The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22
Woman Rescued From Third
..3s Story Window
HOTEL GUESTS WE'RE
SUDDENLY ~. De ! $ AROUSED % D
BY a Prompt Response and d Hard Flight
& Of Nearly an Hour the Hotel Build.
ing Was sa9ed-Many = astilY. Il s
3 N, Made 7 oiIet. Wer & Par
TALLY Completed IL the
81 Hotel Lobby. 4, l

ttt1 Ire fOrOkc OUT In the DullQlnS &Ue&tttO
5Murphy's Hotel al 4 o'clock this morn
Ing and created apanic among the guests
Z OF the hotel who rushed pell nell down
stairs into the loby4 in every state OF
attire. While no one was actually In
jurcd by the flames two firenen were
seriously hurst and several persons had
very narrow escapes.
The injured arc: Fireman Percy Phil
lips, OF Truck Company No. ]. back
strained. feet mashed and bruised about
the head and body and Driver Lem Bull
lock. OF Engine Company Mo- Q. back
thought to be broken and otherwise In
2turetl about the body. Pal II
The origin OF the fro 5is a mystery,
'though8a few weeks ago flames started
ain tho same building and only the "a ct
that II was early in the evening and was
quickly discovered prevented "a similar
blaze, When the iflrcn1en arrived on tho
scene In response TO the #alarm flames
wore shooting from the building. n Lad :
.dera were quickly lloiste an i q woman
iva s. brought down from the third story
or the building BY NO 81 firc1nen. She
was not hurt but Il bad ly 4 frightened and
almost hysterical. 3f35Ai 8ss93
Z IN the hotel lobby pnndemonium reign
ed. AS soon as tho fire was. discovered
the night clerk had all guests promptly
notified and there wasin wild scramble
for the stairwayss There was no da niger
except from the panic which cnsued. Mo-
mon came down to the lobby IN their
night clothes and completed a some
what dishabile toilet in tthe lobby which
was crowded. Grips and satchels, from
which all nlancr OF garments were pro-
struding. were scattered, about tho: floor
and men and women talked excitedly and
n few .risked the heavy rain that was
falling to sc ctl,c flames from which they
had so narrowly escaped. %
~ BY 7 heroic work the fircmen confined
the building in which 1t orignated This
was completely Quilted. It belongs to the
NIilhiser estate. and Is said to be fully
covered by insurance.
b GRAPHIC ACCOUNT.
Former Secretary .Akers. OF the Rail-
read Commission. occupied a room next
4 to the burning building. and he gave a
graphic account OF the fire. He was
walked from sound sleep and smclled
the IRE and saw tho smoke forcing its
way through the walls. He got up and
dressed and packed his grip before COM
ing down. s
Hystercal women could DO heard
shrieking In the Railways, he said, and
fora time there was considerable excite
ment. The hotel attendants assured the
guests that they were in no personal dan
ger. but there fears could not be9allayed.
and there was rush for, the stairwnys.
Down they piled. and the scene that
was witnessed In the lobby was one tlla
is rarely seen. Women with their hair
streaming down their backs and with
corsets and other pieces Of wearing an.
parel under their arms were huddled In
obscure corners, while men walked about
With their coats closely buttoncd to hide
the fact that they had on very little
under It. 1t was a disagreeable night to
be turned out OF their warm beds, and
few wished to got any distance above
the ground. 5s i. III
THRILLINCf RESCUE. sls
At great risk Fireman M!l1gan and
CAPTAIN Dorsey, Of Truck Company No.
i. entered the third story OF the burning
building and brought down young wo.
man who was at the window crying for
help. She insisted that her pet dog be
brought out, and Fireman Jacoblni res
cued tho pct Hardly had he left the
room when the whole room burst into
DANES and tho floor fell with a terrible
crash soan thereafter, ~,
Fireman Bauserman, whoe engine was
stationed at Eighth and Grace Street,
was injured by his horses running away,
lie grabbed the brides and swung man.
fully to them and was carried to the
Washington Monument in the Capitol
Square before he could bring the team TO
f q stop
81 The new fire alarm system that has
been Installed In the hotel In accordance
with a city ordinance worked perfectly,
and by pressing button In the office
all OF the guests were notified at once
and red lights showed them the way to
tho stairways. N
WE'RE LOUDLY scHEERED,
The woman who was on the third floor
Of the damaged building, had a narrow
and thrilling escape from being ncen-
Grated. It was witnessed by a hundred
or more people who sent UP cher after
oheer,, when they saw her safely landed
upon the sidewalk and out OF harrn's way.
4 She had ben awakened by the fire and
the noise In the street below. Looking
around she. discovered that tho place
was APPARENTLY a mass OF angry flames,
and a direct course to the sta rs seemed
cut off, .silS II
fI With rare presence of MIND she rush-
& ed to "a front window q nd threw II open.
She was obserbed almost fEirnmedia teIy,