Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-18

NtN1 TERRIBLE INCIDENTS.
,iany Heroic Rcscues-A Long List
of sfissing--It il Thought Probable
That Many Dead Are In the
Ruins.
NEW YORK. March 1L-Flames. which
originated from the ign.ting Of lace
Tiain, burst from the second floor Of
tle windsor Hotel at Forty-seventh
street ana Fifth avenue. shortly after 3
o'clock this afternoon. and IN few
minutes they had leaped UP to the roof
md enveloped the entire Fifth-avenue
md rty-seventh-strcet fronts of the
l..rI Ten minutes later the flames
v.-c roaring through the interior Of the
.... al means of escape by way Of the
.rNays ana elevators were cut off.
sr. -tere was the widest scene Of eX-
.ruet within and without the build
ae
els of guests and employees were
h motel when the fire broke out and
tr many Of them escape to safety was
.a-0s7.bie.
ZEN TO FIFTEEN LIVES LOST
Probably from ten TO fifteen lives were
lost within half an hour, and thirty or
Torty other persons were injured in
jumping from windows and in rushing
through the flames I'm the corridors and
0a the stairways. Many who were in
lrti died later at nearby residences or
hospitals. ard others. who made wild
l.ars 10 the stone sidewalks. were SO
badly injured that they are still lowering
between life and death. il may be twen-
r-.'1r hours or more before the COM
.-.- list Of fatalities becomes known.
s,. j. Will Doe longer than that before it
c. Dee ascer,ained definitely how many
Dauel bodies are iu the mass of fallen
E oary that marks the spot where the
....l stood.
THE DEAD.
-.. a-t ot dead is as follows:
LELAND Mrs. ELIZABETH. wife OF
Warren Leland. proprietor OF the hotel;
burns OF body; died at Flower Hospital.
LELAND HELEN. daughter Of Warren
leaai. jumped from window; body iden-
i- "a, East Fifty-frst Street station
PADDOCK. Mrs. AMELIA. Of Irvington,
~ 81. jumped from window; body at
- Efy-drst Street station.
KIRK NANCY ANN Nrs. JAMES S.
AlihI o, chicago; died in Bellevue.
PIERCE AIRS. NJ. OF Macon, Ga; died
e. ' cast Forty-sixth street.
a.ANDY Mrs LASCELLES, Of Eliza
t..a riy s. c.; body at East Fifty-hrst
'...' station
GIBSON. Mrs. ADDIE. aged 25; shock;
ord at Murray Hill Hotel.
GOODMAN. ELEANOR LOUISE; frac-
i-ti .aaI died at Bellevue.
CONNOLLY. JOHN, hotel employee;
internal injuries; died at Flower
Hospital
UNKNOWN WOMAN. middle aged:
aiaf fom window; died at Miss Helen
sidence.
|h.DWN WOMAN. body at East
street station.
."aNDNN MAN. aged 3J: seen TO
.- Conn roof az rear OF hotel; body not !
"AADWN CHILD. thrown from win
mother. body not recovered.
"hADNN WOMAN. mother Of the |
mpcd from window; bOdy not re- |
THE INJURED.
81. ~ injured:
ae Kate. burns OF face; leg frac-
Bellevue Hospital.
ian. Polly hotel employee; burns
t body.
~. Jas. Patrick. watchman; burns.
'l'fe' James iruckmon; left leg frac
'-' scalp wound
. Platter Dr. Neil; ankle fractured.
anisan, Kate. domestic; burns Of
Jon. Nicholas; internal injuries: Sc
1fy Mehitable probably fatal burns.
H.ao. Mrs. Frank r.. burns of body.
"''iry. airs. Catherine. lJ3i Greenwood |
Ale. Chicago: burns Of body, not Sc
Brewer Miss Helen; thigh broken bad
D-rs Of body.
pNsreigie Mrs; leg ana rib fractured
-ltche. Mrs. Catherine: burns of face
'l hands; suffering from shock.
nreler. Mrs. g. r.: shock end burns
buns "''"
h}ce. Mrs. William s.. shock.
SECTION. Edward, watchman: burns; pro-
D.oy fatal
Duke. John. hotel employee; oulder
0..oratcd.
-''and. warren T.. proprietor OF the
head cut.
hynerlcsl. MIN u ~"''"so'
Fnee Miss Alice W. sister Of former