The evening times., 1900-05-16

CHICAGO, May I6.-Hotel Helene, 1l0
Fifty-third Street. was destroyed by IRE
this morning. Difficulty is experienced in
determining the number OF dead and in
ju-ed. An investigation of the various
houses and hospitals TO which the victims
were taken shows that two are dead. Two
missing, four fatally hurt. and at least ten
others seriously injured. Two bodies are
at the morgue.
Following is the latest list of the dead,
seriously injured ard missing:
Dead-Charlotte Petersen, dinicg room
girl, and Lena Pearson. chambermaid.
Missing-W. G. Patterson ard J. H. Col
lins, guests.
Injured-W. F. Horn, burned, viii die;
s. c. Madden, burned, will die; z E. Tar
box. burned about the body, Will die: Mrs.
T d. Allen, back broken and internally in
jured, will die; T. d. Allen, ankle sprained
and internally injured; Mrs. W. S. Taylor,
legs broken: Helen Joseph. badly bruised
and overcome by smoke: James NJ. Neill,
face badly burned; Sarah Hutchinson and
James Costin, fireman, burned; Mrs. Bruce
and baby, overcome by smoke: Thomas
Morgan, police officer, back wrsaehed. i.
Stella Miller, shocked.
OF the one hundred persons in the struct-
ure at the time OF the fire. more than fifty
sustained injuries in one way or another
Numbers OF them were hurt by jumping
from their windows TO the street below
The police and fremen are not yer Ger
tain whether others may not have been
burned 10 death in the biaZing hotel.
TIE origin OF the IRE is not stated Tn.
flames gained a great headway before III 81
discovery. The hotel had been closed fcl
the night, and it was only the alacrity and
bravery Of the police that prevented nearly
all OF the 100 occupants Of the buil1ing
from being cremated. The Hotel Re e1t
is a three-stCry structure. containing I6t
rooms, all Of which were occupied last
night.
At O'Clock this morning a policeman
from Hyde Park stationhoUse, around the
corner from the hotel saw smoke pOUrinl
from the rear OF the building. He gave
the alarm, and every man il the station
rushed TO the burning structure 10 aid il
the work of rescue.
They hurried from floor 10 floor awsk-
ening the guests and assisting the daz-d o.
panic-stricken people into the stree tn,
fire spread with frightfuI rapid.ty. and t5C
guests escaped in their night clothes.
Brave work of rescue WAS done BY In
spectOr Nicholas Hunt and a squad Of mer
from the HYDE Park station. They found
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succeeded in taking a dozen people from
the windows before the flames reached
them
One pitiful case was that Of T D. Aller
and wife. Mr.. Allen was aroused by smoke
and cracking Of flames, and he awoke hi.
wife and reached the roof Of the hotel
While preparing 10 lower her 10 the ZOO
Of the adjoining building, she dropped
from his arms. landing or a neighborin.
roof Mr.. Allen jumped after her and wa.
badly hurt about the ankles and feet
When Sergeant Donovan. Of the Hyde
| Park police station, reached the burning
building, he saw Miss Elizabeth Florecct
hanging from third-story window H,
called TO her to held on ard went for
ladder. Before he returned the wcmaI
| dropped TO the ground She was take1
to the Chicago Hospital.
Miss Sarah Hutchinson. a teacher in the
Hyde Park High School, was rescued from
the top floor by fremen. She was badly
| burned about the arms and face
When the fremen arrived on the scene
the windows of the hotel were crowded witr
guests Smoke was pouring in great vol
umes from the ground floor windows
Many of the frightened people refused tc
wait for the ladder to be run up. and
jumped madIy into the street The fire.
men sayed the lives OF two women who
leape1 from a third-story window by
catching them in their arms
The policemen went on with their rescue
work in the smoke and fame-flled corri-
dors- The flames first reached the guests
in the rear rooms on the third floor. Ths
fire crept ups freight elevator shaft and CT;
off their means OF exit. Below the rear
windows there was a seething wall OF
flame
Six Of the guests braved the trip down
the frery corridor, ard were found in an
unconscious CO. ition BY the fremen
Whether the Ies~uers managed to drag al
of the victims of flame and smoke from
their perilous position cannot be learned
The fremen fear that, when the debris has
cooled, charrsd bodies will BE found
The confusion was so great during the
progress of he fire that no effort was
made to round up the guests Of The hotel
and discover whether all haG escaped.
The guests lost all Of their personal
property. The exit was made in such
haste that none Of them could rescue even
wearing apparel Neighbors took them in
and this morning are providing them with
food and clothing.
One hour after the fire was discovered
nothing was left of the hostelry, excepting
the four bare walls.
The loss on the hotel will be about
500, GOO.