The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-01-12
An Awful Experience.

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An Awful Experience.
The guests, who numbered about
seven hundred. were awakened by the
alarm bells rushed widely about seek.
ing safety. Those on the upper floor
were driven back into their rooms by
the smoke which filled the Railways
and when the firemen arrived they
were greeted by cries for assistance
from scores OF men. women and child
rem who, scantly clad, were shivering
ont the window ledges. Two men
were compelled to leap from the Sec
cond floor and both were killed.
Captain John Berwin of the hook
and ladder company sacrificed his life
to aid some of the victims on the sew
enth Moor.
Fire Originates in Packingroom.
The blaze started in an unknown
manner in the packingroom on the
first floor. Ascending the elevator
shaft it spread when it reached the
fifth floor. Awakened by the ringing g
of the alarm bells in their rooms the
guests, who numbered in all aboL.
700, rushed wildly about seeking sac
ty. Those on the upper floors were
driven back into their rooms ny Lne
smoke, which niIed the hallwa, $, anu
when the tiremen arrived tney were
greeted by cries OF assistance from
scores OF men and women VINO,
scantiiy clau. were shiverins on the
window ledaes. Smoke was pourlu :;
out around chem and soon two men
were compelled to leap to avoid the
flames. both were killed. One o.
them has been identified as j. r..
Peisinger, travelling salesman IRON
guest, sought fire escape, but hav-
ing opened the wrong window on the
seventh fioo5 she was driven to step
off the ledge. Her body was horribly
mangled: Death was instantaneous.
Captain John Berwin of hook and
ladder company, having broken open a
window on the seventh floor which he
had reached by means OF a scaling
ladder, stumbled onto the body OF
Mrs. Emeline Barlow, an aged woman.
He strapped the unconscious form to
his back and started down the ladder.
When midway between the seventh
and sixth floors the strap broke. Bend
ing over to balance the body for mo-
ment he then leaned, IL the risk OF
his life, and threw the woman toward
projecting ledge on the floor below
Apparently being revived by the fresh
air or by 1.-The shock the aged woman
grasped the projection and held on.
Later she was rescued. But in throw
ing the woman to safety Captain Ber-
win lost his balance and fell to the
pavement. He was instantly killed.
Terrible Battle for His Life.
]. E. Wolf, fifty years old, travelling
representative for Sperry & Alexan-
der, wholesale hardware merchants,
New York, met horrible death. r1c
was burned in his room and the conf
tion of the furniture indicated that ne
had fought the flames until the last
All the clothing had been torn tro.sl
the bed and it was apparent that I,,s
man had sought to smother the flames,
which eventually consumed him.
Thomas Someryille of Springfield,
ILL.,, travelling salesman; w. G.. Mich
OILS, a grain commission merchant Of
Minneapolis, and Clinton Lamme, a
cadet from West Point, N. s., were
suffocated. in theii rooms.
Mrs. Barrow may die from inha,el
smoke. The fire was rung out at 10 -
q. m. The property loss is estimated
ut $25, 900. 3
T. X. Chaigton of New York was
erribly burned about the face and
hands while crawling through a long
Inall. He finally reached safety by
means Of ! fire escape ct the rear,
more than a block from his room.
lHe and others said the red lights In.
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