Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-17
Persisted BY FIRE.
aEIeven Charred Bodies Discovered in a
Burned Bowerv Lodging House.
, A Well-KnOwn Mississippi River Excursion
Boat Destroyed at st. LoulS-Llllian
Kennedy, the Actresa, Stricken
Two Freight Trains Collide.

NEW YORK, March Ia. IA thorough
search Of the premises at 1O5 Bowery,
which were partially destroyed by fire
at an early hour yesterday morning,
disclosed the fact that II persons were
burned to death. At first it was
rumored that the loss of life was much
greater, but after searching the ruins
very carefully the police and firemen
discovered II charred bodies and re-
moved them to the morgue. Number
1O5 Bowery Is one of the best known
lodging houses on that thoroughfare.
1t is called the Bowery mission
lodging house and is conducted
by the Christian Herald. In the
basement of the building there
is a cheap restaurant, while
the ground floor is used exclusively for
mission purposes, gospel services hav-
ing been held there daily for several
years. The four upper floors were
fitted up as cheap lodging house,
with accommodations for 100 males,
who paid 10, 20 or 95 cents each, accord
ing to the location of the rooms. Sat-
urday night almost every bed was oc-
scupied. At 1870 o'clock Sunday morn
ing one of the dodgers discovered flames
coming from wash room on the third
floor, but before he had time to alarm
the house the fire was noticed by
passers-by on the street. BY this
time the flames had eaten their way
to the top Of the building and were
bursting through the roof. When the
alarm was given and the inmates
aroused, wild scenes of excitement en-
.sued. Many of the dodgers became
panic-strcken. They rushed into the
Railways and fell over each other in
their efforts to reach the streets.
Those on the lower floors got to the
sstreet safely by the stairways, while
those on the upper floors CROPPED their
way through the building, some to the
fire escape in front of the building.
The majority of them only saved por-
tons of their clothing, while several
of them were naked.
GRAND REPUBLIC BURNED.
ST. LOUIS, March a. From a fire,
the origin of which is unknown, the
~well-known Mississippi river excursion
steamer, Grand Republic, burned to
the waters edge yesterday at the
mouth of the river Des Peres, near
South ST. Louis. Nothing was saved,
and Capt. W. H. Thorwegen, his wife
and two children and the Waterman
had a narrow and thrilling escape from
death. The Grand Republic was tied
up for the winter, and those on board
were making it their home, They lost
all their personal belongings and es-
capped in barely enough to clothe them
selves.
MISS LILLIAN KENNEDY STRICKEN.
UTICA, N. Y, March IA. Miss Lillian
Kennedy, the actress, who concluded
an engagement at the opera house
here Saturday evening, playing the
"Charity Girl" was stricken with
paralysis in her dressing room before
the close of the performance. The
right side of her face, right arm and
leg are affected. She was removed to
a hotel and yesterday was taken to u
hospital At late hour last night
81 she had not regained consciousness.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE.
MIDWAY, O., March IA. Two freight
trains collided near here early yester-
day morning Both engines were bad
J. ly damaged, and eight cars were de-
rallied. Engineer Van Scaid was badly
injured. There were no other casual
ties. A car loaded with sheep was de-