The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-24

refused 10 90, ana only after dint of
much persuasion could he induce Miss
Richardson to save herself. promising
to follow in her wake.
Miss Richardson reached terra firma
in safety, and Captain White had
launched himself in the air. when sud
denly the rope broke and he fell to the
ground below. a distance of nearly 100
feet The rope, weakened by the in
tense strain to which it had been sub
Jected, and charred by the contact with
the window sills, Which had become in !
tensely hot, could not stand the strain
OF captain Whites weight, and broke.
The other known death was that of
Louas Myers merchant Of Skagway,
Alaska, who was in this city on bust
ness connected with his Alaska store
MT. Myers, who was 63 years Of age,
had been safely rescued, but the. shock
had been so great that his heart, weak
ened by fright and old age, could not
stand the strain, and he died.
MORE LIVES LOST.
The most sanguine hopes are ex-
pressed that the loss of life will not be
added 10, but the indications are that
the death roll must increase. The po-
lice department is busy compiling a list
OF the guests and checking them off as
fast as they are reported. Manager
Lake OF the hotel feels certain that all
OF the employees have been saved, al
though two -chambermaids are miss
ing.
When seen by an Associated Press
representative, Z. J. Baldwin, proprie-
tor and owner of the hotel, said that he
could not figure up his losses for sew
eral days yet but said that the 1nsur-
ance was light in comparison to the
loss. Owing to the extremely heavy
insurance rate charged by the insur-
ance companies upon the building and
a
ton on his property, and the high rate
also prevented tenants of the ground
floor stores from insuring their stock
heavily. The insurance on the building
may reach 100000, and $4,000 of this
is divided among sixteen companies,
the National of Hartford being the
heaviest loser among the companies,
$3.50 being carried with this concern.
The insurance upon the contents Of
the building, so far as known, amounts
to $4,000, and is divided among twenty
companies the National of Hartford
being responsible for another $500.
Late this afternoon the fire engines
were being withdrawn from the scene,
only one or two streams being left to
subdue any fire that may break out
among the debris.
REGULAR FIRE-TRAP.
For years the Baldwin has been re-
garded by the fire department as the
most dangerous fire-trap in San Fran
cisco. Built of wood, six stories high,
with narrow and tortuous Railways, it
is wonder that half of the people in
the hotel this morning escaped. They
were slow to awaken. Many were
dazed and stupefied by smoke when
the police, the firemen and hotel en-
ployees, hurrying through the Railways,
kicked open the doors and notified the
people Of their great danger When
n reach
and fire escapes, there were no ladders.
Many attempted 20 jump from the win
dows TO the streets, but were warned
net to do so by the crowd below. Then
the firemen got up their ladders and
, commenced taking the people to the
ground, rescuing many. In the interior
of the hotel an explosion in the theatre
caused that portion of the building to
cave in. This explosion also eXtin-
guished the electric lights throughout
the building. There were many people
in the upper halls and corridors at
that time. and firemen and policemen
were trying to lead them to the Mar
ket and Powell street windows. The
entire top floor was then a blazing
mass.
Those in the streets below could see
through the riffs in the smoke along
the attic. cornices forms of men and
women, crouched and clinging to the
woodwork, which was already begin
ming to shoulder.
Lucky Baldwin had a narrow es-
cape from perishing with his fire trap.
Amid all the din he slept peacefully,
until his room was broken into and he
WIS dragged from his bed. H. 1. Kow-
alsl1y, a Nvell-known attorney, was also
dragged from his bed. He will recover.
The building of the hotel began in
1873 and was finished in 1877, it's total
cost, including ground and furniture,
1,.-1r D. ~ i
rinthian columns and was in the
renaissance style. 1t was six stories
high, with mansard roof, and with
principal dome 162 feet in height. The
hotel occupied the lot at the Gore
formed by the intersection of Market /
and Powell streets, extending about 200
feet on Market. 400 feet on Powell and
900 feet on Ellis streets. The Baldwin
hotel is leased and managed by Stone
& Co, who recently refurnished it at
great expense. The building is under |
stood to be mortgaged by its owner
E. J. Baldwin, for several hundred
thousand dollars.
The stores on the ground floor are as
follows: Nose Gunst & Co, cigars;
We'll &s Co, gents furnishings; J. J. !
Groom < Co, hats; Baldwin clothing |
house; Scherber & Co., candy; Baldwin !
Jewelry company, Baldwin millinery
establishment; Grant & Co.'S phar- |
> DdIIOIS. !
and ISogan's grotto is in the basement |
on the first floor is a fashionable res
taurant and grill room. conducted by !
the managers Of the hotel.
The following is 4 corrected list of /
the dead, injured and missing Several
Of those first reported as missing have |
been found, while others not yet all ac- |
counted Cor:
Dead-Captain J. l. White, San
Francisco. capitalist; Lewis Myers. !
Skagway, Alaska. merchant.
InjureG-F. =. Noon, St. Louis. Mo-. |
LEFT ankle sDrained, hands and neck |
bruised; George Huber, San Francisco, |
cut about body; Miss Bridget Mitchell. |
San Francisco. badly bruised: Fire |
Marshal Towe, San Francisco. cut /
about head; George Carroll, cut and !
bruised about hands and arms.
8Jissing--J. NJ. Leighthead. San Fran |
cisco, Durser steamer City of Sydney: /
Mrs. Andrews and two children: e r. /
Andrews, cashier of cafe; Fred Web |
ster; John Carter, race track judge: Joe |
Summerleld, Chicago. booknaker: -
Siler. advertising agent st. Louis West |
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Giles Is Safe.