The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-01
MANY LIYEs LOST.
Servants in the Delevan House Perlshed in
 the Fire.


 Albany, Dec. 31.-The Delavan house fire was the absorbing topic of conver- sation about the city to-day, Interest in it was increased when it was learned that number of the house employees, nearly all of them women, had been burned to death. They had rooms on the fifth story of the building. One of the porters who went up toward them said to-day that it was impossible to lead them to a safe exit. They simply went wild when they learned of the fire. The proprietors of the hotel es- timated that about fourteen people were missing, It was thought that the night clerk, Charles Rosel6ranz, had perished, but he turned up this after noon all right.
 Early this morning Mrs Henry H. Fookes, who jumped from the fourth story window, died at the hospital. The others injured, who were taken to the hospital will recover. They are; | Henry H. FoolIes, Benjamin Heilman,. Mrs. Benjamin Heilman, Edward Walsh James Hennessey, D. P. Brock way and E. w. Arnold.
 The following perished in the flames Mrs. F. H. Hill, housekeeeper; May Sul- liyan, chambermaid; Mrs. Ray Young, linen woman; Miss Agnes Wilson, | linen woman; Bridget Fitzgibbons, pantry girl; Kate Crowley, chamber maidfi Fernando Belitti cook; Ricardo Telesfernn, cook; Miss Megatta staurena, chambermaid; Miss Toma- gin chambermaid; simon Meyers, em- ploye: Thomas Cannon, employe; Miss Annie Daly, chambermaid; Miss Ellen Dl1on. n.chambermafd Mary Carey cham bermaid, is missing.
 | Streams were kept playing on the ruins all day No attempt Will pc made until tomorrow to search TOT the bodies. The thick fire wall which divided the main building from the ad- ditions was all that kept the flames from sweeping the entire block. M. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, daughter and maid. were dining last night in the smaller dining room in royal style. Two liveried footmen stood oy and half dozen walters were attending to the wants of the party. A man en- tered and whispered to one of the foot men that the hotel was on fire. me footman shouted fire and the servants and the dinner party lnurriedly made | their escape. Mrs. Martin vainly im- plored the servants to reach her room and secure her jewels, which were valued at several thousand dollars.
 The absence of electric bells or other means of warning and arousing guests was one of the bad features of the fire. Had not a dozen cool headed politicians run up stairs to warn the guests a num- l bei of them must have pertshed. The firemen were much incensed at the scar l city of water. The rapidity with which the fire spread almost surpassed belief. | The peculiar construction of the eleva- tor shaft rendered 1t mighty f1ue. The fire authorities vainly remonstrated against it's construction. The loss on l the building is estimated at $150,0OO, | insurance $140000; on furniture $65,0O0, insurance, $5O.O00 The rentals were in | sured for $26, 000 Peiser & Mulfelde, | dealers in notions, occupying store l in the annex, suffered loss of $35,00O | by fire and water; fully insured. Other damage was done to buildings in the vicinity by the heat and flying timbers. A commercial traveller, who had a trunk of iewelry in his room, which he l said was valued at $50,000 offered half | the contents to anyone who would get l his belongings. John Donahue, John Baken and J. W. Lane succeeded in 1 getting the trunk and were handsomely rewarded.
 l It is stated the New York Central people are thinking of purchasing the
 site on which to erect a great railway station.