The sun., 1894-10-28
sIxTEES BURNED ro DEATH
Fatal Fire - a FIi-.y Hetei R.nd,ns d.
Seattle.

SEATTLE, wash. Oct 27.-A FIRE which has
resulted In the death of sixteen persons and ths
injury Of three more started In the West Street
House, at Columbia and West streets, about
o'clock this morning. At O'Clock the Hre was
under control, and an investigation of the ruins
was made. All the dead were burned beyond
recognition, and the Coroner decided 10 allow
the bodies TO remain where they were in the
hope that the proprietor Of the house could
identify them by their situation through the
hotel register. which was saved.
The flames started 90 iiercely that the occu-
pants OF the building were takon by surprise
and there was a wild panic, men and women
jumping from the windows in their night cloth
ing. An explosion was heard in the kitchen In
the rear part Of the second story by $. r. Butler,
son OF the proprietor, and Immediately tho
flames began to spread rapidly through the dry
inner timber of the corrugated iron building.
which is one Of a series OF two-story structures
owned by J. n. Colmsn on the east side Of West
street.
Butler raised a a cry Of fre. which aroused some
OF the guests The house was hlled. and rush
rushing through the long narrow halls. Find
ing exit by the stairways cut of, the people be-
The building, the flames closely following them.
w. c. II. Lewis, who was in room "A" at the
corner, dropped twenty feet to the ground. and
them as ropc to let himself down.
but not until his hair was burned He
struck on his back, on the ground. He was
WIN ~ and Sfrd ed station
70 hospital. One man, whose identity Is not
known, was caught n the rush Of the flames
sank down overcome with the smoke and heat.
The f,romen @ fought 70 keep the flames away
IL was only after the Fire Department had got
well to work that the full seriousness OF the
AFFAIR 6eSan n TBS, t. be known There was some nn.
When at last the pressure dfd come the fire
confine the flames to the building where they
started. The first dead man taken out from
was found with one Leg in his trousers and his
shoes half laced. The head was covered with
the bed clothes.
the flames soon after they burst forth, and
turned in an alarm, which brought the Fire De
''isf dYSGP' RRsn
de tSs srys for as cns
to save the child. Bryant shouted TO her
to drop the child. She did so, and he caught il
dow. The woman safely slid downit
in bed when the nre was discovered and mar
r2wly escaped. his son, $. T. Butler. was nigh,
from kerossss lamp in the kitchen, which was
on the upper floor near the rear wall
The following is list Of the transient guests
as shown by the register taken from the burn
ing building: A. welson, Y. holman, r. ID.
Simonson, c.. d. Yohnson, NJ. McSorley. John
Ghesterman, +. Hicks, Mrs. J. g. Hussman, ID.
Fraser. Mrs. y. Smith aud friend, J. +. Clark,
Charles A; Peter. James Merme, W. p. CofYery,
VIM. Matheson, NJ. j. Lawson. ID. Mcdonald,
city; G. L. Gibb. George J. Moon, Redmond T.
schmitt, George Bothsell. G, l.. Beiiman. John
Mcclure, Allen ID. Chase. VIM. McNair, John
Kingston, city; NJ. q. Dedrickson, Port Blake
ley. A. q. Butler, a brother of the proprietor,
Is missing.
The injured are: Edward Haylin, badly In
tured about the head and back by jumping; D.
i. Glass, leg broken. back Injured; g. B. An
IT. the inside reoua OF the pessagsway, lying
in y charred and blackened bed, there was found
ing that little child was among the victlms.
The total number of dead Is sixteen.
. The victims Identified 30 far by shreds of un-
burned clothing are; +. W. Boltman, Angus
Mcdonald, G.. Wilson Anderson. Mrs. J. W.
Mrs. Andrew Otteson.