The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23

cn2nben 30 the coping Just as the woman
resppeared. Seiziug her by the waist
and holding her tightly TO the wall of
che building, no crept slowly On the cop
ing and passed tho fainting womon to
another fireman who had braced him.
self TO receive her. There was dread
full suspense rs the fireman drew the
woman toward him and finally had her
safely ON the ladder. A tremendous
cheer went up from the crowd below.
A number of people were brayelv res
cued by policemen, firsmen and spectar
tors, sOlue Of the rcscuers being badly
burned themselves.
Meanwhile, terrifying scenes were be-
ipg enacted 10y frenzied men and women
on almost every floor of the great build.
ing How many persons are buried
in the ruins is not known, but at least
three or four persons were seen to jump
whose bodias have not been recovered.
Abuer Mckinley, brother Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, had four rooms on the
ground floor of the hotel. Mrs. Nc
Kinley and her daughter, Mabel Nc
Kinlcy, occupied the rooms with Abner
Mckinley. Miss Mabel Mckinley had
ordered u coach for drive and was
dressing for IL when the alarm Of fire
gown nt the time. She saw the smoke
and, becoming frightened, opened the
window and was assisted out by some
unknown man. She walked half q
| block and found her carriage in waiting.
She was driven to the Hotel Bucking.
ham, where she telephoned to her
father, Abner Mckinley, at his Office al
| 80 Broad street.
Mrs. Mckinley and her daughter
were entertaining Mrs. John Sherwood
the author. All OF them got out as
sisted by two mon, but they do not know
how. Mrs. Mckinley went to the resi-
dence of Kew. DIR. Morgan, at 3 East
Forty-fi street, and Miss Helen Nc
Kinley later went to the residence ol
the banker, Richard L. Wilson, at oil
Fifth avenue. Finally all went to the
Manhattan hotel, where there was {
| joyful reunion of the family. They los
everything except the clothes they wore
Frederick Corbett, chief engineer o
the Hotel Windsor, said he was madt
aware of the fire by the cracking of tn,
flames. He rushed into the courtyard
in the rear Of the hotel He saw flame
and smoke coming from the window
from the second story up to the roof
There were number Of women ant
men coming down from the window
by the means of ropes; some slid dow
q distance and dropped to the court
yard. A number of employees VIII
were on the roof Jumped to the court
yard and received fractures and injurie
which he thought would cause thei
death.
Several women Jumped out of tn
windows and from the roof and lay un
conscious in the courtyard.
DIR. Robert Stafford Newton, who wa
one of the first doctors to arrive, state,
that it took nearly ten minutes for hin
to get from Madison avonue, throug
the crowd, to Fifth avenue owing te tn
tangle of wagons and the mass of peopl
gathered to see the parade. He said tina
many women and men who had tried t
make their exit from the hotel by th
side entrance were forced back by tn
tremendous crowd.
The loss Of the contents of the build
ing is almost complete. The salvag
men managed to save $4,000 worth {
paintings on the first floor of the hote
but very little else was carried out.
Many of the guests who lived at tn
Windsor lost valuable jewelry and brit
abrac and furnishings, among theI
being +. +. Fowler, nephew of e'
Governor Flower, who among otne
things lost n package of jewely value
at $1,000.