The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-14
Driven From Chicago
Building Into Bitter
Cold Streets.
FIVE FIREMEN INJURED
Hurt by Falling Wall-Bell
Boy Nearly Victim OF
Heroisn1.

CHICAGO, Feb 14-Fire broke out in
the Hotel Brevort at 2,S0 o'clock, and
five hours later the building had been
completely gutted, entailing loss or
$3.50 600.
Three hundred guests had narrow
escapes All are believed to have been
safely removed from the path of the
flames.
Five f1remen were injured.
Twenty-Five extra engines have been
called for.
Other Alarms of Fire.
Shortly after the strength OF the fire
department had been hurled into the
fight against the Brevort fire, alarms
were turned in from los West Monroe
street and from Clinton and adams
streets. where high Office buildings are
located
Alarms are being turned In from all
over the city Fort small fires were
fought successfully during Monday
night, but nearly every one entailed
great suffering on numbers of people.
Two Explosions Cause Terror.
The fire in The Brevort House was
caused by crossed wires. Two explo-
sions in q Ifght shaft at the top of the
building added to the terror OF the
guests.
A NUMBER OF SuSSlSs t1lb'F AEiS
escapes crowded. tried 10 brave the
smoke and make their way to the street
down the stairway. In their flisht sew
eral were bruised. Most or the guests
turned back and made their way doWn
fire escapes on finding the smoke more
dense IN the lower floors
Lines of hose were extended into the
building and streams of water Were
COON directed against the middle part
Of the second floor, from which the
The fire was apparently under control,
with comparatively little damage done
when al daylight 1t burst forth agaaln an.
fire escape and fell ten feet to the
ground being slightly injured
East Wall Falls.
Five firemen were in the hotel BARRON
throwing water on the flames when th'
east wall of the hotel fell. All We're in
ilireSi. but none dangerously. Three o
the injured are John Williams. w Cash
man and a fireman named Napier; TIL
falling wall struck the wan OF the Il, Ia
building TO the extent OF slU.U09
All the cable lines from the North SID
are tied up. Approximately nan a mn mn
lion persons are kept from their place
OF business. The public and city tele
phone systems are defective as a resui
" william iii Divine, critically IL wit
pneumonia, was forgotten In His roor
and rescued just before the fame
II.
l.. E. Goodwin, chief of the bellboys
nearly gave his life to save that of tn
guests While running from door I
door awakening the sleepers he Ma
overcome by the smoke in the hall an
fell unconscious.
William Waldo, chief clerk. stumble
over the body. Though nearly overeon
himself. he carried the unconsciou
youth to the street.
Rescued in Night Clothes.
Mr and Mrs Campbell. of Milan, Tex
occupied a room on the third floor, nea
where the flames started. Clad only
their night clothes. they climbed dow
the fire escape. This ended at the frs
story and they stood there in the col
until rescued by two policemen
F. H Yorks a commercial travels
from Boston. clad in his pajamas, ais
climbed down the fire escape and suffer
ed from exposure.
O. w. Carr and wife, OF Eyanstol
were forced TO climb down tne fire es
cape. Both being thinly clad and with
out shoes, they suffered severely.
T. c. Hall, of Beloit Wis, lunbt
man, suffered severely being forced /
the street in his night clothes.