The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-10
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/ morning and had not gone to bed. His
brother, w. w. Collins, was in the ho-
/ tel, but got out safely. Much fear
was entertained for Isaac Atwater, who
has lived at the hotel for years, and
whose great age made his safety. mat
wired from New York inquiring about
s him. Judge Atwater has always been
an early riser and was up and sitting
Cut OFF by Smoke.
Mr. and Mrs. w S. Mott of: Mime
apolis, who occupied rooms on the sixth
floor, had narrow escape.
81 was but partially robed,' said
Mr. Mott, "but because of the dense
smoke did not wait to dress. With
my wife 1 made my way by cropping
along the wall to the stairs. We. tried
to go down, but found the smoke. SO
suffoeatingly dense that we, dashed
smashed a window with my, hand, so
that we could get a little fresh air.
This revived us some, and once more
we hurried into the corridor and this
time made for the fire escape. This
we reached in safety and we were
able discomfort and exertion, safely
to the ground.'
Women Found Unconscious.
Mrs. Day and her maid, Mrs. Ding,
who occupied room sos, had a close
call They were discovered uncon-
scious in their room by Lieutenant
Mullane of Station No. l, and District
Chief Humane. These fremen car
ried them downstairs to the drug store
on the first floor. There they were re-
vived, and some time after were taken
back to their room, where both are in
an exhausted condition and under medi-
cal treatment.
Broke Window with Fist.
81 consider 1 am lucky to still be
alive said H. W. Eddy of Chicago,
who occupied room $50. ~ heard the
bells ringing turnout the hotel, but
thought little of it. Suddenly 1 real
lied that it was fire alarm. I
jumped out of bed and looked into the
court on which the window to my room
opened. Smoke was pouring out of win
dows below and above me. Grabbing
my clothing, [ opened the door and
rushed into the hall.
''The heat was awful. 1t seemed to
eat right into one. / reached the stairs
and started down. On tho landing I
felt myself being overcome by the
smoke. In desperation I smashed with
my bare hand at the window on the
stair landing. [ cut myself badly, but
] got some fresh air 1t gave me new
life. I made another dash down the
~ stairs and finally found myself in
safety on the first hoor.'
Saved Another.
81 was awakened from sound sleeI
by the shrieking of woman,'' sale
DR.. A. L. Marks Of Spokane, who occu
pied room 74O. "The phone bell il
i my room didn IT ring, but I could hea
the fire alarm call jingling in rooms o,
each side Of mine. | opened the doc
into the hall, and as 7 did so in plunge'
a man, Ted Jones Of Appleton. He wa
delirious thru the excitement and tn
inhaling of quantities Of smoke whic]
filed the hall. He rushed to my win
dow, smashed the glass with his bar
hands, cutting them badly, and woul
have jumped to the stone sidewalk i
front of the hotel, seven stories below
had I not caught him.
II threw him down 50 that his hea
hung out of the window and he coul
breathe some fresh air, for by this tim
my room was choking full Of the smok
After he had partially recovered
soaked two towels with water, tied on
about his head and the other abor
mine. I then half dragged him OF
into the hall and down the passage
where I knew the fire escape was Il
Gated. Of course I could see nothin
and had to grope my way along.
stumbled over the body Of some poo
unfortunate fellow who lay grooming
the hall, unconscious and overcome b
him, but I could not rescue. two me
and the one with me was all
could handle. I guess the fellow
the hall was Somerville, who T afte
wards learned was suffocated on tn:
floor.
..,,,well, I finally got to the fire escal
with Jones. After I got him out
the fire escape, he revived in the fres
air SO as to be able to help himself al
to go down alone. We were both bar
footed and it was terrible task TT
fools who built the fire escape made
of square iron rods for rungs, and i
stead of putting the flat sides of tt
s squares up, put one edge up: It W
and as much as we could do to be
the pain without falling.
'fThe room had occupied was rig
next to the one from which m;
jumped and was killed. At no stage
the game did I think Of jumping. =
the contrary, I made up my mind
remain in my rooms and be suffocated
it came to the worst, in preference
jumping and having my brain dash
out on the stone walk below
Woman Spread Alarm.
F. E. Beal of Detroit, Mich, who
cupied No. 40, an outside room, says
believes he owes his life to some I
known gentleman and lady.
"Some man broke into my roo
smashing my door, He was follow
by a woman, evidently his wife, W
was endeavoring with him to awak
all who were sleeping that they mig
be saved. Looking in the hall col
see dense smoke, with occasionally
tongue Of flame shooting thru it,
lost sight Of the woman and man a
was cropping my way in the choki
smoke when fireman bumped into I
He Immediately took me in charge a
guided me to the stairs. After tn
escape was an easy matter.'
John s. Fillmore, a Minneapolis tn
cling man, had an experience which
will never forget. He occupied 70
661.
1T found the hall so choked W
smoke that it was useless to try
make the long run to the nearest sta
! made my way to a window.
doing SO. l stumbled over the body o
man. I pulled the man along to
window with me go that he could
fresh air. In few minutes he
vived Fortunately, there were Sc,
of those scaling ladders from the "
dow down. 1 looked out. It wa
dizzy thing to attempt to 90 do
those frail, swaying things, but it ,
our only chance. It was life or des
I wanted the fellow I had pulled to