The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Windsor
hotel, Forty-seventh street and Fifth av-
enue was entirely destroyed by fire this
afternoon with great loss of life. Fifteen
people are known to be dead, and there
are forty or more seriously injured. More
bodies may be In the ruins, and many Of
the guests Of the hotel are missing.
John Foy, waiter in the hotel, was
passing through the hall on the parIor
floor, the first above the street He was
making his way to a place where he
could catch a moments sight of the pa
rade. In front of him walked a man,
patron Of the hotel. The waiter did not
know him. Passing thus one behind the
other, they had nearly gained the angle
OF the passage near Fifth avenue and
Forty-sixth street, when the patron drew
match and lighted a cigar or cigarette
He tossed the match aside. It was still
blazing and fell into the folds of lace
curtain. In an instant the f1imsy fabric
was ablaze and the flames shot to sur
rounding draperies. This, from all ac-
counts. was the origin Of the fire.
The flames burst furiously forth from
the second floor shortly after 8 o'clock,
just as the St. Patrick's day parade was
passing the building. In few minutes
they had leaped aup to the roof and en-
veloped the entire Fifth avenue and
F'crtyseventh street fronts Of the hotel
Ten minutes later the flames were roar
ing throughout the interior of the hotel,
and all escape by means of stairways and
elevators was cut off.
There was the widest scene of excite
ment within and without the building.
Hundreds of guests and employees were
In the hotel when the fire broke out, and
for many Of them escape with safety was
impossible. Probably from ten to fifteen
lives were lost within half-hour, and
thirty or forty persons were injured in
jumping from windows and in rushing
through the roaring flames in the corri-
dors and on the stairways. Many who
were 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 be twenty-four hours or more
before the complete list of fatalities be-
comes known, and 1t will be longer than
that before 1t can be ascertained definite
ly how many charred bodies are in the
mass Of allen masonry that marks the
spot where the hotel stood
THE DEAD.
LELAND, Mrs Elizabeth. wife of War
rem Leland, proprietor of the hotel; burns
on body, died at Flower hospital.
LELAND, Helen, daughter of Warren
Leland, jumped from window, body iden-
tilted at East Fifty-first street station
PADDOCK, Mrs. Amelia, Irvington, N.
Y; jumped from window, body at East
Fifty-f1rst street station.
KIRK, Nancy Ann (Mrs James s..
Kirk), Chicago; died In Bellevue.
PIERCE, Mrs. M, Macon, Ca; died
at 10 East Forty-sixth street.
GRANDY, Miss I.acelles, Elizabeth, N.
c., body at East Fifty-first street station.
GlbSON, MIS-. ANQl6, dSoQ LnlTIy-uV0,
shock, died at Murra yhill hotel.
GOODMAN, Leanor Louise aged seven
teen, fractured skull, died at Bellevue.
CONNOLLY, John, hotel employee
burns and internal injuries, died at Flow
er hospital.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, middle-aged,
jumped from window, died at Miss Helen
Gould's residence
UNKNOWN WOMAN, body at East
Fifty-flrst street station.
| UNKNOWN MAN, 35, seen to jump
| from roof at rear Of hotel. body not re-
| covered.
UNKNOWN CHILD, thrown from
| window by mother; body not recovered
| UNKNOWN WOMAN, mother of the
child, jumped from window; body not re-
| covered.
THE INJURED.
| Roache. Kate. burns on face. leg frac-
| tured.
! Noon, Polly, hotel employe. burns on
| the body.
| McNichols, Patrick, watchman, burns.
| Mcclure, James, truckman, left leg
| fractured, scalp wound.
| MrPhatter, DR.. Neil, ankle fractured.
| Flanagan, Kate, domestic, burns on
| body.
| Mallon, Nicholas. internal injuries.
| serious.
+ Henry, Mehitable,, probably fatal burns.
| Waldo. Mrs. Frank R., burns on body.
| Bailey, Mrs. Catherine, 1884 Greenwood
avenue, Chicago; burns on the body. not
| serious, Roosevelt hospital.
| Brewer. Miss Helen, thigh broken, bad
| burns on body.
Won spiegler, Mrs. leg and rib fractur-
ed.
Misch, Mrs. Catherine, burns on face
and hands, suffering from shock.
/ Wheeler, Mrs. G. p. shock and burns.
! Wheeler, Miss Dorothy, shock and
/ burns
Boyce. Mrs. William g.. shock