The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-10

ST. LOUIS. Feb 9.-An early morning
fire, which destroyed the Empire Hotel.
large three-story lodging house at Nos
27O0 and 27O2 Olive street, occupied by
exclusively. caused the death of ten men
and one woman. and dangerously injured
eight people Ten or more who had mar
rev escapes from death in the fire were
more or less injured by being frost-bitten.
1t is estimated that there were between
thirty-hve and forty persons in the build
ing last night. and 1t is believed all have
been accounted for The financial loss is
nominal. 1t is thought that $4,000 will
cover the damage to building and contents,
which were destroyed.
The Dead
MORRIS YALL, senior member OF the
firm Of Yall, Clark & Owen. manufacturers
OF fine cut glass: formerly of Chicago;
burned to a crisp.
TOBE DAVIS. man about town. suffo-
Gated.
JOHN c. LUEDERS. father OF Deputy
City Marshal Leo Lueders. skull fractured
I'm jumping from third-story window.
GEORGE THOMPSON. switchman Ter
ninal yards. burned to death.
SARAH HARRIS (colored). chamber
maid. burned.
B. Z. wOODLEY. .employe Hamilton
Browne Shoe Company burned.
J. A. MMULLEN. carpenter. burned.
s. T. COPEY, telegraph operator. Mer-
chants Terminal Association.
VANCE MARLIN. hosting engineer. In
dianapolis. Ind. burned.
A. j. ALLEN. Sedalia, Mo-. stone mason.
: burned.
UNKNOWN MAN who died at City Hos
pital from burns.
The Injured
HARRY CLINE, medical student, of
Marion, H.. hands badly burned and ankle
sprained.
WALTER JOHNSON. employe Hamil-
ton-Browne Shoe Company. hands burned,
both legs broken and injured internally.
HENRY ROBINSON Ccolored), night por-
ter, badly burned
GEORGE LANE. medical student. of
Rich Hill. Mo-, ankle sprained in jumping
from secOnd-story window.
STURGEON, dental student back
sprained in jumping from second-story
window.
HARRY THOMPSON, medical student,
Nashville. Ill, ankle sprained in jumping
from seeond-story window.
j. ]. LALLY. manager Empire Hotel.
back badly sprained while escaping from
building.
CON RYAN. burned about face
About ten or twelve others less seriously
injured. being bruised burned or suffering
from exposure.
HAD A GOOD START.
The fire started about $50 a. m, when but
few persons were abroad and gained con-
siderable headway before it was discov-
cred and the alarm given. There was con-
siderable delay in turning in an alarm, and
!. when the engines finally reached the scene
the whole front of the building was in
flames and the interior was a seething fur
mace. BY that time all who escaped death
had got out of the building by jumping
from the windows or climbing down ropes
made OF bedcIothes- n few escaped from
the ground floor through the front door
Some of the escapes We're very narrow.
Almost everybody who got out suffered
some injury or was frost-bitten. The guests
barely had time TO get out when aroused.
the flames had spread so rapidly. Some
saved tnelE tlolulnEs winch IneN carried
in their hands. but others We're not so
fortunate. losing everything. After some
delay nearby houses We're opened TO the
unfortunates and they were given shelter
from the biting cold weather. 1t was one
OF the coldest nights OF the winter. the
ground being covered with ice and snow.
and every suffered from exposure. The
suffering ones were put under the care OF
physicians. Harry Cline. Walter Johnson.
Henry Robinson and unknown man
who died later. were taken TO the City Hos
pital. Robinson recovered enough TO be
taken home The others named will be
laid up for some time.
After a short fight the hremen got the
flames under control and. assisted by the
< police. Taade a search OF the ruins The
first body found was that OF John c. Lue-
ders. who killed by jumping from
the third story. His head was crushed In.
The body OF Lueders and those OF the
others found later were taken TO the
norgue where friends and relatives Ia.er
identified them. Sarah Harris was found