New-York tribune., 1909-07-03
HOTEL BURNS; ONE DEAD
RuisseaumOnt, at Lake Placid, De
strOyed-LOss. $500 900.

Lake Placid, \. Y. July 2-In a fire which
caused the death Of empoye and entaied a
financial loss of nearly $4,000 the Hotel Russeau-
mont. of the largest of the summer hotels at
this resort. totally destroyed early this morn
ing The guests, suddenly awakened from Iheli
slumbers. narrowly escaped with their lives
The fire. which is supposed to have started IN the
tower Of the hotel from unknown cause, was
discovered Dy William Washburn, the night watch-
man. whose time clock shows that he had visited
that point in his rounds only half an hour before
He had reached the office the hotel when he
heard the cracking of the flames. and running
outside discovered the building 10 be ablaze The
alarm was given. and. in the absence of Evan H.
Patrick. the manager. who went TO New York on
Wednesday. {. +. Whitman the room clerk, as
sumed charge of the work of fighting the blaze
None of the guests managed to save any of their
belongings and several obliged TO fee In their
night clothing. Albert Capsaddle, of llion, y y
one of the hotel employees. who slept beneath the
tower the person fatally injured He mad 4
fair chance OF escape but back for his watch
and was overcome by the flames and badly burned
about the head and face, receiving injuries from
which he died this evening.
New York people who among the guests had
many narrow escapes from death. but the most
exciting that of Miss A. {. Quinan. of NO 70
West 31st street. who reached the hotel from New
York only last night. She occupied a room on the
second floor and the fact that she was a new
arrival led her being overlooked when the alarm
was spread among the other guests. When awak-
ened by the noise about her she opened the door
of her room only to find egress cut OF by the
flames and clouds of smoke. She opened window
called for help. She escaped by means OF a
rope carried the floor below and thence thrown
up to her i moment after reaching the ground
the wall that side fell in.
a party of Young women from Niagara FaIls'
headed by Mrs f D. Seymour. of La Salla. n y.
had very narrow escape. and Mise Pearl Forden'
or the Hotel Marseilles at 1o3d street and Broad
way New York. barely escaped with her life in her
night clothing. Other New York people who mace
their escape were Mr and Mrs. ". k. CleVerly and
Miss f G. Cleverly. Mr.. and Mrs F Beinhauer'
Warren l. Symonds. Mr. anj Mrs F. II. Birch and
their sons Ledyard and Clement Birch DR. George
1 Glaze and daughter. ard Mrs. {. d. Posey
The Ruisseaumont which stood on high ground
on the east side of Lake Placid was owned by the
Lake Placid Improvement Company. OF when W.
T. I.arned. of this city, IS president It had ac-
coumodations for than three hundred persons
The hotel was a frame structure. surrounded py
cottages It had just been opened for the season.
which was to continue until October
A representative Of the company said to-day mat
the original structure built sixteen years ag"
and II had been added TO from time to time unti
IL had reached its present proportions lhree years
ago modern plumbing steam heat ana large
power plant were added.