The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-10
Wonderful Coolheadedness of Guests
Aids Firen1en---MiracuLous Escapes
the Rule and Not the Exception.
Brave Men and Women Dare Perils
to Spread Alarm or Drag Fallen
Forms to Safety.

what Of it. It was far better than to
be eaten up alive by the demon of fire.
And then the brave fire laddies brought |
out the pompier. It was hoisted with
directions to fasten it to the window |
and to let Mrs. Chamberlain make to-
loved, Don't look, down, for God g
sake yelled the fireman at us, 'look
up into the sky
"And so we went down into the
street, with the heights of seven floors
lessening and lessening until we safe
ly put our feet on the ground. Never
shall I forget the anguish and the hor-
Our three children only left the night
before yesterday to their schools in
the east Their rooms had been in
close vicinity Of the elevator, and I
have not the slightest doubt that in
an attempt to save them we all would
have perished.' .
Rallies on Way to Morgue.
Harry Swisky of Chicago, who was
at first numbered among the dead, later
revived and was taken to the Swedish
hospital instead of to the morgue, where
the wagon had started to carry him.
Swisky was on the seventh floor and
was overcome by the smoke. There
he was found by firemen, who dragged
him out of the killing smoke and car
ried him down to- the first floor Of the.
! hotel. ~ ~ rs ~
| There efforts to revive him seemed
fruitless. He was believed to be dead
! and was placed in the morgue wagon
! to be taken to the morgue. On the
| way he revived. He was Immediately
driven to the Swedish hospital and will
probably recover.
Fate Kept Them Away.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woolnough were
! guests at the West this winter, but by
a wonderful interference Of fate had
| night. When seen, Mr.. and Mrs. Wool>
nough wheeled a sewing machine out
| of the room which had been occupied
by them. It was on the seventh floor,
very near the elevator, and in the very
midst of the most destructive part Of
the fire. ....
Mrs. Woolnough said: "Had I been
home at the time of the fire, my life
would have been wiped out just like
worst fatalities occurred in the rooms
next to mine, and many Of my things
are burned.'
MRS. WOOD 6erO1C.
SYMPATHETIC friends gathered around
Mrs. Wood, the owner Of the hotel, in
the lobby. Thru all the excitement and
trials Of the day Mrs. Wood remained
at her post, and with cheerful and
to tighten the burden of those who had
suffered from the fire, while her heart
was bleeding at the thought of the
family friend who lay still in death,
having been suffocated in his room on
the seventh floor. w.
. Mrs. Wood and her family, had bare
escape with their lives in the Sherman
hotel fire in Chicago some years ago
and seems to be destined to fight hel
way thru many calamities Of that sort
Saw Woman Leap.
W. A. Allen of Warren, Ohio, who
had room on the seventh floor, relates
the following experiences:
81 was awakened suddenly this
roem. At first I was inclined to ig
more it, but as 1t continued, I got out
of bed and answered it. Someone tolo
me that the hotel was on fire. / rushed
out into the hall, but the smoke was sc
, fierce, that was obliged to retreat int
my room. AS my room began to fl
, with smoke, I rushed over and opened
the window, where I saw below me {
: crowd telling me not to jump.
room jumped or fell out Of the window
: and striking her head ON the balcony OF
3 the floor below, was instantly killed.
e 'The fremen were slow in getting tt
f my room, and SO, Drawing the smoke,
| crawled thru The hall to the stairway
e How [ got down and out into the ope1
: is mystery to me. All can remem
| hor orxr1fr Il ,&osv a.
= were as hot as ovens and in conse
a quence my hands have become yer
y, much blistered.
t Flees in Bathrobe.
O Henry Eliel reached the Plaza thi
: morning attired in bathrobe and sli1
s pers. He came in carriage and ha
: money. Mr.. Eliel' s brother and Messr
~ | Pennington and F. R. Petit of til
. Plaza put their respective wardrobe
e at the service of Mr.. Eliel and provide
: him with money. Attired in a suit G
q his brothers. clothes, Mr. Pennington
u old hat, and an overcoat of Mr.. Petit
9 he was able to make a presentable al
e pearance and came down town.
t Stayed Up; Saved.
y W. G. Collins Of Chicago and H.
Il Davis of New York were supposedly
e the West and great anxiety was fe
y by their friends, who sounded ever
g line of communication to draw info
!e nation concerning them. The repo
e went around that W. E. Magner of D
e, luth, well known here, had lost his lif
20 but telephone messages from Dulut
said that his Duluth office had receive
le word of his escape.
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