Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-12-11

death by su0ocauon yesterday morn
ms in a tlre in the Lincoln hotel. 116
Madison street Thutoou were sttled
While Niug in their beds, one was
roScuoG alive, but died in the ambu.
lance ON the way to the hospital,
Coroner rmeEer, after inspecting the
building, united with Fire Chief Mus.
ham IN declaring IL was n Veritablo
trap, No fire escape was ON the front
OF the building, although one was in
the process OF construction, The seat
folding was up ANA from It dauElod
several ropes, down which number
OF people slid to the pavement, aftor
oCapC by the stairway had been cut
OF, The dead are.
|, {, NoCum, drc insurance agent,
prominent IN Davenport Iowa,
Samuel Nocum, son of |, c, Nocum,
Davenport, Iowa
\, h, Coon, lawyer, Marougo, Ill.
r. l.. Ewing, mail clerk, Marietta.
Ohio.
Il, H. Boswell, Chicago,
T. V Slocum, machine dealer Wau-
Conda, Ill,
II, X. Woods Lebanon Ind,
Edward Toner printer, milwaukee,,
T. w, Corey, ~ years OF age rail.
way postal clerk, Bucyrus, Ohio,
Ward Lowe, railway postal clerk,
Scholeryillo, Wis,
M NJ, FHrdy travelling salesman,
Janosvilic, Wis,
c. L, Cowan, collector on the Wa
bash railroad, St Louis.
George Il, Graves, compositor Chi.
cage,
An unidentified man, five feet eight
inches, los pounds, 80 years of age,
thin brown hair and moustacho,
Among the Injured were.
j. s, Allison, Richland Center, Wis,
cut about the hands.
Edward Davenport, Chicago, injured
internally by jumping from fourth sto-
ny to roof of adjoining building,
W, G. Thomas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
badly cut, burned
William NJ. Snyder, Loom city, la,
bruised by falling down stairs.
Mrs, juno Sheppard, Chicago, bacl,
strained, arms and hands cut, bruised.
Robert G. Hamilton, Lebanon, Ind,
hands cut
CliT Ward, Battle Creek, Mich, cut
about the head, hands lacorated,
Fred G. Baker Nashville, Mich,
feet burned.
Irwin Westomlaud. Chicago, feet
burned,
orr OIdorr, Chicago, hands mcora.
ted
The hotel was -four stories IN
height and contained an unusual mum,
Der of rooms for II hotel Of It's ai2c,
l'ro ChicC MuBhnm declared after the
fire that the Rooms were the smallest
he had over seen In any building. Had
there been fowor partitions. he de-
clarod, the chances of lifo Of those
sleeping ON the upper floors would
have been greatly increased.
House Packed With Guests.
+. A. Smith, proprietor of the hotel,
estimates tnat 1876 people were in the
building It was In fact illod to it's
utmost capacity Night Clerk Weber
discovered smoke pouring through tho
halls shortly before O'Clock and did
his best TO alarm the guests. but the
smoke was so dense and increased SO
rapidly that he was unable to arouse
only small number and was then
compelled to grOpe his way to the
street to avoid RuifoCation. Guests
came pouring down tho stairway In all
stages OF undrcss and several loapod
from windows of the second story and
escaped without serious injury. A
number Of men were turned back by
the smoke In the Railways, which pro
vented them finding the stairs ana
swung down on ropes placed In front
Of the building by workmen who we're
erecting the fire escape
The 6romcn saved many lives by
carrying people down ladders from
the windows Those not able to
reach the windows In five minutes
after tho fire broke out were suffo-
Gated The fire Itself amounted 10
very little A portion OF tho third ana
second floors were burned and the
blaze was soon cxtingulshed As
soon as the smoke permitted the fire.
men TO live inside the building
search was made OF all the rooms
with the result that IL men were
found to have been sti1ed In their
beds
JanesvIlle Man a Victim
Jauosylllo. Wis, Dec. 5-M. NJ
Fardy Of this city, who was killed in
the hotel hre in Chicago, Was about
50 years Of age and born at Mukwon-
ago. Wis He came from Monroe TO
GAINESVILLE about twelve years ago and
went into the saloon business, which
he continued up 20 a year ago last
April, when be sold out to + w An
derson. Since then he has been on
the road for Korchon & Menbar Of
Chicago He leaves a widow and
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