The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-10
Dead And q Large Nalnber seriousI
HoIocaust.


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi Jan. ire
In the West Hotel, starting from
crossed wires IN tae elsyasor shaft n.
the basement at 80 this morning re
suited in the deaths Of q least ten
persons and a property loss q not
less than s5o,0oO
The known dead:
C. Fl. WRIGHT. New York
Nv G. NICHOLS, MINNEAPOLIS
CAPrAiE JOHN HERWilS, Mime;
apolis
MISS Mabel IARsoN emaha.
w ID tIAGNER. pdiuth
Unidentified body q baby its moth
or and sfendmother aud unidentified
man
Eiehtecn persons were so badly IN. IN
jured thai Il Is believed they cannot
recover Among them are z. x.
Kreightcn, New York william David;
son, u 5. Consul a nchuria broth
er Of VI. d Magnet Duluth, MINI,
who was iilled !: y. Wolfe. travelling
salesman, Of CHICAGO There are
twenty Injured persons Of various hos
pitals, theIr Identity being not yet re.
g
yealed. Most ot the dead and injured
were victims cf safocation.
The hrst horror occurred IS min
utes after die IRE had started. Fire
captain. John Beman had thrown a
sealing ladder @. seventh story win
dow where woman was wildly plead
ing for help The crowds below could
see that She was nearly sumo seated by
ihe smoke which rushed through the
window past her.
The crowd gaye q cheer as the brave
fireman reached tie woman and took
her into his arms He began to de-
seend the ladder slowly. They had
nearly reached the top round of the
Big ladder below them when the wo-
man began 70 lick and scream. The
areman struggled to hold his place on
the ladder but failed. The woman
threw hedseIt trom his arms into a
ledge. me fireman tried to keep his
poise, for half q second he swayed
then his body Ieaned far out, The
crowd watched horror bound as the
areman fell.
The woman was Mrs Emiline Bar
low
The ness horror followed when Mis-
Ifabei Karscn, Of Omaha, threw her.
self from the seventh story to the
pavement Her body was terribly
crushed. ME flames nsEnwhile had
reached serious proporticns and caief
canterbury sent 20 81 Paul for aid.
The chief then sent scouting parties
q bremen into the smoke laden floors.
Ii was on the sixth floor that the fire.
nan found ) yefitable charnel house.
Revised lis 81 dead,
cApl 4RS JOHN a. BERwIN, fell
from seventh floor.
MISS MABEL LARSON, Omaha,
jumped Eom seventh floor.
NlcHoLs Minneapolis Chan.
ber of Commerce overcome by smoke
died at st Barnabas Hospital,
THolAss soMERyILLE, Spring,
held, Ohio overcome by smoke.
CLINTON E1AMAdE, worked his way
through smoke to the sixth door and
dled IN q hallway
W p. MAGSER, Duluth, suifocated.
Coloned man unknown.
Unknown Mlite man!
r. wolEE New York, travelling
H|ll. :"
salssman FOR cutlery tlrm, overcome
~ smoke
The Wet Hotel although built al,
most twenty years aso, ,4has always
Deen regarded as one Of The finest no,
teis n the country and at the tipe,ot
lls eonsttucten was egatded as near
il hreprooi Is possible. IT was built
~ the lats Colonel John 7, West
more with tie intention of iadyertis.
Ing the clty than as money making
lnysslment Il occupied a command,
ing position IN The ely.
The faciiitiss afforded BY the hotel
brousht scores of conventions and
ether atherings 70 the city and rare
Il were rs fast aecommod odations over.
isSed. Thegsst iohbs declared 70 Do
the IaSgest II the United States wss
easily able 70 accommodate tne
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