Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27
THREE PERSONS
BURNED To DEATH
Lost Their Lives in the Burning
OF the Richardson House,
Lowell, Mass.
QUITE A NUMBER INJURED.
Seven People Taken To the Hospital
Score of Others Treated by
Physicians.

Lowell, Mass. Jan. 27--Thrce lives
were lest by the burning OF the Rich
ardsOn hotel here at O'Clock this
morning Several persons suffered
injuries one Of whom is likely to die.
DEAD.
h. G.. Hardin OF Someryine Mass
Christine Nelson pastry cook, Of
Boston.
Miss Josephine Kennister nurse,
Franklin Falls. y. IL.
INJURED.
Among those who were injured are:
A. $. Anthony New Bedford, cut by
falling glass, and also injured by drop
ping from an upper story to life net.
r. II. Dickery. Portland, Me, cuts
and bruises caused by jumping from
a window on the fourth floor.
John f, Hatch, New York, badly
burned and overcome by smoke
Andrew Lynch. Lowell, badly bruised
by fall from IRE escape, also burned
John Hutchinson, New York, severe
~ bruised by jumping from ladder, also
somewhat burned.
Ira Allen, Lowell injured by fail
flOm fire escape.
There were more than 40 guests in
the building when the lire broke out,
ana as the hotel roster was not avail
able II Was feared that many had lost
their lives.
a search OF the ruins made this
forenoon however. revealed IN fact
that only three had persisted
The upper floors OF the hotel were
burned out The two lower ones were
wrecked by falling walls ana smoke
and water
Seven Injured persons were rtken
10 the hospital while nearly score
OF Others We're treated by physicians
aud then lodged in other hotels and
residences in the neighborhood Most
OF them were either burned, cut by fall
ing glass or received injuries in jump
ing from the windows of the upper story
OF the burning building
The fire Is believed TO have started
tn the Kitchen from an oveyneatet
stove. ~ Is thought tnat 1t had beer
burning sometime before It was dis
covered.
During the evening there had been
meeting of business men nj the hote
and after adjournment many Of IN,
guests remained at the hotel to plaS
cards IN room on the second floor
About : o'clock there was an odOr o
smoke and when the door Of the room
was opened there was q strong rush o
smoke and heat into the room. IL /.
due TO the presence Of mind OF those
IN the room that the list OF casualtice
was not greater. While one of the
number went outside TO give the alalsl
the others ran through the corridors
kicking at the doors and arouslng the
occupants Of the various rooms. All
the guests on tho second and frst
floors were aroused but when an at
tempt was made 10 reach the third
ana fourth tioors the men were driven
back by the smoke ana flames
All HE persons on the first and sec
ond floors escaped without injury.
When the firemen arrived many per-
sons on the third aud fourth floors .Wera
hanging from the window lodges. The
fire apparatus responding to the first
alarm did not include enough aerial lad
ders TO remove these persons from their
perilogs positions, A second alarm was
sounded and when sufficient long lad
ders had reached the scene all of thos
who were yisibly in peril, were re-
cued
Some OF the persons who were hang.
ing from the windows however, had be
come exhausted before this time ana
had dropped Into the life net that was
spread below. Among this number was
A :. Anthony OF New Bedford, who
occupied a room on the fourth floor.
Mr.. Anthony had hung by his hands
from the window ledge for IL minutes.
His strength was rapidly giving out
fearing the flames would reach him soon
he dropped into the life net. He suf-
fered no burns, but his face was badly
cut by falling glass and he was some
what injured by his fall.
Most of the people on the third and
fourth floors who were not taken down
By fremen, managed to escape by the
rope fire escapes, All left the hotel IN
their night clothes and they did not
have an opportunity 70 save their per-
sonal effects.