Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-18

Policeman Luxe Miley rescued tnIce
women from the fourth floor, and was
badly burned about the hands and face
and his uniform was nearly burned
from his back.
A BOOKLYN FIREMAN
who came over to see the parade, saw
woman en- the seventh story right
yer where the fire occurred first. lie
rushed up stairs and rescued Kate
Flanagan, domestic. She was badly
burned and injured by falling debris
and was unconscious when brought
down.
Thomas Mcpherson, an employe or
| the government docks, in Brooklyn,
| went through the fire and smoke five
| stories and rescued Mrs. r. Butler, who
was unconscious from shock and
fright Mcpherson was so badly burn
ed that he had to be taken to the hos
pital himself.
All of these rescues and many others
occurred within a period of 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 of the Forty
sixth street side of the hotel. Another
unknown man jumped on the Fifth ay-
enue side and two more were seen to
| jump from the rear.
| Shortly after that two women jump
- ha m ward
| low. 1t is known that two of these at
| least are dead. Eye witnesses say that
i-they saw a woman throw a child from
| window and fall moment later her.
self just before the collopse Of one OF
the walls. AS yet no trace OF these
/ bodies has been found.
] Abner Mckinley, brother of Presi-
| dent Mckinley, had four rooms on the
ground floor of the hotel. Mrs. Nc
| kinley and her daughter, Mable Nc
| Kinley, occupied the rooms with Abner
Mckinley Miss Mabel Mckinley had
ordered a coach for drive at $3.50
O'Clock and was dressing for it when
the alarm of fire was given. She was
in her dressing gown at the time. She
saw the smoke and becoming frighten-
ed, opened the window and was assist
ed out by some unknown man. She
walked half a block and found her
carriage in waiting. She was driven
to the Hotel Buckingham, where she
telephoned TO her father, Abner Nc
Kinley, at his Office at 80 Broad street.
Mrs. Mckinley and her daughter,
Helen Mckinley, were entertaining
Mrs. John Sherwood, the author. All
of them got out, assisted by two men,
but they do not know how. The Wo
men became separated. Mrs. Mckin-
ley went to the residence of Rev. DR..
Morgan, at No. East Forty-fifth
street, and Miss Helen Mckinley &c
the residence of the banker, Richard I.
Wilson, at No. 511 Fifth avenue. Fin
ally all went to the Manhattan Hotel,
where there was
A JOYFUL REUNION
of the family. They lost everything
except the clothes they wore.
The loss ON the contents of the build
ing is allaos. complete. The salvage
men managed to save $4,000 worth OF
paintings on the first floor of the hotel,
but very little else was carried out.
Many of the guests who lived al the
Windsor lost valuable jewelry and brlc-
a-brac and furnishings, among them
being F. F. Flower, nephew of ex-
Governor Flower, who, among other
things, lost package of jev~ry valued
at $4,000.
The loss on the hotel is estimated
at least 100000. Several adjoining
buildings were damaged considerably,
but the loss on these is comparatively
small All the papers and books OF the
hotel are believed to have been saved.
Up to midnight the ruins had not
cooled off sufficiently to allow a search
for bodies. A big force of men is now
at the ruins, ready to begin the search
as soon as possible. 1t is believed by
both firemen and police that there are
number of bodies in the ruins. The
list of missing, for so many hours af-
ter the fire was practically over, is
very large Doubtless very many OF
the missing are comfortably housed in
the Fifth avenue homes which were
thrown open to the sufferers. Doubt
less also some of the missing will
never be found.