The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-18

originated from the igniting of lace
curtain, burst forth from this second
floor OF the Windsor hotel at 45th street
and Fifth avenue, shortly after 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, just as the st. Patrick's
Day parade was passing the building. and
in few moments they had leaped up
to the roof and enveloped the entire Fifth
avenue and 47th streets fronts of tbs
hotel. len minutes later the flames were
roaring through the interior Of the hotel
and all means of escape by means of
stairs and elevators were cut of and
there was the widest scene of excitement
within and without the building. Hun.
dreds of guests ard employees were in the
hotel when the fire broke out and for
many of them escape with safety was
impossible Probably from 10 to 5
lives were lost within a half hour and 30
or 10 other persons were injured in jump
ing from windows and In rushing
through the roaring flames IN the coyri
dors and on the stairways. Many who
we've injured died later at nearby resi-
dences and at hospitals and Others who
made wild leaps to the stone sidewalk
were so badly injured that they are still
lowering between life and death.
1t may he "a hours or more before the
complete list of fatalities may become
known and it will be longer before 1t
can be ascsrtained definitely how many
charred bodies are in the mass of fallen
masonry that marks the spot where. the
hotel stood.
The following is a list Of the dead:
Leland, Mrs. Elizabeth. WIFE of Warren
Leland. proprietor of the hotel; burns on
body; died ut Flower hospital.
Leland, Helen daughter of Warren Lee
land jumped from window, body iudep-
titled at East 51st street station.
Paddock, Mrs. Amelia, irvington, n.
Y, Jumped from window; body at East
51st st,eet station.
Kirk. Nancy Ann, (Mrs. James S.
kirk Chicago, died in bellevue.
Pierce. Mrs. NJ. Macon, Ga. died at 10
East 10th street.
Grandy, Mrs. Laselas, Elizabeth City,
n. c., body at Fast 1st street station.
Gibson, Mrs. Addie, 35, shock, died at
Murray Hill hotel.
sAGoodman, Eleanor Louise, II, fractured
skull. died in Bellevue.
Connolly, John, hotel employee, burns
and internal injuries, died at Flower
hospital.
Unknown woman (No. - body at East
51st street station.
Unknown woman middle aged, jumped
from window, died at Miss Gould $ resi-
dence.
Unknown man, seen to Jump from roof
at rear of hotel; body not recovered.
Unknown child thrown from window
by mother; body not recovered.
Unknown woman, mother or above
child, who jumped from window body
not recovered
The following is a list of the injured:
Roach, Kate, burns of face, leg frac-
tured, Bellevue hospital.
Noonan, Polly. hotel employe, burns of
body, Harlem hospital.
McNicholas, watchman, burns, Harlem
hospital
McGuire, James. truckmau left leg
fractured scalp wound, Harlem hospital
MacPhatter, Dir. Mcneil, ankle
fractured. Harlem hospital.
tlapnigan, Kate, domestic. burns Of
body. Harlem hospital.
Mallon, Nicholas. internal injuries,
serious. Harlem hospital.
Henry. Mehitable, probable fatal burns,
Roosevelt hospital.
Waldo. Mrs. Frank, burns OF body,
Roosevelt hospital.
Bailey, Mrs Catherine, 4G]4 Greenwood
avenue, Chicago, burns of body, not
serious. Roosevelt hospital
bfeWef MISS fIeiSn, TN Sn ufOkeH, Dau
burns of body, Roosevelt hospital.
Won Spiegel Mrs, leg and rib frac-
tlrei, Presbyterian hospital.
Missch. Mrs. Catherine burns OF face
and hands, suffering from shock, Prosby.
terian hospital.
Wheeler Mrs. +. g., shock and burns,
Presbyterian hospital.
Wheeler. Miss Dorothy, shock and
burns, Presby tefian hospital.
Boyce, Mrs Williams, shock, Presby-
terian hospital
Shekelton. edward. watchman, burns,
probably fatal Presbyterian hospital
Dunke, Johu, hotel employe, shoulder
dislocatej, Presbyterian hospital.
Leland, Warren F., proprietor Of the
hotel, head cut. injuries dressed ut blower
hospital
Haskins, Mira Mark Kirk, Chicago.
hysterioai, bellevue hospital.
Price, Mrs. Alice. of Georgia, shock,
seriously injured; bellevue hospital.