New-York tribune., 1901-07-02
ALLENHURST INN BTRNED.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PANIC
STRICKEN GUESTS ESCAPE.

STRICKEN GUESTS ESCAPE.
AIenhurst. y. j., July | (SpeciaD.-Fire broke
out this evening in the servants quarters in the
Allenhurst Inn. and in an hour the hotel was a
smouldering mass OF ruins. Two of the inn cot
tages were badly damaged
The hotel and cottages We're owned and man
aged by W. Johnson Quinn, proprietor Of the
Hotel Empire, New-York City The hotel and
contents were valued at $4,000 The eight cot
tases. six Of which saved valued
with their furniture. at $32.Ho. Mr.. Quinn car
ried insurance of Sl07 900 on the entire prop
erty. Much Of the hotel furniture was saved
and the total loss cannot be accurately stated
There were one AundIed and sixty guests in
the inn when the fre broke out. and all Of the
cottages We're occupied. The alarm was sounded
Just as the guests were at dinner In an instant
the dining fIled with dense smoke
and the panic stricken guests from the din
ing room TO their rooms - save their beoc cgings
The Allenhurst Fire Department consists of a
carriage containing one reel of hose. This Of
course. was inadequate, and the Asbury Park
department was called on for aid. The latter
responded promptly. but their work was ham
pered owing To the lack of water The fire de-
partments from Eiberon. West Asbury Park
Ocean Grove and Avon also responded. but the
hremen were powerless to prevent the flames
from spreading. The kitchen and servants
quarters north Of the inn were the first 10 go
Then the inn enVeloped in flames and was
burned TO the ground The cottage occupied by
Mr. Quinn next caught fire and then the cot
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Commercial Trust Company. Jersey City. The
fremen were able to these two cottages
before they We're badly damaged
Shortly after o'clock the walls of the inn and
the servants quarters fell in. and the frem,n
soon had the fire under control The cottages
that escaped the flames were occupied by Henry
A Hurl1ut, Of NeWY ork; Mrs. Henry { Miner
Of New-York; f. B. Delehanty. of New York ,
Charles Ward Hall, of New York: NJ. Goodwin
Of NeW-York II. d. Kampman. of San Antonio.
Alling Reeves. Of Newark: ex- Mayor Leb-
kuecher OF Newark. and Thomas c. Buck of
New York.
When the fire got beyond the control of the
fremen the furniture OF the cottages was car
ried to places of safety. Will servants with
garden hose, saturate the buildings 10 prevent
them from burning The heat was so intense
that cottages five hundred feet from the inn
We're badly scorched, and several of them took
fire from the hyinS sparks. Guests aided the
firemen in subduing the flames and removing
the furniture from the threa tened cottages
Several thousand spectators from Asbury Park
and other adjoining resorts gathered to witness
the conflagration. In the thTOag were a num-
ber of sneak thieves, who rfed several trunks
carried from the mn and the cottages One of
the Il ieveS arrested Several of the fire
fighters were overcome by the intense heat bur
no serious casualties occurred.
The fire started in the west basement under
the dining room in the bellboys' quarters. A
can OF gasoene used for cleaning purposes. ex-
ploded and started the blaze. The flames were
confined at first TO the basement of the ser
wants quarters. and could easily have been ex-
tinguished with a few buckets Of water. but the
water not available.