The herald., 1898-11-24

Pollard, Toxic; D. S. Stanton, city; DR..
Druker, Toxic; G. Rueger, Benecia; j. Per
gentian, Lake Port; p. James, Los Angeles;
d. V. Mahoney, San Jose; l.. a. Legg, San
Jose; L. Meyer, New York; Miss f. Gray,
Yuba City; r. S. Carter, Portland; J. N.
Cullin, Portland.
SOME NARROW ESCAPES
j. B. McCune of Boston occupied room
10 on the first floor. He lost all his personal
property but escaped without much trouble.
James L. Mckee of Cincinnati occupied
room 25S on the third floor. He had hard
time getting out of the hotel, owing to the
smoke which filled the corridors.
Mrs. Sharp, wealthy lady from New
York, escaped from the burning building
by sliding down long stand-pipe on the
Marketstreet front. She fell part of the
distance and was badly bruised.
Harry Frolich, a Chicago bookmaker,
clambered down the fire escape from the
second to the first floor. There his iron
ladder came to an end. Fearful lest the
fremen should not reach him in time, he
dropped to the street below and fortunately
managed to escape uninjured. Jack Purdy,
the well-known commission agent, who had
room on the fifth floor, is missing, but
it is stated that he was seen on the street
after the fire broke out. A number of prom
inent bookmakers are at present guests of
the hotel. Many of them carried large
amounts of jewelry with them, and it is
thought the gems have been lost in the gen.
eral efforts TO escape with their lives.
O1har off ba al
Sink, Sr, and wife, and w. B. Sink, Jr.
Colonel Henry Kowalsky, the attorney,
and William Pinkerton, the detective, were
also guests of the hotel
Carroll D. Calvin, mining engineer from
Boise, Idaho, who occupied rooms on the
fifth floor of the hotel, was the last person
to enter the last elevator descending to the
ground floor. Mr.. Calvin was sleeping
soundly, totally unaware of the calamity
going on around him when ne was awakened
by the watchman on the fifth floor. He
hurriedly dressed and gathered few val
,lables and opened his door, A sheet of flame
famed by the draught from many open
doors confronted him, but fortunately the
flames crept upwards, and bending low he
made a rush for the elevator which he
reached all right, simultaneously with lady
bearing an infant in her arms. The elevator
was just descending when Mr. Calvin called
to the elevator boy to stop. The young man
took the chance and opened the door, Mr.
Calvin assisted the lady and child into the
cage and then managed to squeeze himself
into the already overcrowded car. Down
the heavily loaded cage shot to the first floor
without a stop. 1t was the last trip. The
fortunate passengers looked up to see the
flames surging around the upper part of the
shaft and it was all over. The elevator boy
coolly discharged his passengers, and like
the gallant captain that he was, left his post
last. The occupants of the fifth floor are
| loud in their praise of the efforts of the
watchman and elevator boy. Both kept their
heads and every person on the fifth floor
was warned of the danger and it is believed
that all escaped Mr.. Calvin occupied
rooms directly under the cupola, which par
TALLY collapsed later, and had he remained
behind for ten seconds more would have
doubtless met horrible fate.
| Mrs. Raymond Stocking of San Diego and
Miss Eta Gray of Yuba City were among
the guests at the Baldwin Hotel when the
fire broke out.
| The ladies occupied rooms on the first floor
facing Market street and had barely time
to escape after the alarm of fire was given.
Mrs Stocking, in giving an account of the
affair, said that she had passed very rest
less night, but that her friend, Miss Gray,
was sleeping soundly.
The first intimation that Mrs. Stocking
had that something was wrong was when
she heard the alarm of fire. Almost stimuli
taneously she saw blaze through her win
dow, and thinking the building opposite was
on fire, she sprang up, rushed to the window
and threw it open. A man standing on the
opposite side of the street yelled frantically
to her, "Iour hotel is on fire, get QUIT" BY
this time Miss Gray had been aroused from
her slumbers and the two women rushed
into the hall, clad only in their night clothes.
They were met by bellboy, who calmly
assured them that they had couple of min
utes in which to put on some clothes, at
the same time pointing to the stairs leading
to Market street as the safest exit. Mrs.