Iron County register., 1899-03-23

indication of falling, and presently
with an awful crash they struck tie
asphalt-paved street in front of the
hotel, and caused the hundreds Of pee
pie who were standing there to scatter
il every direction. This fall weakened
the walls on the Forty-s1xth and Forty
seventh street sides, and they followed
a moment later. When the walls fell
the brick and mortar and twisted
girders and corrugated iron filed tiIs
streets on three sides of the hotel.
Played Streams ON Other Buildings
Firemen continued to play streams
upon the flames and also upon all oi
the adjoining buildings, including Mis-:
Goels's residence, which seemed in i'm
ninent danger of catching FIRE, but tn,
flames were brought under control he,
fore they could reach any of them.
A Hall Boy Gives the Alarm.
There were many thrilling scenes ir
the hotel during the early s-agcs OF
the fire. A hall boy discovered the
flames while he was passing alono The
fourth floor, Immediately over tt.
rooms occupied by President McKin.
ley's brother, Abner Mckinley, and hi,
family. The boy pulled a chain at.
tached to the fire alarm, Dut the chair
broke, and then he cried out an alarm
of fire, and ran to the floor below. The
blaze was then licking no everything
on the Fifth avenue end of the build
ing, and the lad when he got % Tic
floor above the main hall, ran into tll,
American dining room, and gave It's
alarm to the guests there. Only few
persons were in the dining room st tbs
time, and they escaped. When The boy
reached the main floor, Warren Leland
proprietor of the hotel, was in the real
of the long hall, and the boy shouted
to him that the building was on fire
At Mr.. Leland's instructions ths
clerks tried to save all the books anI
papers, and the boy then rushed dow
the basement stairway and alarmed
the women who were at work in ths
laundry. Tt is believed that all
them escaped.
A Daring Rescue by Firemen.
One of the most daring rescues Ell
fected by the firemen occurred IN the
fifth floor on the Fifth avenue front
An elderly woman was seen ut win
dow, and two firemen succeeded 10
reaching the window underneath. Ona
of them climbed to the coping of the
window on which she was standing, a4d
then swung the woman clear of ths
window, and landed her safely in tl.a
arms of his companions, vino, witi3
the assistance of several lireInen,
passed her to the street.
The First Horror.
The first horror occurred itlst ii
minutes after the fire broke oi,t. A
handsome woman appeared at the win
dow of a room on the fouti floor. Sl,a
held out her arms to the crowd below
Then she raised her hands as if i, sup
plication, and in moment climbed T..
the window and leaped. She turned
about like top, and struck the iron
railing in front of the hotel. Her body
seemed to be impaled there, but it fell
off and into the areaway. She was
dead. The woman was identified az
Mrs. Amelia Paddock, of lrvington n
Y.
Heroic Rescue of Several women.
One of the most thrilling scenes OF
the fire-at a time when the building
was a seething cauldron of hame--was
the heroic rescue of several wome1.
from the upper stories. One had been
carried down from the fifth stor,
Mrs. A. FL. Fuller, of Pittsburgh, then
appeared, with her maid, aT ,he win.
dow of the fourth story. 1t seemed an
age before the ladder was lowered.
Firemen ran up, and with great diff
Guilty brought down Mrs. Fuller ard
her maid. just as she was gotten out
Of the window a middIe-aged women
at a window just north OF
that at which the ladder was place.i. |
The woman, fearing that she wcu'd not
De rescued, prepared to jump. Size was
warned to keep back, and became pan.
c-stricllen, and stepped back into the
lense smoke. A hook-and- bladder man |
seeing the desperation of the woman
seized scaling ladder and went up |
story after story through the binding |
smoke. He climbed to the coping just |
IS the woman reappeared. Seizing her |
oy the waist and holding tightly TO the
wall of the building, he crept slowly |
III the coping and passed the faintirg |
to another fireman, who had |
oraced himself to receive her. There |
vas dreadful suspense as the 4ircman |
rev the woman toward him, and final. |
y had her safely on the ladder. \ |
tremendous cheer went up from the |
crowd.
other Brave Rescues by Firemen.
Fireman John Hanna, of the firn- |
,oat Zephar Mills, rushed 51rough til. |
'moLe to the top floor, and found |
Night Watchman MacNichoI, half as.
,hyxiated. Hanna lowered him By |
means of wire to the fire escape two |
tories below, and let himself DOWN
he same way. His hands were badly |
ut by the wire. Then Hanna assisted |
he old man down the fire escape.
Fireman William Kennedy, o: En-
-ine Company %, rescued 4 Mrs. Rrarn
rom the fourth floor of the hotel by |
means of a scaling ladder. Ills rescue
yas cheered by the immense crowd.
A crippled woman was found on the
Loor of a room on the fourth IIoor un,
bic to move, and was carried in safety
o the street.
Assemblyman Juhn Ell. Maher, Sheriff
)unn and Police Commissioners Hess.
exton and Abel all assisted in taking
ersons from the hotel.
rHE COUNTERVAILING BILL.