Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-02
WOMEN INJURED IN PANIC
Fire Breaks Out in Chicago Building Con-
tanning UPstairs RsstautAnt
OCCUPANTS JUMP FROM The WINDOWS
Fifty Persons Are Injured, hut All of
Then WIN PrOaBIy Recover
Loss f. About
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CHICAGO. May More than 100 people
were Denned in a burning building today
al 80 Wabash avenue and narrowly escaped
with their lives. Fully half OF them. how
ever. were injured. none fatally. The more
seriously injured were as follows:
Samuel Kennedy. jumped from second
story window; jaw fractured. arm and leg
Hilda johnson. sprained ankle and badly
bruised.
c. W. o.Hair head and face burned while
helping girls out Of rear window.
w. o. Mason. hands burned and head cut
Annie 1ogng. leg broken
Mary studemeyer, cut about head and
Agnes walsh. face cut and ankle broken.
Mrs. Cecilia Malaney. face burned and
badly bruised.
Rose Wiley. internally.
Kate ORourke, internally.
Policeman Daniel Kerr, knocked from
ladder, bruised and head cut.
Mrs. L. COhn. hands and face cut
Mary Dredeck. leg broken, internal in
Emma Edwards, hands and face cut.
William c. Larsen. leg broken.
Jennie Malone, leg broken.
Mrs. Eleanor Brock face burned
Mrs. Marie Weber. bruised.
Louise Peterson, bruised.
Mrs. Sarah Cornish face cut
Mrs. McNamee, bruised and face cut
Annie Machowski, arm broken.
Mrs. Anna Levy, bruised and head cut
Alice Benson, overcome by smoke, hands
and face cut.
Catherine Sullivan, face and hands
burned.
Mrs A Crome, nose broken.
Mrs. Frances Alberta, jumped from sec
ond story window, badly bruised
Violet ROsky. hands and face burned.
Mary BevOe, badly bruised.
Mrs. E Sullivan, head cut.
Kate komakowsh. face badly bruised.
Ct5dar Nolkman, jumped from second
story window, badly bruised.
H II. Efier jumped from second story
window, bruised and head cut
George Holbrook, hands and face burned
while assisting women from the building.
T.. o. O'Hara, hands and face burned
while assisting women to escape.
The building was a four-story structure,
the first floor Of which was occupied by
the Storey & Clark Piano company and
the second floor by the Lotus Lunch club.
All Of the people who were injured were
either patrons or employees Of the lunch
club.
The fire broke out shortly before the rush
OF the lunch hour had commenced 1t
started in the basement 1t is presumed.
from some defect in the electrical appa-
-atus.
The fire spread with great rapidity up a
freight elevator shaft In the rear OF the
building and also within a few minutes
Of its discovery had cut on all escape TO
the street by the stairway. = passenger
elevator IN the front of the building was
made useless almost Immediately by the
failure Of the machinery to operate.
with one elevator shaft filled with flame,
the other elevator rendered useless and
the stairway choked with fire and smoke.
the only escape SET. to the people was
through a small window at the back wlIch
opened onto Gre escape leading down into
the alley. About eighty OF the occupants
Of the lunch room, mostly women. were
caught with only this chance Of safety.
They made a frantic rush for the window.
Those who first stepped on the FIRE escape
were almost Immediately pushed on and
fell TO the alley twenty feet below. Be
fore they could get out OF the way others
fell or jumped upon them. The women
piled upon each other in a mass, from
which they were dragged as quickly as
possible by men who ran from neighbOring
stores. but without exception everyone q
those who came out Of the window was
injured.
For a time Il was thought that Mary
Studenyer, an empIoye OF the lunch room,
was lost Mrs. Alalaney informed the Do
lice that she was certain the girl had per-
ished in the flames, because she saw her
rush back into the fire to get her purse.
The girl was later, however. found on the
street.
The total damage is about S5OOn