleep by d man
who rushed through the hall ways, kick
ing at the doors and calling fire. The
| and women rushed from their rooms into
| the halls, which were already filled with
smoke and flames and the general cry was
Jump from the windows and save your
| selves"
Many did so, but the jump was bad
one to risk. From the upper story it was
30 feet on the vest side, with a plank road
way on which to land. On the east side
was the creek, which made the jump ii
feet, Several persons made the leap for
life into the stream and were rescued.
NEARLY suFFocATEp ny SMOKE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higgins escaped from the
burning building, after they were nearly
suffOcated by the smoke. Mrs. Higgins
was badly injured and was carried to the
Riddle House.
TEMPORARY HOSPITAL.
The Riddle House has been transformed
into temporary hospital. IN one room Is
Prof, Neumeyer of the JamiSon orchestra
His left foot was crushed and he is seri
ously hurt internally. In another room
j. w. Osborne lies, both legs broken anG
his back injured. In another apartment
are two men, hurt internally and badly
bruised about their heads. Two womenir
another room, burned about their face
and hands. One of the women has los
her baby, and her agony is ptiful. 4.
John johnson, a boy, was found wander
ing through the streets with a two-years
old baby in his arms, its face, arms and
hands burned and blistered.
PROBABLY CAUGHT FROM GAS STOVE.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but il
is supposed TO have caught from ga:
stove.
list OF INJURED.
Hal Rhodes. ankle sprained; Jane
Bryscoe, face, hands and feet badly cut
W. u. Drysan OF IohnsonpurS, injured
internally; j. d. Cally, jamestown, hur
: about the head; j. J, Campbell, Bellwood
: Pa, arm broken and hip dislocated; Harr,
Jones, cut about head, face and hands
James Brlscon, carpenter, head cut; w. j
Holiday, travelling salesman, ankle
broken; Mrs. Weaver, burned about heat
and arms, her baby is missing, JUDY
Harmon, glassblower, cut about heat
and hands and injured internally; j. Cody
clerk, badly burned and injured from
jumping W. j. Osborne, Buffalo, injured
about the back-it is feared that his bacl
is broken; Mrs. Higgins, hurt Internal,
and badly burned J, W. Nenmeyer, lei
broken; Mrs, 4. Tucker and baby, Elmira
both badly burned about heads, hands ant
bodies, Mr.. Tucker was in the building
but is missing w. u. Dryscoll, injnret
internally; Ted Burns badly hurt BY fall
ing walls; Richard Higgins, hand broker
and burned; j. Picard, night clerk LEI
, broken and hurt internally; NJ McNab
head and face cut; Mike Collins. hand ant
. shoulder injured; W. ]. Hasted, injured
, internally.
SOME OF TIE DEAD. ...
: The dead taken from the ruins are
: Parks machirist, Il. H. X. shops; \
, Havlein; body OF unknown woman, SUI
posed to be Miss q, Bond These are al
: the bodies taken out up TO l0a. nj. Ton
Q Collins, printer, and a child of Mrs. L
= Tacker are known to be in the ruins. Til
loss will reach 100000,