The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-25
WINDSOR is BURNED.
New York's Famous Hotel De-
stroyed by Flames.
Many Persons Lose Their Lives In the
Terrible Disaster--The Loss-
History of the burned
Building.


curtain burst forth from the second
Eoor Of the Windsor hotel at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue short
ly after three o'clock Friday after
noon, Just as the ST. Patrick's day
parade was passing the building, and
In a few moments they had leaped up
20 the roof and cnveloped the entire
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street
fronts OF the hotel. Ten minutes later
the flames were roaring through the
interior of the hotel and all escape by
means of stairways and elevators was
cut off. There was the widest scene of
excitement within and without the
building. Hundreds Of guests and en-
ployes were In the hotel when the fire
broke out, and for many of them es-
cape with safety was impossible. Prob
ably from ten 10 fifteen lives were lost
within half hour. and 30 or 40 per-
ssons were injured in jumping from
windows and in rushing through tho
roaring flames in the corridors and on
the stairways. Many who were injured
died later at nearby residences and at
hospitals and others who made wild
leaps 10 the stone sidewalk were so
badly injured that they are still hover
ing between life and death.
The Dead.
The list OF the dead is as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Leland. wife Of Warren
leland. proprietor OF the hotel: burns OF
body; died at Flower hospital
Helen Leland, daughter OF Warren Le-
land. jumped from window; body identified
at East Fifty-frst police station.
Mrs Amelia Paddock Irvington, N. Y;
Jumped from window; body at East Fifty
first street station.
Nancy Ann Kirk (Mrs. James $. KirO,
Chicago; died In Bellevue
Mrs. NJ. Pierce, Macon. Ca: died at 10
East Forty-sixth street.
Miss Lncelles Grandy. Elizabeth City, n.
C: body at East Fifty-flrst street station.
Mrs. Addic Gibson, aged 35; shock died
at Murray Hill hotel
Eleanor Louise Goodman. aged IL; frac-
dured skull; died az Bellevue.
John Connolly. hotel cmploye, burns and
internal Injuries; died AZ Flower hospital.
Unknown woman middle aged. jumped
from window: died at Miss Helen Gould's
residence.
Unknown woman; body at East Fifty
first street station
Unknown woman, partially identified IA
tho wife OF Baltimore financier fell
while letting herself down by the rope fro
escape from sixth floor. and died In Miss
Helen Gould's house.
Unknown man. SO, seen to jump from roof
sat rear OF hotel body not recovered.
Unknown child, thrown from window by
lmother: body not recovered.
Unknown woman mother OF the child;
Jumped from window: body not recovered.
a list OF the Injured numbers 30, some
of whom are fatal
New York, March 20.-The latest es-
innate with reference to the Windsor
hotel fire places the number OF dead at
16: injured, "a; missing, As.
Several OF the persons hitherto re-
ported as missing were found to be safe
Monday. The present list OF missing
account but few Of the 200 servants OF
the house.
Fired by Thieves.
The police are now led TO suspect
that the Windsor hotel fire was the
work OF thieves. Many OF the guests
who lost friends and valuables declared
that thieves had set the big hotel on
fire for the purpose OF creating panic
and looting the rooms.
The Loss.
The loss on the hotel is estimated at
about $i,000,00o Several adjoining
buildings were damaged considerably,
but the loss on these is comparatively
small. All the papers and boolss of the
hotel are believed to have been saved:
The burned Hotel.
fThc Windsor hotel was seven stories
high and almost square I'm form, had
n frontage OF 200 feet on Fifth avenue and
occupied the entire block between East
Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets
The front center OF the building was eight
stories I'm height. IL had also two wings,
each seven stories IN height and rs feet In
length There were more than 500 rooms In
the hotel. The building was chiefly OF
brick and was intellectually simple. 1t
was thoroughly equipped for fighting fire
and had pumps equal In force 10 six OF the
most powerful fire engines In the city. II
cost about three-quarters or a million dol
lars TO build. The Windsors builder and
first owner was John T. DAILY. and the build
Ing was first opened a hotel In Septcm-
Der. 1878. The Windsor for many years was
one OF the most exclusive hotels In the
city and was I'm the height OF its glory up 20
ten years ago. IL was the rendezvous OF
oil the great Wall street operators from tho
days OF Commodore Vanderbilt and Daniel
Drew. The hotel became known as wall
street by night" because OF the visits OF
the great nnanclers President and Mrs
Mckinley always stopped at the Windsor
and celebrities OF all kinds were It's guests.
Mr. Leland, the proprietor Of the hotel. took
charge OF the Windsor shortly after the
close OF the worlds fair In Chicago.l
The Disarmament Conference.
London, March 17.--The Brussels
correspondent of the Daily Mail says