The herald., 1898-02-02
Catches Hotel Guests in
Their Beds
MANY HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
SIX PEOPLE MEET DEATH IN THE
FLAMES
A Five-Story Hotel at Gloversville, N.
T., Proves to Be Veritable
Death Trap
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
GLOVERSVILLE N. Y, Feb 1.-The
Alyord House, fve-story brick struc-
ture, the largest hotel in the city. Is
burning and will be total loss. The
fire was discovered at o'clock this
morning. Every room was occupied and
many narrow escapes occurred. Five
lives were lost. The list follows: Henry
C. Day, of Gluversville;. Il. C. Kimball,
wife and daughter. of indianapolis; Ru-
pert, bellboy. The loss to property Will
reach 100000.
Their was a wild scramble on the part
of the guests to escape from the building
with their personal property but many
were forced to leave without securing
anything. A few attempted to escape by
the stairways, but the smoke soon cut
off this mode of retreat. The guests
who were thus entrapped did not long
hesitate to take the risk of jumping,
| though some We're rescued from their
perlous positions by the firemen. Others
| leaped from the windows, several being
more or less injured. Findlay Morrow,
lTdNtllluS SditSHldH dn Albany
house. clad only in his shirt and trous-
safely in the snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Strauss, of this city,
finding no escape by way OF the halls.
stepped out of the window and onto
the narrow ledge or cornice, where they
stood for ten or fifteen minutes. await
ing the rescuers. With the aid of a lad
der, the hook and ladder men brought
them safely to the ground Mrs. Strauss
lost her jewelry and wardrobe, valued
at $1,000.
l.. q. Lambert, Chicago glove buyer.
jumped from a second-story window and
broke his right arm. besides receiving
internal injuries.
Among the seriously injured are VIM.
Malonick. travelling man. residence un-
known. sprained ankle; B. A. Ross, trav-
cling man. Rochester, N. Y, badly
bruised
Proprietor Davis said two travelling
men arrived last night. but their names
are unknown as the hotel register and
office books were destroyed. They have
not been seen since the fire.
The firemen searched all day in the
ruins for the remains of victims, but
their efforts were unrewarded Electric
lights have been strung across the ruins
and a large force will continue the
search all night. The two travelling men
reported missing were accounted for
late tonight. leaving six known victims.
DR.. D. D. Davis Of Westfield, New
York. jumped from the third story. He
struck the wires opposite the second
story and was thrown to the ground.
but was not seriously hurt. ]. H. Barry
of Troy jumped from the third story
and was only slightly injured.
Elwood De Long, a fireman, was seri-
ously frozen.
Andrew Watson of Toronto, Ont, |
jumped from the fourth floor to a shed |
and was only slightly hurt.
The dead are:
wife and daughter.
BENZ. F. STRICKLAND.
HENRY c. DAY.
CHARLES c. RUPERT.
NO LOSS OF LIFE
NAUGATUCK, Conn, Feb IA fire
which broke out in the fourth story of
the reclaiming plant of the United States
Rubber Company shortly after 10
o'clock tonight practically destroyed the
entire place, entailing loss of more than
100000, partly covered by insurance.
The building was of brick, four stories
in height, about rs feet wide and 400 feet
long. 1t was the largest recaiming
plant in the country, and was considered
practically fireproof.
Most of the rubber mills throughout
the country are dependent upon this
plant for stock, and it is possible that
the fire may cause the shutting down of
some of the factories. The building was
located a short distance outside Of
town and was entirely removed from
other buildings. The plant gave en-
ployment to about $50 persons