The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-22
WINDSOR HOTEL BURNED
New York's Famous Hosiery De-
stroyed by Flames with
Terrible Results.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE KILLED.
Scores Are Injured and Many Are
Missing Women Leap to Their
Death from Windows Loss to
Hotel Estimated Mt $1,OOO,OOO-
History of the Burned Hotel.

New York, March 1S.-Flames which
originated from the igniting of a lace
curtain burst forth from the second
floor of the Windsor hotel at Forty
ly after three o'clock Friday after
noon, just as the st. Patrick's day
parade was passing the building, and
in few moments they had leaped up
to 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 to fifteen lives were lost
within a half hour, and 80 or 40 per-
sons were injured in jumping from
windows and in rushing through the
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 to the stone sidewalk were so
badly injured that they are still hover
ing between life and death. 1t may be
"a hours or more before the complete
list of fatalities becomes known, and it
will be longer than that before it can
be ascertained definitely how many
charred bodies are in the mass of fallen
masonry that marks the spot where
the hotel stood. The list of dead is as
follows:
The Dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leland, wife of Warren
Leland, proprietor of the hotel; burns of
body: died at Flower hospital.
Helen Leland, daughter of Warren Lee
land, jumped from window; body identified
at East Fifty-first police station.
Mrs. Amelia Paddock, Irvington, N. Y;
jumped from window; body at East Fifty
first street station.
Nancy Ann Kirk (Mrs. James S. kirk,
Chicago; died in Bellevue.
Mrs. M. Pierce, Macon, Ca; died at 10
East Forty-sixth street.
Miss Lacelles Grandy, Elizabeth City, N.
Mrs. Addie Gibson, aged 35; shock; died
at Murray Hill hotel.
Eleanor Louise Goodman, aged II; frac-
tured skull; died at Bellevue.
John Connolly, hotel employee, burns and
internal injuries; died at 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 as
the wife of a Baltimore financier; fell
while letting herself down by the rope fire
escape from sixth floor, and died in Miss
Helen Gould's house.
Unknown man, 80, 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 of the child;
jumped from window; body not recovered.
A list of the Injured numbers 80, some
of whom are fatal.
A revised list of the missing brings
the list up to Al.
Warren Leland Insane.
Overcome by news of the death of his
wife and daughter, following upon the
destruction of the Windsor hotel, War
rem F. Leland, proprietor of the ruined
hostelry, went insane Friday night. 1t
is feared that he cannot survive the
shock and that if he does his mind will
be shattered.
The Loss.
The loss on the hotel is estimated at
about $1,O0O,OOO. Several adjoining
buildings were damaged considerably,
but the loss on these is comparatively
small. All the papers and books of the
hotel are believed to have been saved.
The Burned Hotel.
1.-THE Windsor hotel was seven stories
high and almost square in form, had
a 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 in height. 1t had also two wings,
each seven stories in height and 70 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 to six or the
most powerful fire engines in the city. 1t
cost about three-quarters OF million dol
lars to build The Windsor's builder and
first owner was John T. Daily, and the build
ing was first opened as hotel in Septem-
Der, 1873 The Windsor for many years was
one of the most exclusive hotels In the
city and was in the height of it's glory up to
ten years ago. 1t was the rendezvous or
all the great Wall street operators from the
days of Commodore Vanderbilt and Daniel
Drew. The hotel became known as wall
street by night" because of the visits OF
the great financiers. President and Mrs
Mckinley always stopped at the windsor
and celebrities of all kinds were its guests.
Mr. Leland, the proprietor of the hotel. took
charge Of the Windsor shortly after the
close of the worlds fair in Chicago.]
Must Undergo Another Operation.
Paris March 1S.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Figaro says the pope's
physicians have decided upon another