Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23
LATER ACCOUNT.
A. .. white. After saving Tht-e Women
Lose. itis Life on the rsssm.st.


SIR Francisco. Nov. 2g.-At 1875 this
morning she BALDWIN hotel caught nre
ana has been entirely destroyed. Their
were 400 people. ~ rs ani employs.
IN the hoiel when ne fiR broke oug.
ana q number Of these people uro
Thought Is have lori fieir lives.
man named A. !. white. u one "
the victims, but before h. gave up his
ne, the gL1ud fellow saved the lives
~ three wumen. tn nrc Il said 70
have s,uried In rie kitchen, located On
the basement on the Hills stree; side
The IRE worked IT. way NJ tnrouRh
the nue. 70 she sixth floor and bcf0rc
the nrsi asrm was sent In had gained
vr1N hridNay. The firpg atarm Wa
followed by othsrs In rapid succession,
utgll I'VE calls had been sent IN. sum
moning every piece " Apparatus at the
command Of the department.
Irpus1nds OF pe1ifu wtru uttfucted
by the succession " abifTns and the
glare from tnr burning bailng and
before the police stretched ropes, u.
most blo'kaded Market. EDDY. Powell
ana Ellis s.rcUta. For yctrs the Han.
win hps been regarded by the IRE de-
pnrtmenl ~ the most dangerous IRE
ilpp IN snn Frinclsco. Buili of wood,
ds stories hlTh. with narrow and tor.
tuuus railways, n l. a wonder TINT half
u the people In the eaiei chi. morn.
ina csnapsi. They wefs slow 10 aWak-
en- Many were daS 4 ana Htuprno,i
by smoke when the pplos. the frcmen
and notel employees, hurrying through
the hlHwayn. kicked open doors ana
notified The people NJ their great dan
ger. When they nriuIF'd n reach the
windows ond rro escapes, there We're NJ
ladders. Many attempted 60 Jump
from the Nsu0nNv 90 the streets. but
were Nurned not 10 % ~, by ple crowd
below. Then The nr men got up their
ladders ana commenced taking the peo-
pin 90 che ground, rtHculng many.
In M Interior ~ ths hmel an cx-
pk-ion In the theafer caused that pr
ton Of the building b. oave In. This
explosion also eSiingulHhed The elee-
trsc lights thr0ugh1in the building,
There we're many people Ia tho upper
halls and corridors az than time, and
firemen una policemen were trying ~
LEAD shem 10 me Market aud Powell
slrrei windows.
The entire top fioor Vas then u bAaz.
Ing mas.
Those In The streets below could see
through the riffs In the smoke along
the ap,ie cornicrs. forms o. men and
women rouched und ohng.ng 20 the
woodwork. which WAS already begin.
ming 10 shoulder,
Streams from thirty engines were be.
ing poured upon the baxlng building
from every point " vantage, but with-
out any apparent effect. Explosion
followed explosion,
GALLANT HBRo.
The roof OF the building collapsed,
taking wHh u back into the building
A numher OF those who had been cling
Ing for lie 20 the uttsc gables. The
death " white WAS most dumatlc.
Three women appeared on fhe eonsce
OF the NTH noOr on the Market street
side OF 40 hotel. TIE firemen could
moi reach them with ladders una they
stood helpless, screaming with terror.
suddenly White came OUT OF u window
oarrylng - small rope. VITA this he
b1wered the Wtmen Into the nrns OF
the fremen who were Nnluhs- ~ lne
wlndows Of the ncNs story IAen White
started GDwn the rope hand over hand.
When halfway down the rope parted
and fhe nyln who has Jus. saved three
uves was 1kished 20 death on the pave
mont one hundred feet below. Lucky"
u,idWtn had "a ulrrON csc1pe from
nerishlng with his IRE trap, Amid all
me DIN he slept peaoenIAy unll his
MON wus broken inrp and he was
dragged from his bed.
N KOWulsky, "a wen known utt0r-
new was also dragged from his bed. He
"e One Of The most thrilling Incidents OF
the are wns she rescue OF A. II. Chris
,is by Fireman Feough. For fifteen
ninufes Christie ran iOu and fro on the
Sorniee Of the NTH floor. seeking In
vain FOR some WY 90 escape ihe rap
Idlv approaching names, Fireman
| Weoueh. after many Efforts. managed
~ each Christie and bring him down
IN safety The Baldwin hotel has been
known and dreaded for years by fire.
men and Insurance people Hs me wprs.
h,,d on a fre trap, II has been stated
osten that there were no hre walls In n
Zen, those enclosing the theater and
that no Insurance COMPANY would write
n risk on me building except for
s,y,il amount and d heavy premium.
COST THREE MILLIONS.
The building OF the hotel began In
| sea and was hnlshed In 1871, It's total
cost. Including AROUND and furniture,
| icing 81. OOO. 600 The building had
| Corn han columns and was In uhe