The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
S. D. WORKS and G. G. Phillips
Stood on Hennepin Avenue.
SAW CHAMBERLAlN'S RESCUE
Graphic Account CIV by Mr.. Work.
Chief Kehoe, who Saved Mrs. Bar
low, Has Bro her Here.

| ). D. Works returned to the city yes
terday afternoon from Bemidi an,
other points in the northern part o
the state, where he purchased lumber t,
be used in the construction of the new
residences which his company is to cree
| the coming season. He states that NJ
snow fell there last week, but that there
was ten inches on the ground before
that which has not thawed, and that the
sleighing is fine.
Mr.. Works was in Minneapolis yes
terday morning and witnessed the Yves
Hotel fire. He was there soon after the
fire began, and describes it graphically
Il stood on the Hennepin avenue side
of the building" said he, "and did not
see the fire captain fall or the people
jump down, and I am glad that / did
not. / saw enough to satisfy me. The
smoke was rolling out of the three up
per stories in great, suffocating clouds.
as from burning wool, and now and then
flame could be seen at the windows All
at once at the window of the corner
room on the seventh floor appeared Mr..
and Mrs. Chamberlain, scantly clad and
greatly excited. They held their heads
down out of the window for air, while
the crowd below shouted to them not to
l.
up by the firemen, but went only to the
fifth floor. The two pOmpier ladders
were used from the fifth to the sixth
and from the sixth to the seventh floors,
the hooks graphing the window frames.
the sixth floor window to hold the frail,
slender ladders, and the other going up
to the window where Mr.. and Mrs.
Chamberlain were waiting impatiently.
The crowd was as silent as the grave
until the firemen reached the window
and began to descend with Mrs Cham
berlain. Then it sent up great cheer.
The report of the fire captain and the
woman falling OIL the other side of the
building had spread through the crowd,
and / expected to see the same thing
happen here, and was prepared to turn
my head away the moment they fell.
My heart almost ceased to beat, and l
felt faint. But they got to the extern
sion ladders safely, and the fireman
went up and rescued Mr.. Chamberlain.
The latter seemed to be more excited
than his wife. Mrs. Chamberlain seem
ed to be wearing bath robe, but her
husband had a little more on.
''This was the most exciting scene
that l saw, but there was great ex
citement. People poured out of the
building and ran about in partial at
tire. The police soon had things in or
der, and the firemen did good work"
G. G.. Phillips also stood on the Hen
nepin side of the hotel and watched the
fire for two hours. He too, saw the
Chamberlains carried down to safety. He
states that the fremen were perfectly
calm, and did excellent work. The po-
lice service was admirable. He states
that the scenes at the outbreak of the
fire were very exciting. When the fire.
men entered the building to look for
bodies the smoke frequently forced them
to the windows for air.
WILTON G. Rudd, Chicago travelling
man, who arrived at the Saulpaugh last
night and was a guest there today, was
stopping at the West at the time of the
fire, but got out safely. His account
of the fire corresponds with the publish
ed accounts.
Chief Kohoe, whose quickness saved
the life of Mrs. Barlow, when Captain
Berwin lost his life, is brother OF
Thomas Kehoe of this city. Thomas at
one time belonged to the Minneapolis
fire department and was one OF the most
efficient members.
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