New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-01

CANNON Thomas employed hotel
CAREY Mary ohamberinaid.
CROWLEY. Kate chambcrmaid
DAILY Annie. chambermaid.
DILLON. Ellen. cnamtermaid
TITZGIBBONS Bridget. pantry ciri.
FOOKs Mrs. Henry H.. Of Dayton. Ohio
HILL. Mrs. r. H., housekeepcr.
MEYERS Simon. employed in hotel
STAURENA Mcgea. ohambermaid
SULLIVAN. May. chambermaid
TELEsFERN Ricardo. cook
TOMAG1N Emielia chambermaid.
WILSON Agnes. Of Atwood. Canada linen woman
YOUNG. Ms. Ray. Of jamestown. linen Woman.
INJURED.
ARNOLD E W. Of Rochester scorched about the hands
ana face. will recover.
Ss & % the Tfs SS ss's a sl
injured
FOOKS Henry H. aged forty. Of Dayton Ohio agent OF
the National Cash Register Company; badly burned abou,
the face and HANDS and injured internally; WI" recover
1IEILMAN. Benjamin aged thirtyave, Of Brooklyn; in
iured internally and burned about the head viii recover.
HEILMAN. Mrs Benjamin. aged twenty-five: burned and
ct about the face and badly burned about the body will
1iENNEsSY. James aged thirty. fireman; scalp wound.
caused by falling bricks. will recover.
face anS While sSns he VIII HTnsS S2"'
These. with the exception of Mrs Fooks. were
servants. The servants. with other employees.
had their bedrooms the top floor Those who
ran TO the various guests rooms TO give the
warning Of danger seemed to have overlooked
the clerk. chambermaids and other employees.
The fire burned in places all day. and not for
day two will 1t te possible to~begin Wearing
away the ruins. Some of the missing may have
suffered no harm. but there 10 every reason 10
believe that most of them met their death
NEabEcT THAT WAS CRIMINAL.
The feeling of horror which took possession
Of the city last night is mingled to-day with in
dignatfon at the persons who are responsible
of tha .,fIiF
was discovered promptly. and had not the facii-
tics for putting II out been shockingly made
qua.e ;he flames would have soon been chet hed
An effort was made to use a line Of hose owned
by the hotel. a few hundred gallons Of water
at that time would have been worth more than
10000 gallons ten minutes later yet not drop
flowed through the hose when the cock
turned The water pressure had been
duced that the hose Of service what
ever. il is difficult to make strangers believe
that the houses here are absolutely without
water service during most OF the night yet
such is the fact. Ostensibly the water is turned
of from 1890 p. to a. m. Formerly the
hours were from p. to a. m. Apparently
the pressure Is reduced soon after dark at least
Sundays. for the Delavan House fire broke
out before $50 o'clock. One cannot wash his
hands here late at night unless he has drawn
the water before 1890 O'Clock. Even when the
engines began to play on the fire. it was ev-
dent that the water supply was scanty. for the
streams rose only few stories.
SACRIFICED TO POLITICAL GREED
The citizens Of Albany have been warned that
big FIRE at night would find the water supply
wofuly lacking But the property and lives of
Others appa rently Of little moment to ceI-
tain politicians bent on carrying out schemes Of
their own The Water Board has been A dis
grace to the city for several years. The ous.i1g
Of the Cd members. ana the putting in Of new
has been change not cOnspcuously for the bet
ter. Every political device has been tried TO get
the city TO draw part Of its water supply from
Undertook Creek across the river. ana thus
10 help certain real este enterprises To
create sentiment in favor Of this, the water
supply has been curtailed. The city paid
$4,000 for pumps and boilers long ago but
,hese have never been used. The only reliance
has been single set Of pumps which have done
ervice for many years. Altogether. the Water
Commission has been guilty Of a mismanage-
nent which falls little short Of criminal.
The Delavan House fire. however viii doubtless
pen the way for giving the city an adequate
sater supply. Already thee is talk Of Legis-
alive investigation. 1t sometimes takes Just such
catastrophe to awaken a city to The delinquen-
les Of its servants
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Another feature Of 'ife IN Albany Vhich the
o'el fire called 10 public attention Is the facl
hat The Fire Department fs SIN In i.rt vOlun- !
ger The drivers and one or Two otter hremen /
re pad. anc live IN the engine and truck houses
on' IN" rest " tho rec consists o' citizens who /
give their services gratuitously. These must be- !
summoned from their home. Small wonder II II |
"a' 20 long time elapsed before the engines ar
nsed AT last nights fire. The citizens have prob |
"oV 'earned now that 1t is false economy |
which prevents the snployment Of fire depart
ment every member of which Is paid
The deaths of the nt, ,onld not have been /
'ne result OF anything but fright. one Of the |
p'''erS VINO went up TO ws~n them said to-day
'nst IL was Impossible TO lead them to a safe
eat They simply went wild VIXEN they learned
or the FIRE
Ear'y this morning Mrs. Henry II Fookes who |
Jumped from the fourth-story window. died at
'he Albany Hospital The others injured who
we're taken to the hospta,. will recover
ihe thick fire wall which divided the main
ouiiding from the additions was all that kept
'ne names from sweeping the entire BLOCK The
raH wal is all tnat remains standing Of the
malh structure. The escape OF surrounding
ssoperty was miraculous as tho streets about
IT, "otei ale narrow. 1t thought at
~ M una. the American Express Building and
fbe,N New- iork Central station were doomed. but
AZ were but slightly damaged The guests
AZ A. employees did not have time 10 save any
kas. not even wearing apparel Many guests
one .nair-Dreadth escapes IN endeavoring to So
>s'e their effect
LOSS OF THE BRADLEY MARTINS
Ar. and Mrs. Bradley Martin. daughter and
.o We're dining in the smaller dining-room