The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-02
LEAP|hG FROM WINDOWS
Furious Flames Drive Terrified
Guests From Their Beds.
SEVERAL ARE MISSING
Several More Who Jumped Are Carried
Off With Broken Bones-Or.e Man in
His Night Shirt Lands Safely
in a Big Snow Bank.

Gloversville, n. Y. Feb. 1.-The Al
word house. a, five-story brick building.
was destroyed by fire between Z and )
o'clock this morning Six persons per-
ished in the flames and a dozen others
were more or less injured in making
/ their escape. The dead are:
! E. c. KIMBALL of Indianapolis, his
wife and daughter.
| BENJAMIN F. STRICKLAND.
| HENRY c. DAY
| CHARLES c. RUPERT
Mr.. kimball was an agent for a glove
factory of this city and MIR Strickland
and Mr.. Day were business men. Rup-
pert was a belboy in the hotel
The Alvord house, one of GloversvilIes s
landmarks. and the largest hotel in
Fulton county, being handsome four
story structure, was destroyed by fire
this morning. The building burned
with almost incredible rapidity and,
spectators shuddered at the thought
that some of the many inmates would
be unable to escape from the fiery fur
mace. At this season the business is
unusually large and IL Is said that near
ly every room In the building was oecu-
pied.
The fire started on the ground floor
about o'clock and shot up through the
upper stories with lightning-li speed
'ht piOdU ana ndIlWayS furniSn-
ing great fiues which carried the flames
upward. Almost Immediately after the
Hames were discovered the alarm was
sounded through the house and the big
MOTEL was soon the scene of the widest
confusion.
There was wild scramble on the
part OF the guests to escape from the
building with their personal property,
but many were forced to flee without
saving anything. A few of the guests
made their escape by the stairways, but
the smoke soon cut off this retreat. The
next resort of the imprisoned people was
the windows. AS their terror-stricken
faces appeared the great crowd below
watched breathlessly, hoping against
hope that all would be saved The
guests who were thus entrapped did not
long hesitate 10 take the risk of jump
ing, though some We're rescued from
their perilous positions by the firemen.
Others leaped from the windows. sew
efal being more or less injured Find
lay Morrow. a travelling salesman FOR
an Albany house, clad on in his shirt
and trousers. jumped from window.
landing safely in the snow.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G.. 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 10 or 10 minutes awaiting the res
7uers. With the aid of a ladder the
nook ana ladder men brought them
safely To the ground. Mrs. Strauss lost
1er Jewelry and wardrobe. valued at
Il 900
l.. G.. Lambert, Chicago glove buyer.
Jumped from second story window
md broke his right arm. besides re-
ewing internal injuries.
Among the seriously injured are.
William Maloniek, travelling man. resi-
lence unknown. spraiued ankle; 3. A.
toss, travelling man. Rochester, n. Y.
'adiy bruised
Proprietor Davis said that two travel
ng men arrived last night. but their
ames are unknown. as the hotel regis
er and office books were DESTROYED.
hey have not been seen since the fire.
The total loss on the building. furn-
1re and property of the guests will
robably amount to 100000 partly In
ured. The fire started near the laun-
ry, but from what cause is not known
the tiremen searched all day i'm the
lins Tor the remains of victims. but
ler efforts were unrewarded. Electric {
ghts have been strung over the ruins
nj large force will continue the !
sarch all night. The two travelling men !
'ported missing were accounted for late Z
,-night, leaving six victims [
DR. ID. ID. Davis of Westfield. " Y. 5
lmped from the third story He struck g
le wires opposite the second story, was I
lrown to the ground and was not seri-
Is1y hurt. j. III. Barry OF Troy Jumped q
ON the third story and was only slight /
injured. Elwood Delong. fireman. +
as seriously frozen. Andrew Watson /
Toronto. Ont, jumped from the I
urth floor TO a shed and was only :
lightly hurt. h