The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-18

Bellevue hospital.
Ellen Curran, hotel employees. burns OF
body; New York hospital
l. William f. Love, cashier; burns; con
dition serious New York hospital.
Arthur James, fireman; scalp wound
Mrs. c. H. Calhoun; shock; New Yorl
hospital.
Mrs. c. c. Simmons; burns on body
Bellevue hospital
| Unknown woman, aged twenty-five
fractured skull; leg fractured condition
critical; Bellevue hospital
Unknow man; hands and arms burn
ed.
Thomas Mcpherson, burns on hands
and body; Bellevue.
Mrs. Edward Waterman, burns; at
West Forty-seventh street.
Mrs. H. H. Purington, at 2 West
Twenty-seventh street.
Helen Westerfeld, at Dakota Flats.
Margaret Lawne, Manhattan hotel.
Mrs. Badenburg.
| William Butler, at Roosevelt hospital
| Thomas McClusky, at Flower hospi-
| tai.
Mrs. G. II. Striener, at 2 West Forty
seventh street.
| Miss Rosenheln, at Bellevue.
The list of missing is as follows:
| Gladys Thompson, fourteen, daughter
of Eugene Thompson West Seventy
first street
Sadie Belts, daughter of John Belts,
West Seventyfirst street
Annetta Upham, daughter of eX-Sen-
| ator Upham of Vermont.
| Mrs Alfred Cordova, wife of stock
| broker
| Miss Bradley, New York.
Miss Steiner, New York.
Miss Catherine Morgan, 44S Madison
avenue.
Warren Guien, elevator man at the
hotel
Miss Auze, visiting at hotel.
Miss McNulty.
Miss Buckhorn, NNw York.
Catherine Mccarthy, domestic.
Kate Shea, domestic.
Mary Jose. domestic.
Kate Mcconnell.
James Vruit
Mrs. Demorasch.
Mrs. James Brand.
Miss Margaret Fuller, niece of A. M.
Fuller of Philadelphia.
Miss Troops.
Mrs. Chapman.
Miss Worth.
Miss Jennie Rigley.
Ellen p Casey.
Charles Ford.
Mary Welsh.
Nora Walsh.
Mrs. James H. Stokes.
Christopher Mullen.
Mr.. McF'loy, seventy-five years old;
lived at the hotel with his family.
Miss Dora Hoffman and two nieces
Baltimore.
Eliza Kelly.
Mary Clara.
Bridget Armstrong.
DR.. Kennith e. Kellogg.
Miss Annie Taylor Morgan.
Harry w. Loree.
Mary Angelin
Mrs. Frederick Mackay.
The flames could not be checked, and
in two hours from the time that the
fire broke out the entire structure was
in ruins and the streets on all sides
filled with debris, while the streams of
water being poured on to the interior
had no effect except to fill the air with
clouds of scalding steam making it i'm
possible for any one to approach near
enough to search for missing bodies.
The fire was the most spectacular af-
fair of the kind that could be imagined.
When it broke out Fifth avenue was
crowded with people watching the ST.
Patrick's day parade, and every win
dow in the front of the hotel facing
Fifth avenue was filed with spectators
the marching men and floats
in the street. The day was all that
could be desired, and an unusually
large number of people were on the
streets on that account, fact which
interfered not little with the move
ments of the firemen and police. AS |
soon as the flames were first discovered |
shoting from the windows, that part of |
the st. Patrick's day procession which !
was near the building came to a halt,
and in few minutes the parade was
disbanded, for the police came rushing
towards the fire from every direction
and as far as they We're able, drove
he people from the streets. One alarm
after another was turned IN. and the
1rst of the fire engines were not long
n appearing upon the scene and they
'aused a wild scramble among the pa
'aders and spectators as they rushed
along the streets and got into position
'or service. In addition to the regular
quests of the hotel the windows were
by a large number of specta-
ors, residents of this city. who had
'ongregated there to witness the pa
ade.
Soon after the first alarm was given
'eople in the lower floors of the hotel.
hose who had easy access to the street
nd the stairway, commenced to pour
ut of the building in great numbers,
nut it very soon became apparent that
great majority Of the occupants of the
otel were either panic-stricken or were
nable to make their way to the ground
oor Windows were thrown up on
very side of the building, and guests, /,
1ostly women, in all stages of terror
lade their appearance and commenced :
0 make frantic appeals for assistance
D the crowd standing below. AS the
ames gathered about them they be- {
anne more and more teiror-s tricken, 5
nd presently several of them stood t
pom the narrow WindoW-sills and {
eckoned to the spectators below that t
1ey were about to leap to the streets. c
he men collected upon the sidewalks c