The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-18
A HOTEL
HOLOCAUST
A Terrible COnflagration at the
Windsor, in New York.
PROBABLY A SCORE DEAD.
While the List Of Wounded Will
Reach Half a Hundred.
PROBABLY A SCORE DEAD
MANY JUMPED TO THEIR DEATH.

Among the Dead Are the wife and Dsugh-
ter Of Proprietor LelAnd-Ths Fire Was
Discovered as the st. Patriek's Day Pa
rads Was Passing the Hotel, and Every
window Was Filled with Spectators.
Thrilling RsScuss by the Firemen Viewed
by Thousands Of Speetators-Ths Fam
lily Of Abner Mckinley, Brother Of the
President, Escape Safely, But Lose All
Their Personal Property In Their Rooms.
New York March 1s.-Flames which
originated from the igniting Of q lace
curtain burst forth from the second
hoor Of the Windsor hotel, at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue, short
ly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Just as the st. Patrick's day parade
was passing the building, and in a few
moments they had leaped up to the
roof and enveloped the entire Fifth
avenue and Forty-seventh street fronts
OF the hotel. Ten minutes later the
names were roaring through the in
terror Of the hotel, and all means
OF escape by means Of stairways and
elevators were cut OF, and there was
the widest scene Of excitement within
and without the building.
Hundreds OF guests and employees
were in the hotel when the fire broke
out, and for many OF them escape with
safety was impossible. Probably from
ten to fifteen lives were lost within a
half hour, and 80 or 40 other persons
were injured in jumping from win
dows and in rushing through the roar
Ing flames in the corridors and on the
stairways. Many who were injured
died later at nearby residences and at
hospitals, and others who made wild
leaps to the stone sidewalk were so
badly injured that they are still hover
Ing between life and death. 1t may be
"a hours or more before the complete
list Of fatalities may hannrna A-nO-v-.,
and 1t will be longer than that before
1t can be ascertained definitely how
many charred bodies are in the mass
OF fallen masonry that marks the spot
where the hotel stood. Already Il Is
known that IA are dead, and It is as
serted that there are at least six more
bodies in the ruins.
The Dead and Injured.
The list Of dead so far as now known
Is as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Leland, wife of War
rem Leland, proprietor of the hotel,
burns OF body, died at Flower hospital:
Helen Leland, daughter of Warren L,e-
land, jumped from window; Mrs.
Amelia Paddock, Irvington, N. Y,
jumped from window; Nancy Ann
Kirk (Mrs. James S. kirk, Chicago,
died in Bellevue; Mrs. M. Pierce, Ma
con, Ca, died at 10 East Forty-sixth
street; Miss Laselles Grandy, Eliza
beth City, N. c.; Mrs. Addis Gibson,
aged S5, shock, died at Murray Hill
hotel; Elanor Louise Goodman, aged
II, fractured skull, died at Bellevue;
John Connolly, hotel employe, burns
and internal injuries, died at Flower
hospital; unknown woman, middle
aged, jumped from window, died at
Miss Helen Gould's residences; un-
known woman, body at East Fifty-first
street station; unknown man, about
S5, seen to jump from roof at rear Of
hotel, body not recovered; unknown
child, thrown from window by mother.
body not recovered; unknown woman,
mother of the child, jumped from win
dow, body not recovered.
The following were injured;
Kate Roache, burns Of face, leg frac-
tured; Polly Noonan, hotel employe.
burns on body; Patrick McNichols,
watchman, burns; James MCGUIRE.
truckman, left leg fractured, scalp
wound; DR.. Neil McPhatter, ankle
fractured; Kate Flanagan, domestic,
burns Of body; Nicholas Mallon, seri-
Gus internal injuries; Mehitable Henry,
probably fatal burns; Mrs. Frank r.
Waldo, burns OF body; Mrs. Catherine
Bailey, Chicago, burns OF body. not
serious; Miss Helen Brewer, thigh
broken, bad burns of body; Mrs. Won
Speigle, leg and rib fractured; Mrs.
Catherine Misch. burns of face and
hands, suffering from shock; Mrs. q.
p, Wheeler. shock and burns: Miss
DNANhhg hNSASAt buoGh ana DurnSt
Mrs. William S. Boyce, shock; Edward
Shelton, watchman, probably fatal
burns; John Duke, hotel employe.
shoulder dislocatedi Warren F. Le-
land, proprietor of hotel, head cut;
Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins, Chicago.
hysterical; Miss Alice w. Price, Of Ma.
con, Ca, shock, seriously injured; Nell
lie Thomas, assistant housekeeper,
shock; John Clifford, severe scalp
wounds; Ellen Curran, hotel employe.
burns of body; William F. Love, cash
fer, serious burns; Arthur James, fre-
man, scalp wound; Mrs. Caro- II. Cal
houn, shock; Mrs. G. U. Simmons,
burns Of body; Mrs. Rosina RosenthaI,
burns OF body; unknown woman, 25,
fractured skull and leg fractured, CON
dition critical; unknown man, hands
and arms burned; Thomas Mcpherson
burns Of hands and bodyI Mrs. q. d
Waterman, Mrs. 8. II. Purrington
Helen Westerfield, Margaret LAwne
Mrs. Badenburg, Mas winters. Will
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