New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-19

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her escape she said that she ran Immediately 10
the towers on the seventh floor, where mum,
her of the girls off duty were sleeping. They all
rushed together to the roof. where there was
general stampede toward the fire escapes on ,ne
Forty st. side Of the hotel Inc Hle;
she said was then burning with great fury. anu
II was with much difficulty and still greater
peril that they managed to Chamber down inc
fire escapes and reach the ground III saletS' A.,
",Thers were five towers" she continued. on
the seventh floor In one Of them were two OF
the chambermaids Kate Flanagan ana LIZZIE
ConnOrs and woman and her baby VINO Were
visiting them The windows Of the towers were
exceedingly small. and a stout person could no,
get ont through them. but after having aroused
the others l. being Of small build. managed 10
squeeze through one of them. but Kate ran
nigan who tried TO follow me, stuck iast.
tried my best to pull her through put fali et;
After giving herself up for lost, and having Od
me goClbv she managed somehow or other I'd
wriggle herself back into the tower. she ran
down 10 the floor below entered the central
tower ard managed 70 reach the roof WIN heI
clothing singed by the flames and her race ana
hands blackened by smoke, she uitimatey
reached the ground Lizzie Connors ana her
friend the woman with the baby. also managed
to reach the roof in safety and descend by the
fire-escape
FIRE ESCAPES DID NOT REACH THE ROOF
when the fire was discovered Waterman
named McNichoI and another man named Duke
were asleep in the centre tower. Both the men
had to jumy with only their Undertaking on.
John Connolly. the furniture man In the hoteL
was on the roof watching the St Patricks Day
parade and did not know the hotel was ahre
until after the rush to the roof by the ehi-
ployes on the upper floors had begun. during
the stampede the roof the excitement was
intense. and the men acted worse thah llt
women. The poor woman with the DaDy seemed
paralyzed and unable to do anything. some OF
the others began TO pray while a"aitns a
chance TO get to the ire-escapes Almost
los. my senses myself, and grew desperate.
Crowds had begun to gather in the street by
this time but they were powerless to AID any OF
us The fire-escape on the sixth moor, the
one below where | | swung by my hands
and was attempting to drop. when | felt some
one grab hold of my ankles. | then lost con-
sciousness until found myself lying on the TOP
of the ESCAPE where | had been placed by
man who had undoubtedly saved my Ire Al
his bidding | fastened down the escape 10 the
street. There two floors In each tower
the first floor was occupied by men and women
and the upper used for storing linen.
Other employees of the Windsor who were
found at the Hotel Roland are Miss Jennie
Wrgley. the hOusekeeper. VINO was reported
missing; Margaret Noonan. Eva Dressler Mill
ME Nonohan and Bertha Klein They were on
the lower floor of the hotel when the fire began
and had not much difficulty in escaping though
they said they hardly knew how they had es-
caped 1t seemed TO them they said. as though
they had been simply pushed out Of the burning
building by the crowd Of guests pehind theii
STORY OF THE ELECTRICIAN.
J. H. Sullivan the electrician of the hotel
denied emphatically yesterday afternoon the
story that the fire apparatus in the hotel ala
not work properly at the fire He said there
was nothing wrong at all with IT, When the
fire started two engineers. two firemen. an oiler'
a painter two carpenters, a coal-passer and
steamhtter were with him in the sub-celar. He
said that as they were apprlsed or the
fire the first thing they did was TO start the
fire pumps, which he said. worker perfectly.
They then drew three of the fires and turned the
CrOtOn water into the boilers To prevent any ex-
plosons All the six engines going at the time
were shut off except one which was kept on SO
that the steam could be exhausted.
Sullivan said that John Clifford. the steam
filter, went to the seventh floor to warn the
help who were sleeping there. He was burned
somewhat in doing So but he escaped and was
removed TO hospital The other men scat
tered. sullivan said To the office floor and vari-
GUS floors up to the fourth to work the fire APP
paratus. He said that all the fire appointments
worked in good order and none were found to
be imperfect. There were 1900 feet of new
hose, put in about a month ago when the other
hose found to be somewhat old
There We're two tanks with 100000 gallons
OF water Sullivan said. on the seventh floor.
These to be used in the fire APP
paratus did not work He said that the fire
apparatus did work. but the people were quickly
cut off from the upper part of the house and
the tanks.
Sullivan stated that all those in the sub-cellar
with him got out by the Forty-sxth and For
ty-seVenth-st sides Of the building when the
fire became too hot.
OTHERS THAN GUESTS IN THE HOTEL.
c. w. Squires, the cashier OF the Windsor.
when seen yesterday at the Hotel Manhattan.
where he is now staying. said:
There We're many persons In the hotel when
the fire started who were not guests but I
cannot say whether not any of them were
lost. All the afternoon persons had been coming
into the office and asking permission to go
urstairs that they might view the parade.
Nest of them were women and all those who
appeared to be respectable were told that they
might do so. | do not know how many outsiders
were I'm the hotel, but the number was large
Most OF the persons who had come In TO view
the parade stationed themselves at windows on
the parlor floor. and lot Of them went out on
had every chance TO escape. and most
likely did they not far from the
stairways and close To the ground but some OF
them may have persisted. II any Of them went
up further than the parlor floor however they
were caught there by the flames Then. too a
number OF the guests had visitors i'm their
rooms. and II any of these persons persisted il
may be several days before the fact becomes
| known"
SHE FELL FORTY FEET
Mrs. Nellie Thomas. the assistant housekeeper
| had an almost miraculous escape from death
She was at work the sixth floor when the
| fire broke out. She ran to the stairs and found
escape shut off She then went to the elevator
shaft and met by flames pouring up from
| below Then she went To window and threw
! out rope which was placed there for such
emergencies, and climbed down hand over
| hand until within forty feet from the ground
| There she became unconscious and fell but she
| was not seriously Injured by the fall.
MRS. KIRk'S FUNERAL
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