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and went down hand over hand.
Miss Richardson was the last to
leave, and she had gone down but one
story when Captain White, who occu-
pied room on that floor, called to her
appealingly, begging her not to jump.
Miss Richardson stopped and begged
the Captain to take her place on the
line. This he refused to do, and only
after dint of much persuasion could he
induce Miss Richardson to save her
self, promising to follow In her wake.
Miss Richardson reached terra flrma
in safety, and Captain White launched
himself in the air, when suddenly the
rope broke and he fell to the ground
below, a distance Of nearly a hundred
feet. The rope, weakened by the in
tense strain TO which it had been cub
jected and chafed by the contaf ith
the window sills which had becoms in
tensely hot could not stand Captain
Whites weight and broke.
The other known death was that of
Lewis Myers, merchant of Skaguay
Alaska, who was in this city on bust
ness connected with his Alaska store
Mr.. Myers, who was 63 years of age,
had been safely rescued, but the shock
had been so great that his heart, weak
ened by fright and old age, could not
stand the strain, and he died.
The most sanguine hopes are express
ed that the loss of life will not be added
to, but the indications are that the
death roll must increase The Police
Department is busy. compiling a list Of
the guests, and checking them off as
fast as they are reported. Manager
Lake Of the hotel feels certain that all
Of the employees have been saved
though two chambermaids are missing.
When seen by an Associated Press
representative E. J. Baldwin, proprie-
tor and owner of the hotel, said that
he could not figure up his losses for
several days yet, but said that the in
surance was light in comparison to the
loss. Owing to the extremely heavy
insurance rate charged on the build
ing and contents, he carried but little
protection on his property, and the high
rate also prevented tenants of the
ground floor stores from insuring their
stock heavily. The insurance on the
building may reach 100000, and $780,
600 of this is divided among sixteen
companies, the National of Hartford
being the heaviest loser among the
companies, ST, 800 being carried with
this concern. The insurance on the
contents of the building, so far as
known, amounts to ST., 600, and is di-
vided among twentythree companies,
the National of Hartford being respon-
sible for another ST, 800
Late this afternoon the fire engines
We're being withdrawn from the scene.
only one or two streams being left to
subdue any fire that may break out
among the debris.
Baldwin's property in this city and
Los Angeles with the exception of a
small part of the Santa Anita ranch, is
covered by blanket mortgage, which
calls for the payment of a debt of ST.
625.O0O, with interest at 61a per cent a
year, except that money loaned on prop
erty in the city of Los Angeles is 20
bear per cent. a year. Of the Santa
Anita ranch 2,767 acres are included IN
the mortgage, and parts of the Rancho
San Francisquito and the Merced ranch
are also included in the list of securi-
ties, as well as all of Baldwin's holdings
in the Santa Anita colony and the town
of FL Monte About 5000. 600 of the
property, and the opinion is. enter
tanned that the site alone is worth at
least $500.0O0 over the mortgage.
A careful estimate of the loss by the
Baldwin Hotel fire places the total at
$1,5O0,000, on which at the outside
there was not over $150OOO insurance.
The insurance (S50O0O carried on the
hotel was ridiculously small The rea-
son for this lay in the high rate
charged, and the fact that the under
writers did not care to carry large line
on such a building, built of wood, with
no brick dividing wall, and but one
outside wall of brick. The insurance on
the stocks of goods in the burned
stores and their fittings amounts to
$72, ,250. George A. Moss carried $22,-
800, Hyman & Myers $30,5O0, Isaac
Grant of the drug store $1,000, J. J.
Groom $1,000, Moses A Gunst & Co.
$4,000, ]. Edlin s., 800, and smaller
sums were carried by other tenants
The smoke and water damage in the
adjoining building was $4,000, so that
$150,000 will cover the insurance loss.
ALL EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTED FOR
All the employees of the Baldwin have
night there has been no development
to materially change the list of dead
injured and missing already given II
will be many days before a complete
search of the ruins can be completed
and in the meantime the friends o1
those reported missing will spend anx-
ious hours.
Tate Pryor, the racing book writer
at first supposed to have been lost, was
seen by some of his friends to-day, bui
it seems almost certain that John Car.
ter, the well-known race track judge
has perished. He has not been seer
around his usual hounts, and is known
to have slept in the hotel On the nigh,
of the fire.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
Many stories of narrow escapes are
told, but in each the experience was
virtually the same-a sudden awaken
ing from slumber, followed by a wild
dash for the open air.
Madge Morris Wagner, the poetess
was one of the last to leave the fata
fifth story. just as she, accompanied
by her little daughter and her husband
Herr Wagner, reached the grand stair.
case she heard a great crash, and knew
the fifth story was no more.
J. c. Walker, a capitalist of Fresno
with his wife and daughter Lottie
We're among the fortunates who escaped
with their clothes on. They even ha6
time to go down on the ELEVATOR. Mrs
Walker regretted last night at the
Langham the loss of wardrobe val
ued at $1,000.
DR.. J. Goodwin Thompson of Oak.
dale, who registered at the Baldwin
Tuesday night, and was reported miss
| ing, made his escape in safety.