The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-18

NEW YORK, March 17.-Flames
which originated from the .ignlting Of a
lace curtain burst forth from the second
floor OF the Windsor Hotel, at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue, shortly
after o'clock this afternoon, Just as
the St. Patrlck's Day parade was pass
ing the building, and in few moments
they had leaped up to the roof and en-
veloped the entire Fifth avenue and
Forty-seventh street fronts of the hotel.
Ten minutes later the flames were roar
ing through the interior OF the hotel
md all escape by means of stairways
and elevators was cut off.
There was the widest scene OF ex-
element 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 a
half hour, and thirty or forty persons
were injured in jumping from windows
and in rushing through the roaring
flames in the corridors and on the stair
ways. Many who were injured died
later at nearby residences and at hos
pitals and others who made wild leaps
to the stone sidewalk were so badly in
jured that they are tstill lowering be-
tween life and death. go
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 defl-
nitely how many charred bodies are in
the mass of fallen masonry that marks
the spot where the hotel stood.
Dead and Injured. -''-
DEAD-Leland, Mrs. Elizabeth. wife
Of Warren Leland, proprietor OF the
hotel; burned on body; died at Flower
hospital.
Leland, Helen. daughter of Warren
Leland: jumped from window, body
identified at East Flfty-first street sta
ton.
Paddock, Mrs. Amelia, Irvington, n.
Y: jumped from window, body at East
Fifty-hrst street station.
Kirk, Nancy Ann (Afrs. James S.
Kirby Chicago: died in Bellevue.
Pierce, Mrs. NJ. Macon, Ca; died at
70 East Forty-sixth street.
Grandy. Miss Lascl!es, Elizabeth City,
y. c.; body at East Fifty-hrst street
station.
Gibson, Mrs. AddIe, aged 35, shock;
died at Murray Hill hotel.
Goodman, Eleanor. aged II. fractured
Skull; died at Bellevue.
Connolly, John. hotel employc. burns
and Internal injuries; died at Flower
hospital.
Unknown woman, middle aged, jump
ed from window: died at Miss Helen
Gould's residence.
Unknown woman; body at East Fiji
ty-first street station.
1NJURED-Roach. Kate, burns on
face. leg FEATURED.
Eoonan. Polly. hotel employe. burns
OF the body.
McN!chols, Patrick, watchman. burns.
Mcclure. James, truckman. left leg
fractured; scalp wound.
McPhatter. DR.. Neil. ankle fractured.
Flanngan. Kate. domestic: burns of
body.
Mallon, Nicholas. internal Injurles;ser-
!ous.
Henry, MahItable, probably fatal
burns.
Waldo. Mrs. Frank r., burns OF body.
Bailey. Mrs. Catherine. 1854 Green
wood avenue, Chicago: burns Of body;
not serious; Roosevelt hospital.
Brewer, Miss Helen. thigh broken. bad
burns OF body.
Won speigel. Mrs, leg and rib frac-
turcd.
M!gck. Mrs. Catherine. burns Of face
and hands. suffering from shock.
Wheeler. Mrs. G. p. shock and burns.
Wheeler. Miss Dorothy. shock and
burns.
Boyce. Mrs. William S.. shock.
SHELTON, Edward. watchman, burns;
probably fatal.
Duke. John. hotel employee; shoulder
dlslocatcd.
Leland, Warren T., proprietor of the
hotel: head cut.
HaskinE, Mrs. Mary Kirk. Chicago.
hys'"ricali, Bellevue.
Price, Miss Alice, sister of former
Governor Price. OF Georgia: shock, serl-
onsly Injured: Bellevue.
Thomas. Nellie, assistant housekecper:
Shock.
clifford. John. severe scalp wound.
Curran. Ellen, hotel cmploye. burns of
body.
Love. William r., cashier, burns. con-
Glilon serious.
James. Arthur, fireman. scalp wound.
Calhoun. Mrs. Caro- H.. shock.
SImmons. Mrg. C. c.. burns OF body.
hoscnthnl. Mrs. I.oslnn, burns Of
body
Unknown woman. aged 25. fractured
sHn'I leg fractured; condition critical;
Bellevue.