The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-18
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
by THE BURNING OF A
NEW YORK HOTEL.
TIE HEROIC WORK OF FlREMEN

Prevents the Death List from Reaching
into the Hundreds Hotel Fun Of
Guests Viewing the 81. Patrick's Day
Parade-How the Conhagration Orig
mated List OF Those Injured
New York. March li,-Flames which or
ginated from the ignhing of a lace curtain
burst forth from the second floor OF the
Windsor hotel at 45th street and Fifth
Avenue, shortly after o'clock this after
noon, just as the St Patricks day parade
was passing the building and in few
moments they had leaped ~ the roof
and enveloped the entire Avec and 47th
street fronts OF the hotel zen 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 build
ing 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 We're
injured I'm jumping from windows and In
rushing through the roaring flames In
the corridors and on the stairways. Many
who were injured died later in nearby
residences and at hospitals and others
who made Wild leaps TO the stone sidewalk
were so badly injured that they are stlll
lowering between life and death. 1t may
be- twenty four hours or more before the
complete list Of fatalities becomes known,
and Ct will be longer than that before #
can be ascertained definitely how many
charred bodies are in the mass Of fallen
masonry that marks the spot where the
hotel stood.
LIST or DEAD
Itand. Mrs. rlizal eth, wife Of Warren
Leland. proprietor of the hotcl.
Leland Helen. daughter of Warren lie
land. Jumped from window, body identi-
fled at East 5lst station.
Paddock, Mrs. Amelia, Irvington. n Y;
Jumped from window, died at Miss Gould $
house. body at East 5lst station.
Kirk Nancy. (Mrs. james S. KirlO Chi
cago; died In Bellevue.
Pierce Mrs NJ. Macon Ga, jumped
from window.
Grandv Miss Lacelles, Elizabeth city
n. c.. jumped from window, body at East
5lst street station.
Gibson. Mrs Addie, aged 81; shock fell
from one of the upper stories died at
Murray Hm hotel.
Goodman, Elenor Louise aged II; frac-
Tl.ll
Connolly, John, hotel employe, burns
and internal injuries, died at Flower hos
pltal
Unknown woman, middle aged, jumped
from window
Unknown woman, body at East mst
street tsation.
Unknown man, 30 years old, seen To-
jump from roof at rear of hotel, body
not recovered.
Unknown child, thrown from wind 5w by
mother. body not recovered.
Unknown woman, mother ot the child,
jumped from window, body not recover
ed.
INJURED.
Roache. Kate. burns on face, leg fnac-
tmed
fyoon, Polly. Motel employe. burns on
tne body.
McNichons. Patrick, Waterman; burns
Mcclure. James. truckman; leg trac-
tured and scalp wound
McPhatter. Dr. ankle fractured.
Flanagan, Kate domestic; burns Of
body
MaIon, Nichols, internal injuries; esr-
ious.
Henry Mehitable, probable fataa burns
Waldo, Mrs. Frank r., burns of body.
Bailey. Mrs Catherine, 463i Greenwood
avenue, Chicago, burns OF the body; not
serious; Roosevelt hospita'
Brewer Miss Helen, thigh broken; bad
burns Of body.
Won speigle. Mrs leg and rib fractured.
Misch. Mrs Catherine, burns on face
and hands, suffering from shock
Whesler. Mrs, C. p, shock and burns.
WI eeler. Miss Dorthy, shock and burns.
Bcyce. Mrs william 81 shock
81 eleton. Edward, watchman, burns
probably fatal.
Duke John, hotel employe, boulder dis
located
Leland. Warren, proprietor Of the ho-
tel head cut.
Hasidns. Mrs. Mary Kirk, Chicago
| hysterical bellevue.
| Price, Mrs Alice W. wife Of former gov
| ernor Price. Of Ca, shock
Thomas, Nellie, assistant housekeeper
shock
/ clifford, John, scalp wound.
Curran. Ellen, hotel employe' burns o
body.
Love, wm- T.. cashier burns, condition
| serious.
James, Arthur fireman; scalp wound.
Calhoun, Mrs. Carrie; shock.
Simmons, Mrs C.. O.; burns Of body.
Unknown woman, % years Of age. fraS
ttufed skull; leg fractured; condition crit
icnl, Bellevue.
Unknown man, hands and arms burne'
Mcpncrson. Thomas, burns hands am
body, Bellevue.
Waterman Mrs D. D., burns at No.
1 West i1th street.
Purrugtou. Mrs. s.. u. H., al So. 2 wo
47th trcet
WeJerhdd, Helen, az Dakota fa-s.
Ihwue. Margaret Manhattan hotel.
BadenburF, Mrs.
Winters. Miss. at "a Fifth ovenIe.
Bilcr. William, Roosevelt hospital.
McCmcky Thomas at Flower
suner Mrs. @ a., at No. 2 Wes- a