Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-25
A TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
Fifteen Lives Lost in a New York Ho.
tel Fire.

Fifteen Lives Lost in a New York Ho.
tel Fire.
New York Feb. 22.-Fire early this
morning in the Park avenue hotel and
the Seventy-frst regiment armory re-
suited in the loss of fifteen lives and
the destruction of property valued at
$750,0O0. The dead were all guests of
the hotel.
The Dead.
The dead are:
NORMAN ACTON, of Alabama.
COL. CHARLES l.. BURDETT,
Hartford colonel of the First regiment
National Guard of Connecticut.
MRS. ELLEN FOSTER, known as
the "Angel of the Tombs' prison"
FRED S. HOVEY, Lyons, N. Y.
THOMAS P. HORNE, Denver.
JOHN H. IVERSON, Denver.
UNKNOWN WOMAN.
CHARLES UNDERWOOD O'CON-
MEL, New York.
COL. ALEXANDER PIPER, U. S.
A., retired.
G. A. ROBBINS, lawyer, Selma, Ala.
MISS ESTHER SCHLESINGER,
Chicago.
JACOB SPAIN, lawyer, Rochester,
N. Y.
JOHN E. WALKER, Columbia, Tenn.
WILLIAM H. BARNHART, Chicago.
UNKNOWN WOMAN.
The injured are:
Mrs. Leonera A. Bausch.
Margaret and Catherine Bennett,
| Denver, Col.
| Harold Bennett.
Rev. William S. Brookman, New
York.
Mrs. w. S. Brockman.
Louis Berry, Portland, Maine.
Bridgeman.
William A. Cove, an employee
Charles A. Gregory, lawyer, New
York.
Mrs. Caroline.
|. r. Hall and daughter
Miss Anna G. Hall. Newark. N. ].
William B. Hale. Williamsville, Mass.
E. S. Hearne. Atlanta, Ga.
Emily I. Livingston, Lyons, New
York.
Miss E. S. Meyer, Savannah, Ga.
/ Joseph Pearson.
Frank B. Reed proprietor of the no.
tel.
Mrs Frank B. Reed.
William Stebbins.
Mrs. S. Veach.
Charles l.. Woodbury., Portland, Me.
Most of the injured are suffering
from burns on their hands and face.
Discovered in Armory Roof.
Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn
ing flames were discovered bursting
from the roof of the Armory. By the
time the firemen arrived it was impos-
Nsible to do anything toward saving the
| h,i
the flames were communicated to, the
carbons of the Metropolitan street
railway but as often were extinguish-
ed
Begins on Hotel.
About o'clock the flames were dis
covered running along the winows and
: woodwork of the fifth floor of the no.
3 tel, diagonally across the street from
{ the Armory This was entirely uneX-
n pected The police up to that time
j. bent their efforts to removing the in
e mates Of adjacent houses on cross
l. streets.
t Occupants Frightened.
C The frightened occupants of the ho-
+ tel soon appeared at every window and
e many were rescued by means of lad
e ders. Most of the damage to the no
It tel was done in the rooms surrounding
d the elevator shaft, the fire having
j. reached the shaft in some unexplain-
o able manner.
& Burns Causes Deaths.
e Deaths with one exception were
5 caused by burns or suffocation. One
=. man jumped from fifth story window
l. and was instantly killed. The fire
1 men rescued a large number of persons
s. who were found in rooms and hall
ways overcome by smoke and fear. A
Z great many were hurt in their panic
e stricken endeavors to escape. Those
u taken from the windows by the fire
E men are all slightly burned and suffer
y ed from the shock.
u Powder ExpIodes.
:" During the fire large quantity OF
cartridges together with 1000 pounds
G. of powder, stored in the basement OF
IA the armory exploded, adding to the in
tense excitement already prevailing.
Fortunately no one was injured
"a thereby, as warning against the dan
ger had been given. The loss to the
ts hotel is estimated at 100000 and tc
N the armory which is total, $650,000.
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