The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-18

Kinley'S brother, Abner Mckinley, an
his family. The boy pulled a chain at
tached to the fire alarm, but the chail
broke and then he cried out an alarm o
fire and ran to the floor below. Tn
blaze was then licking up everything OF
the Fifth avenue end of the building
and the lad, when he got to the foo
above the main hall, ran into the Amer
lean dining room and gave the alarm
to the guests there. Only few persons
were in the dining room and they es
capped. When the boy reached the mail
floor Warren F. Leland, the proprieto
of the hotel was in the end of the Ions
hall and the boy shouted to him tha
the building was on fire. On Mr.. lie
lands instructions the clerks tried tt
save all the books and papers, and the
boy then rushed down the basemen
stairway and alarmed the women who
were at work in the laundry. 1t is be-
lieved that all OF them escaped
One of the most daring rescues effect
ed by the firemen occurred on the fifth
floor of the Fifth avenue front. An ell
| derly woman was seen at window and
two firemen succeeded in reaching the
window Immediately underneath. One
of them climbed to the coping over the
window on which she was standing and
| then stepped over to where the woman
was waving her hands desperately. He
then swung the woman clear of the win
| dow and landed her safely in the arms
of his companion, who with the assist
ance Of several other firemen, passed
the woman down to the street.
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Zophar Mills rushed through the smoke
to the top floor and found Night Watch
man MacNichol asphyxiated Hanna
| lowered him by means of wire to the
fire escape two stories below and let
himself down in the same 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 90 rescued Mrs. Brann from
the fourth floor of the hotel by means
of a scaling ladder. His rescue was
cheered by an immense crowd. A Grip
pied woman was found lying on the
floor of room on the fourth floor una
BILE to move and was carried in safety
to the street.
Dunn and Police Commissioner Hess all
assisted in taking persons from the ho-
tel Captain Emil H. Pate of Company
L. Forty-seventh United States Volun-
teers, rushed up to the fourth floor and
rescued an old crippled man who was
partially aspbyxiated by the smoke and
burned about the head.
Policeman Luke Miey 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
woman on the second story right over
where the fire occurred first. He rushed
upstairs and rescued Kate Flanagan, a
domestic She was badly burned and
injured by falling debris and was un-
conscious when brought down.
Thomas Mcpherson, an employe of
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 was taken to the hospital
himself.
All of these rescued and many others
occurred within period of a few min
minutes Meanwhile terrifying scenes
of frenzied men and women We're being
enacted 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
an employe, jumped from the room on
the 46th street side of the hotel. Anoth-
er unknown man jumped on the Fifth
avenue side, and two more We're seen
to jump from the rear. Shortly after
that two women jumped from the roof
to the courtyard below. 1t is known
that two Of these at least are dead |
Eye witnesses say they saw a woman
throw child from the window and fall |
a moment later herself just before the |
collapse of one Of the walls. No trace |
of these has been found. j. Lemott |
Morgan of Birmingham, Ala, who had |
been watching the parade with a num-
Der of friends from the balcony, ran to
the fourth floor and rescued Mrs. Alger-
non Jarvis and her daughter, Mabel.
He tok them to the balcony, and from
hence they We're taken to the street by
iremen.
Abner Mckinley, the brother of Pres
dent Mckinley, had four rooms on the
second floor of the hotel Mrs. Nc
<inley and daughter Mabel occupied
he rooms with Abner Mckinley. Miss
Mabel had ordered a coach for drive
1t $3.50 and was dressing for it when
he alarm of fire was given. She was
n her dressing gown at the time. She
aw the smoke and becoming frighten-
d,opened the window and was assisted
ut by an unknown man. She walked
lalf a block and found her carriage in
Waiting. She was driven to the Hotel
Buckingham, where she telephoned to
Ter father at his Office at so Broad
treet.
Mrs. Mckinley and her daughter
Helen Mckinley, were entertaining
Irs John Sherwood the authoress
1rs. Mckinley, her daughter and their
uest got out assisted by two men, The
1omen became separated Mrs McKin-
~ went to the residence of Rev. DR.. |
1organ at No 3 East 45th street and
liss Helen Mckinley to the residence |
f Banker Richard 7. Wilson at 511
fifth avenue The McKinlev's after
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