The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
our way. we went back to the scene OF

our way, We went back to the scene W
the trouble.
There we found Griffin playing
stream on the ceiling, and it was only
moment after our reaching there that the
flames burst through the ceiling Inc
tire,nen were arriving by this time. and
Mr. FRY and myself started TO wake the
people 1 advised the ladies on the fourth
floor, that I met. to go at once 20 tiie ere
vator and leave the building
u remembered that Miss Hendricks
an invalid. was on that floor IN room NO.
40. and calling Mr.. J. E. kearney, whose
,t,cr III is No. $40. directly opposite, 10 hslp
me- / went into Miss Hendricks room,
Making a chair of our hands we carried
her 10 the rear stairs but found them
too marrow, so. Selling her myself
carried her down the steps to the house
j,eener's room, No. 113, on the first floor
, left her there and had started back
m stairs. when she sent for me and
begged to be taken out of the hote!. L
carried her out to the Franilin-Street
side and hailing q cab which happened
70 he nassing. put her in it and sent her
10 the. home of friends on East Grace
Street.
Mr.. Kearney had in the meantime
gone back to aid others and narely eS-
cared himself. He lost everything with
Miss Hendricks also lost all OF her per-
sonal property.
SAVED MONEY AND PAPERS.
..Agafn | made my way to the tourth
floor and found dense smoke filing tue
corridors. 1 made on through II ana
assisted some ladies to places OF ssttetS-
I could not get back through the mans
naaIiZiug the seriousness OF the SlLu3-
tion I started for the office. Nlth y isiil
Clerk Shore and Clerks Watson ana Bar
rar1in and Cashier Page aiding, we tl'aii-
AGED TO save the cash and valuable pa
rers We put them into the SAFE as
well as we could, but there was some
money left out Then came an awful
Cras1, and the roof fell in on the LOBBY
smoke and flame blinded us and we were
IN Immediate danger all the time OF beng
canpht under the. debris. Finally we de-
c;ded to run for it. To stay there meant
death and we took the chance. man
aped to dodge falling masses anu SoI
out on to Jefferson Street
..rrhen thought Of the valuables that
might have been left out Back L "el tt
and when I came out / had nearly $l,Voo
in cash in my pockets again tsti- ~
gauntlet OF fire, and on reaching t.S
street went to my house here put ''l
money in q place of safety ana Went
tarr, and heiped remove some OF the
iot7I,.a. and bric-a-brac from the par
Icrs and the salon..
LOST ONE DOLLAR IN MONEY.
S.,sbfar Frank Street also saved con
siderable cash. The days receipts. nov"
over amounting to between s-rouo an"
81 fa}0 he had locked in the safe priof 10
his leaving the hotel that evening, it being
his night off. The only money lost To ehe
Jefferson Hotel was 81 in pennies
ID t|EshT
cued the two lady cashiers from tne
cafes Misses Maude Soutsali and Lizzie
Rooth. He also saved for them the great
er part of their personal property.
M T,ouis Bargar1in and Mr.. II. c. Wat
son. clerks also did valiant work
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Probably one of the narro"ese escapes
from the burning structure was ttidL Oh
Mr.. ". Shepherd who kept the cigar
stan9 Mr. Shepherd did not think the
fire would reach him, he staid behind
the counter He had, however, prepared
for any emergency, and put his cash,
amounting TO about $50. in a. box While
watching the progress of the fire ne saw
the roof trerSole. He leaped through the
window into the biliiard-roon. and landed
lust as the roof fell. a shapeiess mass of
twisted iron and steel, into the lobby
In the billiard-roorn he found two ro
licen,en, and the three determined 70 Try
for it on the Main Street side. They
dashed through the rain of falling timber,
plastering and furnishings, and all es-
capped. Mr.. Shepherd was delayed and
had harder time in making his exit. He
was the last man to leave the building
from the Main Street side.
''Ouey" Marin. the keeper of the bill
liard-roonl escaped by running under the
Southern balcony of the lobby to the JET
ferson Street entrance.
Mr.. G. w. Brown. the wine steward,
experienced but little difficulty in max
ing his escape. but lost all of his. prop
erty. save the clothes he wore. Friends
went to his room and carried out two
empty trunks. while his belongings Were
left to become prey 70 the flames
Mr.. w. Fl. Lee, one OF the attaches
Of the cafe. lost among other things
valuable camera. Uncle Billy" as he
IS popularity known to thousands. is a
very enthusiastic amateur photographer
One of the stewards. G.. 8. Matthews
lost trunk which contained S120 in cash.
while Mrs. Fred Carwin. the house-keep-
er, lost all OF her personal property. in
I~cIuding 500 in money.
Lying on Franklin Street yesterday
near the ruins Of the Jefferson Hotel was
a pile of mattresses. 4 lady and Mr.
Henry Lee Valentine were keeping guard
over the pile. and a number OF Rich
J rnond people were standing rsyereatY