The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-18
FLAMES
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OF one Of the walls. AS yet no trace OF
these bodies have been found.
J. Lemmott Morgan, OF Birmingham.
Ala, who had ben watching the parade
with number of friends from the ball
| cony, ran 70 the fourth floor and rescued
Mrs. Algernon Jarvis and her daughter,
Mabel. He took them TO the balcony and
thence they were taken to the street by
remen.
Abner Mcin,ey. brother of resident Nc
Kinley, had four rooms on the ground
| floor fthe hotel. Mrs. Mckinley and her
daughter aMbel Mckinley, occupied the
rooms, with Abner Mckinley. Miss Ma
bel Mckinley had ordered coach for a
drive at o'clock and was dressing for it
when the alarm of re was given. She was
in her dressing 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
block and found her carriage in waiting.
She was driven TO the Hotel Bucking-
ham, where she telephoned to her father,
Abner Mckinley, at his Office at 30 Broad
street. Mrs. Mckinley and her daugh-
ter, Helene Mckinley, were entertaining
Mrs. John Sherwood, the author. Al OF
them got out, assisted by two men, they
do not know how. The women became
separated. Mrs. Mcinley went to the
residence Of Rev. DIR Morgan, at No
East Forty Fifty street, and Miss Helene
Mckinley to the residence of the banker,
Richard T. Wilson, at 81 Fifth Avenue
Finally all went 10 the Manhattan hotel,
where there was joyful reunion Of the
family. They lost everything except the
clothes they wore.
Two men, one fireman, and the other
an employee, carried Mrs Warren Leland
to the street. The woman's clothes were
burned from mher body. The men found
her in the hallway lying on the floor un
conscious. They saw one woman leap
fro mthe 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 sthe proprietor of the
other daughter, Miss Fannie Leland, but
she was away from the hotel al the time
Mrs Leland died in Flower hospital at
9:1j o'clock tonight Her son Charles was
the only relative with her when the end
came. He remained at the bedside for
some time after her death took place
and then walked quietly down stairs
There he met his father, who, with War
rem Leland, Jr., a nephew, and friend,
had just come to the hospital. The old
gentleman was greatly agitated.
Charlie, my boy, how is your mother?"
he asked, his voice thick with emotion.
Mother is resting quieatly. father" re-
piled the son, who feared to tell his father
tye hoI iTG
MrM. Leland was then taken away by his
son, to the house Of friend.
The loss on the contents Of the building
Is almost complete. The salvage men
managed to save $4,000 worth of paint
ings on the first floor of the hotel, but
very little of the guests who lived at the
Windsor lost valuable jewely and bric-a-
brac, among them being F. F. Flower,
nephew OF ex-governor Flower, VINO,
among other things, lost a package OF
jewelry valued at 5000
Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins, daughter or
Mrs. Kirk, who died at Bellevue, left the
hospital after having slight burns attend
ed to. She returned in a cab later in a
historical condition.
Mrs. Nellie Thomas, assistant house
keeper, has a miraculous escape from
death. She was at work on the sixth
floor when the fire broke out She ran
to the stairs and found escape cut off.
At the elevator shaft she was met by
flames. She then ran to a window and
threw out rope, which was placed there
for such emergencies, and climbed down
hand-over-hand to within forty feet of the
ground. Here she became unconscious and
fell the remaining distance.
Victor Regnan, a nurse IN Flower hos
pltal, says he saw fifteen persons fall and
jump from the building in the space Of
a few minutes.
John Connolly, one OF the first to die
soon after reaching Flower hospital, was
the furniture man in the hotel. He was 80
years old. Stephen D. Myers. who was
reported missing was later found to be
safe at the Buckingham.
The loss on the hotel is estimated at
about 100000. Several adjoining build
ings were damaged considerably. but the
loss on these is comparatively small. Up
to midnight the ruins had not cooled on
sufficiently to allow search for bodies.
A big force OF men IS now at the ruins
ready to begin the SEARCH as soon as pos
sible. II is believed by both fremen and
police that there are a number OF bodies
in the ruins. The list Of missing for so
many hours after the fire was practically
over, IS large. Doubtless many OF the
missing ones are comfortable housed in
the Fifth avenue houses which were
thrown open 20 the sufferers. Doubtless
also some of the missing will never be
found.
Following are the victims, dead and in
jured, so far as known at this hour:
Dead:
MRS. ELIZABETH LELAND, wife of
Warren LeIan5 proprietor OF the hotel;
died in Flower hospital
HELEN LELAND. daughter OF Warren
Leland, jumped from window; body iden-
titled at East Fffty-frst street station.
MRS. AMELIA PADDOCKS, Irvington.
y. Y: jumped from window; died at Miss
Gould's house.
NANCY ANN CMrs. James, KIRK. Chi
cago: died in Bellevue
MRS. NJ. PIERCE. Macon, Ca; Jumped
from window. Died a. le East Forty-sixth
street.
MISS I.ACELLES GRANNY, Elizabeth
CITY. y. c: Jumped from window.
MRS. ADDTE BIGSOE. aged s.; shock;
fen from ore of upper stories; died a.
Murray Hi hotel
ELEANOR LOUISE GOODMAN. aged
l.: fractured skull: died at Bellevue.
JOHN CONNOLLY. hotel ernploye;
burns and Internal injuries
UNKNOWN WOMAN. u1itdle-sCei;
Jumped from window: died a. Helen