The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

Frantic Appeals for Assistance from Scores
of Windows.

Frantic Appeals for Assistance from Scores
of Windows.
In addition to the regular guests of
the hotel the windows were crowded by
large number OF spectators, residents
of this city, who had COngregated there
to witness the parade. Soon after the
first alarm was given it became ap-
parent that great majority of the
occupants of the hotel were either panic
stricken or unable to make their way
to the ground floor. Windows were
thrown up on every side of the building
and ueStS-mOStly WOmen-in all stages
of terror made their appearance and
uttered frantic appeals for assistance
to the crowd below. AS the flames
gathered about them they became more
and more terror-stricken and presently
some Of them stood upon the narrow
window stills and beckoned to the specta-
tors that they were about to leap. The
men collected upon the sidewalks ready
to render any assistance they could,
and in the meantime some of the wom-
en- left the window stills and dropped
to The streets.
In most instances the efforts to catch
them and break their awful fall were
unavailing, for they struck the side
walk and in most cases broken limbs
were the result. AS soon as the fire
men could get their scaling ladders into
position they climbed the sides of the
building and entered at every window
where there was an unfortunate guest
appealing for assistance, and many
cases of heroic rescue were witnessed
by the thrOng in the streets. Several
occupants of the hotel appeared at the
windows of the sixth and seventh
stories, and even on the roof, and
leaped to the streets from those points.
Very few of them escaped either in
slant death or injuries which resulted
in their death a short time later.
Following is list of the missing, cor
rected up to this writing: Mrs. Mary
Anglin, wife of T. H. Anglin, New
York; Jane Bruit, New York; Mrs. N.
X Bradley aunt of Mrs. "A. M. Fuller.
of Philadelphia; Aaron Bischofshausen,
Germany; Flossie Boyce, s, daughter Of
w. s. Boyce, New York: Mrs. M. G..
Brush: Leland Simmons, wine steward,
cousin of Warren Leland; Mary
Clair: Miss Egan; Miss Margaret Fuller,
daughter of A. M Fuller, of Philadel-
phia; War; II Guyon, elevator boy; Miss
Dora Hoffman. Baltimore; Miss Jose,
servant; Alexander 3. Johnson and wife,
Newburyport, Mass; Alice Kelly, SER
want; Fred Leland, room clerk, cousin
of Warren Leland; D. Lynch; Miss Mag
gle Lowry; Harry w. Lawrie, %, New
York; Mary Lanny; Mrs Isabella Nc
Donald, widow; Miss Anie Taylor Nor
gan, New York; Miss Catherine Nor
gan; Kate Mcconnell; Miss M. c. Nc
Nulty, New York; Lizzie Mcdonald,
New York; Catherine V. Mccarthy, New
York; Henry Mccarthy; Jennie Nc
Kenna, chambermaid, New York: Jen-
ME Morat. chambermaid, New York;
Annie Nellie (who was known at the
hotel as Annie Malloy). New York; Mrs.
Paterson. wife of Judge Paterson, of
Colorado; Miss Reid; Mrs. D. S. Sala-
mon, widow, and daughter Rosona;
Kate Shea servant: Mrs. James B.
Stokes, widow of General Stokes: Miss
Adela Simpson; Mary Sleman, %, New
York; Mary Soy, %, laundress; Mary
Walsh, servant; Annie Ward, chamber
maid.
New York, March 21.-A large forcs
of men worked on the ruins Of the
Windsor hotel all day yesterday and
last night. The workmen evacuated
slowly and with great care. The debris
was thrown from the space occupied by
the hotel to the sidewalk. At midnight
800 laborers who had been digging in the
ruins were relieved by another gang OF
800. No body had been found since
o'clock in the morning, when the work
men came across the remains of two
charred bodies. with nothing whereby tt
identify them.
The first body found was headless. Il
had little flesh, but it is supposed to bs
that of woman. A gold bracelet stud
ded with pearls and diamonds was found
by a building inspector in the ruins al
z East Forty-sixth street. It is said t.
be worth $1,000 and to be the propert.