The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-25
FRISCO FIRE VICTIMS.
TWO OF THE MISSING ADDED TO
THE LIST OF DEAD
A. II. Christie, of milwaukee,, Pre-
pared With a Razor to End His
Life Rather Than Perish by Fire
LOSSES Heavy.


pared With a Razor to End His
Life Rather Than Perish by Fire
Losses Heavy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-The
number Of victims of the Baldwin hotel
fire is yet unknown. The Examiner
today gives the following list:
Dead
J. L. WHITE. capitalist residing in the
LEWIS MEYERS. secretary La Trya Raw
COLD Mining company.
,s John J. CARTER. associate judge of Cal
TATE PRIOR. sheet writer for ]. ]. Carroll.
Missing
J; M; Leithod, purser of the City of Sydney.
Mr.. Andrews, cashier of the Baldwin Grotto.
injured
Mrs. Simon H. Seymour. severely bruised.
James Collan. hand cut badly.
Charles Towe, scalp and hand cut
Bridget Mitchell. broken ankle.
The Chronicle places Carter and
Prior among the missing, while the
Call confines the list of dead to White
and Meyers. and adds Mrs. Andrews
and children, Of Salt Lake. to the miss
ing, and omits the name of Tate Prior.
as he is said to have been seen by
friends since the fire. 1t will be some
time before an accurate list can be OBJ
tanned, as it is impossible to make q
search of the burning ruins at present
A. II. Christie, of Milwaukee. was
rescued from perilous position on the
roof by fireman, F. Kehoe. When
rescued Mr.. Christie had a razor in
his hand with the determination to kill
himself rather than plunge into the
seething flames that ragged beneath
him.
immigration Commissioner William
Rice, of Victoria, B. c., who had a
room on the fourth floor of the hotel.
had very close call, but succeeded
in reaching the street in safety.
The entire scenic and mechanical eff
fects and wardrobes Of the Secret
Service" company were destroyed by
the fire.
Maj Robert NJ. Eberlee estimates the
loss at 5000
Mr. Gillette will take the California
theater Monday evening and play out
his engagement here
e. j, Baldwin said that the fire
meant loss to him Of about 81, 500. 900
as he had expended that amount in
building. altering and furnishing the
hotel.
Fire Marshal Towne declares that the
structure was a death trap, and says
that no such a flimsy structure shall
again be erected in the heart of the
city.
At the outside there was not over
Sl50,000 insurance. The insurance Of
eco carried on the hotel was ridicu-
lousy small. The reason for this lay
in the high rate charged, and the fact
that the underwriters did not care to
carry large line on such a building,
built of wood and brick, with no brick
dividing wall, and but one outside wall
of brick. The insurance on the stocks
of goods in the burned structure and
the store fittings amounts to $72, $50
George A. Moss carried $22S00; Hyman
& Myers, $50, 500; NJ A. Gunst & Co,
$4,000; J. Edlin, $1,000, and smaller
sums were carried by other tenants
The smoke and water damaged adjoin-
ing buildings $4,000, so that $15O, 900
will cover the insurance loss.
The dead body of ]. NJ. Leighthead
was removed from the ruirs CT the
Baldwin hotel today The body was
discovered in the bath room adjoining
his apartment sitting in a chair al
rlost as natural as life. 1t was par
TALLY burned and blackened by smoke,
but was easily recognized 1t is sup
posed that he fell asleep In the chair,
ard was overcome by smoke before the
flames commenced to eat his flesh,
Late this afternoon an unacceptable
body, supposed to be that CT a woman,
was recovered from the ruins OF the
theater The idea that there are many
more bodies in the ruins is gaining
credence, and the firemen engaged In
searching the accessible part Of the
ruins today reported that a terrible
odor is gradually becoming apparent
This is particularly true in the debris
on the Ellis strest side, where, it is
believed. persons have been lost whose
identity is unknown, and who were not
included in the list Of guests.
The hotel safe. containing many val
uables belonging to guests, including
$50. 600 in cash, has been located.