The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-01

that part of the building or else the
boiler exploded. The Kitchen employees
were the first to see the fire as the flames
burst, into that room without the slightest
warning and the cooks and walters went
out OF IT in a great hurry and started
to get their belongings together. Rich-
ard Connolly was in the dining room,
taking an early breakfast when a waiter
rushed in and told him the building was
on fire. He thought at first 1t was
joke and did not start Immediately, bu1
when he did leave the room he was start
led to see the office and pool room in
mass of flames. He did all in his power
to alarm the guests before the fire COM
PEELED him to fly for safety.
Landlord Davis and the porter were In
the basement shortly before seven
o'clock, and when they came upstairs The
fire was spreading around the woodwork
OF the office, and before they could get
near enough to save anything the nrs
and they were compelled % 3 ias Zee. NJ. De-
Wis then started upstairs to alarm his
guests and the fire about thar time
reached the elevator, and in qlome7fts
ascending towards the roof and imperilkng
the lives of the guests in tha. part of tine
building. The landlord was dr!vsn back
from the room In the north side and de-
voted all his energies to aroaslng the
guests in other parts Of the structure He
woke up the members of MS family and
assisted his wife, VINO has been i'll re-
Gently. to dress and escape. Charles Davis
his son, was also aroused and ne displayed
neatly and warmly and also assisted his
little brother, Junior Davis, who was too
badly frightened 20 nelp himself
l.. q. Lambert, a Chicago glove buyer.
who had room on the second floor,
jumped from a second story window on
Cayadutta street and broke his right
He was taken to S. L. Graham's factory
and afterwards to the Nathan Isittauef
Hospital. Two men, whose names could
not be obtained, jumped from a window
in the front of the building and one Of
them struck a wire and turned somer-
sault before he struck the ground, but
he fortunately escaped injury. His COM
panion also got out safely and both men.
whose only clothing were night shirts,
went into Grif1ng, George Co.'S store,
where they were cared for until they
could obtain some clothing from Judson
& Rogers store.
Fifteen minutes after the fire was dis
covered it was plainly seen that the en-
tire structure was doomed to total des-
truction Not an article of urniture or
effects of any kind We're saved. AT f.zS
o'clock the front. top walls fell with
crash, the debris covering Main street
for some distance, and the firemen work
ing at that point having narrow escapes.
Six minutes later the whole south end
above the second story fell in, and in an
other five minutes the upper stories Of
the west side followed The police have
been making a thorough search about the
city since the fire, and as they have been
unable to find the following persons. it is
probable that they perished in the flames:
Henry c. Day, Gloversville.
E. c. Kimball, wife and daughter, In-
dianapolis. Ind.
Rupert bell boy
The total loss on building. furniture
and property of guests will probably
amount to s1OO,e partially insured.
The name of Benjamin F. Strickland,
contractor and builder who resided at
the Alvord Hotel is added to the list OF
those missing and believed to be dead in
q g Kimble. who together with his
wife and daughter, is reported dead, was
q glove salesman who. was here on past-
ness for a firm in Indianapolis. Henry
G. Day was one of the most prominent
business men of Gloversville and very
wealthy. He had resided at the Alvord
for many years. He was a prominent
Republican and well known in New YORK
and Boston.
A large number of the guests ustaaned
severe burns and many of them escaped
with light injuries, although they jumped
the most seriously injured who are being
treated at the hospital are l.. @. LAM
bert, glove buyer, Chicago, who sustained
| a compound fracture of the left arm ana
continuation of the hip; William Malo-
| ney. travelling man, residence unknown,
| badly sprained ankle; B. M. Ross, travel
| ling man, Rochester, N. Y, badly bruised.
| Mr.. Ross climbed from the fourth TO the
second story by clinging to the outside
| blinds, and he jumped to the street after
| he had reached the second story.
Proprietor Davis says that two travels
| ing men arrived late last night, but their
| names are unknown as the hotel register
| and all of the Office books were destroyed.
AS this is the busy season in the glove
| trade the hotels here are hIled with ouy-
| country and it is difficult to ascertain the
names of all those who escaped from the
Alvord. The survivors, however, are
| registering at the office of the Leader
| and it is hoped in this way to 1nd out
| definitely just how many are missing.