The state herald., 1902-02-28
Three Buyers for Denver Firms Lose
their Lives at New York.-Total
Of Eighteen Deaths.

who died from injuries received In 1t,
has been compilcd:
Norman Acton died In Bellevue, body
at morgue, lived at Colorado Springs.
Colonel Charles l.. Burdette, Hart.
ford, Conn, commander of the First reg
iment Connecticut volunteers; killed by
fall in fire.
William ]. Bernhardt Of Chicago,
killed in hotel.
Mrs. ]. Bernhardt of Chicago, died
in Bellevue.
Lee q. Conrad, draughtsman, of this
city.
Fred s. Hovey of Lyons, N. Y.
Thomas =. Horne, of Denver, buyer
for the Joslm Dry Goods Company.
John Iverson, Denver, buyer for the
Joslin Dry Goods Company.
Minnie Il. Liggett, Denver, buyer for
Daniels & Fisher Stores company.
Mrs. ]. McManus.
Captain Charles Underwood O'Con-
nell.
EX-Congressman CASTOR A. Robbins
Of Selma. Alabama.
Esther Schlesinger. aged SO, Chicago.
Jacob SPAIN, aged so, Rochester.
New York.
John G. Walker, aged 35, Columbia,
Tenn.
Colonel Alexander NJ. Piper, U. s. A.,
retired, aged 10 years.
Mrs. Salome Foster, known as the
'Tombs Angel
Body of woman, unidentified. may be
that of wife Of Rev. William S. Board
man, who is patient at Bellevue.
This list of eighteen may be cut to
seventeen. as one body has been iden-
titled as that of William ]. Bernhardt
and as that Of Lee G. Conrad
1t was the worst hotel fire since the
Windsor was destroyed. The fire was
first seen at about 80 in the morning.
in the armory, and In remarkable short
time that building was aflame from
end to end. The fircmcn made their
way as best they could through streets
deep with slush and did all possible
to confine the fire to the armory, but
after they had been at work an hour
the discovery was made that the hotel
was on fire. The hotel was crowded
with guests who had come to attend
the festivities In honor of Prince
Henry. More than 500 persons were
in the house.
1t was not until almost 3 o'clock
that the flames were discovered I'm the
Park Avenue hotel, directly across
from the armory. Manager Reed of the
hotel had been on the roof watching
the fire In the armory with guests from
the hotel. He had descended to the
first floor and was standing talking 20
guest when burst OF flame came
up through the elevator shaft. Imme.
dlately he ordered his men to 20
through fbe hotel TO give the alarm.
The lights almost Immediately went
out and the hotel corridors were In
darkness. The flames lcaped up
through the elevator shaft and seemed
floors, filling the halls with dense
smoke and making exit by means OF
the stairways almost impossible.
The Park Avenue hotel was built by
A. T. Stewart, who spent s3.000.OOO on
Its construction and furnishings. The
building occupies the entire front OF
the block on Park avenue from Thirty.
second TO Thlrty-third streets. with n
depth OF half block. II Is seven
stories In height and cncloses on four
sides court containing l1.OO0 square
feet OF space.
The fire was confined principally 10
the nth and sixth floors, near the ele.
vator air shaft. About the time the
hotel was found 10 be ON fire the lights
went o>it and the corridors were filed
with smoke The guests. unable to find
the way through the darkened hallway,
jumped from windows or ran directly
into the fiame-swept portions OF the
buildings. II is this fact that accounts
for the large loss OF life. although the
hotel was not destroyed.
-Four Colorado people are among the
dead In the Park Avenue hotel OF
New York. destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. and several other residents OF
this state were injured or had narrow
escapes. In the destruction OF the
house a well.known former hotel man
OF Colorado. T.. Barnett. n second time
has seen his business and property de.
stroyed. Mr.. Barnett was proprietor
OF the Anilcrs hotel OF Colorado
Springs when Il was burned three
years ago.
Miss Minnie u. Llggctt. the latest
identified Denver lady victim OF the
Park hotel nro In New York. wns head
drcssmakcr for the Daniels 4 Fisher
Stores Company. She lived with her
widowed mother. Mrs. Jane Llggctt. nj
No. 12t5 Ogden street. Mrs. Liggott
II very old and has been III with heart
dlc~asc for some time. Tho news Of
her daughters d.n'l was great shock
10 her and her doctor says That II may
result In her death. Mrs. Llrgctt was
very weak last night aud refused TO bc
comforied.
Miss Llsgcit was 10 have started for
Denver the dny following the fire. II
Il stated that after being awakened she
went from her room On the sixth floor
TO the second iloor TO awaken a friend
who had n room there. Then she ro-
turned 20 her room and failed 20 get
out Of the building In time 10 save her
own HE.
John n. Ivcrson had ehnrr. Of the
ribbon. jewciry nnd notions depart.
ment Of the Jnsiln Dry Goods Com.
pnny. but was y buyer for other de.
pnitmcniz NJ we'll II. wns foriy.sis
years old aud unmarried. lie cnm. 10
Denver twelve yenrs ago from Fort
Howard. Wisconsin.
1bomnz l.. Horne WIS manager Of
the hosiery nnd glove department Of
Josiins. lie nnd Mr.. iycr~on wer,
close friends. aud usually managed TO
take their buying trips together. and
profit cnch by the Others advice, Mr..
ttortp uns unmarried nnd boarded M