The San Francisco call., 1899-03-18

the heroic rescue of several women
from the upper stories. One had been
carried down from the fifth story. Mrs.
A. H Fuller of Pittsburg, then appear
ed with her maid at the window OF the
fourth story. II seemed an age before
the ladder was raised Firemen ran
up and with great difficulty brought
down Mrs. Fuller and her maid Just
as she was gotten out of the window,
middle-aged woman appeared at.
window Just north of that at which the
ladder was placed. The woman, fear
ing she would not be rescued, prepared
10 jump. She was warned to keep back
and became panic stricken and stepped
back into the dense smoke. Another
ladderman, seeing the desperate situa
tion Of the woman, seized a scaling
ladder and went up story after story
through the binding smoke. He climb
ed TO the coping just as the woman re-
appeared. Catching her by the waist
and holding tightly 10 the building, he
crept slowly on the coping and passed
the fainting woman to another fireman
who had braced himself to receive her.
There was dreadful suspense as the
fireman drew the woman toward him
and finally had her safely on the lad
der. \ tremendous cheer went up from
the crowd.
Fireman John Hanna Of the freboat
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to the top floor and found Night Watch
man McNichou half asphyxiated- Han
na lowered him by means of wire TO the
fire escape two stories below and let
himself down this way. HIS hands
were badly cut by the wire. Then
Hanna assisted the old man down the
fire escape.
Fireman William Kennedy of Engine
Company No. % rescued Mrs. Brann
from the fourth floor Of the hotel by
means of a scaling ladder. His rescue
was cheered by the immense crowd.
A crippled woman was found dying
on the floor of a room on the fourth
floor unable 70 move and was carried
in safety to the street.
Assemblyman John II. Maher. Sheriff
Dunn and Police Commissioners Hess.
Sexton and Abel all assisted in taking
persons from the hotel. Captain Emil
II. Pate Of Company L, Forty-seventh
United States Volunteers, rushed up to
the fourth floor and rescued an old
crippled man who was partly asphyxi-
ated by the smoke and burned.
Policeman Luke Miley rescued three
women from the fourth floor and was
badly burned about the hands and face
and his uniform was nearly burned
from his back
A Brooklyn fireman who came over
TO see the parade, saw a woman on
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fire occurred first. He rushed upstairs
and rescued Kate Flanagan, a domes-
tic. She was badly burned and injured
by falling debris and was unconscious
when brought down
Thomas Mcpherson, an employe OF
the Government docks in Brooklyn
went through the fire and smoke and
rescued Mrs R. Butler. who was un-
conscious from shock and fright. Nc
Pherson was so badly burned that he
had 10 be taken TO the hospital him
self.
All of these rescues, and many others.
occurred within a period of a few min
utes. Meanwhile terrifying scenes were
being enacted by frenzied men and
women on almost every floor of the
great building. How many persons are
buried in the ruins is not known, but
at least three or four persons were seen
TO jump whose bodies have not been
recovered A young man, apparently
an employe, jumped from the roof on
the Forty-sixth street side Of the hotel
Another unknown man jumped on the
Fifth avenue side and two more were
seen to jump from the rear. Shortly
after that two women jumped from the
roof to the court below.
It is known that two of these at least
are dead. Eyewitnesses say that they
saw a woman throw a child from a win
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just before the collapse of one of the
walls. AS yet no trace of these bodies
have been found.
j. L. Morgan of Birmingham, Ala.
who had been watching the parade
with number Of friends from the bal
cony, ran TO the fourth floor and res
cued Mrs. AIgernon Jarvis and her
daughter Mabel. He took them to the
balcony and thence they were taken TO
the street by firemen.
Abner Mckinley, a brother of Presi-
dent Mckinley, had four rooms on the
ground floor of the hotel. Mrs. Nc
KinIey and her daughter, Mabel Nc
KinIey, occupied the rooms with Abner
Mckinley. Miss Mabel Mckinley had
ordered a coach for drive at o'clock
and was dressing for it when the alarm
of fire was given. She was in her dress
ing gown at the time. She saw the
smoke and becoming frightened opened
the window and was assisted out by
some unknown man. She walked half
a block and found her carriage in wait
ing. She was driven to the Hotel Buck
father, Abner Mckinley, at his office,
80 Broad street.
Mrs Mckinley and her daughter,
Helene Mckinley. were entertaining
Mrs John Sherwood, the author All
of them got out assisted by two men,
whom they do not Know The women
became separated, Mrs Mckinley. going
to the residence of Rev. DR.. Morgan at
East Forty-fffth street and Miss
Helene Mckinley to the residence of
the banker, Richard T. Wilson, at 81
Fifth avenue Finally all went to the
Manhattan Hotel, where there was a
foyfuI reunion of the family. They lost
everything except the clothes they
wore.
Two men. one a fireman and the
other an employe. carried Mrs War
rem Leland to the street. The woman's
clothes were burned from her body.
The men found her in the hallway. ly-
ing on the floor unconscious. They saw
one woman leap from the window of
the room, but they had no time to stop
her. She was Miss Helen Leland.
daughter of Mrs. Leland. This was the
saddest incident of the fire. Warren
Leland is the proprietor of the Windsor
Hotel. The Lelands have another
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