The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
THREE LOST IN HOTEL FIRE.
EODIES or THE MARTIN FAMILY
~ MARAN(OOK Ruins.
Parents Dir Trying to Save Their Son
Young Hotel Clerk = Hero, Saving
Many Persons and Himself BelnE SO
Hadl, Hurt Thnt lie May DIe-W. u.
Maxwell OF Brooklyn Was Injured.

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M,RANcooK, Me, Aug. 2s.-As the result
If the burning of Hotel Marancook early
,h, morning, three people lost their lives
and a fourth a young man, who for the
second me within thirty-six hours proved
himself hero. is lying at cottage here
IN a critical condition.
It was not known until this forenoon
tina, any lives had been lost but in hunting
over The ruins three charred bodies were
found which proved to be those Of Mr..
and Mrs. f. A. Martin of Roslindale, Mass
and their six-ycar-old boy, Spencer. The
hero Of he occasion is Robert Dewey Bout
we'll. Il years old, of Maiden, Mass, who
was clerk in he hotel. He is suffering from
pneumonia.
Nrarly 100 guests we're in the hotel and
uany we're forced to jump, scantily clad,
from the windows. The fire. which Ia be-
lovci to have been caused by defective
nrc spread with such rapidity that the
guc,s lost nearly all their clothing and
other personal effects
Mrs. W. J. Maxwell Of Brooklyn lost
jewelrv valued at 500 and her husband
strained his ankle by jumping. Mrs.
George H. Hassan of Needham. Mass.
has broken leg and sprained ankle.
Her condition is serious.
The fire was discovered by a train crew
and they gave the alarm. As soon a. Bout
well was awakened he rushed through the
corridors rapping upon the doors to arouse
the guests. In response to his cries, sThe
house is all afire; hurry UP or you will be
burned alive. the guests rushed from their
rooms and began their desperate efforts
to escape from the building. which was
rapidly being consumed. The corridors
were filled with smoke. and the flames swept
IN the stairways, 40 that all guests above
the second floor were forced to escape
hy jumping from the windows.
When Boutwell, rushed from the hotel
he was hit on the head by a grip thrown
from an upper window. The blow knocked
him down. When he revived he ran three
times through the flames and smoke and
assisted in the rescue OF several persons.
Several times he assembled ladder and
then. by clinging to the indow sill, lifted
some half suffocated person TO q place OF
safety
The Martins lost their lives in an attempt
tosaye their boy, who became panic stricken
and would not jump from the window.
They occupied rooms next to the Maxwells.
The Maxwells heard the Martins telling their
boy to jump. The little fellow screamed in
terror and ran out into the nall The father
and mother rushed after him. The smoke
in the hall was dense.
They raped on the door Of the Max
wells room and then cried out: "We're
stihng.' The Maxwells opened their door
and as they did so dense volume Of smoke
rolled in upon them. That was the last
they saw Of the Martins. Mr.. Maxwell
let his wife down with blanket and he
jumped.
Boutwells work this morning was the
second demonstration Of bravery by him
in thirty-six hours. On Tuesday night
Miss Margaret Herman was in a small
boat which was struck and demolished
by the steamer Marancook, throwing Miss
Herman into the water. She was unable
to swim and Boutwell,, who was pas
senger on the steamer, dived from tho
rail and went to the rescue Of the drowning
girl, who was almost exhausted by her
efforts to keep above the water. Boutwell,
managed to keep her head above the SUR
face until assistance reached them from
the steamer. He is preparing for college
at Colby Academy and is an excellent
athlete.