Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27
Early Morning Blaze at
 Lowell. HOTEL DESTROYED
A Number of Persons Were Seri- ously Injured Fire Start ed From Stove ip the
 Kitchen.

Lowell, Mass, Jan 27.-Three lives were lost by the burning of the Rich- ardson hotel here at about ? o'clock tLis morning and several persons sus- taiiled injuries, one of them Delng ike ,ly, to die The dead:
 H. c. Harding, $ Hillside Park. som- erville. Mass. :.
 Christine Nelson, pastry cook, Of Boston.
 Miss Josephine Kennestou, nurse, Franklin Falls. N. H.
 The injured were:
 A. s. Anthony, New Bedford; cut by falling glass and also injured by drop ping from an upper story to life net.
 E. H. Hickey, Portland, Ne. numer- ous cuts and bruises caused by jump ing from window on the fourth floor.
 John F. Hatch. New York; badly burned and almost overcome by smoke.
 Andrew Lynch, Lowell; badly bruised by fall from rope fire escape. also burned.
 John Hutchinson. New York rithO. grapher; jumped from ladder, striking lower rungs and bounding to ground; sustained severe bruises and also somewhat burned.
 l.. Yyaggian. Manchester. N. H.; burned and injury to arm.
 John Emerson. fireman; back hurt.
 Ira Allen. believed to i've in Lowell; injured by fall from fire escape.
 The most seriously injured person is A. s. Anthony. As he was not in the best of health, an attendant. Miss Josephine Kemeston, of Franklin Falls. N. H., was caring for ilim. Miss Kenneston lost her life. Mir Anthony's condition is critical.
 Fred Kilgore of Worcester, an in surance agent. who was familiar with the hotel through past visits. got out by the fire escape without injury. but lost all his personal effects.
 The fire was the worst disaster that has visited Lowell since the explosion of the powder mills at rewksoury two years ago last summer. when many lives were lost and much property was destroyed.
 There were more than 40 guests in the building when the fire broke out, ,and as the hotel register was not available for hours it was feared that many had lost their lives. A search of the ruins made this forenoon, how ever, revealed the fact that only three had perished.
 T.lt two upper floors of the ihotel were burned out. The two lower ones were wrecked by falling debris snd smoke and water. The walls remain ed standing.
 Those injured were either burned, c,t by falling glass or received injur- ies in jumping from .he windows. There were many thrilling escapes, including that of Mir Anthony. tho New Bedford man who nung from < window ledge as long us his strength would permit. Several of tue guests leaped into life nets held by the fire men. The body of the pastry cook was found lying across window sill.
 The hotel was owned by Thomas T.. uoban. who estimates his loss at S60,- 600.
 The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen from sa oyerheated stove. It Is thought that ii had been burning for nearly an nour before fr was discovered at about o'clock.
 The hotel. four-story brick struc- r,rre. was situated on the corner of Middlesex and Thorndike streets, op- posite the Boston X Maine railroad station. The flames originated on the Thorndike street side. or in the rear of the building. and worked up to the upper floors.
 During the evening there had beer a meeting of business men at the ho- tel. and after the meeting adjourned many of those who attended, remained at the hotel to play cards in a room on the second floor. About 2 o'ciocS there was strong smell of smoke and when the door of the room was opened by some investigator there was a ttrong rush of smoke and heat into the room. It is due to :he presence of mind of those in the room thar the list of casualties was not greater. While one of the number went outside te give the alarm the others ran through the corridors. kicking at ihe doors and arousing the occupanis of the va- riaus rooms. All the guests of the serond and first floors were aroused. .bgI< whes'5 'sn sittempt Gls made to reach the third and fourti, floors the men were driven back by the smoke and flanies-
 All the persOns on the first and sec ond floors escaped without injury.
 When the frenen arrived many persons on the third and fourth floors were hanging from tie window 1eiges.
 Unfortunately the fire aParatus re- spending to the first alarm ,lid not in- eIusIe enough aerial ladders sa remove these persons from their precari0us 10 sitfonS. X second alarm YES sounded immediately and when sufficient bong tsdder< hsd reaehei the scene all of those who were visibly ia peril were rescued
 Some of the persons who were hang ing from the wTndows. however. had heconae exhausted hefore this time and had druppet into the Iifs nets that were spread le8ow- AmJng this mum Der was A S Anfhoay of New Bal- ford vhO occupiei a rern o1 tic fourth rcur of the hotel- N- Anth0uy hsd hung by his hands fTsEs the win dow ledge fer twelve minHfcS- His strruz1h uss rsriily giving cut and fearing thst tie flames vosld rezch h;u. hr droprlr-1 nIto tie iife net He
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