Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

New York, March 1S.-Flames which
originated from the igniting OF lace
curtain burst forth from the second
floor of the Windsor hotel, 47th street
and 5th avenue, shortly after 3 o CLOCK
Friday afternoon, just as st. Patrick
day parade was passing the building
and in a few moments had leaped UP
to the roof, enveloping the entire oth
avenue and 47th street fronts of the
hotel. Ten minutes later the flames
were roaring through the interior OF
the hotel, and all escape by means Of
the stairways and elevators was cut
off. The widest scenes Of excitement
within and without the building pre-
vailed. Hundreds of guests and en-
polyes were in the hotel when the
flames broke out, and for many Of
them escape was impossible. Prob
ably from 10 to Is lives were lost with
in half an hour and 80 or 40 persons
were injured in jumping from windows
or rushing through the roaring flames
in the corridors and stairways. Many
of the injured died later at nearby
residences and hospitals. Others who
made wild leaps to the stone sidewalk
were so badly injured that they are
still lowering between life and death
1t may be "a hours or more before q
complete list of the fatalities becomes
known, and it will be longer than thai
before it can be ascertained definitely
how many charred bodies are in the
mass of fallen masonry that marks the
spot where the hotel stood.
The list of dead Mrs. Elizabeth
Leland, wife of Warren Leland, pro
prietor of the hotel, burned on body
died at Flower hospital; Helen Leland
daughter of Warren Leland, jumped
from a window and killed; Mrs Anne
liza Hadoock, IrVington, n. Y, jumpet
from a window and killed; Nancy AM
Kirk (Mrs. James S. kirk, Chicago
died at Bellevue; Mrs. M. Pierce, Ma
con, Ca; Miss Lacelles Grandy, Eliza
beth City, N c.; Mrs. Addie Gibson
aged So, shock, died at Murray hotel
Eleanor Louise Goodman, aged e
fractured skull, died at Bellevue; job:
burns; VIM. F. Love, cashier, burns
condition serious; Arthur James, ire
man, scalp wound; Mrs. Caro- H. Cal
houn, shock Mrs. G. c. Simmons
burns; Mrs. Rosina Rosenthal, burns
unknown woman, fractured skull ant
leg fractured, condition critical; I'm
known man, hands and arms burned
MoDhorcnn
and body; Mrs. Ed. Waterman, burns
Mrs. G. H. burlington; Helen Wester
field; Margaret Lawney; Mrs. Baden
berg; Miss Winters; VIM. Butler
Thomas McClucky; Mrs. G. H. Strien
er; Miss Rosenheim.
Following is a list of the missing
Gladys Thompson, daughter of Eu
gene Thompson, West list street
Sadie Belts, daughter of John Belts
West list street; Annetta Upham
daughter of ex-senator Upham of Yer
mont; Mrs. Alfred Decordova, wife o
a stock broker, having office in hotel
Miss Bradley and Miss Steiner, New
York; Miss Catherine Morgan, A
Madison avenue; Warren Guien, ele
vator man at hotel; Miss Auze, visit
ing at hotel; Miss McNult,
and Miss H. Buckhorn, New York
Catherine Mccarthy, domestic; Kat
Shea, domestic; Mary Jose, domestic
Kate Mcconnell; James Vruit; Mrs
Demorasch; Mrs. Joseph Brand; Mis-
Margaret Fuller, niece of A. NJ Fulle
of Philadelphia; Miss Troops; Mrs
Connolly, hotel employee, burns and in
ternal injuries, died at Flower hospi
tai; unknown woman, middle aged
jumped from window, died at MIS-
Gould's residence; unknown woman
body at East 51st street station.
The injured were: Kate Roache
burns on face, leg fractured; Polly
Noon, hotel employee, burns on body;
Patrick McNicholas, Waterman, burns
James Mcclure, truckman, leg frac.
tured, scalp wound; DR.. Neil McPhat.
ter, ankle fractured; Kate Flanagan
domestic, burns on the body; Nicholas
Mallen, internal injuries, serious; Me-
hitable Henry, probably fatal burns;
Mrs Frank R. Waldo burns on body;
III .. AAdIhIl ihC bdlISS, NuECdSO,
on the body; Miss Helen Brewer
thigh broken, bad burns on the body;
Mrs. Won Speigle, leg and rib frac-
tured; Mrs. Catherine Misch, burns
on the face and hands, suffering from
shock Mrs. G. P. Wheeler, shock
and burns; Miss Dorothy Wheel
er, shock and burns; Mrs
William S. Boyce, shock
Edward S. Keleton, Waterman, burns
probably fatal; John Duke, hotel en-
ploye, shoulder dislocated; Warren F.
Leland, proprietor of the hotel, head
cut; Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins, Chicago,
hysterical; Mrs. Alice w. Price,
Georgia, shock; seriously injured; Mel
lie Thomas, assistant housekeeper,
shock; John Clifford, severe scalp
wounds; Ellen Curran, hotel employees,
VIM. H. Chapman; Mrs Buckley; Miss
Worth; Miss Jennie Ridgley; Ellen P.
Casey; Charles Ford; Mary WEIGH;
Nora Walsh; Mary Lammy; Mrs.
James H. Stokes; Christopher Miller;
Mrs. McFloy, rs years of age, lived at
hotel, with her family; Eliza Kelly;
Mary Clara; Bridget Armstrong; Dr.
Kennith E. Kellogg; Miss Annie Tay-
lor Morgan; Harry w. Loree; Mary
Angelina, Mrs. Frederick MacKay.
Two Durs from the time that the
fire broke out the entire structure was
in ruins and the streets on three sides
of the building were filled with debris
from the fallen walls and chimneys.