The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-02-26
Nine Of Them Found Where q
Hotel at Cedar Rapids
Had Stood.
FIRE CATCHES THE GUESTS ASLEEP
Forty-0dd Persons Are Wounded More
or Less Severely.
Thrilling Description of the Disaster
-Stsmpede for the Windows.
the Only Way Outlook
ed Like Dante's
80 Inferno. <

early yesterday morning destroyed the
Clifton hotel. cremated nine of the
guests, and caused injuries to forty
forced to jump to the frozen street
from second and third-story windows.
After an all-day search in the debris
four bodies have been recovered. 1t
is now believed that five more bodies
remain in the ruins of the hotel, which
is said to have been a fiimsy struc-
ture filled with delegates to the state
Young Mems Christian association con-
vention and the district convention OF
the Knights Of Pythias. The hotel
register was destroyed, this making
it difficult to ascertain the number of
missing persons. Forty men worked
in the rubbish all yesterday and last
night The less is 100000.
Only Two of the Dead Identified.
The dead are as follows: w. A.
Mowery, What Cheer, Ia; Z. G.. Young.
Minneapolis; two unidentified men.
bodies recovered; five bodies still in
the debris. At first it was thought
that the death roll would be largely
increased by those fatally hurt. but
this will not he the case, as the injured
are, though severely hurt, not suffer
Ing from wounds likely to cause death.
List of Injured and Their Hurts.
Following are the injured, as far as
known:
Vina Burns. head waitress, jumped
from third story.
L. c. Burnett, Nebraska City, Neb..
badly burned
DR.. S. c. Grove. Cedar Rapids, ter
ribly burned while hanging to fire.
escape.
P. Z. Strickland, Clinton, Ia, jumped
from third-story window, leg broken
and injured internally.
+. r. Moore. Chicago
j. E. Anderson, Chicago, back
sprained.
Sinda Williams. waitress, face bad
~ burned, leg injured.
Lizzie Kelly, waitress, burned.
&c. Outing, Center Point, left arm
sprained, hands burned.
Emma Smith, waitress.
HI. w. Bremen, Lyons, la.
Beatrice Netolicky, Shueyville, la.
j. U. Winniger, Waterloo, face
burned and wrist sprained.
A. 8. Farrow, Boone, la.
+. G. Gardiner, WOODBURY., Ia.
D. F. Taylor, Davenport, Ia, head
injured and elbow fractured. hip In
jured and burned about body.
Louis Thompson, Cedar Rapids, bad
~ burned
A. NJ. Larsen, Oelwein, feet injured
and lungs hurt.
G. w. Roberts, Cedar Rapids.
L. o. Vernon, Delta, Ia, cut and
right side injured.
May Reel, waitress, badly burned.
NJ. p. Hoover, Tama, la.
7. ]. Zally, Canton, Ills.
j. A. Elar, Davenport
c. l.. Benedict, body burned.
G. p. Halves, DEBORAH, la.
F. o. Redmond, mail clerk, Tama,
la. ~
n. o. Templeton, Monticello. Ia.
George Taggart. st. Paul, hands and
face burned.
James Lewis. colored porter.
+. NJ. Gardner, Woodbtrn, Ia.
d. S. Taylor, Davenport.
]. M. Dunbar, Monticello.
John w. Lewis, Ottumwa, bruised.
Celia Williams, waitress, badly
burned. ar
c. F.. Hamburg, Leroy, Mimi, legs
badly burned e
r. G. McConahy, Aurora, Ills, hands
and face burned
o. ]. Lamb, Center Point, Ia.
burned. F KY
G. F. Kaesser, Walker, Ia, face and
hands burned.
c. A. Roseman, Independence, Ia,
legs and arms sprained by jumping
from top floor, struck wires and land
ed In snowbank.
+. A. Chase, hands injured.