The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-24
TERRIBLE PANIC IN THE HOTEL.
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 guests-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 short time later.
Following is list of the missing, cor
rected up to this writing: Mrs. Mary
Anglin, wife of T. II. Anglin, New
York; Jane Bruit, New York; Mrs. N.
K. Bradley, aunt of Mrs. "A. M. Fuller,
of Philadelphia; Aaron Bischofshausen,
Germany; Flossie Boyce, 8, 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; Warren Guyon, elevator boy; Miss
Dora Hoffman, Baltimore; Miss Jose,
servant; Alexander b. 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, 22, New
York; Mary Lanny; Mrs. Isabella Nc
Donald, widow: Miss Anie Taylor Nor
gan, New York; Miss Catherine Nor
gan; Kate M'Connell; Miss M. c. Nc
Nulty, New York; Lizzie Mcdonald,
New York; Catherine " 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 Mallory, New York; Mrs.
Paterson, wife of Judge Paterson. of
Colorado; Miss Reid; Mrs. ID. S. Sala-
mon, widow, and daughter Rosona;
Kate Shea. servant; Mrs James Il.
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 force
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
300 laborers who had been digging in the
ruins were relieved by another gang of
400. No body had been found since 8
o'clock in the morning, when the work.
men came across the remains of two
:harred bodies. with nothing whereby to
IDENTIFY them.
The first body found was headless. II
had little flesh, but 1t is supposed to be
that Of woman. A gold bracelet stud
ded with pearls and diamonds was found
by building inspector In the ruins at
z East Forty-sixth street. 1t Is said to
be worth $500 and to b the property