The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-01-04
HOTEL BURNED
HE DELAVAN HOUSE IN ALBANY,
N. ", IN ASHES.

LAW
lCT everal People Jump From the Win
d0vvs and Are Fatally Injured, and
1t Is Feared That Number OF
|. Ad,,Guests Are in the Ruins.
/ Vic.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 1.-The Della
an house. that famous hostelry
80, ,nOwn from Maine to California, the
Is'oa la cecca Of politicians and the center Of
Suge Jears. was completely destroyed by
70 yeaife last night. 1t was $40, and the
Y co1,o&sical headquarters of both Mr..
N DO Fish and Mr. Malby, candidates for
Ea Eha. dtspeaker of the assembly were filed
|yed with politicians and newspaper Dlen.
Eown Nate Factory Inspector Connolly, who
kcr0daiad been In the lobby with a number
ophtsf people, started to come up the ele-
tpbSitaarlfator. tbta He remarked that he smelled
snio;a moke, and suggested an investigation.
|terest hfore it could be begun there were
rieS Of fire from different parts OF
| couhe house simultaneously. The out
"a surst of flames before al. alarm could
n mere given to arouse the inmates Of the
kens SONS was something appalling. Up
hter ne elevator shaft there shot a solid
Ids to l)lumn of fame, up the staircase near
the eaiS shot another column. AS the
: the gaass of white-hot flame reached each
ro,s aus WI. the five doors it branched out into
fled ,ngues of leaDing destruction and it
Itrana A,ned as though the whole interior
the structure was a seething mass.
pmewhOrlunateiy the guest list was not
ht tor.ry large and the majority Of those
~ ~ unregistered We're politicians and were
T. c1ro 1wn OH the second floor where Mr..
D to meish and Mr. Malby had headquarters.
the w0here was a rush for the stairs in
IipiAn frnn nd tI,r r.
Tor Paie back where the flames had not vet
IL. IN AN na.ached, and in few minutes there
ms, pi' as tumhling mass of humanity
began 3m;ng down. Those on the two upper
b heatOors could not avail themselves OF
|lu. Me stairs for the ilames We're rushing
81 81 WelrOugh corridors, and people on the
r. Rnt .tttreets who had noticed the flames,
imnrore card the crash OF glass and saw
Ito forngures come tumbling out cf the Win
ft in nows. Mrs. Fl. A. Foases of Cleve-
PACK and and B. Il. Heilman jumped from
y W he windows and were fatally injured.
with 'teveral others were badly burned.
The department with nine streams
saved Il water pouring into the building,
Fp.ead.ould do absolutely nothing at all to
:, ,tOp the onslaught of the flames, and
'in.es'hc neshc only work was to save the sur
mo her oup ding property. The hotel takes in
ae entire block, about 10 by 45O feet,
sale Ind this was in fifteen minutes a
|al fro13ething cauldron only bound by the
echeheeNlr walls. The wires of the electric
/ VI ght company We're destroyed and a
cton of the city was in darkness,
I've for the light of the fire. OF the
booaoN or more guests of the hotel not one
: known to have saved more than the
Pay 0thes on their person.
were The Delayan house was fifty years
Queed and was one of the mast famous
y ago ,tels In the country. It is part Of
Pckea ie estate of Edward C. Delavan.
PeIlou urly & Moore. the proprietors. paid
900 a year rental, and lately had
- lde vast improvements in expecta-
NJ Of big winter season. The to-
un , loss is estimated al $500, 600, with
~ + u surance of $500 900.
-, Dhere are rumors that there are
dies in the ruins and that quite a
usn' Aimber OF people did rot escape. The
ERIK says that he is positive all the
tests escaped but does not feel SO
ire about the help, OF which there
10 Las & glgat number There is no way
|ict eco. Al ding out positively whether the
In It3limors are true or not and 1T will take
les WI day or two to determine.