New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
NrARLYA SCORE CREMATED
n,s.srRoUs HOTEL FIRE IN SEATTLE

=, rrp,NG GUESTS REUSED BY FLAME AND
.,,ovr MAKE A RUSH FOR LIFE-A KERo-
sENE LAMP THE CAUSE.
c.o,,,e Wash Oct PA fire which resulted
. ,,o death Of at least sixteen persons and the
'",rrv Of three more broke out in the West
"..o., House at Columbia and West SITS. about
..,o.k this morning. At 8 o'clock the fire was
-. control. and an in Jestigation Of the ruins
,de All the dead were burned beyond
i,iou and the Coroner decided TO allow
- bodies TO remain where they We're hoping
49, the proprietor Of the house could identify
.n.,, nv their location b. means Of the hotel
siq,er which was saved.
rse flames broke out SO suddenly and so fiercely
Aha, the occupants OF the building were taken by
.,,crlse and there was a wild panic. men and
non Jumping from the windows in their night
,,,hing An explosion was heard in the kitchen.
=, the rear part Of the second story, by s. +.
muller. sor of the proprietor and immedi-
III the flames began TO spread rapidly through
-, dry inner timber Of the corrugated iron
aiding which is one If range Of two-story
..ryc,llres owned by ]. y Coleman. Butler
..sed a cry OF fire. which aroused the guests.
1,h whom the house Wa crowded. and rush
%, lie followed. The flames were already
tsrirc through the long. narrow halls. Finding
%, nv thu stairways cut off. the people began
-. from the windows on both sides of the
smiling 'h.. flames closely following them. w.
y n I.wis dropped twe:ty feet TO the ground
d escaped unhurt. Joseph A May tied the
sSe,s together and used them as rope TO let
simssN down. c. Il. Glass jumped out of
nIndoV- but not until his hair was burned. He
,rck On his back Oh the ground. lie was
sssI up and carried &c the passenger station,
pr with TWO other injured persons was taken
., hospital. one man. whose identity is not
t,.wn was caught in the rush of the flames near
ne tou y stairway and sank down, overcome
r,h he smoke and heat. The nrenen fought
", ts,n the flames away from his body, but were
!, was only after tn fremen had got we'll TO
~ that tn. full seriousness Of the affair began
y, he susp,cted. There some unacCOuntable
Ss,ay In getting the water on. owing to the slow
ress o. tho fireboat getting up steam When at
80, ,hs PRESSURE did come the fire was raging
.r,onslv and all that could De done was to con-
crs ths flames = the block where they started
The first lead man was taken out from room
over the Hill Syrup Companys store; ana was
,,unI with one leg in his trousers and ms SHOES
hoW laced The body was discovered with the
~ covered with the bedciothes under the bed
II was badly burned as to be unrecosh1Zaoie'
&c wore all The Other bodies.
a. p.urcman F. T. Bryant. discovered the
Games soon after they burst forth, and turned IN
an alarm which brought the Fire Department 10
the scene The officer then assisted in saving
the people who appeared at the windows. lie
found Mis- Susan Allen and her two-year-oId
child al window on the West-st. side and me
pryant shouted 10 her to drop the child. she dlu
g. ana he caught II safely in his arms. Deposit
inc II ON the ground. he snatched plank ana
sai II against a window. The woman safely slid
down a. 49,, -
II = Butler the proprietor Of the hotel. was
IN h,s when The fire was discovered. and Narrowly
sscapad His son. S. F. Butler. was night clerk.
lie saws the fire undoubtedly originated from a
kerosene lamp in the kitchen. which was located
an the upper floor near the rear wall
A. { o'clock this morning fifteen bodies had
heen taken from the ruins. The search is Deihe
continued The following Is list OF the tran
slent guests as shown by the register \. Welson.
= B1llman. r y Simonson. c. ID. johnson N
Ncsorev John Chesterman. f Hicks. Mrs. j. W.
Unseman D. Fraser Mrs. J. Smith and friend
= clark Charles A. Peter James Merme. W.
+ CaNerv William Matheson. VI. J. Lawson. ID;
Mcdonald c l.. Glib. George ]. Moon. redmond
r Schmitt George Boutwell,. c. l.. Bellman' ohn
Mcclure Allen H. Chase. William McNar. John
Kingston CITY. NJ q DelrcksOH. Port Blakeley.
4 G Butler brother Of the proprietor is mss
Ing -
The Injured are Edward Havlin. badly hurt
about the head and back by jumping; {. Is
Glass Lex broken. back injured; {. Is. AhoersoH'
hand burned and badly bruised.
The salles: sight OF ali was in an INSIDE ROOM
There calmly lying in q charred bed, was an
erfir. family The father lay on ono SIDE the
vife uext 10 him ara a little burned and black.
s-ol arm, m. n~sh falling in shreds from II and
Tho small Hneorr clutcEci showed that NIUE
chill Wa among the victims. The total number
efN oct