The herald., 1893-08-15
Guests Of a Chicago Hotel
Cremated.
Fatal Flames in u Down Town
Hostelry.
Seven People Killed and Several
Fatally Hurt.
A Big Hotel Fire In Oaklsnd-Forest
Fires in Wisconsin-The Minne-
apolis Confagr grstion-other
Losses by Fire.

BY Ln6 ASeOCldtCo iooSs
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-An hotel hre, re-
sulting in the death of number OF
guests, occurred this morning in
structure on Madison street,
near Fifth avenue. A man jumped
from the top story of the building and
was killed, and about half dozen 9TH
ers we're suffocated or burned to death.
The body OF Harry Godfrey, Z years
old. has been recovered. The building
was dilapidated structure occupied by
q restaurant On the first floor and the
Senate hotel on the upper floors. There
were 80 people in the building when the
fire broke out. Those who perished
were caught like rats in trap, unable
to make their escape.
When the fire was gotten under con-
troll and q search OF the premises com
pleted, it was found that five people had
been killed outright. Two others were
so severely injured that they died this
afternoon at the hospital. They. are ::
Harry Godfrey, 7-year-old son OF Jay
Godfrey OF Buchanan, Mich.
Edward Short, aged % years, Lafay-
Mrs. Fannie Reed, recently from New
York, widow.
Philip Cronberg, aged 21, Little Rock,
Ark.
william Ullery, Buchanan, Mich,
aged II. :,
An unknown man, about So years old,
NAV be G. A. Taylor of Hot Springs,
Ark, oo
An unknown man, aged about %
years.
The injured are: Jay Godfrey and
wife. Mrs. F. A. Coons and her 15.year'
old daughter Flora, Grace Godfrey, D
Palmer, f. Meyer. r. L. Morton OF Syra
cuse, N. Y.
None of these suffered more than pain
ful bruises and cuts. Two unknown
men. however, were removed to the hos
pitsl unconscious and have not bee
idsAtitied. They may not recover.
4 II upposa4I he -hr.Na haen caused b
the eSvertnrning or explosion OF stai
lamp.
The night clerk had just gone to tn
washrocm to clean up preparatory t.
leaving his watch, when he heard
slight noise outside the Office. BY th
time he returned to it the place wa
filed with smoke and he had barrel
time. after shouting fire a few times, t
escape down stairs.
Edward Short and one of the uu
known dead would have been saved hs
they obeyed the fremen, who were get
ting ladders in position while the mel
were at the windows, and shouted t
them to keep cool. The men seeme
crazed with fear, however, and jumpe,
from the third floor to the f1sgstones be
low, sustaining fatal injuries. Som
others inhaled flames and died in horri
bic agony, and two we're suffoeated.
IF. A. Coons of Minnesota, with hi
wife and two daughters. had rooms OF
the second floor. When aroused by tn
cry of fire he and his wife dressed hur
riedly, and he hastened into the hall +
20 to his daughters room. He met or
girl in the hall, and sending her to he
mother, tried to make his way to tn
room in which was the other daughter
The smoke was so binding that he coul'
not, and he almost succumbed in tn
hall himself. Finally he made his wa,
back to the other members of the famil
and took them to the third floor
whence with much difficulty the,
escaped to building OF similar heigh
next door. where they were takel
from the roof by the fremen. Coon
told them of his other child in th
burning building, but gave up hope Q
seeing her alive. The firemen made
rush for the front of the building wit
ladders. and in few minutes brough
the girl out safe with the exception c
slight bruises and burns and lung trou
BILE caused by the inhalation of smoke
The fremen say the place was tn
worst kind of fire-trap. Owing to tn
fact that it was but three stories high
the law did not compel the owners t
put fire escapes on the building, an,
this fact is accountable for most of tn
loss of life.