The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-15
LIKE RATS IN A TRAP.
The Rescuers Came Too Late To Save All
OF tho Impcriiied lnmates-List OF
the Killed and Injured.

CHICAGO, August it--A hotel fire. re-
sulting In the death of number OF
guests, occurred this morning. The fire
was in the Senate Hotel. three-story
structure. on Madison street. near Fifth
| ayerue. One man jumped from a win
dow In the top story, and was killed.
About half dozen others were sunocated
and burned TO death. The loss on the
building and contents is practically total,
but as the structure vas old and the
furnishings cheap. the amount Will not
exceed few thousand dollars.
restaurant occupied the ground aoor,
and the Senate Hotel the two upper ones.
II contained thlrty-slX rooms, and held
thirty guests when the fire broke out.
shortly after . o'clock this morning.
The rooms were separated by fimsy,
wooden partitions. and proved nrst-class
food for the fire. The blaze started in
the office. on the second floor. and spread
50 rapidly through the halls and the
upper rooms that II could not be checked.
Before the guests could be warned the
flames had cut of their escape from
the stairway. and they were caught like
rats In a trap. The scene during the
I fire was an exciting one Mrs. Ohren
and her daughter. Annie, who slept In
the front part OF the store. discov-
cred the fire first. moment later. and
the other occupants were tying about
seeking an avenue Of escape
Annie and her mother groped their way
through the sitting smoke TO the win
dow aIe cut on the Sill. The crowd be-
low yelled to them not TO jump with
desperation the women clung 20 the
frame work. keeping as far oIt as pos
siblc. while the smoke and flames burst
through the windows around them
Although badly burned they retained
| their Iositicn until the arrival OF
/ hook and ladder company ladder was
raised. and they We're rescued
A man. whose identity is unknown, next
/ reached the window. The flames were
| already scorchng his almost nude body,
/ and he Jumped TO the stone pavement.
/ He was picked up I'm an unconscious con-
ditlon.
II WAS al this juncture the firemen ar
rived. Ladders were raised. and the
/ work OF rescuing the imreriiied IS mates
/ Systematically began. The work Of res
cue was too late however. The nremen
found dead bodies. rather than living
people.
Tho fire Is said 10 have started from an
! overturned stair lamp. I'm all i've people
&
injured that they can scarcely recover
Al the cook County and Mercy Hospitals
others are moaning with pain In their
woes. so badly injured as 20 be unable 10
tell their names.
Following is list Of the klle1'
Harry Godfrey. seven years old, son
| Of j. Godfrey. "a hardware merchant 90
Little Rock. Ark, burned.
Edward short, of Chicago, burned "nH
| iumpcd from rear window
! An unknown woman. Eve feet SIX inch's
In HEIGHT. burned. removed from bed by
i nrcmon.
An unknown man, five feet In height,
! burned I'm bed
An unknown man, removed 10 COOK
| County Hospital unconscious; died IN
| fifteen minutes after arrived.
The injured are. Unknown man, taken
| 10 ward | Of the Cook County Hospital.
IS about tvcenty-eight years Of age. ana
very badly burned; he can scarcely re-
cover Unknown man, twenty-four years
| OF age. terribly burned about the facei ~
unconscious I'm ward 3 OF the Cook 'oun'
| ty Hospital. and Will die. VIII Miller
aged seventeen years, nephew OF Jay
Godfrey burned about the head aud arms,
cut by glass IN breaking window for air;
will recover; +. A. CoOns. Lake City'
Mimi. cut by glass about the head; taken
to Mercy Hospital; will recover, Irs.
T. A. CoOns burns and cuts about breast :
taken TO Mercy Hospital; will recover.
| Flora Coons, aged fifteen years, found al
most suffocated: taken 10 Mercy Hospital; !;
| injuries slight. X. L. Morton, OF Syra-
cuse. ". Y. cut about the shoulders; re-
moved to Mercy Hospital; viii recover.