Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-18
HORROR IN NEW YORK.
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| roic rescue Of several women from inc
unner stories One had been carried down
/ from the nth story. Mrs. y. II. ul,'''
/ ~ pittsburg. then appeared. with hc'
| maid at q window Of the fourth story.
II seemed like an age before the lad1e'
was lowered. nTemen ran UP. ana WIN
great difficulty brought down MRS. uiier
and her maid Just as she was eo''e"
an, Of the window a middle-aged woman
appcarcd az a window just norm OF , W..
at which the ladder was piaceu. III.
woman. fearing she would not De ieSe"e"'
prepared TO jump. she was Wdiile, ~
keen back. and. being pahic-h'. 'tN'','
etcnne9 hack into the dense smoke.
hoot-snd-lsdder man. seeing the despera-
lion Of tho woman. seized sealing au-
der and went up story after story through
tho blluding smoke. lie climbed 10 lhe
corius, inst as the woman rehppeared.
Tho fireman seized her by the waist
and holding her tightly 90 the wall oil the
building. Crspt slowly along the coping
and PASSED the fainting woman 10 an
other fireman. who had brdced himself
10 receive her There was dreadful sus-
penss as the fireman drew the woman
toward him and finally had her safely on
the ladder.
RESCUERS HEARTILY CHEERED.
4 tremendous cheer went up from the
CROWD.
Fireman John Hanna. Of the fire-boat
Zophar Mills. rushed through the smoke
to the top floor and found Night-Watch-
man MacNichols talf asphyxiated. Hanna
lowered him, by means Of wire To the
firo-escape, two stories below. and let
1 ha.n Is
were badly cut by the wire Then Hanna
assisted the old man down the fire
escape.
Fireman William Kennedy, Of Engine
Company no. p. rescued "A Mrs Bran
from the fourth floor Of the hotel by
means Of "a scaling-laddor. Her rescue
WAS cheered by the immense crowd.
4 crippled woman was found lying on
the floor Of a room on the fourth floor
unable 10 move, and was carried IN safety
TO the street.
SOLDIER AND POLICEMAN RES
CUERS.
Captain Emil H. Pate. Of Company l.,
Forty-scvcnth United States Volunteers,
rushed up to the fourth floor and rescued
an old crippled man. who was partly as
phyXiatcd by the smoke and burned about
the head. Policeman Luke Milcy rescued
three women from the fourth floor, was
badly burned about the hands and face.
and his uniform was nearly burned from
his back
a Brooklyn fireman who came over 10
see the parade saw a woman ON the
sovcnth-story right over whore the fire
occurred first He rushed upstairs and
rescued Kate Flanagan. domestic. She
was badly burned and injured by fall
ing debris. and was unconscious when
brought down.
Thomas Mcpherson, an employee Of the
government docks az Brooklyn, went
through the fro and smoke five stories
and rescued Mrs. Il. Butler. who was UNI
conscious from shock and fright. Nc
Pherson was so badly burned that ne had
to be taken 10 the hospital himself
All Of these rescues and many others
occurred i'm the course Of a few minutes
Many trying scenes were enacted by
frenzied men and women I'm the big build
ing.
MANY PROBABLY ~ TIE RUINS
How many persons are buried i'm the
ruins is not known. but at least three or
four persons were seen 10 jump whose
bodies have not been recovered. young
man. apparently an employee. jumped
from the roof of the FOrty-eighth-strctt
Jumped on the Fifth-avcnuc side ana
two more were seen to jump from the
rear. Shorts after that two women jump
cd from the roof TO the courtyard below.
IT is known THAI two Of these at least
are dead.
Eyewitness say they saw woman
throw a child from a window and fall 4
moment later herself just before the coli
lapse Of one Of the walls. As yet no
trace Of these bodies has been found.
!. Lcmott Morgan. Of Birmingham, Ala,
who had been watching the parade with
q number Of friends from the balcony,
ran TO the fourth floor and rescued Mrs
Algcrnon Jarvis-lnd her daughter. Mabel.
He took them to the balcony and thence
they were taken to the street by hremen
ESCAPE OF THE MKINLEYS
Abner Mckinley, brother of President
Mckinley. had four rooms ON the ground
floor of the hotel. Mrs Mckinley and her
daughter. Mabel, occupied the rooms. with
Abner Mckinley Miss Mabel Mckinley
had ordered "a couch FOR a drive at 1880.
and was dressing for it when the alarm
Of fire was given. She WAS in her dress
ing gown at the time. She saw the smoke.
and. becoming frightened, opened the win
dow and was assisted out by an unknown
man. She walked half a block and found
her carriage in waiting. she was driven
to the Hotel buckingham.
Mrs. Mckinley and her daughter Helen
Mckinley. were entertaining Mrs. Johh
Sherwood. the author. Both Mrs. Mckln-
lev and her daughter and her guest got
ont. assisted by two men, but they do
not know who they We're
'rne Mckrnleys went to the Manhattan
Hotel where there was a Joyful reunion
MI f1nf inc ~
cept the clothes they wore.
DEATH OF THE LELANDS.
Dr. T.. Parmly Brown. Of 500 Fifth ave-
nue. and 4. f. Brown of Congress
Heights. Washington. knowing the Nc
Kinlcys were in the hotel. rushed 10 the
place as soon as they learned OF the fire.
and rushed upstairs As they We're going
up the stairs they saw two mcn-one
fireman and the other an employee
bringing down Mrs. Warren Leland. The
WOman's clothes were burned from her
body The men told DR.. Brown that they
had found the woman in the hallway.
lying on the floor unconscious. The men
said that they saw one woman leap from
the window Of the room, but they had
no time 10 stop her. She was Miss Helen
Leland. daughter OF Mrs. Leland This
was tie saddost incident OF the fire. War
rem Leland IS the proprietor of the hotel
The Lclands have another daughter. Miss
Fanny Leland. but she was away from
the hotel al the time.
Mrs Leland died I'm Flower Hospital al
915 tonight. Her son. Charles. was the
only relative with her when the end
came
CHIEF ENGINEERS EXPERIENCE
Frederick Corbott, the chief engineer Of