The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-30
BUSY AS HOTEL BURNS
MN M ~ LOSSES At THE
LONG BEACH VERY HEAVY,
lIeeing at 3 4. w., Many oG the LOO
'.ucsts HAD 10 Leave All hut Their
>lGh, 'l~Cth"s-Wuch Property Found
PurIcd In sand -Fcur LOoters Arrested.

extreme western end Of tho Long Beach
potel ~ Long Beach. on the south shore
# long Island, at 8 o'clock yesterday
,rcrurc. In IN our and five minutes
tho Anmes swept the entire length Of the
tour story wooden structure. nearly a
Quarter ~ a mile. burning IL down to the
rlsck. chsrred stumps 81 the foundation
rilrg, and also consuming y large frame
cottage. he church. the big four story
house occupied by the servants and several
,thsr n aller buildings.
The !. 100 guests Of the hotel were asleep
vhen the IRE broke out. They escaped in
every variety OF costume, from nightgowns
and raiamae to automobile coats and rubber
locts.
Nine PERSONS we're injured. Two 81
them. guests at the hotel. were hurt by
Jumping and by flames. Seven servants
we're bruised end suffered broker legs AMI
arms in the course Of the exciting hour
that followed the giving Of the alarm.
None of the injured will die.
There was a good deal Of footing in the
hotel during the fire. Many women COM
rlained to Manager Quinn that when they
had got back to their rooms after having
left them in the first alarm they found
that some one had been there before them
and run of with their jewels. The Long
Island railroad sent a force of twelve
detectives with revolvers and rifles
down on the first train. which reached the
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Sheriff Doxey took command Of them and
rounded up four men who had been EN-
ployed in or around the hotel and put them
under arrest on a charge Of grand larceny.
They we're all caught with the goods. Three
colored walters and a Greek laborer em-
rloved on the beach were the ~looters. Judge
A.. u. Wallace of Freeport went down on
the early train and held court on the spot.
He held the four men for examination this
morning.
Men under the direction OF Justice Wallace
and the Long Beach Estates made n thor
ough search Of the beach. and especially in
the dunes back Of the hotel site, late in the
afternoon, and the amount Of stuff they
recovered was surprising.
Many suit cases were found buried in the
sand. Wherever there was a sign Of the
Sdn0 having Dt-u TtNtIliN Stu N
aviation was made and something brought
TO light. BY dark Justice Wallace had in
his possession several trunks full OF stun.
bal s and satchels and bundles and boxes
containing valuablcs. He had rings and
pins and stickpins. watches and chains
and a greet collection Of all sorts Of jewelled
combs and silver backed toilet articles.
and some dresses and suits.
Uhap a. bacama ton dark 70 search fur
her a guard was set over the property.
Nj providers will be kept from the vicinity.
More men will be put to work this morning
ON another search near the ruins In a day
or two Justice Wallace will have the stuff
,isplayei and the losers may recover their
ror erty.
The Long Beach Hotel was one OF the
,srgcst on the Atlantic coast. II faced
The ocean on the south shore Of the island.
extending east and west. with its back to
the marsh and channels Of Hampstead and
Jamaica bays.
IL was filed to it's capacity Sunday night.
More than a hundred people were turned
away because OF lack Of accommodations.
Among those at the hotel were Senator
Patrick IL. McCarren, who is heavily in
terested in the hotel, and ex-senator Will
lam H.. Reynolds. president OF tho company
which this spring bought the hotel for
5000 900.
The fire was discovered by Pat Shea, a
Waterman. He had been sent to a neigh
boring cottage by the night clerk, s.. NJ.
Heyman, todeliver a telegram a few minutes
before 5 c o'clock. On his return he noticed
smoke curling from the roof at the extreme
western end OF the long structure. He
rushed TO the night clerk and told him
about il. The two, followed by the bell
boys on night duty. rushed through the
halls shouting -Fire!' knocking at doors
and urging the guests to get out quickly.
Shea and Heyman then went to the fourth
floor, where they found thick clouds OF
smoke pouring from a linen closet at the end
of the hall. Or breaking the door open they
saw the little room filed with flames. With
the help OF some of the bellboys they I'M
rolled the emergenc hose kept near by
and turned on the water. There was only
A feeble dribble. It was learned later
that the reason OF this was that the water
supply tank was on a level with the fourth
floor.
The 200 persons on the top floor did not
have time 10 save anything. The fire
worked downward swiftly. driven on by a
swift west wind. Those IN the third
floor escaped with a few Of their belong
ings, while many on the second floor and
the first succeeded in getting their trunk
out.
Several guests were hut on from the
stsirwsys and could got only to the higher
windows z. r. Devanney. a marble mer-
chant Of Manhattan. hung in a third floor
window until the flames began to scorch
him. and then. seeing nj ladder approach
rig, he jumped. He landed In the soft n
but sustained a broken arm. internal in
Juries and injuries OF the spine. besides
severe burns. Flaming fragments OF wood
fell with Devannsy and the flames were
picking close to whore he lay groaning on
the sand when two porters ran up and
pulled him out Of danger. DR.. George W.
Bogart and DIR. j.. E. Stubbert. who we're
saying at the hotel. carried him to a place
~ safety and attended him. A guest
named Paul Pappe Of 2S7 Broadway,
Manhattan, and James Wall. a colored
rorter were cut on by the flames below and