The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
Salvation Army Bar
 racks Burn.
MANY JUMP FROM BUILDING
Death List WiIl Probably Reach
 Score Mark.
St. Louis Firemen Were Helpless in EOf' forts to Restrain Terriasa In- masss from Throwing Them
 selves to Pavement.

St. Louis, Nov 2s--fhe Light House Hotel, a three-story structure on ths northwest corner of Ninth and Markei { Streets, utilized as a Salvation Army barracks was damaged by ire early today when probably 800 helpless meE were lodged within it.
 Six lost their lives and probably thirty-Hve were injured, about half thal number being seriously injured, soms not being expected to live Four were burned to death and two died from in' juries received in jumping from uppel windows. Six others of those WAc jumped are lying unconscious at th' city hospital and are not expected tf recover
 The fire started on the third floor and swept through the old building rapid 1y. Men fought at the windows to se- cure the life lines and slide to the street, but so great was the frenzy with which the ropes were seized and held that they were of little avail and those who could not escape by the stairway Ieaped from the windows. A large number of those who jumped were caught in nets, but many jumped before the nets were stretched and were in- jured.
 The cause pf the fire has not been ascertained.
 Llst of CasuaIties.
 The following is partial list Of the casualties:
 Killed;
 Tour unidentified.
 Oscar F. Davis. 7s years of age, of George D. Rose. jumped, died at hospital
 Injured:
 John Brady, aged as years; serious internal injuries.
 Charles j. Ross. 30. shoulder frac- tured and internally hurt.
 John shaw. aged 5s, one-legged man; leg fractured
 Alfred Broad. F. hands and face burned.
 Thomas Callahan. fireman. face and hands burned
 James Clark. 90. burned all over. body: serious. flames Burkhardt 30.
 James Lynch, 4e.
 John Brady, 20.
 Charles Ross, day clerk.
 Thomas Mooney. ss.
 J. r. Mueller. 3s.
 oscar Anderson. 26.
 George Miller, 40
 William Gilliiland. Bs.; Hagerstown' Ill.
 John Moore. 30.
 Charles Roland, 30, all moro or less burned,
 The following will probably die:
 James varley, unconscious, burned, jumped. 76., burned, jumped.
 Thomas Walsh, aged 50. unconscious, burned. jumped
 Thomas Fleming, jumped.
 John Butler. jumped, unconscious.
 Charles Meier, aged 52, Chicago, burned jumped. unconscious
 Juliues Vierhbilig. aged 2s, from Grand Rapids, Mich; face and body burned.
 William owen. 57; fractured ribs from William Wiley. leg fractured.
 Pearl Hyatt, 21 years old, Indianap- oils: fractured ribs and knee:
 Edward Howard, aged 46' badly purn- ed; condition serious.
 The building was three-story struc- ture and fully 500 men were sleeping fin 1t when the fire broke out.
 Watchman Found Fire.
 Watchnnan O'Connell. who was sta- -tioned on the third floor. discovered inc fire He said he had gone to the clothes parel for several of the men who were practically without clothing and on opening the closet door sheet or fkame belched forth, burning off his hair and eyebrows.
 The watchman was unable to shut the door and the whole room was quickly filled with flame and sISoke. OConnell gave the alarm and hRrried around waking up the sleeping inmates, The closet had formerly been an old elevator shaft and with the door open a draft resulted that quickly spread the fire through the building.
 At every window could be seen forms of half naked men, calling to fremen in terror, and a few moments later leaning from the burning building to inc sidewalk below.
 Life lines. fastened at windows, pro- vided means of escape for scores of the 500 lodEers.
 Terror took possession of some of the men and a number of them started to run through the streets as soon as they escaped from the building. ThinIy clad, the frenzied men ran madly until they were pursued and caught and taken in ambulances to places of warmth Many of them were taken to No. engine house nearby. Dozens were sick from the effects of the smoke and gas inhaled. Some of the men, sap- parently not hurt at all. were crying sab1ectly ana were unaDle 70 tell what was the matter with them.
 About eighty-five men were crowded into the basement, sleeping, when the fire was discovered. They were unable to get out. as the door was apparently locked. Their cries attracted the at tention of policemen and the basement door was broken in. The men poured out of the basement like rats.
 The fremen called to those in the windows not to jump until the nets could be stretched, but all to little avail, for as fast as the flames roared nearer to the windows, men jumped and were picked up injured and unconscious. The fire swept through the second and third floors and damaged the structure to the estimated extent of $2,500. IL was an old building The cause of the fire has not been ascertained
 The seriously injured were taken to the city hospital and two died there. These two had jumped from the win dows of the hotel. and six others, all of whom were among those had jumped from the upper windows, lie uneon-