The evening world., 1907-07-29

them to hold On. but a chamoermaid.
Sophie Kimball. dropped. Ths men
on the porch formed a sort of human
ite ladder is and lonsrrd ,hs women dSmn aSs
safnay Barring sSphie kimbail every.
body on this little porch got down al!
right except for scorched faces and
sInged eyebrows The firs had been
that close to them.
Fears Two Are Lost.
Arnold Kahn. the rich Grand stree,
banker !. Y. sprasne, teller Of the Title
Dan O'Reiily. Harry Thaw's lawyer,
did valiant service getting oat The
women and children 1t was Mr.
SpraBue who thought he haw two men
roof caying under his feet ami jumped
for II. Yelling u warning 10 swo atiier
men who had been working beside him.
An he hit the ground the ilimsy pcrch
he thought he saw the two mUn going
down In tho Yreckage, but xlslt .Itt
r. Nebody y attempted Ia ct-ck tife
progress OF the hanes with the feeble
means at hand. But despite tbs terrific
heat fully ht,y men stayed In the hotej
or on the porch-top. choking IN the
smoke and being burned by sparks, until
the roof tumbled In. Then the IRE shot
UP g hundred feet In the AIR ard the
heat became deadly everywhere within
two hundred yards of the building. The
volunteers tumbled of the poteh roof
and ran. johnson Quinn. the manager.
had got the safe in the Office open. He
fiung the register inside OF II, thus pre-.
serving the record OF namas. slammed
the Iron doors and hooted II for his
life.
Wind Saves Buildings,
The lire leared 10 the row or summer
homes al the eastern end OF the hotel
ana licked up cottages Nos. and OF
cred In the littic pos,-otfice. a small
---ifrtrvss, t&e +'3IEtd lI-
visiting ministers on SUNDAYS and q
four story frame structure where ser
wants slept The slant OF the wind
saved the railroad station. the Inn. an
.. s.=s.ast,--t drug
store. the grocery and the colony ot
cottages above tho western end but
The drug store cmGght hre, eut
bucket brigade extinguished the flames
us they crept along the caves OF thc
shingie roof.
dropped Inward the hait.drcssed reEt-
tnert on the beach were driven further
and further back toward the sen,
great scroll q flame Soiied, onsw9ra- ,ra
senator McCarren'B battalion had col
iected and even the planks OF the
boardwalk blazed. half buried In the
Tiig f1srnrs .a+i .asis-rerllf'cie.i The ,t-i--
ephone service The telegraph office
ms not ayaffa6tsrsr rs the upsfdt9r- ityrti-
at Lynbrook and Was not due Iunul
o'clork. SO soon aa he could get on
some clothes. the Postmaster of Long
Beach, Paul Ames. jumped into his
and hustled over 70 Rock
vilie Centre with the news5, re !, bf9ash,
i I.ynhLaoR and Rockville Centre. WITH
/ TRNd power efssiHe a1d-d-tittL nose
res., III - ~,
row occupied respectively by tae iien
iii OF A. H. ChaEman and by MAY
Bnckley the ac,ress IN orasr ~
tho hremcn dyuamitcd cottages Nos, }
and o,,ioLlv
well as could be remembered the
nrst alarm was given AZ aD o'clock
trhs ION floor collapsed at 30, and IN
n, ,nsM started the hotel was down. u
j,ean ot smodnE ruins, and the ser
,,.t,tsr quarters, tho post ofilcs.t the two
cniisxes and the church were burned or
burning -
v.ith Two hnniFQd guests VINO slept
,r,r. lnsynight, the hotel people man.
aged 10 hnd room mere lnr luosi OF
ne women and children Others were
,"K.n III at the cottages. Whole fam
ill., se, up light temporary hatiackeep-
Ine in tie bathrooms o. tho bathing
naytlion Tie men mainly stayed on
W, Ssnrh. wearing pajamas and night
s,il.ts 4 rtw had blankets, which they
,yraDnpl around Themselves Indian
fnshisn and fcser SIN had every dpy
rIothtnE They were the lucSier ones
fny XXI. wind WAS cool
p,or the frtt halt hour OF Tho nrc
.,h.rs wes iote OF excitement Women
werc ts,utinx all over the beach. Moth.
Ira we're running about seeking their
ehltdron, from whom they had bppn
a@pNrated and children were Pcllins
eyeryvhsts Dr. Bogart. the heas, sur
gpon. pNred for the saSlf dozen who
Rad been overcome by amoke, md for
ths injured and the hystertcal lie
was The busest man on Long Island for
aShile
Some Narrow Escapes.
IL MAS al the acrNAna quarters that
a good many % The naEfO Nest escapes
occurred The htS d1rmitdty tor the
80 helpers stood u good two hundred
yards from the hotel. and II might have
been s.pposej that lhe occupants would
have Hal plenty u warning The
tr0ubie ms JhAt ths Intense hrlt
caused the whole trout OF thls ancient
wooden structure 10 burs, into nameA,
Here some Of the Ehmest work was