The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-18
SCENES Attic HOSPITAL.
sufferings OF the Injured From q the
windsor Hotel Fire.

New York March 1.-THE first ambu
lance call was turned into Bellevue and
within few minutes half dozen hurry
calls were sent in, taking the eutire force
Of ambulnnces and most of the house
ssafT The ambulance returned in an In
credibly short time. the driver urging his
horse ut full speed and the animal white
with foam.
Mrs. SyInmons was carried to ono of the
wards where her injuries. consisting Of
serious burns about the face and breast,
were dressed. Hardly had this ambu-
lance Eesn taken out of the way when an :
other drew MP to the gates 1t was in the
lead OF racing caravan of ambulances.
The second aIDbulance contained Mrs.
james > Kirk, 10 years of age. the widow
Of the founder of the big Chicago soap
establishment. Seated ON the box with
tine driver was young girl who iranti-
cally urged him on. Mrs. Kirk was car
rio to "a ward where she died within u
lew minutes, just as her daughter reached
the hospital, whittier she had come in a
CAP.
n the wake of the ambulances came a
doz. Il cabs and coaches containing per-
SONS less grlevousiy injured. The news OF
the disaster had spread about the streets
ard scores of people came to Bellevue to
Inquire for injured or missing friends.
Hvery available employo OF the great In =
>tltuIion and all the surgeons who could be
secured were drafted into service to bind
the wounds of the injured. Many OF
those who We're brought as patients to
the hospital showed remarkable forti-
tude amidst suffering.
They cave way TO let the attending sur
geons administer TO those whose injuries
were Of graver nature. one pretty
woman insisted on having the surgeon
attend to fellow sufferer before he had
finished binding up her leg which had
been fractured.
Mrs Alice Price was one OF those
taken to bellevue, whsr she Is suffering
critically from her Injuries anu shock. She
had jumped from one of the upper floors
and her condition Is considered very serl-
Gus.
Fire AN John Hanna of the fire boat
Sopai .Mills, rushed through the smoke
10 tho top floor and found Night Watch
man MncNichol half HsphS xiated. uGnna
lowered him by means of wire TO The
fire escape, two stories below and lei him
self down in the same way. His hands
were badly cut by the wire. Then Hanna
assisted the old man down the tire escape
A crippled woman WAS found lying on
The floor Of q room in the fourth floor IN
able 10 move ana was carried in safety
to the street.
Policeman Luke Miley rescued three
women from the fourth loor WAS badly
burned about the hands and face and his
uniform was nearly burned from his
back.
A Brooklyn fireman who came over to
sen the parade saw woman on the
seventh story right over where the ire
occurred tirst. He rushed up stairs and
rescued Kate Flanuagin, domestic. She
was badly burned and injured by falling
debris and was unconscious when brought
down. Thomas Mcpherson an employs OF
ahe government docks In Brooslyn went
through tie lire and smoke five stories
and rescued Mrs r. Butler, who was I'M
conscious from shock and fright. Nc
Pherson was SO badly burned that he had
IN he taken to the hosnial