Evening journal., 1893-04-01
BURNED TO DEATH.
Pennsylvania Hotel Burned
This Morning.
D BODIES TAKEN FROM RUINS

& ~ Injured BY Jumping From the
ndow Of the Hotel-Fire Came While
Guests Slept-Four Buildings in
& hes-The Loss VIII Reach S1OO, 900
iADFoRD, Pa, April Fire was
& )vered in the Higgins Hotel on Main
1T at 4, 20 o'clock this morning. The
was occupied chiefly by railroad
of whom there were about seventy
asleep when the fire started.
any of the inmates jumped from
lows into the creek and several peo
we're badly burned.
le Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
1t and freight house were entirely
royed, also Leroy's grocery store.
least six persons were burned to
b, and the list of injured numbers
geen 20 and 30. The bodies of six
ons have already been taken from
ruins and are burned beyond recogni-
Last night 1875 persons went to
p in the building, and while it is
wn that many had jumped from the
q nd and third story windows it was
ed that many others had perished in
flames.
The First Body Charred Mass.
was after o'clock before the first
was found. 1t was an unrecogniz-
charred mass of flesh. The second
found soon after in a similar
iition. The search continues as this
atch is being written and it is i'm
ible to state at present how many
5 have been lost.
Fears That Some Were Drowned.
is feared that some of those who
ped from the hotel into the creek
drowned. The list of injured is a
one. The inmates of the Higgins
ding were awakened from their sleep
man who rushed through the hall
5, kicking at the doors and calling
A Bad Jump to Risk.
X he men and women rushed from their
ns into the halls which were already
with smoke and flame, and the gen
cry was Jump from the windows
save yourselves Many did So but
Jump was bad one to risk. From
upper story it was thirty feet on the
t side, with a plank roadway on
ch to land On the east side was the
k which made the jump forty feet.
sral persons made the leap for life
the stream and we're rescued Mr..
Mrs Higgins escaped from the burn
building after they were nearly suf
ted by the smoke. Mrs. Higgins was
y injured and was carried to the
die House
Another Hotel as Hospital.
he Riddle House has been transformed
temporary hospital In one room
rofessor Neumeyer, of the Jamisor
lestra. Ais left foot was crushed anC
s seriously hurt internally.
another room ]. w. Osborne lies
legs broken and his back is injured
mother apartment are two men. hurt
4 ,rnally and badly bruised about theii
ds. Two women in another. burned
ut their faces and hands. One of tn,
men has lost her babe, and her agony
oitiful John Johnson, a boy wa
nd wandering through the streets
h a two year old babe in his arms, IL,
., arms and hands burned anC
tered.
he cause of the fire is unknown, but i
imposed to have caught from a ga
We.
The List of the Injured.
Ial Rhodes, ankle sprained; Jane
ser, face, hands and feet badly cut
D Drysdale Of Johnsonburg, injure'
srnally; ]. D. Cady, Jamestown. hur
ut the head; j. Campbell of Bell
ID, Pa, arm broken and hip dislo
ID; Harry Jones, cut about the head
and hands; James Brisson, carpen
head cut; w. J. Holiday, travelin
man, ankle broken; Mrs. Weaver
ed about head and arms, he
is missing; JUDY Harmon
blower, cut about hands an
and injured internally; J. Cody
burned and injured from jumping
Osborne, Buffalo, injured abou
ack; it is feared that his back
IN; considered fatal; Mrs. Higgins
internally and badly burned; J. W
lmeyer. leg broken; Mrs. E. Tucke
babe of Elmira, both badly burne
ut heads, hands and bodies
Tucker was in the buildin
is missing. w. D. Drys
injured internally Ted. Burns
man, badly hurt by falling walls
hard Higgins, hand broken an
ned. J. Picard, night clerk, le
ken, hurt internally; Cook McNabs
d and face cut; Mike Collins, han
shoulder injured; w. J. HasteC
ured internally.
Met Death in the Flames.
he dead taken from the ruins are:
---.- Parks, machinist, B. R & P