The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-23
ANXIETY FOR MISS MEYER.
She Escaped From the Park Avenue
Hotel Untnjured.

Miss Emma Meyer of Walsh &
Meyer was in the Park Avenue Hotel
fire in New York yesterday morning,
and narrowly escaped with her life.
She is now at the Roosevelt Hospital
suffering from nervous shock and
strain caused by intense excitement.
She is otherwise uninjured.
1t was known here that Miss Meyer
was at the Park Avenue Hotel and
when her friends read the report in
the Morning News that the hotel had
been partially burned with some loss
of life, they were at once anxious for
her safety. kilograms were sent to half
a dozen people In New York, who it
was thought would be most likely to
know something about her. but up to
noon no reply had been received.
When the afternoon associated
Press dispatches announced a heavy
loss of life and the number of injured
in the fire to be fifty or more, the
anxiety for Miss Meyers safety in
creased. There had been constant in
quiries at Walsh & Meyers store dur
ing the forenoon. Miss Walsh is in
Charleston and Miss Adele Meyer and
her brother, Mr.. Maurice Meyer, were
using every endeavor to obtain
some news of their sister. Mr.. L. Put
eel, friend of the family, telegraphed
his brother in New York early in the
morning for information of Miss Myer,
but owing to the storm around New
York and the fact that telegraph wires
were down, no reply was received until
late in the afternoon. The first news
of Miss Meyer was a telegram from
Mr.. Asher, a friend of the family in
New York, received about 4 o'clock,
saying that she was safe. A telegram
was also received from Miss Loewen-
thai to the same effect. A later
telegram was received from Miss
Meyer herself Further than that she
is suffering from nervous shock ana
that she is otherwise uninjured, moth
ing is known of her escape from the
hotel. She had been there about a week
and was expecting to return to Savan-
nah in a few days.
Capt. Alexander r. Piper, who was
killed in the fire, was known in Sa-
vannah through several visits that ne
paid to this city while he was in
charge of the Cadets at the Barnes
Vile Military Academy.
He resigned his position with that
| Spanish American War and enlisted
in one of the Georgia regiments He
was a member of the Sons of the
American Revolution and while res
ident of this state had his member
ship transferred from the Pennsyl-
vanfa branch to that of Georgia. La
ter. after the close of the Spanish
| American War, and while he was a
resident of New Yo/k, he had his
membership again transferred, this
time, to the state organization of New
York.
Miss Sarah Brigham. formerly OF Sa-
vannah and a. member of the well
| known Brigham family, had lived at
| the Park Avenue Hotel for some time,
and there was much anxiety here con-
cern!ng her when the reports of the
burning of the hotel were received
particularly as Miss Brigham is an In
valid. The Associated Press reports
put her among the injured, as suffer-
| ing from nervous shock.
Miss Brigham has been in Savannah
nearly every winter for several years
| and spent some time here last winter
| The seriousness of her condition Is not
! known There were numerous inquf-
| ries at the Morning News last night
concerning her, but until O'Clock this
morning, when the list of the dead and
injured from the fire, was received
nothing had been learned as to whether
she was injured or not.