The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-30
PLENDlD HOTEL
.JEFERsONB BURNED
CONTINUED from First Pasco
CONTINUED from First 1'ase.o

Captain Wise mas badly barncc "oo11
Is 4he head, face, and hands.
canaan Hundley was severely burned
+ about the hands. and Stationnaa STEM
back was overcome and slightly oo.neo'
as was Fireman Easlcy. All men, nov
ever, continued at their posts. INC ~
roads Of >onpanies directing the WORK.
-Ts,c men on reaching the upper doors
Sound themselves prisoners. trapped pc
,,rcor two fires Captain Wise and some
Few a. his crew were caught on the up
Ter floor and the other members were
naucft on ihe floor below oi Ehsine
sromnany 40. q there were Lieutenanss >.
NJ SSbas.a. Statior1men c. +. Hagner ana
sam SteinburS. Callmen {. ID Mhi.iucS'
a. IL Whitlock.t Z. NJ Crump, u
son. ". r. Gathright: Truck CoH1iea'is w.
3. William BascT and r., =: henlAe. 'o..H
sachs: Engine Company No. .. IL. r
Frcnck. .Aaolph Franck. Captain Il g
.1oynes: Engine Company No. .. ". d
1.nras. Louis Llsnon. Jack hcmmerTeS'
NJ sJ Easley: Engine Company No g.
1.icutenant Healey:: Engine Company NO.
. Lieutenant T. 7 Healcy. and Captain
15undley. OF Truck Company No. 5. and
usailey Wood. of Engine COMPANY NO. 4
,-IH1IAiEN HAD TO SLIDE
Al, M these men barely escaped with
.,c;r lives from the top floor OF the burn
49, ~ ,,ose from the roof garden TO the
.ro,.,d amid The cheers OF the enormous
.,.,,,.d that witnessed this daring feat
.r,;s vas a distance OF nearly. one nun
cred feet .,,,,,-
Tho others Of tho party found lhc".
selves caught between The two 1Tes ma.
raced on their floor. After cropping 1nei'
way through The dense smoke anu an, ,,.de
death amid the falling debris they mace
shoir r.av TO the 1irc-cScape on the
A6ams-Street side. thereby reaching a
nlace of safety. it was, shortly ai1cr INC
las: of these men had set foot on Efouni-
That tho roof fell inSon the palm earoc'l;
IN The meantime all the guests had
escaped There was wild confusion for The
time being but all were gotten TO places
Of safety and cared for by those living IN
che neEhi,orl,cod Daring men ruShed
1pto tho hotel and saved the almost Price
loss collection of bric-a-hrac and works
Of art with which the pariors were filled
Most of these valuable articles were re-
anorcd 10 the home of MI Thomas
Atkinson.
Among those who were injured in at
tempting 10 save properly was Alderman
1senben Burton. who sustained Il slight
scalp wound by being. hit with Il piece OF
falling mortar
To FRANKLIN STREET FRONT.
The flames spread rapidly from the
extreme southern part of the great struc-
1ure toward Franklin Street. The fire
made steady progress despite all zoppe-
sition offered by The iirernen. Slowly. but
surely. the fire was gaining access 10
the Franklin Street front of the nlaSni-
ficent structure For a time it looked
if the entire structure vas doomed.
The firemen could see the fierce lnects
OF flame make their way through the
corridors and each minute they grew il,
s1,n 1affn
Street side began to pour in tons OF
water from all lines. while those who.
from Adams Street. were trying to stay
the progress of the flames mounted the
roofs Of adjoining property and directed
immense streams on the wallis of the new
extension. They also cut holes in the
side walls and literally flooded the lad
les cafe. hoping thus 10 stay The fires
progress.
NORTHERN NALL FALLS.
Finally there was Il crash. The north
ern wall of the eastern extension
ire.r1fled. then fell. A mighty cheer
rent The air. but then followed an awful
silence. Volumes OF dense black smoke
shrorded everything. hiding almost. The.
glare of the flames The report WAS
circulated that fircmen Ind been caught
in the ruins and were buried.
This. however. Was soon proved
<.roundless 1'ucilor. All the men were
accounted for. Those 1ire1ncn under the
direction of Captain Misc. who were
stationed on tho roof of Colonel Archer
Andcrson's house, continued TO play
streams on The walls that rc.nainAd
standing. At last. and after hard work.
the men were successful The top Of the
southern wall OF the annex c11lmbled-
then tottered, then fell. The crash car
ried with it a portion OF the main build
no A III went down into the
nj, OF 1icrcely raging flames. The whole
sight was shut out Tor t1l,. time being,
hut then the lurid glare Of the flames
penetrated the heavy pail OF black
smoke that hung OYER ALL and the ire
seemingly more determined than ever,
burst through and spread on Toward the
Ir;snklil-Strcct side.
The tirenen again turned their atten-
sior 10 the two remaining walls. and then
The wall TO the west fell
I'm The meantime the windows Of The
ladies cafe facing the cast, had been
broken and several nose streams turned
into The apartment. flooding it.
Little by little the flames gave way.
and then it was found that their fierce
onslaught on The northern end OF the
structure had been halted. The freight
crs ha.i proved victorious The,- had won
The day
Attention was then directed to the re-
manning wall OF the annex to the east.
Towering TO the height of six stories
above the ground, and only partially sup
ported on the south by. portion of the
southern wall, this mass of brick and
mortar threatened at any moment to
1opple over. If it did fall it was feared
that the power-house would he crushed
beneath the fallen mass and that the
high brick stack would be sure TO 30
with il.
An explosion of the boilers vas also
feared, and just what damage would re-
salt in case this calamity occurred was
TOO friEhtful even to try to imagine.
Some reports had 1t that the boilers were
filled.
MADE soaID HEADwAr.
The frcmcn Nho fought the flames
from the jefferson and Main-Street sides
were slowly but surely gaining in mastery.
AT first their efforts to stay the progress
t-of the flames seemed to be without sue
cess: hut II finally was seen that their
work Was not in vain They held the fire
tn check. and, after continued hard fight
1ng. finally gained a mastery.
Prom the roof garden OH the Main-street
side. shc- fire made its way down through
the floors to the entrance. Transforming
the southern exposure into a wall of fire.
.rhe windows could be discerned only be-
cause of their belchingS OF heavy smoke.