Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-05
INJURED DOING WELL
Condition Of Victims OF the
fremont Hotel Fire Contin.
ues Favorable.
Wounds of Miss Stephens and
Sister, Mrs. Bessie Madden,
the Most Serious.
Subscription Fund Started by
the T..R...Department Com.
plimented.

the T..R.-.Department Com.
plimented.
All of those injured in Tuesdays
fire are reported by their attending
be expected under the circumstances
Mrs. Bessie Madden and sister. Miss
Lulu Stephens, who were the most
seriously hurt, were removed Tues
day afternoon in an ambulance from
office of the Drs. Conway to the home
of their mother, Mrs. Anna Stephens
30l North Sixth avenue. This afternoon
they were reported as resting COM
fortably, altho neither is out of dan
ger.
/ Mrs. Madden's broken leg is paining
| her considerably. The fracture was
both compound and comminuted, in
| yolving the tibia and fibula, a few in
ches above the ankle. One of the bones
protruded from the flesh back of the
leg, and the other was forced thru the
| tissues on the right side. Her body il
badly confused and her condition is
quite serious.
Miss Lulu Stephens, is even
more seriously hurt than her sister,
altho not to outward appearances. Be-
sides her back her stomach has been
| injured and she is suffering q. great
deal.
| Ella Redmon, who was burned about
| ,frrbt 81 nd &c
afternoon was removed to the c. c.
Woodmansee home, los North Third
avenue.
Miss Birdie Myers and sister, Mabel
Myers, are still at the Getz hospital
and are doing nicely.
| Jacob Kunkel, whose face and arms
were badly burned, is suffering some
what from burns, but is able to be
out. Mr.. Jayne. whose feet were
burned, is also able to be out, but is
unable to wear his shoes, his feet be-
ing quite badly swollen and blistered.
The T.-R. has been solicited to start
a relief fund for the injured and des-
titute girls who suffered as a result
of the fire, and subscriptions will be
received at the counting room and
turned over to the committee, COM
posed of Mrs. A. B. Conway. chair
man; Mrs. Fred Leavens and Mrs.
]. H Jayne. The money received by
voluntary contribution on the streets
yesterday s160.50, is not going to last
very long and will barely more than
pay for the care of the girls who were
injured, to say nothing of clothing
those who lost every stitch of wearing
appeared. The members of the COM
mittee solicited enough clothing to give
each girl a dress and cheap jacket
yesterday, but none of them has moro
than that. Several have expressed
a Willingness to make subscriptions
to a fund, If started. and as 1t in
creases it will be turned over to the
committee, which has banked the funds
in the chairman's name, and thus can
be checked out only by vouchers signed
by all the members Of the committee.
This is worthy cause and the sub
scriptions should be numerous and Ii
beral.
II would like to go on record" said
General Passenger Agent George S.
Batty to a T.-R. representative today,
that do not think any professional
paid fire department could have ham
died the bad confagration of yesterday
any better than the volunteer depart
ment of Marshalltown. / have been
around considerably, and have seen
many fires. l have witnessed both paid
and volunteer departments working in
many cities, and l must say that real
ly never saw more conscientious and
consistent work on the part of any or
ganized body of men,"
Deacon" Hiram Willard whose
building adjoins the Hopkins building,
and was considerably damaged by wa
ter. feels deeply appreciative and
altho unable to witness the ruins is
able to realize the situation. He ex-
presses himself to the city fire depart
ment in the following letter: "To the
City Fire Department of Marshalltown:
Gentlemen wish to express my
thanks to you, one and all, for your
noble fight at the early morning fire,
and altho not able to see your work.
ings myself am told by those who did
that no better work could have been
done by either paid or volunteer de-
partments. enclose you my check for
$50, for your valuable services rendered
and your noble work for the prevention
of the destruction of property. Yours
respectfully, H. Willard"
Mr.. Hope Martin, of Waterloo, the
owner of the cigar stand in the Ire
mont House. arrived in the city Wednes-
day afternoon in response to telegram
announcing his loss To a friend Mr.
Martin stated that he was out about
$500, as near as he could figure without
knowing exactly what his stock would
invoice.
DR.. A. Fry, of Colfax. proprietor of
Hotel Fry, upon learning of the Ire
mont fire, telegraphed the city yester-
day afternoon that he would give en-
ployment to all of the young women
who had been thrown out of work as
the result of the fire. DIR. Fry offers to
pay the expenses of the young women
to Colfax.