The Irish standard., 1894-11-03
FIRES FATAL WORK.
Sixteen Persons Perish in q Seat
tie (Wash.) Hotel

Sixteen Persons Perish in Scat.
tie (Wash-) Hotel
Aroused from Slumber by Flames They
/ Rush Into q Labyrinth of Halls and
Perish-some Horrifying Sights
! Are Disclosed.
/! SEATTLE, Wash, Oct 90. "A fro,
which resulted in the death Of at least
sixteen persons and the injury of three
others, broke out in the West stree,
hotel, at Columbia and West streets,
about o'clock Saturday morning. At
O'clock the fire was under control
and an investigation of the ruins
was made. Thirteen bodies have been
identified. They are as follows:
: John F. Anderson, aged rs: F. Ballmarn, G.
Grahm, laborer; Mrs. J. Fl. Hancock, of Roife
Ia. and her three children, two girls. aged 6
and 2years. and a boy aged 4: Mrs j. w. Huff
man, wife Of a well-known farmer Of Fall City,
/ Wash; Angus Mcdonald, NJ McSorley,
Andrew Otterman aged 10: Mrs. Otterman, OF
California, his mother: c. Wilson.
| A. e. Butler, brother of the propr;e-
tor, is missing Richard Havin was
badly injured about the head and
back by jumping; D. B. Glass had a
leg broken and his back in ured, and
c. 3. Anderson was burned and badly
bruised.
Caused by Lamp Exp.osion.
| The fire was undoubtedly caused by
the explosion of lamp in the kitchen.
The proprietor's son was aroused by
the noise of the explosion about l
O'Clock, but before he could investi-
gate the flames had spread all through
the house. The corrugated iron sheet
ing kept the flames hid until nearly
the whole interior was furnace. The
thin partitions we're of resinous pine
covered with cheesecloth and burned
furiously. The sixty guests were
aroused and the iush for life followed.
Firemen Find the Dead.
At 3 a. IN. the fire was under control
and the firemen were able to enter the
shell OF iron. At the head Of the stairs
they found the body OF man pinned
to the floor by the ruins Of bed The
body was terribly burned. One poor
fellow was caught in the rush OF the
conf1agra ton near the top of the West
street stairway and sank down over
come with the smoke and flames. The
fremen fought to keep the fire away
from his body but were driven back.
In one OF the Railways a body.
charred. blackened and without ves-
tige Of clothing, was found. A little
farther ON in the same passageway
was another body, evidently that of g.
woman, face upwards and hands
stretched as if fighting for her life
never came. There was little left of
the voman's form, for part of the body
was clarred and the burned bones lay
around it.
Entire Family Destroyed.
The saddest sight Of all was found
In the inside room eff the passagew way
which led TO West street. There calm
ly lying in charred and blackened
bed was evidently an entire family.
The father lay on one side, the wife
next to HIM and little burned and
blackened arm. the flesh falling in
shreds from it, the small fingers
clutched, showed that a child was
among the victims.
Another Horror.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.--E'lames flashed
with marvellous rap1dity from the eel
lar to the roof Of the fve-story single
tenement house, Of is West Thirtysec~
ond street, early Tuesday morning.
Smoke filled the entire house and
seven of the tenants were suffocated
in their rooms In Roosevelt hospital
a victim Of the fire. a woman who
tried in vain to save her life by junlp-
ing from q third-story window. is lying
fatally l1urt The dead were all re-
moved TO the West Thirty-seven
street station house.
Their names are:
Annie Applicant eo years old; George Fried
man, years old; Levi Friedman, years OLD;
Mrs Margaret kil]1an, 70 years old; Jacob
kiiian, 10 years old. SON Of Mrs. killtan;
George Levy 20 years old. grandson Of Mrs.
Killian; Mrs. Lena Mitchell, "a years old, q
cousin of Mrs. Lena Friedman.
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