The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09
PERr5GEDIN TIE FLAMES
OF BrrnIus Eotel =: Giovocs7ule New


At seven O'Clock Tuesday morning
The Afford House. at Gtoversville, N.
Y, vas destroyed by FIRE. The build.
ing burned with almost incredjole
r&pidity and spectators shuddered at
the thought that scme of the inmates
would be uGsble TO escape from the
f=ry furnace. at this JASON the husi-
ness IS uausal!y large, and it is
understood that nearly every
roor Was occupied. Tee fire
started on the ground floor and
shot up through the upper stories
with ligntning-I;ke spead, the broad
stairs and railways furnishing great
fres which carried the flames upward.
Almost immediaEely sitter the flames
were discovered the alarm was sound
ed through TIE house ard the big ho-
tsl Was soon ths scene Of the widest
conf dsion. IGeie was g. wild scram.
ole on she ract OF tne guests to escape
IRON the building with their personal
property, D2t many were forced to
flee without saving anything. a few
o. the guests made their escape by the
S!airways, DUt the smoke soon cut of
this retreat. Tee rext resort CT the
imprisoned people vas the windows.
As their tercor-strickan faces ap.
peared, the GSea: crowd below
watched breathlessIy, hoping against
nope that al would be saved TIE
guests who were thus entrapped did
uot long hesitate 10 take the risk Of
jumping, though some were rescued
rom their periIcus positions by the
dremen. Oilers leaped from the
windows and were more or less in
;ured. W. ". Fiadiay, a salesman
ror 2n Albany house, clad oaly in
shirt and trousers. jumped from a
window, landisg safely in the snov.
Mr. and Mrs J. G 6.r4Us fading no
escape by way CT the halls, stepped
out OF the window and ONO the rac
row ledge or cornica, where they stood
10 or Is minutes q vaiging the rescuers.
With the aid of a ladder the hook and
ladder men brought them safely to
;he grouad Mrs. S:raus los! her
i-weIry aud WARDROBE, valued st 81 :
000 l. G Lambert, Chicago glove
buyer, Jumped iron q second story
window and broke his right arm, be
sides receiving internal injuries
Tbs following are mis5IQg, and ara
believed to have perised in the f ,nes:
Henry G. Day, GoversviIle; E G..
< no=ll, wife aod daughter [adisn
apoIis; Rupert, q cell ooy. The total
less on tne building, furniture aud
property OF guests will proba6ly
am junt to sl0O 030. partly Insured.
Tae fire started near tee laurRdry,
but from what cause is rot kGoWn.
Benjamin T Strickland, contractor
and 2uiider, VINO resided It tae Al ord
hotel, is also missing. Henry G Day
vas one OF the most prominent bIsi-
ueSS mn Of Gloversvile Anoag
the most seriously inju ID (oas'des L
G. La l ber) are: William Azion-y,
trav=ling m41, residence unkGoEn,
spreiued ankle, aud B NJ R ;ss,
travelling man, Rochester, badly
bruised.
Tae fireman searched alt lay in the
ruins 'or I'll: rsm2iis Of vietl-as oGt
their Elf .rts ~ere uarewarted. Et7c-
:rlc ltgn.s have 59sa sJrUag over the
ruins aGG large forcs UIl continue
the saaEc2 al hight The two travel.
ing m2p rsp:r:ei missing are account
ei 10. tonight. lea sinx SIX known vic
tins. Dr. J D. Davis of West6eId,
n Y, Jlno9d from the thrId story
He struck ths wires Opposite the second
story acd gas thrown TO the ground,
but was net seriously hur! j. Il.
B,rrick OF Troy, j2mped from the
third story and was onlg slightly in
] jlred. EiTood de Loag, 3 fireman,
vas seriously froz:n. Audre Wat
son of Toronto, OAt, Jumped IRON the
fourth floor TO ashed and was only
slightly nuct.