The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-18

has cured. \ book full of them sent free
TO the streets from those points. Very
! few Of them escaped either instant death
or injuries which resulted Zoo their death
| in short time later
/ m the meantime the entire building was
out from every window and formed "A
| picture which struck terror to- all Oh use
who were witnessing 90. within forty or
| hfty nveminutes after the FIRST fire broke
opj the wallis on the Fifth avenue site
showed every Indication of falling, and
presently, with an awful crash they f.n
ON the asphalt covering the street IN front
of the hotel and caused the hundreds OF
people who were standing there 10 scat
ter in every direction This fan weaken
od the walls on the 4Gth street sides ard
they fem a moment later When the wall
! fem the brick and mortar ana twisted
girders and corrugated iron filed the
streets on three sides OF the hotel.
The door steps and iron fences in front
| OF the houses on the opposite sides ofthe
| street from the hotel were wrecked by
> the falling walls and the amount OF de.
! bris piled in the streets was so great that
travel win Doe impeded for several days.
THE FIRST HORRORS
The drst horror occurred just 10 minutes
woman appeared al the window of a
room on the fourth noor She held out
her arms TO the crowd below Then she
raised her hands 1s if IN application and
in a moment climbed to the window and
l,aped. She tured about like a top ana
struck the iron railing I'm front OF the
| f.. III
there. but &c feu of and into the areaway.
She was dead The woman was identified
az Mrs Amalia Paddock. of Irvington.
one of the most thrilling scenes OF .he
dro-nt time when the building was q
scctling caldron of flames was the heroic
rescue of several women from the upper
stories. one had been carried down from
| hp Hth tory Mrs. A. H. Fuller of
! Putsburr thcu appeared with her hl'1
at the window of the fourth story II
seemed au age before the adder was
| lowered Fircmen ram up aud with greoi
| difncuiy brought down Mrs FULLER and
/ her maid. Just as she was gotten out 3t
the window middle aged woman ap-
pcared al q window Just north OF mat q
which On, ladder was placed. The woman
/ fearing she would not De rescued, pre-
pared TO jump She was warned 20 keep
back and became panic stricken and step
ped back into the dense smoke. Another
| ladderman. seeing the desperation OF az
| woman. seized a scaling ladder ana went
up story after story through the blind
| ing smoke. lie climbed TO the coping
JUS as the woman reappeared. Catching
her by the waist and holding tightly to
the building he crept slowly on the cop-
ine and passed the fainung woman 10
another fireman. who had braced him
SELF to receive her There was a dreadful
suspense as the fireman drew the woman
toward him and finally had her safely on
the ladder. Tremendous cheers went lp
from the crowd
Fireman John Hanna, of the FIRE boat
Vephar Mills, rushed through the smoke
10 the top noor and found Night Watch
man MacNlchol half asphylated. Hanna
lowered him by means OF wire 20 the
fire escape two stories below and let him
shelf down this way. His hands wers
badly cut by the wire. Then Hanna as
sisted tho old man down the hre escape
, Tiromau VIM. kennedy Of engine %, ros
cucl Mrs Branu from the fourth floor c
the hotel by means OF a scaling ladder
- His rescue was cheersd by the immenn
e crowd
9 a crippled woman was found ,yiag ol
+ the floor OF room on the fourth hco
r. unable to move and was carried IN safet
s 10 the street
n ,mb'yman j. Maher Sheriff DIui
o and Police Commissioner Hess, seNici
n and Aben an assisted in taking person
e from the hotel.
8 capt. Emil Patee ot company j. 4iu
a a. s.. volunteers. rushed up 10 The fcuit
e floor and rescued an old crippled ma
k who was uy asphywated by smoF
.e and burn. b..
Il Policeman Luke Mney res cued thre
. women from the fourth noor and W.
% badly burned about The hands and fac
~ and his uniform was nearly burned fr.
S. his back.
ie A Brooklyn fireman who came over
et see the parade saw a woman oa the SCI
Ia enth story right over where the FIRE o
IL CURED FIRST lie rushed up stairs -
al rescued Kate Flanagan, domestic 81
re was badly burned and Injured ~ f5nli
~ debris aud unconscious when br1ug
Dr. down
ld Thomas Mcpherson. an employe Of d
~ government dock in Brooklyn, weny
~ the hfh story through hre aud smo
he and rescued Mrs u, Butler who was "a
u- scious from shock and fright. McPhsrs
-ul was So badly burned mat he he'd 70
ed taken 90 the hospital himself
Is. AN OF these rescues and many othe
"a occurred within a period of a few ma
I'm utes Meanwhile terrifying scenes ~,
ed being enacted By frenzled mea and w2