Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-05
FEARFUL FATALITIES
Fourteen Persons Net Death by q
Chicago Hotel Fire.
SEVERAL SURROGATE
A Number of Others, In Their Eager
ness % Climb Down the Fire
Escapes. Jumped or Fell
TO the street Below.

CHICAGO Dec i-Fourteen per.
sons met their death In a IRE at the
Lincoln hotel. i7G Madison street. at
G o'clock this morning. Several
bodies have been recovered. Little
damage were done TO the hotel. but
the smoke was so dense that persons
who met death we're overcome and
died before assistance could reach
them
Several Jumped from Le fourth
story windows. or tried to save them.
selves hy climbing down the FIRE 90.
capos In front Of building only TO lose
their grasp on the cold iron bars and
fail 10 the street
Ambulances and patrol wagons from
all parts of the city were called to the
place and deal and injured quickly at
tended 10. AZ but fourteen guests al
the hotel we're out of town persons.
Most of them came 10 Chicago 70 at
tend the international Livestock show
A. that time. a large number OF
stockmon with their families were
turned away.
shortly after the hre broke out. the
nremen rushed up the stairway into
the place and began the work Of res
cue Men. women and children we're
carried down ladders. hre escapes and
the smoke filed halls
In one instance a fireman n engine
company No. 2. saved a woman 10 the
rear Of The building from certain
death ON the fourth foor only to be-
forced o. drop her from the third
floor of the building At i7g Madison
street The woman held her seven
yoarold son in her arms She was
Mrs. J. Sheppard She was then car.
ried from the roof of the building a
tho Breyoort House. where a physi
clan was summoned. IL W0s found
her injuries were slight
The building was constructed OF
brick with but one stairway leading
10 the upper floors and a IRE escape
IN front OF the building
+. c. Weber. night clerk. was one
Of the first persons To discover the
smoke on the second floor. Il Is be
lleved the Gre began In this section
OF the building Weber refused 10 make
any statement and after be secured
possession of the register. he was tax
en- 10 the central station. where be Is
being detained.
A short time after the Gre was dis
covered. CONSERVATION reigned on the
upper floors. Mrs. Sheppards son was
one Of the FIRST 10 be awakened by
presence OF smoke. He awakened his
mother and both began screaming.
Many others thus warned. made their
escape.
J.E. Herbert. saiinville. O.. jumped
from the fourth floor. where he was
sleeping He struck on the roof AZ
IFS Madison street, near where Mrs.
Sheppard fell His right leg Is hrOk.
on aud he suacrcd internal injuries
lie was taken 90 the county hospital.
W Thomas. a mail clerk, Cedar
Rapids. Ia. jumped through a window
on tho fourth and IN his blind haste
narrowly escaped falling 20 street. lie
managed 10 make his way 20 the IRE
escape and climbed down the Gre es.
cape 10 the street All were in their
night clothes
Dead X X Woods, Lebanon, Ind;
u. V. slocum. 20 years old. Oconda
M Saduel Yocum. T G Yocum. be
lieyed 20 be brothers. Davenport. la:
Edward Turned thirty years old. Mil
waukec: John Van Flee Richardson.
Ind. ~ =. Fardyck. Janesyile. Wis.
George Norris. Richmond. Wis.