Little Falls weekly transcript., 1895-01-04
Several Persons Fatally In
jured by Leaping From
the Windows.

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Fish and Mr.. Malby were filed with
politicians and newspaper men. State
Factory Inspector Connolly, who had
been in the lobby with q number Of
people, started to come up the elevator.
He remarked
That He smelled Smoke
and suggested an investigation. Be-
fore it could be begun there were cries
of fire from different parts of the house
simultaneously. The outburst Of
flames before an alarm could be given
to arouse the inmates of the rooms was
somewhat appalling. Up the elevator
shaft there shot solid column of
flames. Up the staircase near this
shot another column. AS the mass of
white hot flame reached each Of the
five floors it branched out into tongues
of leaping destruction and it seemed as
though the whole interior Of the struc-
ture
Was a seething Mass.
Fortunately the guest list was not very
large and the majority OF those regis
tered were politicians and were down
on the second floor, where Mr.. Fish
and Mr.. Malby had headquarters.
There was rush for the stairs in the
front and the servants stairs in the
back, where the flames had not yet
reached, and in few minutes there
was tumbling mass Of humanity COM
ing down heses on the TIVE npper..
hoors could not avail themselves Of the
stairs, for the flames were rushing
through corridors and people on the
street heard crash Of glass and saw
figures come
Tumbljng Out of tho Windowa
Within 10 minutes after the first note
of alarm at least IL persons were
dangling on the insufficient rope fire
escapes or hanging on to the window
sills. The department arrived quickly,
but it took some time to get ladders up
and in the meantime some Of the
people had dropped to the street. On
the right side of the building there ap-
peared at q window q man and q
woman. The man had hold of the
woman trying to persuade her to wait
for help, but she broke away and
sprang out = She struck balcony and
rebounded to the street. The man
waited for q ladder and was taken
down in safety. His name was H. A.
Foakes and he represented cash
register company in Dayton, O. The
woman was his wife and she will
probably die.
Politicians Escape.
In ex.Speaker Malby's room, which
was in the rear of the elevator shaft,
where the fire first appeared, there was
the greatest excitement. About 30
politicians were there, including Con-
gressmen Weaver and Curtis, Senator
Kilburn and Mr.. Malby. A rush was
made for the stairs, and when the
party landed in the street the only in.
jured man was found to be Assembly.
man Robbins, whose hair and face
was badly burned. In Mr.. Fish's
headquarters there was less hurry, be-
cause they were near the stairs. AL
got down safely, but the majority left
their baggage.
Although five stories high there were
no outside fire escapes, and the only
means left for the people in the cut of
rooms was tho rope fire escapes B. F.
Heilman Of Brooklyn was in the third
story. He had but two Alternatives
A Fiery Death or Jump.
He chose the latter and plunged
through the window. When he was
picked up from tho sidewalk he wa
found to be badly injured. He will die.
His wife, who was in the room. with
him, tried the fire escape, but it either
broke or else she failed to hold to il, foe
she. too, came to the pavement heavily.
Her right leg was broken, her left
ankle dislooatsd and she was badly
burned about the face and head. I'd
ward Walsh, . porter, was caught in
the hall Before he could got out he
vas vry badly burned and had to be
taken 70 the hospital.
The departmsnt with nine streams
OF water pouring into tho building,
could do absolutely nothing at Ill to
stop the onslaught Of tho flames and
the only work was TO save surrounding
property. The hotel takes in the en-
tire block, about 10 by $50 feet and
this Wa, in 16 minutes,
a Dssthi.g Csuldron
only bound by the four walls Tho
Deiayan House was built 80 years ag<
and was ono Of tho most famous hotel.